Welcome to 2022. It’s a new year, which should mean a fresh start. So let’s resolve to go forward without the weight of 2021 on our backs. To do that, we need to jettison some truly terrible trends that never should’ve become popular in the first place.
Whether it’s a social media dare or celebrities sucking face, there are parts of 2021 we’d like to pretend didn’t happen…and want to prevent from ever entering the pop-culture consciousness ever again. In that spirit, we’ve reviewed all the big fads from the past year and selected the most annoying, obnoxious ones that need to go away, ASAP.
These are 12 things that absolutely should not be a thing in 2022.
Cover Photo: Twitter
2022 not be a thing
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Dangerous Social Media Challenges
It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.
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Gender Reveal Parties
All these parties reveal is what a douchebag parent you're going to be.
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TV Shows Incorporating the Pandemic Into the Storyline
We lived it – and, to be honest, are still living it – so the last thing we want to do when trying to unwind is see the pandemic depicted onscreen. It’s fiction, people! Let us immerse ourselves in a fantasy world where no one ever heard the word “coronavirus.”
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Celebrity PDA
Couples like Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker or Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly can kindly stop shoving their sexual chemistry in our (sadly celibate) faces via social media now, please and thank you.
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Ridiculous Celebrity Kids Names
May you be teased, mercilessly.
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Cryptobabble
Please, talk to us about anything else.
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Student Loan Debt
C’mon, Joe, just write that shit off.
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Baby-fication
From Boss Baby to Baby Yoda, we’re sick of infants being the center of pop culture attention.
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Generational Wars
Millennials vs. Boomers. Gen Z vs. Millennials. Come on, people, can’t we all just get along? (And wear bootcut jeans if we want to?)
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Insufferable Music While on Hold During Phone Calls
No, that Kenny G remix is not a jam. Even worse is when the automated lady interrupts the music and for a second you think your call has been answered. Psych!
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Long-ass Instagram Captions
We’re only here for the eye candy. If we wanted to read, we'd go to the library.
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Celebrities Plugging Their Projects With Semi-Nude Selfies
Just kidding. We love this trend. Keep it up!
