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Duck face came to mind yesterday - randomly realized I hadn't seen duckface in the wild for a long time.

Or, alternatively, what are some old fads you wish would make a comeback?

The spirit of the question is social fads. Please try to keep replies to lighthearted things. I'll delete the post if the comments turn into political commentary.

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

vaguebooking that would involve lame-ass "motivation quotes" or worse song lyrics that were obviously about some dramatic thing happening in their life

You've just described like 90% of the AIM away messages in high school lol.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh god now there is a concept I long forgot about!

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't notice it at the time, but AIM away messages were basically like proto-Twitter long before actual Twitter became a thing. Some people would always be "away" so their inspirational crap would show since AIM still let you chat like normal while "away".

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aaahaha. Back when Facebook was still a thing I would vaguebook with Protomen lyrics. God knows what I was thinking

[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

If you destroy the working class all you get is a broken machine?