What was voguish then , but is actually the uncollectible bet back ?

Some past trends might have been popular ~just because~ — and maybe you even really liked them then! But now, you might have a completely different opinion of them looking back.

Perhaps while everyone was using certain technology like landline phones, you found them to be a hassle and are SO glad that they aren’t as common now — like, you wish you had the convenience of a cellphone growing up back then.

Or maybe there were social norms that you would be totally against now, like smoking on airplanes — which used to besuper common:

Or maybe there are other strange phenomena, like owning the coveted pet rock in the 1970s, that you find absolutely ridiculous now.

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What was trendy then, but is actually the WORST looking back?

Two women standing outside in fashionable 1960s attire; one in purple tie-dye shirt and pink pants, the other in a yellow tie-dye dress with yellow tights and boots

Close-up of a person wearing high platform clogs with studded details on a city sidewalk

A close-up of an old-fashioned corded telephone with a numeric keypad and receiver placed on the base

An airline stewardess lights a cigar for the passenger in a black hat and suit on an airplane

A Pet Rock in a nest of straw, with a cardboard box and an instruction booklet titled "The care and training of your Pet Rock"