• sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      7 days ago

      I’ll go one even further. Before JNCO existed we’d just go to the thrift store and buy the largest size pants we could find. Pair a 48" waist pant with a XXL tshirt when you were 28" and youth large and you were at the height of skate fashion.

  • JesusSon@lemmy.world
    15·
    7 days ago

    Bro when I was a kid I was into it all. Tamagotchi, hyper colors everything, Pogs, Beanie Babies, Slap bracelets, scooters (not the razors scooters the earlier 80’s scooters), friendship bracelets, that kickball with the plastic ring you bounced on, moon shoes, Jams, Big Dawg, I’m a dude that loved him some Polly Pockets, windbreakers, bomber jackets, M.U.S.C.L.E, G.I. Joe, Pound Puppies, Garbage Pale Kids, those puffy monster balls you squeezed and their eyes popped out, Shrinky Dinks, and then by the late 90s I was walking around with 30" cuffs in my Kikwear and a Kangol.

    • Mango@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 days ago

      Holy shit, most of that list covers me and I’m just now appreciating how dramatically much stuff counts as fads.

      Bro, yo-yos, beyblade, robot dogs, Pokemon at school, pencil toppers, pop-its, razor scooters, and more!

    • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      Oh man this just awakened the memory of the “Big Dawg” stores. Actual stores that were ONLY big dawg merch shirts, hats, and pants.

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
      0·
      6 days ago

      Remember those metal tubes with liquid plastic in them and came with a straw to blow balloons? (Super eleastic bubble plastic)

      They’re back. Bought a tube of Bloonies for my daughter the other day.

  • stelelor@lemmy.ca
    7·
    7 days ago

    Wearing super preppy clothes to school/college. I was mistaken for a teacher in 11th grade. In college, I once wore a pencil skirt, black tights, white sweater, and high heels… to a regular Tuesday afternoon class, just because I wanted to.

      • stelelor@lemmy.ca
        2·
        7 days ago

        If I had time and money I would invent dressy clothes that are practical, long-lasting and comfortable!

        The problem was that I adopted the trend without thinking about my poor college student lifestyle (LOTS of bus-metro-walk and carrying heavy books). By the end of that day, the tights had runs, the heels were dirty and scuffed, and my feet were killing me. I looked and felt like crap.

  • Toes♀@ani.social
    3·
    7 days ago

    Wore my mother’s bell bottoms to school and they fell apart while I was at school. Everyone got to see my undies q.q

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    Bitcoin. I mined some (might’ve even been on my CPU at the time) back when it was easy to mine it. Not a ton, but enough that now I have to explain that despite thinking blockchain is just straight up a scam, I do have some Bitcoin in a wallet on my hard drive somewhere. (That I’ve never done anything with.)

      • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        7 days ago

        Yup. I can. I have around 1/20 of a Bitcoin, so the amount I have should be worth about $3,000 USD (unless the price has crashed since I started writing this post. 😈)

        Cashing it in would make me feel dirty. It’s basically just handing the bag to the next bagholder. (Though, I’m not really a baholder per se. I’m not really invested to speak of. The only investment I made to get this Bitcoin is to leave my computer on for like a month or less.) Feeding the ponzi monster, as it were.

        But then again, it’s $3,000.

        As much as I hate myself for admitting it, the possibility that the price will climb a little higher is probably part of why I didn’t trade it for real money back in late 2021 when the price of a Bitcoin was so high.

        But, yeah, you’re probably right I should just sell it. Maybe I’ll just make whoever I sell it to promise they’re not giving me next month’s rent or their kids’ college fund. Lol.

        Edit: Ok. You’ve inspired me to make a post asking other crypto-skeptics what I should do with it.

        • yum@lemmy.eco.br
          3·
          7 days ago

          It’s crazy how this amount could actually change my life right now. At some point I did also have 1BTC but decided to gamble it all away because I thought it would never have any actual value so it didn’t matter.

        • Today@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 days ago

          I bought $270 worth that is now worth about $1,700. I have no idea what to do with it.

        • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
          7·
          7 days ago

          If it’s any consolation, I just use bitcoin to convert to Monero to buy drugs. So in a way there is an actual use for it 😊

        • Fermion@feddit.nl
          2·
          7 days ago

          You could donate it to some financial literacy nonprofit if you want to be rid of it without feeling dirty.

  • pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com
    5·
    7 days ago

    Atkins. The 00s low carb diet. How did people do it?

    When I finally broke, I put steamed rice and French fries on a cheese pizza and rolled it up and ate it.

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
      6·
      7 days ago

      There’s a “modern” version of the Atkins diet, the keto diet. Same rules as far as I can tell, just rebranded. I went nuts. I couldn’t stop thinking about bread. Sound of it, smell of it, taste of it… It haunted me day and night. I’d often find myself looking up bread maker reviews, comparing different bread makers on Amazon… Don’t remember what I had when I finally gave up, wasn’t nearly as awesome what you did. But I can tell you I did not buy a bread maker afterwards.

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 days ago

      My little cousin was 10 during the height of the craze. I have been regaled with hours of FNAF lore that now lives rent free in my head. My YouTube recommendations were cursed for years. I still tease him about it nowadays and he cringes hard.