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What are some of the stupidest trends/fads that have existed? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by GreyTechnician@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] GreyTechnician@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Licking ice cream in the grocery store and putting it back on the shelf (for the clicks of course)

That one should legit be an actual crime.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: it actually is.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Good news: it is! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/us/ice-cream-licker-jail.html

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

And it wasn't a trend, it was like one person doing it.

A lot of the "trends" people are mentioning only a handful of people did, but made it to the news.