One art teacher has created a spooky graveyard where this year’s most passe pop culture trends lie buried. The rise and fall of trends is nothing new, so it makes sense that Michael Fry, a father, and art teacher who has seen his fair share of children becoming stupidly obsessed with trends, decided to come up with a Pop Culture Graveyard to decorate his lawn for Halloween.
This ‘Dead Trend’ Graveyard Buries 2017’s Worst Trends And It's Hilarious
By
Sughra Hafeez in
Holidays
On 20th October 2017
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#1 Michael Fry was inspired by Disney World's Haunted Mansion gravestones to create his own graveyard in his front yard.
#2 Fry's graveyard is made up of pop culture trends that are dead or dying out in 2017.
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#3 He decided which trends to inter in his front yard by consulting with his family and students.
#4 References to summer’s favorite hashtag, and the beauty trends we love to hate to make their appearance.
#5 Fry started this Halloween tradition in 2015, inspired by a spin through Disney World’s Haunted Mansion ride, which also features droll headstones.
#6 “I wanted mine to be funny, but current and relevant,” he says.
“I also wanted to change them every year so it would always be fresh.”
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#7 He wanted the gravestones to be funny and unique and decided pop culture was the way to go.
#8 He incorporated politics, fashion, and things we've seen this year either online or in the entertainment industry.
#9 Some of the monuments were a little more abstract than others.
He also put a Game of Thrones reference, because, come on, you know that Dragon's death hurt you.
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#10 “My neighbors look forward to it,” Fry says.
“Every October they start asking what died this year.”
#11 When asked what he hopes to be able to mourn in 2018, he has an immediate answer.
“Fidget spinners,” he says. “Of course, global warming would be nice too.” Stay tuned.
#12 Overall, this is one great example of Halloween done right.
RIP, dabbing. (And long live dad jokes.)
