Trends and Fads that you remember (just for fun)

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Monnkai

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Back when I was in high school, it was popular for the boys to wear tight skinny jeans and eye liner, and to gel their bangs down in front of their eyes.

The music during that time was awful too : p I really hated the band My Chemical Romance. I remember the metal band System of a Down becoming more common too, where at first it was just a band that the metal-heads liked.

When I was in middle school, all the boys gelled the front part of their hair upwards, I never understood that trend : p I sometimes see my nephew do this too, am surprised that one still exist, haha.
I'm a System of a Down fan but My Chemical Romance can go run off a cliff lol jk. I remember when yo-yo's where suddenly a big thing in the 90's. I remember there being professional ones that cost hundreds of dollars. I had a purple Fireball that I got from a church gift exchange.
 

Yeraza_Bats

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I remember when yo-yo's where suddenly a big thing in the 90's. I remember there being professional ones that cost hundreds of dollars. I had a purple Fireball that I got from a church gift exchange.
Oh haha me too! I remember Duncan being the big brand everyone wanted, and I remember hearing my brothers talk about the one they made, think it was called the Butterfly? But I remember them talking as if it were the greatest yoyo ever made, haha.
I also remember this pizza place in my town (lived in Ohio at the time) that offered free yoyos to children who came with their parents there to eat, and my brothers wanting to go merely for that reason : p

Does anyone remember pogs? I had some of them from my elementary school teacher : p Hed give you one if you said hello to him, haha.


I also remember Mighty Max and Tiger Electronics handheld games : p Those were huge when we were kids, and we had a bunch of them from my Grandpa : p I remember having a Star Wars Mighty Max toy from the battle on Hoth scene, it had a trap door and everything, it was really neat : p

And I actually really liked those Tiger games growing up, for whatever reason : p They were made with those cheap little LED screens but I was always excited to get a new one, haha.
 

Monnkai

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Oh haha me too! I remember Duncan being the big brand everyone wanted, and I remember hearing my brothers talk about the one they made, think it was called the Butterfly? But I remember them talking as if it were the greatest yoyo ever made, haha.
I also remember this pizza place in my town (lived in Ohio at the time) that offered free yoyos to children who came with their parents there to eat, and my brothers wanting to go merely for that reason : p

Does anyone remember pogs? I had some of them from my elementary school teacher : p Hed give you one if you said hello to him, haha.


I also remember Mighty Max and Tiger Electronics handheld games : p Those were huge when we were kids, and we had a bunch of them from my Grandpa : p I remember having a Star Wars Mighty Max toy from the battle on Hoth scene, it had a trap door and everything, it was really neat : p

And I actually really liked those Tiger games growing up, for whatever reason : p They were made with those cheap little LED screens but I was always excited to get a new one, haha.
Yeah I got excited about those tiger games too. I had low expectations as a kid apparently lol. I remember having pogs. I always wanted the Goosebump ones. I still want the Goosebump ones lol. I remember when pokemon came out. Some of my fondest memories are play pokemon for the gba and collecting the cards. I remember having an unhealthy emotional attachment to my pokemon stuff. It was like a drug Its hard to explain how great it was to a person who didn't grow up in the 90's lol
 

JosephsDreams

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Click Klaks



Mood rings



And long before those two 1970's fads, I even recall the wood swirling fad to see who could make the best fire. The prize for that one was female company for the night.

 

seoulsearch

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Stop.

Hammer Time!

(Yes, we actually wore pants like these to school. Often in bright, neon colors.)



Hey, at least my Christian high school couldn't complain that they were too tight... or that we were too exposed!
 

Lynx

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JosephsDreams: Wood twirling? In my neighborhood it was rock bashing. Maybe y'all didn't have those spark rocks over there.

Quote from an interstellar broadcast: "And we'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere. And for the rest of you, the secret is to "bang the rocks together" guys."
 

cinder

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Slap bracelets. And yeah I remember the days when a hand held game was just one game as well, and then gameboys happened but they were a whole lot more expensive than those single hand held games.
 
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Scary thing. Out of all that has been mentioned, I remember Hammer Time. (And never saw anyone wear those pants in public. lol) And I've heard of Chemical Romance. They're not around anymore? Yo-yos? Yeah, even back when I was little there were professional yo-yoers. Duncan brought the toy to schools by promoting the tricks.

My memories? When bell bottoms became big. Some so big, they were called "elephant bells." I still have my mood ring somewhere. Lost my Pet socks along the way. (No. Really. Pet socks came after pet rocks. lol) Disco! (I was a disco diva, although closer to K.C. from K.C. and the Sunshine Band, than Gloria Gaynor or Donna Summers.) Saturday Night Fever killed discos.

Fros! I had one. Not as big as Billy Preston, but I had one. Always had to have a pick in the macrame or beaded shoulder bag. I miss my old pocketbooks.

And peacock-feather earrings. I still have mine. I just lost the pierced ear somewhere along the way. (Neglect. Although I repunched the holes several times simply by forcing in an earring.)
 
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Like a lot of kids, I wore one of these constantly when I was around eight.
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I still have one of these. I can't match this guy anymore, but I try.
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[video=youtube;9RJafO-BWvg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJafO-BWvg[/video]
 

seoulsearch

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I still have one of these. I can't match this guy anymore, but I try.
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[video=youtube;9RJafO-BWvg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJafO-BWvg[/video]
I vote that Willie should post a video of himself topping this guy's record!!! :D

(If we don't see a video, it didn't actually happen.) :cool:
 
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I vote that Willie should post a video of himself topping this guy's record!!! :D

(If we don't see a video, it didn't actually happen.) :cool:
Never happen. I already told you I can't match this guy. LOL
 

seoulsearch

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Never happen. I already told you I can't match this guy. LOL
I'd contribute to your YouTube channel just for a video (go ahead and create one! :D) of the Infamous Willie-T... hula hooping. :D

(Actually, it's just because I'm jealous. No matter how long you hula hoop, it'll be longer than I ever did because I could never get it to even stay in place!)
 
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This is pretty close to my first car. I paid $150, cash money.
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88

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Stop.

Hammer Time!

(Yes, we actually wore pants like these to school. Often in bright, neon colors.)



Hey, at least my Christian high school couldn't complain that they were too tight... or that we were too exposed!
****was it hard to keep them inflated...?