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CNet lists the top 10 web fads of all-time, including the HampsterDance, All Your Base are Belong to Us, Star Wars Kid, and more. It's a nice nostalgic trip for many stories which were presumably posted on /. years ago. :lol

By Molly Wood
Internet phenomena. Memes. Grist for the e-mail forwarding mill. Whatever you call them, Web fads are entertaining, unintended consequences of life on the World Wide Web. Once the masses could put anything online easily, they turned up weird fetishes, hilarious parody, jaw-dropping narcissism, and moments of brilliance. And over the past 10 years, some of these ideas broke through to the mainstream. Whether it was dancing hamsters, a kid enjoying his day as a Jedi Knight, or the sudden ability to publish your thoughts online with just a few simple clicks, the following 10 Web fads still make us laugh, make us wonder, or make us feel guilty enough to update our blogs.

http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6268155-1.html?tag=cnetfd.ld

 

[Ihateyouchris]

wtf?

where are goatse and tubgirl on that list???????

 

[JPRaup]

Rierom is number 11

 

[Orin GA]

No Hello thar butsekz?

 

[The Faceless Master]

damn, no zombo.com?

and no icy hot stuntaz?

the list is good tho, i dunno what i'd remove

 

[moist]

The lack of the Asian prince in that list is disheartening.

 

[MC Safety]

Not to nitpick, but is a semi-stoned little girl shilling for Apple really a Web fad?

Meh.

 

[pnjtony]

Hmmmm...I didn't see Zombo.com!

 

[Phoenix]

wtf?

where are goatse and tubgirl on that list???????

I knew someone would beat me to it. Those two are far bigger fads than many of the ones listed

 

[Cherubae]

wtf?

where are goatse and tubgirl on that list???????

Because those are legends, not simple fads

 

[Vormund]

The lack of the Asian prince in that list is disheartening.

Yes someone post pics plz lol

 

[Hitokage]

Goatse isn't a fad. It's a landmark. It's a monument.

 

[jenov4]

Haha worst list evar. What about that "HELLO MY FUTURE GIRLFRIEND" kid??! Where's that eh?!? bah..

 

[Rorschach]

c|net knows nothing of the interweb!

 

[moist]

Yes someone post pics plz lol

 

[Blackace]

Lack of Dancing Banana and peanut butter jelly time


NNNNNNNooooOOOOOOooOOOOOoOOO!!!!

 

[Vormund]

Ahh you've made my day

 

[Escape Goat]

Ellen feiss is hilarious. I <3 her.

 

[explodet]

BADGER
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MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!

 

[ChrisReid]

Half these aren't real fads.

 

[hobbitx]

Man, that list sucked ass. No peanut butter jelly time, no Mikey, Peter Pan, BUBB RUBB!!!

Someone needs to make serious a top 20 list.

 

[Boogie]

Star Wars Kid was 2002? I didn't think it was so long ago :lol

 

[Tain]

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW DOG

 

[Pudding Tame]

Ellen feiss is hilarious. I <3 her.

I like Feiss too,but allow me to introduce the Bizzaro Feiss!

 

[Blackace]

why is Momoko Bizarro?

 

[Pudding Tame]

They are both students, they have both switched to Macs, one really laid back, the other one manic.

So similar, yet so different.

Bizarro.

The new fragrence from Calvin Klein.

 

[Gek54]

They both have pink eyes.

 

[Blackace]

They are both students, they have both switched to Macs, one really laid back, the other one manic.

So similar, yet so different.

Bizarro.

The new fragrence from Calvin Klein.

oh.. it all has become so clear... btw Momoko rocks