Ha, I was actually talked into participating in one in the very early 00s near Liverpool St maybe where we all had to wear cricket whites for whatever reason. It was insanely boring.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
looking back now its weird to realize that it peaked as a fad so long before the era of widespread smartphones and video-based social media. i remember hating flashmobs, but cant recall how i actually saw them. pictures on flickr? clips on local news?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 1 July 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah that is odd - in my head they're linked to Facebook but actually a few years too early to have been in reality.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
I think maybe there'd be the occasional slightly jokey item about them on national news.
― chap, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
I remember reading about them on cnn.com
― peace, man, Thursday, 1 July 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
289. Vonage
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 July 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
290. Listened to mashups
― Kim, Saturday, 3 July 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
291. Say "Bunch of arse"
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:06 (ten months ago) link
292. Said, out loud, things like “that’s teh cool”.
― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 25 May 2023 12:55 (ten months ago) link
293. Maintained profiles on both Friendster and MySpace until it was clear which one was gonna really take off.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:04 (ten months ago) link
294. Got knocked for a loop when thefacebook.com showed up to the party.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:05 (ten months ago) link
295. Had no idea what 90% of the electronic music producers your record collection looked like, or had any knowledge of their views / breakfast that day / hot takes on current affairs etc.
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:57 (ten months ago) link
*in your record collection even
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:58 (ten months ago) link
reaction videos are the flash mobs of the 2020s
― budo jeru, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:29 (ten months ago) link
298. A young generation moved into adulthood, boldly declaring their key tenet: ‘We eat ass’
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Friday, 26 May 2023 07:32 (ten months ago) link
Teenage dirtbags
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Friday, 26 May 2023 07:42 (ten months ago) link
300. Googlewhacked
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 26 May 2023 18:11 (ten months ago) link