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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.
by ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
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 4y agoYeah, 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 4y agoHmm, pretty sure the Beav was long gone from the airwaves by 1969…
- boomboomsubban 4y agoThey seem to have meant 1959, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roth
- kshay 4y agoIt seems you can buy reproductions of these now (of course). https://boingboing.net/2018/11/21/monster-shirts-based-on-an-epi.html https://boingboing.net/2018/11/21/monster-shirts-based-on-an...
- RajT88 4y agoStuff 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 4y agoI remember when having an oversized comb sticking out of your jeans pocket was a trendy thing for teen men. That one never returned.
- birdyrooster 4y agodamn shit like this makes it obvious how basic humans are
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI 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