Online forum users recently talked about current fads and trends and which ones they think will soon disappear into obscurity. Here are some of the most popular recommendations.
Extreme Lip Fillers
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One user believes that “everything that’s over-the-top in fashion right now is going to start falling back. That goes for beauty enhancements like lip fillers. Instead, they think we will see a return to the “kind of simplicity that was the same reaction the 90s had to the overindulgence of the 80s.”
TikTok
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The popular social media platform “will suffer the same fate as Vine,” believes one forum user. Another worry is that it will only be “replaced by something that causes an even shorter attention span.”
NFTs
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Already declining in popularity, one reader was surprised that NFTS was “still going on.” A user suggests that NFTs are now “just the people who have them trading them back and forth.”
Alexa
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The original virtual assistant has found a place in many homes, but one user believes that as technology advances, Alexa will soon become just “a footnote in the history of voice AI.”
Influencers
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A popular suggestion. Influencers can’t fade into obscurity soon enough, commenting that “hopefully they will be quickly forgotten.” Another agreed, observing that “you can’t put influencer on a resume.”
The Kardashian-Jenner Family
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The Kardashians have been everywhere for the last decade but one person feels “like they’re already on their way out.” Another agrees, pointing out that “all their fans are growing up and realizing how ridiculous their content is.”
MAGA and Donald Trump
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While many users hope this is one trend that is certain to fade into obscurity, another reader worries that MAGA will “be replaced by something worse,” suggesting that the “folks who are currently his disciples will go back to worshiping their warped version of white Christian nationalist Jesus when Trump finally exits the stage.”
Social Media
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Not the force it once was, one reader explains that social media is “already functionally dead” but still has “the zombie inertia of its addicted (but aging) user base”. Additionally, there is “less and less reason to make a new account anywhere for anything except talking to people you already know.”
AI
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A seemingly unstoppable force, one commenter believes that the popularity of AI and machine learning tools are destined to fade because while “they deliver fast results or they give an idea of what possibly should be done,” they will never “replace human work.”
Another user agrees that automation tools will lose their popularity but will still be used by “people, to some degree, like to make their work more efficient.”
Smash Burgers
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A popular food craze that one user just doesn’t understand. This user took to the social media site to complain that there are “like 20 restaurants in my small city center doing them, and it’s probably the most commonly asked question lately on our city’s group, ‘Where does the best smash burgers?’ But they’re literally just minced beef and some seasoning.”
Women Wearing Drag Queen Makeup
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A popular trend, one user estimates, around “80% of young women in my area have decided that their face should look like a drag queen’s when they go out at night. Extreme cuts, weird shading, heavy pancake makeup.” This is surely a trend that won’t last.
Bell Bottom Leggings
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Hard to believe they really exist, but for one user, “bell bottom leggings MUST go.”
Duck Nails
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Another prevalent fashion trend, one user “can’t wait to see the end of duck nails.”
Air Fryers
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Following sourdough starters and pizza ovens, the latest kitchen trend has been everywhere recently. While one user believes that the days of the “air fryer” are numbered, another strongly disagrees, “they can pry mine out of my cold, dead hands, lol.”
Marriage and Kids
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Not the most popular suggestion, one person explains that many “people are marrying later in life, if at all, and having few children.” Another user agreed, “We’ve intensified the rat race, accelerated the debt drive, and kept wages functionally almost stagnant or falling for decades.” It is not surprising that this is having a “negative effect on young people and their ability to build families.”
Tattoos
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A popular way to mark the milestones of your life, a user thinks that the popularity of tattoos is destined to fade. “Kids born today will think it’s what old people did in their day.”
Mumble Rap
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A currently popular hip-hop genre, one commenter will “be shocked” if it doesn’t soon “fade into oblivion.” Going further, he argues that “AI could replace that uncreative monotone garbage tomorrow, and nobody’d even notice.”
Transphobia
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A hot topic, one user believes that transphobia will soon “go the same way as all other anti-scientific bigotry: become a joke in popular culture while remaining a fervently held belief in radical religious communities.”
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