There’s a thin line between love and hate, and the Internet continually straddles it. While we recognize the many reasons we could absolutely, never ever, live offline, 2013 has been a year full of things we'd like to never see again. Compared to 2012, memes and viral content were given steroids in 2013, and the digital trends that popped up need to be retired. Immediately. #ASAP. However you want to put it. Full disclosure: we’ve willingly perpetuated many of these ourselves, but we’re ready to see them die a dignified death. From DOGE to side-eyeing Chloe, here are The Worst Internet Trends of 2013.
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DOGE
Vine Mash-Ups
Twerk Team Videos
The Internet and Miley Cyrus, who will henceforth be referred to only as She Who Shall Not Be Named, ruined twerking, a previously entertaining and and innocent enough pastime. But the surfeit of struggle twerking videos was unnecessary and excruciating, and we'd like to pretend it never happened.
Gallon-smashing
Too Many Damn Memes
#stopblackgirls2013
Horse_ebooks
Let's be real. Does anyone even actually "get" Horse_ebooks?
Twitter Display Names
Harlem Shake Videos
If these were videos of thousands of people doing the real Harlem Shake, we would've been down. But if it doesn't involve G-Dep, what's the point even?
Viral YouTube Pranks
Revenge Porn
Subtweeting
Side-eying Chloe
I do believe that children are the future and Chloe has the most expressive side-eye, but doesn't she deserve better than to be plastered all over the Internet without her own permission?
#CuttingForBieber
Lil Terrio
It's hard to tell, but it seems as though more people are laughing at Terrio rather than with him. And that's a little too mean-spirited.