These 16 Fads Were All The Rage In 2006 But Would Turn Heads For The Wrong Reasons Today

Great for moving. Not so great for sitting.

Good for solidarity, but eventually people realized wristbands don't solve large-scale problems - real involvement does.

How they became popular in the first place is truly an enigma. The important thing is, though, that they're not anymore.

After years of deliberation, the design team at Facebook had a revelational thought in 2006: "What the hell are these even for?" Thus marked the death of the poke.

Sure, thongs may still be a thing, but at least people don't call them "whale tails" anymore. And if you do, shame on you.

Because people grew up and realized they needed jobs.

But they really need to consider doing a reboot version with the Miley of today...just not with Disney.

The natural effect of being asked, "Why are you orange?" on a daily basis finally ran its course in '06, thank god.

Okay, well maybe this one isn't completely dead yet, but I speak for the rest of humanity when I say we'd all love if it was.

So immersive.

Wait, this one I don't get. How could this have gone out of style???

Because eventually teenagers realized that drawing more attention to their braces wasn't really what they wanted.

The question isn't "how many people got injured," but rather, "how many didn't."

The only bad days anyone had were from hearing this damn song on the radio over and over.

Now, we have "hoverboards"...that don't even hover. Oh how far we've come.

If you hear anyone make a Chuck Norris joke now, you can put money on them being either:

A.) A baby boomer

B.) Severely lame, or...

C.) All of the above