From Being 'Performative' To AI Lovers: 12 Trends People Hope Die In 2025
Did you buy a Labubu in 2025, or perhaps a Lafufu? Do you know what “chicken jockey” means? Have you seen AI “slop” on your social media feeds, or even at work?
It feels impossible to have gotten through the year without being exposed to at least one of those trends.
Even missing those won’t free you from the zetigeist – if these seem unfamiliar, you probably qualify for the very 2025 status of ‘unc’.
Not all of these have been embraced equally, however. In an r/AskReddit post, u/W-O2G asked: “What’s a 2025 trend you hope dies before 2026?”
Here are some of the most-upvoted replies:
1) “Using AI chat as a therapist/lover/friend/etc.”
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2) “Broccoli haircuts.”
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