[ShadowBanThis01]

I remember the whole "trolls" fad as only the pencil-topper things from the '80s, not '90s or later. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Had no idea they dated back to the '60s.

[JKCalhoun]

Yeah, I see how they slot in now with the whole Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Weird-Ohs craze (circa 1969). There's a cringey "Leave it to Beaver" TV episode whose existence shows the cultural impact the "weird ohs" had on suburban norms (Beaver and his boy-pals each have a weird-oh shirt they agree to all wear to school on the same day ... well, you can guess how that plays out).

[kshay]

It seems you can buy reproductions of these now (of course). https://boingboing.net/2018/11/21/monster-shirts-based-on-an...

[kshay]

Hmm, pretty sure the Beav was long gone from the airwaves by 1969…

[boomboomsubban]

They seem to have meant 1959, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roth

[RajT88]

Stuff like that comes and goes.

Rabbits feet on necklaces were trendy when I was in high school. It wasn't the first time they were trendy among young people.

[WalterBright]

I remember when having an oversized comb sticking out of your jeans pocket was a trendy thing for teen men. That one never returned.

[birdyrooster]

damn shit like this makes it obvious how basic humans are

[s1artibartfast]

I think it instead that is a fascinating example of how complex humans and societies are. You could write dozens of books on the subject and still not fully explain one weird thing we do