Outdated and half-baked,
these web praises have run their course.
Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today,
we're counting down our picks for the top 10 played out internet trends.
for this list,
we're delivering a final notice of eviction for internet trends,
that simply need to go.
♫ Look at my dab, b****h dab ♫
When professional athletes begin trolling the dabbing of others
and even your mama's dabbing too,
to it's safe to say the trend is finito.
Some of actually argued over who invented dabbing,
which is a fantastic conversation, if you're into that sort of thing.
We get it Youtubers, some of you have perfected the dab,
but let's just all move forward from this perpetual trend.
By now, anyone who has once position their body in the dab form,
is somehow now cleaning the trend as their own.
And sorry Dee Brown, but you didn't invent the dab,
you just dumped with your eyes covered.
♫ We're no strangers to love ♫
♫ You know the rules and so do I ♫
If you've ever been Rick Roll'd,
chances are it didn't mark a major event in your life.
In fact, you may have even passed
out from the sheer underwhelming nature
of the prank.
We get it, Rick Astley's 1987 hit, "Never Gonna Give You up",
is a true gem of 80's pop culture.
But, some of the internet's creative mind,
have simply been pushing the whole "Rickrolling" trend,
for far too long.
In 2013, the Fine Brothers released a "Rickrolling" reaction video,
which should mean the trend is officially retro.
And yet somehow, "Rickrolling" continues to not only thrive,
but also evolved.
In May of 2016,
a three-year-old child, took a tumble at the Cincinnati Zoo,
which led to the killing of Harambe the gorilla
and while social media unsurprisingly reacted
many chose to exploit the incident for cheap laughs.
If you're the sort who mourns the gorilla with your "Dicks Out For Harambe",
then you just may have a few issues or need a crash course on comedy.
This particular trend is so played out,
that even sharing, retweeting, or favoriting tasteless memes
or favoriting tasteless memes speaks volumes.
Somewhere, somehow, someone is currently
brainstorming a clever new Harambe video,
looking for that missing element
that could possibly make it unique.
And to that person, the internet says,
"Just stop".
On the internet,
some individuals seek out that perfect way to express themselves.
On reddit, especially,
a particular subreddit, that perfect way is "Nope!".
Picked off by one user's extreme distaste for spiders,
this simplistic trend will surely be studied over time.
As future generations will inevitably ponder the
psychological makeup of early 21st century humans.
Essentially, "Nope!" has become the meeting place,
for bored individuals looking to feel and then react to horribleness.
And perhaps make a YouTube video documenting the event.
It's an outdated trend, steeped in the idea
that you can find anything on youtube, trend
trend over.
Remember when internet challenges made for good conversation?
And remember when people challenged others to dump ice
buckets on their head without knowing why?
Well the once interesting, trend has evolved into
something watered down and even dangerous.
Everything now has to be extreme for internet challenges,
otherwise, it's just lame.
chap let's pick up the pace
The "salt and ice challenge" is a unique way to find internet fame,
as is the "Kylie Jenner lip challenge".
And the exixtence of such videos will surely be quite
interesting for potential employers in the future.
But hey, internet challenges
are all about living in the present,
even if some people don't realize they're stuck in the past.
Based on the original 1989 episode of "Dragon Ball Z",
this outdated trend has long been overused by hyperbolic webbies.
It's kind of like saying something is, "THE BEST THING EVER!"
or the worst thing ever, but with numbers.
The continuation of the "OVER 9000!" trend,
is essentially a slap in the face to Vegeta.
As the meme has lost its power since a 4chan user's
set it in motion back in 2006.
That's right... "2006".
Sure, it's a fun way of saying a lot
and even Oprah fell victim to the exaggerating nature of the trend.
Yet for a certain demographic of web users,
loyalty to this outdated concept,
is the equivalent of eighties rock fans staying loyal to their mullets.
Perhaps you've heard "WatchMojo" has run out of ideas.
If you believe that to be true,
then you already posted today's video on Facebook,
with the caption, "THIS!" to underline your point.
And while Youtubers, are certainly entitled to their opinion,
the four-letter response of "THIS!",
doesn't quite translate to the real world
or anything vaguely entertaining.
In fact,one could argue that and actually fully formed thought
or even just a bit of context,
may translate better on the interwebs.
"THIS!" is a trend,
a fad, an easy way to agree with something...
Without actually explaining, "Why?" or more often, "What?".
Certainly there must be someone out there,
conceptualising a new comment box trend
and whatever it happens to be,
it surely better than "THIS!".
Since the inception of YouTube,
we've seen various music trends, fashion trends
and comment box trends.
For those unfamiliar,
a unique group of people leave,
"Who's watching this?" comments on old videos,
simply to get likes,
which provides them warm fuzzies in return.
♫ Who's watching? ♫
What a special feeling, that is.
Yet, there's no real point to such a trend
and it has nothing to do with the actual video content,
unless, the subject happens to be in the news.
It's not even the most bizarre comment box trend believe it or not.
And no other YouTube channel is more familiar with
comment box psychology then WatchMojo.
Believe that!
Like all forms of social media,
Snapchat can be used efficientl
or obsessively.
♫ But first, ♫
♫ Let me take a selfie ♫
But those dog face and face swap filters,
now those are used aggressively
and without shame.
In fact, there should be a limit on how many times a Snapchatter,
can use a given filter per day.
Certainly while having lunch
or doing some mundane activity.
And let's be honest, nobody actually enjoys that face swap filter,
nobody actually enjoys that face swap filter, unless you're the one using it.
It's both creepy and offensive to the human eye.
Before we unveil our number one pick,
here are some honorable mentions.
Well here we are,
the "First!" phenomenon.
Also known as, the trend of proclaim yourself,
to be the supposed first commenter on videos
that you don't actually watch.
There's no real benefit to this whatsoever,
not to mention no personal skill involved.
All it means, is that you believe yourself to be the first person,
to type the quickest at a specific moment in time.
And perhaps you've noticed that WatchMojo,
doesn't send out gift packages to the first crowd.
Well that's mainly because it's a trend,
the majority of the internet wishes,
had ended a long, long time ago.
Do you agree with our list?
What do you think is the most played out internet trend?
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