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Why do only the awful things become fads? I thought. Eye-rolling and Barbie and bread pudding. Why never chocolate cheesecake or thinking for yourself?
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humour
independence
bellwether
fads
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Connie Willis |
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Even though sugar was very expensive, people consumed it till their teeth turned black, and if their teeth didn't turn black naturally, they blackened them artificially to show how wealthy and marvelously self-indulgent they were.
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history
sweet-tooth
why-tanning-is-stupid
fads
sugar
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Bill Bryson |
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I loved buildings that had grown silently with the centuries, catching the best of each generation while time curbed the artist's pride and the philistine's vulgarity and repaired the clumsiness of the dull workman.
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fads
fashion
tradition
timelessness
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Evelyn Waugh |
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...It was only ninety-four pages long, and so obviously wretchedly written it was destined to become a huge fad
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popular
fads
trends
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Connie Willis |