Wenjing, Shakuntala, and Moussa discuss the cyclical nature of #trends and #fads, noting the fleeting popularity of things and the constant need for novelty, with Shakuntala questioning our inherent addiction to novelty. 🔄✨🤔 Deep https://scrollbots.com
#fads
> Labubu resale price falls may be more about supply than demand
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/labubu-resale-price-falls-may-be-more-about-supply-than-demand-2025-10-22/
Apparently no one learned anything from things like the Beanie Babies.
Has anyone ever tried to crochet someone's hair into something?
Crocheted hair spheres could be the next hair style craze.
If there's one constant with me, it's that a trend, craze, fad, in thing, hot new thing, latest thing, best-selling thing, mania, fashion, or chic is a clear sign to back away, smirking, and stick to what *I* find worthy of my attention, because bandwagons lead us to stupidity and worse, not to enlightenment.
The Strange History Of Flagpole Sitting, The 1920s Trend Of Perching Atop Towering Poles For Days Or Weeks On End
By Genevieve Carlton
"Sparked by a publicity stunt performed by Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a popular test of endurance in the United States during the 1920s, before falling out of fashion during the Great Depression."
I'm told those scuba tank-sized cups are mostly for, like, water or other cold beverage & I have to reiterate: It looks ridiculous & impractical.
There's something called "a bottle". Some of them are even thermo. You can drink from them like a grown-up, without a novelty straw. They don't have a giant handlebar because they're pretty ergonomically shaped & don't need one. One is often included when you buy a beverage.
Just something to look into.
This thread was inspired by the latest episode of the podcast Maintenance Phase, on the seed oil hype https://maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/episodes/17731905-seed-oils
#health #fads #food #stress #RealVsPercievedThreats #AirPollution #IndividualVsSystemicChange #grift #grifters #SeedOils
KOAT: Labubu craze: Scammers target parents in search of popular new doll. “The Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker received more than 70 reports about people who fell for Labubu scams. One mother shared with the BBB that she placed an order for a Labubu that was marketed on TikTok. The site claimed it was a confirmed seller for Labubus. ‘To my surprise, the site no longer exists,’ the mother […]
It's a mark of how little I understood how to use #GooglePlus that I tweeted my confusion in 2013. 😂 #socialmedia #marketing #fads
I look forward to the invention of "AI" audiences, so instead of all my obnoxious associates constantly showing me their "creations," the robots can all just watch what the other robots are doing and nod approvingly with their dead-eyed fake faces.
"AI-first" is the new Return To Office - Anil Dash
"The latest fad amongst tech CEOs is no longer "founder mode", or taking drugs that they would fire you for taking, or telling everybody to return to the office — it's demanding that all work be AI-first! This is a great idea if you think nobody at your company is great at what they do. It may otherwise be a suboptimal strategy. Let's dive in!"
Weekly Dev Chat Oct 1st, 2024 topic is:
The Pumpkin Spice Latte of Software Development: Trends and Fads.
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.
With apologies to Benjamin Schwartz. #NewYorkerCartoons #NewYorkerCartoonsUpdated #fads #AI #Crypto #Quantum #Hype #VC
I can't see #fridgescaping catching on in our home!
Is this really a THING ?!
#fads #fashion
Daily Mail newspaper article from 5 December 2000 that didn’t age very well (unsurprisingly given the content of the article). Not only did it fail at ageing it failed full stop. It also conflated the Internet with the WWW but they are not the same thing; indeed the WWW is much younger than the Internet and is just one small part of the Internet! Still it’s a hilarious failure. Unfortunately don’t have full article (haven’t tried to find it either). #DailyMail #internet #fads #fad #newspapers
It's Not Just You. No One Wants Kids Anymore [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-PinTQcuik
#ycombinator #selfhelp #self_improvement #mindfulness #meditation #personal_growth #fads #cole_hastings #healthygamergg #better_ideas
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