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     • What is a garbage trend? No, these trends have nothing to do with actual garbage (though never say never). Instead, a garbage trend is anything that goes viral online — usually TikTok — and takes over the collective hive mind of the internet, before disappearing from both our feeds and our memories.
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     “Garbage Trends” Are The New Online Norm, But Should They Be?

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   What is a 'garbage trend'?

   • "It was like a whole craze for a week, then no one remembered it ever again," muses Rebecca Jennings. The senior correspondent for Vox covers internet culture; she coined the term "garbage trend" in a December article to describe these fast-moving, short-lived online phenomena.

   Internet 'garbage trends' may be here to stay : NPR

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   Do garbage trends drive cultural conversations?

   • Jennings is troubled about how garbage trends drive cultural conversations during an ever-widening vacuum of local news — it's often easier, she points out, to run across outraged responses over a clip of a school board meeting a thousand miles away than to find unbiased coverage of your own school board meetings.

   Internet 'garbage trends' may be here to stay : NPR

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   Why are we obsessed with trends?

   • My theory is that our current collective obsession with trends is a response to the massive unpredictability of technology, finance, and health over the past two years, and the fact that the world is so different from what it used to look like.

   The year of garbage internet trends - Vox

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3. www.npr.org › 2022/01/19 › 1071815117Internet 'garbage trends' may be here to stay : NPR

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   Jan 19, 2022 · Sea shanties, the word "cheugy," feta pasta and "RushTok" were all fleeting internet obsessions over the past year. But what do such "garbage trends" say about our cultural condition?

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4. www.hercampus.com › culture › what-are-garbage-trends“Garbage Trends” Are The New Online Norm, But Should They Be?

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   • What Is A Garbage Trend?
   • Why Are They A Bad Thing?
   • What Do They Mean For The Future of The Internet?

   No, these trends have nothing to do with actual garbage (though never say never). Instead, a garbage trend is anything that goes viral online — usually TikTok — and takes over the collective hive mind of the internet, before disappearing from both our feeds and our memories. The example NPR mentioned is sea shanties on TikTok; other garbage trends ...

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   NPR’s apocalyptic headline would have you think that garbage trends are a stain on the internet, but you might be wondering what’s so bad about garbage trends. After all, was unhinged Elmo really hurting anybody? Why does it matter that we were all obsessed and then moved on? Simply put, they take up space. When you’re dealing with the internet, “s...

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   When we consume and partake in garbage trends, we’re essentially strengthening the power of the algorithm, and feeding into our shortening attention spans. Trends themselves aren’t necessarily a consequence of the pandemic; cultural moments have gone in and out of style for decades. But the fleeting nature with which we move on from these ideas see...

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   Jan 19, 2022 · Sea shanties, the word "cheugy," feta pasta and "RushTok" were all fleeting internet obsessions over the past year. But what do such "garbage trends" say about our cultural condition?

6. www.vox.com › the-goods › 22841564The year of garbage internet trends - Vox

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   Dec 21, 2021 · The year of garbage internet trends. Most viral fads are meaningless, as explained by sea shanties. by Rebecca Jennings. Updated Dec 21, 2021, 6:00 AM PST. Getty Images. Rebecca Jennings is a...

7. www.earthday.org › how-our-trash-How Our Trash Impacts the Environment - Earth Day

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   Jul 9, 2024 · Over two billion metric tons of unsustainable, human-generated waste are thrown away globally every year, entering our environment and polluting every ecosystem around the world.

8. www.gov.uk › government › statisticsUK statistics on waste - GOV.UK

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   Sep 26, 2024 · In 2020, it is estimated that the UK generated 59.4 million tonnes of non-hazardous construction and demolition (C&D) waste, of which 55.0 million tonnes was recovered. England...

9. www.canvas8.com › library › reportsHow do brands sort through the 'garbage trend' pile-up? - Canvas8

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   May 4, 2022 · The phrase 'garbage trends' has emerged as a tongue-in-cheek way of describing common, fleetingly viral fads, particularly those arising from TikTok. From fashion styles to memes, internet phenomena are coming and going so quickly that companies trying to engage with them must be particularly savvy.