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I remember the whole "trolls" fad as only the pencil-topper things from the '80s, not '90s or later. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Had no idea they dated back to the '60s.

Yeah, I see how they slot in now with the whole Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Weird-Ohs craze (circa 1969). There's a cringey "Leave it to Beaver" TV episode whose existence shows the cultural impact the "weird ohs" had on suburban norms (Beaver and his boy-pals each have a weird-oh shirt they agree to all wear to school on the same day ... well, you can guess how that plays out).

Hmm, pretty sure the Beav was long gone from the airwaves by 1969…

They seem to have meant 1959, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roth

It seems you can buy reproductions of these now (of course). https://boingboing.net/2018/11/21/monster-shirts-based-on-an...

Stuff like that comes and goes.

Rabbits feet on necklaces were trendy when I was in high school. It wasn't the first time they were trendy among young people.

I remember when having an oversized comb sticking out of your jeans pocket was a trendy thing for teen men. That one never returned.

damn shit like this makes it obvious how basic humans are

I think it instead that is a fascinating example of how complex humans and societies are. You could write dozens of books on the subject and still not fully explain one weird thing we do

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