CuriositiesMAR 29, 2021

40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community

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Trends and popular things are, by their design, things that change and shift with time. Something that was popular a year ago is now considered an outdated reference, a popular meme can outstay its welcome in a month, and minor trends go in and out of fashion daily. Basically, just because something is widely accepted today doesn't mean it will have the same significance after some time passes. Perhaps to commemorate these trends, or just catalogue them for future reference, there are community threads online that talk about the trendy things that likely won't be cool in 5 years' time. One such discussion is hosted on Reddit, where people readily expressed their opinions about what they think won't withstand the test of time.

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#1

40 Trends Doomed To Lose Popularity In 5 Years, According To People In This Online Community

Probably not going to happen, but I really wish influencers won't be "cool" anymore.

nucLEUS_O, camilacoelho

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391points

#2

Having the covid vaccine. Eventually it'll be as commonplace as a flu vaccine.

klemmy42, Joint Base San Antonio Public Affairs

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295points

#3

Hopefully those fake pointy acrylic nails

reddicyoulous, Natali Carmona

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286points

Some of the things listed by the community are leaning more towards actual items, such as so-called MLM teas. Other picks feature plastic surgery trends. And then there are those who think that the websites we use now will lose their influence and be forgotten or abandoned. Basically, the things that send people raving today, in 5 years, could be irrelevant.

#4

A lot of the stuff I see people doing on TikTok seems like the kinda thing you'd be embarrassed about in a few years

_Sasquat_, barbiafrika

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279points

#5

Gigantic drawn on eyebrows.

KK5993, FLuffeeTalks

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262points

#6

Humongous butt injections.

waylor88, kimkardashian

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230points

Trends are tricky because of their very foundation. Something becomes popular because it's new and exciting, it presents something that captures people's attention, but if it doesn't provide long-term value, it tends to go away. Just look back at the trends that ruled the '90s, for example. Those are now considered to be an archaic concept in the current climate.

#7

Overly-processed Instagram photos. Especially in the context of makeup and skincare.

verismonopoly, jeffreestar

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227points

#8

Hopefully Facebook. I never thought it would kill myspace and MySpace reminds me of better times when I think of how sh*tty Facebook handled the last 4 years

stilettoz_n_bluntz, Fred Seibert

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199points

#9

Current plastic surgery trends to meet the current IG standards. I fear for a lot of people who have had BBLs and facial surgery that the look will become outdated and permanently associated with late 2010’s and early 2020’s, kind of how like there are plastic surgery trends associated with the 90s/2000s.

sanoanxa, Docteur Spitalier Philippe

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189points

Then there's a rule of 'what goes around comes around.' There are cases of trends and cool things that were popular before, got old and abandoned, and then resurfaced when we least expected it. Of course, the most obvious cases are centered in the fashion industry, but there are other things too, coming in a variety of categories, such as names or even those same internet trends.