By Jenny Le and Kayla Hoang
As we transition out of the 2010s and move towards the 2020s, we reflect on the major trends and events that happened throughout the past decade. Baron Banner interviews students around campus in order to find their opinions on the best and worst trends of the decade.
“I think one of the worst trends was probably the whole mustache-YOLO-swag thing of like, 2010 to 2013. It made for good marketing but it was kind of dumb- it was really dumb, actually. I think the best trend, it’s a little cringy, but I think it was those really obscure memes, with like the cursed emojis. Those things that don’t make sense, but make us laugh because they somehow come together in a really weird way,” says senior Charmaine Cabral. Photo by Elyssa Phan. 
¨Definitely the whip-and-nae-nae, I hated that. And best trend? Fidget spinners, I liked that one,” says junior Corvin Wolf. Photo by Elyssa Phan. 
“The worst trend of the decade was Tik Tok. The best trend? The best trend was the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS because it went to help so many people and it really brought our community together,” says senior Kneesa Hougen. Photo by Elyssa Phan. 
“I think that Mukbangs are one of the greater trends of the decade. Worst? Probably the tide pod thing- the tide-pod-eating challenge,” says junior Katelyn Nguyen. Photo by Elyssa Phan. 
“I’d say the worst trend, probably like those tik toks of those people lip-syncing to music ‘cause it’s just the same repetitive stuff over and over again. The best trend probably is, those tik toks that actually are kinda like vines. They’re very humorous and always fun to watch. Ironically, Tik tok is both a blessing and a curse.” says sophomore Grady Ponegalek. Photo by Jenny Le. 
“The worst trend is probably when everyone reposted Mr. Beast’s post of him giving away money, and the best trend was when Alvin and the Chipmunks made covers of every song,” says sophomore Eileen Tran-Nguyen. Photo by Elyssa Phan. 
“The worst trend of the decade was middle part hair-to me it looks stupid. My favorite trend though was the ice-bucket challenge. It was stupid but it was more fun to watch then tik tok,” says freshman Giauy Nguyen. Photo by Jenny Le.
