These 16 Fads Were All The Rage In 2006 But Would Turn Heads For The Wrong Reasons Today
Some trends stick, others don't. Thankfully, these ones died off before they could.
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Great for moving. Not so great for sitting.
2. Charitable wristbands
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Good for solidarity, but eventually people realized wristbands don't solve large-scale problems - real involvement does.
3. Crocs
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How they became popular in the first place is truly an enigma. The important thing is, though, that they're not anymore.
4. Poking on Facebook
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After years of deliberation, the design team at Facebook had a revelational thought in 2006: "What the hell are these even for?" Thus marked the death of the poke.
5. "Whale tails"
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Sure, thongs may still be a thing, but at least people don't call them "whale tails" anymore. And if you do, shame on you.
6. Overly descriptive emails
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Because people grew up and realized they needed jobs.
7. Hannah Montana
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But they really need to consider doing a reboot version with the Miley of today...just not with Disney.
8. Way too much spray-on tan
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The natural effect of being asked, "Why are you orange?" on a daily basis finally ran its course in '06, thank god.
9. Wearing Uggs in public
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Okay, well maybe this one isn't completely dead yet, but I speak for the rest of humanity when I say we'd all love if it was.
10. Watching movies on iPod Nanos
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So immersive.
11. Zebra stripe highlights
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Wait, this one I don't get. How could this have gone out of style???
12. Colored braces
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Because eventually teenagers realized that drawing more attention to their braces wasn't really what they wanted.
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The question isn't "how many people got injured," but rather, "how many didn't."
14. "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter
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The only bad days anyone had were from hearing this damn song on the radio over and over.
15. Heelys
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Now, we have "hoverboards"...that don't even hover. Oh how far we've come.
16. Chuck Norris jokes
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If you hear anyone make a Chuck Norris joke now, you can put money on them being either:
A.) A baby boomer
B.) Severely lame, or...
C.) All of the above