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The Dumbest Social Media Trends of the 21st Century

By Hollywood Kyle
All you did was lie on the ground, face down, arms by your side, legs stretched like a pencil. The trend soon became seeing where you could do it in the most dangerous situation possible.

Throughout the 21st century, we’ve all seen the rise of social media. And with the rise of social media, trends also came along. Many of the ones we remember started on Vine, which was the video social media that is similar to TikTok now. One of the greatest trends, particularly because it was for a great cause, raised a ton of money, and was virtually harmless to everyone involved, was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Maybe you’ve tried all of these, or at least one of them. But Beasley and WJBR takes no responsibility for any actions taken in regards to this article. Please do not try these at home, or anywhere for that matter. They are stupid and dangerous. Or some are just dumb.

  • Planking

    Planking

    All you did was lie on the ground, face down, arms by your side, legs stretched like a pencil. The trend soon became seeing where you could do it in the most dangerous situation possible.

  • Cinnamon Challenge

    This challenge was putting a hefty amount of cinnamon spice in your mouth and seeing how you react. It was always very dangerous and resulted in many people choking, hospitalized, or dead.

  • Saltine Challenge

    Basically, you’d eat a set amount of saltine crackers in 60 seconds or less. Typically 6 crackers.

  • Stapling Bread to Trees

    This one people still do… they just staple a bread product to a tree and take a picture.

    I found this sub on not interesting so I stapled bread to my tree
    byu/KekistaniKekin inBreadStapledToTrees

  • Clowns Terrorizing People

    Remember when people were dressing as clowns and pranking people? They were all over the place… very weird and scary.

  • Meme Stock Investing

    An investor bet all the money he had on Gamestop and sent the market into a frenzy. Meme stock investing became the craze and it eventually made the stock market into a meme in itself.

    @andreaangiolillo

    I own the place #gamestop #amc #meme #stocks #investing #comedy

    ♬ The Social Network (The Movie's Theme Song) - Movie Sounds Unlimited

  • Milk Crate Challenge

    In 2021, the milk crate challenge became very popular. You’d run up a step stair made of milk crates which are very unstable. It usually resulted in falling and getting injured.

  • Tebowing

    Tim Tebow

    Tim Tebowing was a trend that started from the man himself. He was seen praying very often, on one knee. It even became a celebration for him. Many others caught on.

  • Dabbing

    Dabbing

    Dabbing was a dance move that people took as a joke. It’s very cheesy now.

  • Outlet Challenge

    Absolutely do not try this. This trend resulted in houses burning down and death by electrocution.

  • Salt and Ice Challenge

    The salt and ice challenge left people with scars like the one below, and much worse. Placing salt on the skin, then rubbing an ice cube on it into your skin, two people would see how long they could last. The salt and ice combination would literally burn their skin.

  • Tide Pod Challenge

    Tide

    The Tide Pod challenge resulted in 6 deaths and 7,000 cases of poisoning control. People were eating tide pods, seeing how many they could eat before getting sick.

  • Boiling Water Challenge

    Throwing boiling water into the freezing air would make snow…so they said. They should have told people where to throw it and how to tell which way the wind is blowing. Many people were burned and scorched throwing boiling water on themselves during this social media trend.

    @davidhopping

    Boiling water challenge! #boilingwaterchallenge

    ♬ Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson

  • Storm Area 51

    Area 51

    Area 51 is rumored to have aliens there. Whether you believe it or not, it’s heavily armed and guarded. In 2019, over 2 million people signed up to raid Area 51 on Facebook. Two million people did not show up, but many still did. Some were arrested.

  • Fire Challenge

    Fire

    The Fire Challenge was insane from the beginning. You’d light yourself on fire…that’s it. I don’t know how people are this dumb.

  • FaceApp

    Faceapp took the internet by storm. Everyone was downloading it and trying the different face filters and renderings of themselves. It came to a screeching halt when they discovered it was a Russian owned app.

    @dexstherz

    never lowering my standards ever again #CapCut #fyp #faceapp #genderswap

    ♬ оригинальный звук - 054

  • Harlem Shake

    Though harmless, very silly. It was fun but doing it more than once was a bit much.

    @splack

    2020 has been a shitty year.. so let’s revisit 2012.. 🤷🏽‍♂️Tag who you see! #harlemshake #2012 #dance #simplertimes #fpryoupage #foryou #splack

    ♬ Harlem Shake - Baauer

  • Kylie Jenner Challenge

    This social media trend when people noticed Kylie Jenner had work done on her lips. So they decided to try and look like her… People would take a shot glass, suck their lips into it and leave it there for a while. Then when they take it off, it would leave their lips large and plump, apparently like Kylie Jenner’s…

  • Hot Dogs or Legs

    Hot Dogs or Legs became a trend when people would always take the same photo of their legs while at the beach. Someone made the joke their legs looked like hot dogs and someone actually posted two hot dogs and fooled everyone that they were legs. Thus the trend was born.

  • Milk Gallon Smashing

    Gallon Smashing just made everyone’s day worse…

  • Kiki Do You Love Me

    Kiki do you love me? The social media trend was based on the song in the video. You’d get out of the car while it’s still rolling and dance to the song. Everyone was doing it, until some started getting injured, or died.

    https://www.tiktok.com/@linabgrr/video/7177785601666632966

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