# The Daily Feud: Fads Thru the Decades by 42fish \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 2, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051 "2009-03-02T20:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/1 "2009-03-02T20:10:27Z")
NEW RULES! **DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS** **Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer,** to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that are “serious” will be scored. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players. New formatting rules: If they are not followed, your answers will be **DISQUALIFIED**. 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer 4. answer Make your list look like the one above. No double spacing. No periods (except for the one following the number.) No quote marks, no punctuation if it is not necessary! No smilies! No extraneous bullshit is allowed. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it **AFTER THE LIST**! The reason this is so important is because I cut and paste all the answers, and I have to edit each answer to make them identical. It is a lot of work, so please make it easier on me. Thanks. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 people match that means they each get 8 pts for that answer. No matches = 0 points. If any of you have ideas for Feuds -_and would like me to score them_- PM me and I’ll get you on [The List.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10778971&postcount=86) The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or at **3:30 PM Central** on Tuesday, 03/03/09 whichever comes first. Good luck! **Remember, the new formatting rules are in effect. Read the rules!** 1. Name a fad from the new millenium 2. Name a fad from the 90s 3. Name a fad from the 80s 4. Name a fad from the 70s 5. Name a fad from the 60s 6. Name a fad from the 50s 7. Name a fad from the 40s 8. Name a fad from the 20s or 30s 9. Name a stupid fad you’re embarrassed to admit you participated in 10. Name a stupid fad you’re proud to admit you resisted ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/2 "2009-03-02T20:15:14Z")
Nope, too much googling, since I doubt all weird US fads made it across the Atlantic (and vice versa). I’ll just plug in my iPod, put on my grunge shirt and the spike collar and sit this one out by the bar. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/3 "2009-03-02T20:17:08Z")
1. magnetic car ribbons 2. Pokemon 3. Big hair 4. Disco 5. bellbottoms 6. poddle skirts 7. Kilroy was here 8. flapper girls 9. pokemon 10. magnetic car ribbons ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/4 "2009-03-02T20:22:20Z")
1. WoW 2. Tamagotchi 3. Rubik’s Cube 4. Pet Rock 5. The Beatles 6. Hula Hoop 7. Kilroy Was Here 8. Flappers 9. Tamagotchi 10. Big Mouth Billy Bass ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/5 "2009-03-02T20:24:30Z")
1. Pants worn low 2. Flannel shirts 3. Big hair 4. Leisure suits 5. Lava lamps 6. Phonebooth stuffing 7. Zoot suits 8. Flagpole sitting 9. Pet rocks 10. Listening to glam metal 11. At least, it didn’t cost me anything. I caught one in the wild, tamed it, and gave it to my brother as a birthday gift. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/6 "2009-03-02T20:26:43Z")
1. baggy bottom pants 2. hip-hop music 3. cabbage patch kids 4. disco dancing 5. bell bottoms 6. poodle skirts 7. jitterbug 8. flappers 9. disco dancing 10. baggy bottom pants ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/7 "2009-03-02T20:33:36Z")
1. Skinny jeans 2. Flannel 3. Leg warmers 4. Bell bottoms 5. Tie dye 6. Poodle skirts 7. Zoot suits 8. Jazz 9. Ugg boots 10. Pet rocks ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/8 "2009-03-02T20:40:24Z")
1. Butt crack on purpose 2. Pokemon 3. Rainbow Brite 4. Earth shoes 5. Flower Power 6. Hula Hoops 7. Jitterbugs 8. Phone booth stuffing 9. Acid wash jeans 10. Jherri Curl ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/9 "2009-03-02T20:41:28Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Nope, too much googling, since I doubt all weird US fads made it across the Atlantic (and vice versa). > > I’ll just plug in my iPod, put on my grunge shirt and the spike collar and sit this one out by the bar. I’d love to know what fads were hot in Iceland at different times. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/10 "2009-03-02T20:45:04Z")
1. Kabbalah 2. Grunge 3. Big hair 4. Disco 5. James Dean style 6. Letterman jackets 7. Swing Dancing 8. Zoot suit 9. Dressing preppy 10. Bungee jumping ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/11 "2009-03-02T20:45:12Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I’d love to know what fads were hot in Iceland at different times. I’m afraid my personal experience would be limited to Sweden - as that’s where I grew up. Here’s one [classic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcsjNDS5a1k)from the 90.s, the [hottest babes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIYfOnEvRDU) from the 80.s and then I’m just too young 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/12 "2009-03-02T20:54:19Z")
1. LOLcats 2. Tamagotchi 3. Sticker albums 4. Glam rock 5. Beatlemania 6. Mods and Rockers 7. Dance contests 8. Charleston 9. Usenet 10. 4chan I’m going to be last on this one I think. I just said the first thing that came into my head. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/13 "2009-03-02T20:59:34Z")
1. rick rolling 2. parachute pants 3. big hair 4. bell bottoms 5. tie-dye 6. sock hops 7. swing dancing 8. flappers 9. pegged jeans 10. big hair in the 80s ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/14 "2009-03-02T21:00:52Z")
1. Twittering 2. Tatoos 3. Rubiks Cube 4. Pet rocks 5. Psychedelica 6. Hula hoop 7. Wearing an onion on one’s belt. 8. Jitterbugging 9. Pastel linin blazers. 10. Parachute pants. I don’t think I have a friggin’ clue about any of this … #7 most notably. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/15 "2009-03-02T21:02:45Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > 1. Kilroy Was Here Damn it! I was going to put that for #7, but then I thought … nah, that wasn’t really a _fad_. Fat lot I know. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/16 "2009-03-02T21:04:24Z")
1. LOLCats 2. the Macarena 3. Cabbage Patch dolls 4. pet rocks 5. bell-bottom jeans 6. hula hoops 7. zoot suits 8. raccoon coats 9. clove cigarettes 10. Beanie Babies ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/17 "2009-03-02T21:06:57Z")
1. Wii 2. Grunge 3. Rubik’s cube 4. Disco 5. Lava lamps 6. Hula hoops 7. Zoot suits 8. Flappers 9. Bell bottoms 10. Pet rocks ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/18 "2009-03-02T21:08:40Z")
1. Support the troops magnetic ribbons 2. Tamagotchi / Digital pets 3. Rubik’s Cube 4. Pet rocks 5. Tie dye 6. Hula hoops 7. Zoot Suits 8. Flagpole sitting 9. Muscle shirts 10. Low riding pants that leave the ass crack exposed 1 - As profound as a bumper sticker, but without the commitment! 9 - 1980s 10 - Still going on, but not as prevalent as 5 years ago ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/19 "2009-03-02T21:27:33Z")
1. Crocs 2. country (line) dancing 3. leg warmers 4. disco 5. hippie stuff, even if you weren’t a hippie 6. hula hoops 7. cramming lots of people into a small space, like a phone booth 8. swallowing goldfish 9. wearing a wig 10. piercings 11. Like hanging a beaded curtain in your home in the burbs and putting a candle in a bottle of Leibfraumilch (sp), psychedelic posters, glow paint, black lights, etc. 12. These were really popular in the 70’s. I wore mine with a headband. Don’t you judge me! I’ll be surprised if I match even one of these. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051/20 "2009-03-02T21:54:07Z")
1. LOLcats 2. Grunge 3. Cabbage Patch Kids 4. Disco 5. Counterculture 6. Rock n roll 7. Zoot suits 8. Flappers 9. Jelly shoes 10. Cabbage Patch Kids [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-fads-thru-the-decades-by-42fish-game-over/488051.md?page=2)