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This immediately reminds me of that trend of 'light dancers' that was prominent on America's Got Talent for a few years until people got bored of them. https://

• hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  > for a few years until people got bored of them. I agree, but at a personal level I find it sad how that, given the gargantuan amount of media available, and the ease of consuming it, how quickly things fall into the "old fad" bucket. For example, I find that there is a lot of content on TikTok that is truly amazing. I like watching parkour videos, and I'm amazed at these people's skills and daredevil tricks. But it's so easily to quickly scroll through hundreds of these videos that they lose their unique luster too quickly, and after a while it feels like "meh, that was cool, what's next". I guess I'm arguing that this overabundance of consumable media content has some big negative consequences, similar to how the overabundance of food in the middle part of the last century had grave health consequences for most Western nations.
  • hamburglar 4y ago
    Isn’t this just the nature of novelty? The most interesting thing about something is often the idea and the fact that it’s new and unexpected. The first time you see it, you’re surprised and delighted. Novelty drops off quickly unless people using the same idea add significant innovation to it.