What is the dumbest fad that you participated in?

[hyped78]

I bought a pet rock. Not one of my brighter moments.

English is my 3rd language. What do you mean a pet rock, what am I missing here? :P

[Kirby101]

It was a gag gift in the 70s.

[Totoro Man]

I believed "vote blue no matter who" was actually viable

"vote blue no matter who" is a platitude, not a fad. fads are, by definition, ephemeral in nature.

[Totoro Man]

my only problem with the pet rock fad was that you were paying money for it. when I was a kid I figured the best sort of pet rock would be the kind that you found on a hiking trip and took home.

the dumbest fad I remember being okay with was wearing ripped jeans... but that was mostly because it was cheaper than getting rid of them! as long as the rips were not in a particularly objectionable place for the sake of public decency.

I never bought 'ripped stressed denim' jeans, though.

[caj]

I had SEVERAL Mood Rings

[ed2962]

I don't know if it was a fad pre se, but I had one of those switchblade combs.

[From The Shadows]

Soccer(?) shoes. Not because we played sports.

[CaptainEurope]

I believed "vote blue no matter who" was actually viable

The only people who say that are usually white men who voted Republican 80% of the time.

[Arachne]

I had SEVERAL Mood Rings

Ah, but did you have mood lipstick? (They changed colour when you put them on.)

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I had a couple of mood rings, too.

[CaptainEurope]

My mom was not crazy when my brother and I got this. I can still imagine the smell, decades later:

[Catlady in training]

I was collecting Pokemon stickers for a while in elementary school. I only missed like 5 or 6 from those 156 (is that correct?) original Pokemons. It might not sound weird, but I only watched a few episodes of the animated series and didn't much care for it. The stickers just played into my collecting personality.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

The hate Twilight fad when the movies were popular.

[Android 17]

I was collecting Pokemon stickers for a while in elementary school. I only missed like 5 or 6 from those 156 (is that correct?) original Pokemons. It might not sound weird, but I only watched a few episodes of the animated series and didn't much care for it. The stickers just played into my collecting personality.

That gives me flashbacks to my elementary school too and how we all collected and fought for those damn Pokemon trading cards. To this day I’m still pissed I never got this:

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[MRP]

I own a Funko Pop, the Beanie Babies of the new millennium.

-M

[Jimbi]

Pogs. It had to be pogs.