15 Dumb and Cringey Trends People Will Regret in the Future

1.

“Posting way too much Information or pictures of your toddlers and children on social media. It will stay on the internet forever and some of the posts will be very embarrassing later on. It isn't like the kid really understands or consents to have their pics posted to social media.”

2.

“posting about almost every aspect of your life on social media. I posted some pretty cringe stuff as a kid that is still floating around somewhere, and that was before social media became big. I can't imagine what it's going to be like now.”

3.

“Ape nfts.”

4.

“Ignoring criminal acts by politicians."

5.

“I think people are just starting to regret naming their kids Danerys and Sansa.”

6.

“Facebook has explicitly encouraged its users to break down privacy barriers between different aspects of their life, e.g. work, school, and family. This is not a theoretical effect but an intentional one; Zuck has explicitly said that in his view, people who maintain boundaries between different parts of their life "lack integrity" and that it's Facebook's goal to promote "integrity" in this specific sense. This is deeply dysfunctional.”

7.

“Quirky misspelling of names.”

8.

“Too much plastic surgery, fillers and Botox on young people.”

9.

“Those eyebrows. Holy cow, there’s no way people won't regret those weird eyebrows.”

10.

“The destruction of public education (squeezing and outright sabotage of public schools, prohibitive costs for secondary education). The normalization of being undereducated, either through apathy or because of forces outside your control. The idea that opinion is equal to fact and that sticking to your original viewpoint is heroic. "Yeah, your studies may say that, but this is how I FEEL about it" and similar arguments. The reason we are no longer a minor species of omnivorous hunter-gatherers is our ability to pass along knowledge to others. Each generation building on the achievements of prior generations is the path to progress in health, quality of life, equality, production and so much more.”

11.

“Mommy bloggers who post constant pics and details of their children. Robbing children of privacy for likes and money is sickening. Don’t even get me started on ones with sick kids…”

12.

“Some body modification trends. People in my age group are already regretting some of what they did to themselves in their early 20's. I can't imagine that this generation will fare any better.”

13.

“Letting companies freely track our online behaviors.”

14.

“Cruel pranks on strangers for views.”

15.

“$1200 sneakers.”