34 Trends That Were Unexpectedly Popular And Then Disappeared

Some trends leave lasting legacies, but these 34 bizarre crazes came and went in the blink of an eye, leaving us wondering how they ever became so popular.

That one beer drinking app everyone got when they first bought an iPhone:

And that one app where it looked like you had a lighter:

Or the one app that made it look like you were swinging a light saber:

The helicopter game:

Every single jingle the Free Credit Report guys did:

Endlessly quoting The End of Ze World…

Or Bill O’Reilly Freaking Out…

Or Miss Teen South Carolina:

Talking about Michael Phelps’s diet like six times a day:

That one Campbell’s soup commercial with the melting snowman:

That very strange berries and cream Starburst commercial:

That one cereal mascot monstrosity:

Seriously considering asking Jeeves:

The dancing Six Flags old man:

Those lying fish shampoos that promised you “no tears”:

The ORIGINAL emojis:

The “Dude, You’re Getting a Dell” guy:

And the Verizon’s “Can you hear me now?” guy:

Those watches that lit up blue, truly a sign we were living in the future:

Winning free sodas just by looking under the cap:

What iTunes used to look like:

The U2 iPod:

Accessing Facebook on a flip phone before everyone had smart phones:

Arguing passionately over whether pirates could beat ninjas in a fight:

That one paper toss iPhone game:

Texting Jamster and immediately regretting your decision:

Somehow for some reason thinking backwards upside-down visors were a good idea:

Texting Cha Cha for answers to life’s most important questions:

Downloading ringtones and viruses off of Phonezoo:

Bringing an Izone instant camera around for special occasions:

Busting out the dance to “The Ketchup Song” to stunt on your friends:

This commercial running every five minutes on Nickelodeon:

Thinking that Chuck Norris jokes were the be-all and end-all of comedy:

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