Most of 2014 is over and many new trends and fads have popped up all throughout the year. There are a few of these fads that I think should fade away, and fast, because they’re extremely irritating.

The first of the fashion crazes that drive me crazy are glasses with no prescriptions in them. Why is the notion that if someone wears glasses, they’re smarter? This is the newest, and most obnoxious in my opinion, fad that has risen to such popularity.

As someone who has worn actual glasses since the fifth grade, this trend has bothered me ever since it became a thing. All throughout middle school I was bullied for having “four-eyes” and constantly seen as an outcast. Now, the same people who tormented me are the same ones who are spending pointless money on a piece of plastic that they think makes them look more intelligent. What is the point of these glasses? I simply can’t understand, because I actually need glasses for the rest of my life.

Another bothersome rage on the Internet is ‘instagramming’ your food. Now, I have been guilty of this before and I am not proud of it. I couldn’t exactly tell you what the point of it is. When I go on Instagram, I honestly do not care what people have had to eat. I understand that your food looks good, but will you really go back into your pictures and stare at the food you ate two weeks ago? I didn’t think so.

Miley Cyrus was quite influential here at GVSU last year with her Wrecking Ball video. And yet, even though that has blown over, she still has a lasting effect on teens all over the world: twerking. This phenomenon is still going on with tons of new videos popping up on YouTube all the time now. Not only are these videos 10 percent repulsive, but 100 percent hilarious. There are twerking fails where people fall on their faces or someone walks in on them twerking on the door. I understand that, as a college kid, you just want to shake your butt, but there are clubs for that.

The last annoyance on the Internet is #hashtags. I won’t say I have never used them, because I actually love to use hashtags on my Twitter account. I also think they are very helpful if you want to find information. You can search by hashtagging a word, a phrase or even people; it’s quite easy and useful in some situations. However, I think many people overuse it. #For #example, #this #is #annoying, #please #stop. Individual words do not need to be hashtagged; there is no point to it.

Now I’m not criticizing anyone who loves these fads or participates in them, it’s just my opinion that I hope by 2015 they have faded away. As much as I enjoy the twerking fail videos and looking at delicious food, I’m ready for those things to be done. Who knows what amazing and odd things society can come up with next?

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