‘Garbage trends’ clog the internet — and they may be here to stay

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The recipe for tomato feta pasta that briefly took over TikTok is made up of oven-roasted feta, tomatoes and garlic, which is mixed with pasta and topped with parsley.

Sea shanties, the word “cheugy,” feta pasta and “RushTok” were all fleeting internet obsessions over the past year. But what do such “garbage trends” say about our cultural condition?

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Sea shanties, the word “cheugy,” feta pasta and “RushTok” were all fleeting internet obsessions over the past year. But what do such “garbage trends” say about our cultural condition?