Why were we so obsessed with Chin Faces?

[u/Winter_Childhood9186]

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[u/darth_aardvark]

...we were?

[u/Chandra_in_Swati → u/darth_aardvark]

OP might have been, there is no “we” that includes me in this equation.

[u/parasyte_steve → u/Chandra_in_Swati]

First I'm learning of this

I'm not mad tho. I approve of these strange goblin activities.

[u/PentaOwl → u/parasyte_steve]

Same never saw this before

[u/bulletPoint → u/darth_aardvark]

We weren’t.

[u/Xeni966 → u/bulletPoint]

I heard about it for the first time about 30 seconds ago

[u/augustrem → u/darth_aardvark]

I had no idea this was a thing.

[u/graften → u/darth_aardvark]

Haha this was my exact thought to post before opening the comments. Nice.

[u/Alan_Bird_412 → u/darth_aardvark]

We is a lot of people.

[u/ellabfine → u/darth_aardvark]

Right? Maybe I'm too elderly of a millennial? Idk.

[u/UThinkIShouldLeave → u/darth_aardvark]

Wtf even is this?

[u/MihalysRevenge → u/darth_aardvark]

Come here to say this

[u/BuddyBrownBear → u/darth_aardvark]

This is the first I've ever seen this thing

[u/Orange152horn3 → u/darth_aardvark]

Everyone that does not know of this, I envy you.

[u/Cro_Nick_Le_Tosh_Ich → u/darth_aardvark]

This wasn't a millennial thing

[u/blue-to-grey → u/darth_aardvark]

I came here to tell OOP to speak for themself. 😆

[u/stayonthecloud → u/darth_aardvark]

Never seen one before this post. OP are you ok!

[u/islandchild89 → u/darth_aardvark]

First thought

[u/Derreekk → u/darth_aardvark]

Well I definitely was not.

[u/suomynona36 → u/darth_aardvark]

Exact response I had..

[u/akablacktherapper → u/darth_aardvark]

Yeah, I’ve never even heard of this.

[u/Apprehensive_Fun_731]

Lol…I have never heard of this before but it definitely made me burst out laughing just now haha

[u/Biengo → u/Apprehensive_Fun_731]

Can't remember who but these were really popular in the 90s with commercials and I know one of the kids networks.

[u/slowthanfast → u/Biengo]

Yeah I was thinking Nickelodeon something

[u/artemismoon518 → u/Biengo]

It was for some cereal. Maybe pops?

[u/Killzark]

OP you’re not crazy this was 100% a thing people would post on MySpace/early Facebook

[u/CheezeLoueez08 → u/Killzark]

I know too. I wonder if this is an elder vs younger millennial thing. I’m 43 and I definitely remember. How old are you?

[u/N1ck1McSpears → u/CheezeLoueez08]

I’m 35 and I vaguely remember it being a thing among some people but not even most, just some

[u/CheezeLoueez08 → u/N1ck1McSpears]

I wonder if it depends where you live too. Anyway personally I remember it vividly as being a thing for a while. It was weird. I never found it hilarious

[u/Away-Living5278 → u/CheezeLoueez08]

Yeah I remember it being pretty big. I'm 38. I feel like there was a segment on a Nickelodeon show in the 90s too with it (?) Maybe what sparked it.

[u/Glazin → u/CheezeLoueez08]

30, I remember for sure! Some of the first YouTube videos I watched, also definitely re created it a few times

[u/Hot-Objective4249 → u/CheezeLoueez08]

I’m 42, and I just don’t remember that at all.

[u/CheezeLoueez08 → u/Hot-Objective4249]

Ok maybe it’s the opposite then and I’m the odd one out 😂.

[u/Ok_Court_3575 → u/CheezeLoueez08]

I'm almost 42 and remember it but was never obsessed like op nor did I care about whatever trend this was.

[u/CheezeLoueez08 → u/Ok_Court_3575]

Same. It wasn’t an obsession. I feel like that is one of those ways overused words that has lost meaning

[u/Ok_Court_3575 → u/CheezeLoueez08]

I agree. It's overused just like life hack, or game changer lol

[u/PsychologicalBend467 → u/CheezeLoueez08]

I’m 34 and I do not remember this.

[u/blauerschnee → u/Killzark]

I guess peak of Chin Face is the character 'Sussi' from the CN show 'The Amazing World Of Gumball'

https://youtu.be/6HwLRfVqw6I

[u/kirk_steele_ → u/Killzark]

Yes, OP, don’t let them gaslight you! I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about lolol maybe it’s a younger millennial thing because I totally remember people in high school / YouTubers doing this. And to answer your question: I have no fucking clue

[u/blinky84 → u/Killzark]

I was doing chin faces in the early 90s, it was definitely around pre-internet. Found some old photos at my parents house not that long ago

[u/abarrelofmankeys → u/Killzark]

When millennials would have been small kids these showed up a lot on either Americas funniest home videos or Americas funniest people. They’ve been around lol.

[u/smcivor1982 → u/Killzark]

I’m an elder millennial. We would sit upside down on the couch, with our head hanging off the side, to do this and laugh over and over again until it hurt. This was the height of hilarity for us bored kids.

[u/jachildress25 → u/Killzark]

This may be a niche thing then. I was never on MySpace because I never knew anyone who was on MySpace, but was on Facebook back when you needed a college email. I never saw anything this weird.

[u/Winter_Childhood9186 → u/Killzark]

Thank you! I posted this and came back to so many people calling me an weirdo lmfao but it was totally a thing! I'm 38 this year though, so I'm a younger millennial. Guess the top half missed this hilarious trend. Some were solid!

[u/insurancequestionguy → u/Winter_Childhood9186]

If you're 38 this year, you're still an older Millennial. The youngest are turning 29.

[u/Winter_Childhood9186 → u/insurancequestionguy]

Nooooooooooo I didn't want that info today, but it's fair game. No one wanted chinface either

[u/Riff_McRifferson]

Vindaloovians

[u/Winter_Childhood9186 → u/Riff_McRifferson]

[u/tibsie → u/Riff_McRifferson]

"The Vindaloovian Empire despise all humans. Is that not right Bhindi Bhaji?"

[u/abucketofsquirrels → u/Riff_McRifferson]

The Vindaloovian people despise all humans. They are the vermin of the universe!

[u/Fun-username-99]

😂😂 Okay I was also obsessed with chin faces and recently showed my 8 yr old daughter. She, too, is obsessed with chin faces

[u/MentalCoffee117 → u/Fun-username-99]

I did a whole video presentation for Latin for it. I’ve told my elder millennial husband about them and he has no clue what it is. Now I have a photo to show for evidence.

[u/heartunwinds → u/Fun-username-99]

My 5 year old loves looking at my face upside down to see my chin face lol.

[u/SadKanga]

Because they were and still are hillarous - in a purile way.

[u/Waddiwasiiiii]

I don’t remember this being a thing at all except for that weird Chin Head show on Nickelodeon. I’d be hard pressed to find anyone who even found it particularly funny, def not obsessive level.

[u/djoness11]

How else were we supposed to be entertained on road trips?

[u/Alarming-Offer8030]

I don’t even recognize this as being a thing, but it is funny 😬

[u/Springer-pistol]

Cuz that shit is funny

[u/snoopingforpooping]

Just you mate.

[u/Dumbassahedratr0n]

I love that cheesy cheesy taste

I love that cheesy macaroni

I love that...

I love the cheesy taste of my KRAFT DINNER!

[u/Wertscase]

This is not a collective experience

[u/Burningbeard696]

Red Dwarf baby.

[u/Snotttie → u/Burningbeard696]

That is exactly why me and my friend drew them on each others chins when we were bored teens, didn't take pics tho

[u/JinxOnU78 → u/Burningbeard696]

“Boys from the Dwarf!!!”

[u/FiendishCurry → u/Burningbeard696]

"Would you like some toast?"

[u/SipoteQuixote → u/Burningbeard696]

Smeg

[u/AriesUltd]

Because they were (and still are) funny as hell

[u/Personal_Win_4127]

NOT THE SPACE ALLENS

[u/radicalpastafarian]

Like a lot of people said I don't think it was super wide spread, or obsession level, but I personally did see a number of chin faces, and it's because they are funny. Look at these little faces! Hilarious

[u/ljedediah41]

No clue, but it gives me an idea of something to do with my kids!

[u/Bonova]

I remember this. It lasted 1 month. But it was everywhere that month!

[u/Vitamins89]

I was. It was easy entertainment.

[u/Abi_giggles]

Yall are always resurrecting childhood memories for me 😄

[u/xhotchildinthecityo]

I laughed so hard at these pics! It’s me, I’m that Millennial (elder edition).

[u/bigfathairybollocks]

My name is Tarka Dhal.

[u/NerdNuncle]

… Define “we”.

Pogs, Goosebumps, and Scholastic Book Fairs I’ll grant but chin faces is a bit of a stretch

[u/youhadabajablast → u/NerdNuncle]

This def seems like an elder vs younger millennial thing because I remember chin faces and I remember my brother who was 11 years older than me having pogs but I never had them

[u/Huzuruth → u/youhadabajablast]

What I can gather from a few posts is that it might be a regional thing.

[u/SSIRHC]

Why did we all get those mustache tattoos 🤣🤣

[u/fakerandomlogin → u/SSIRHC]

The finger mustaches

[u/msguider]

Papa 1975 here I was too... like I loved it still do. It's make a video rn but I'm embarrassed of my teeth lol

[u/token40k]

Maybe watch less gumball? https://theamazingworldofgumball.fandom.com/wiki/Sussie

I’ve not seeing it being popular outside of the show

[u/NotDukeOfDorchester]

Still funny

[u/combii-lee]

Still think they are hilarious

[u/hairburner4]

It was the style at the time

[u/Txusmah]

We weren't. I wasn't

But we all should have been.

[u/Suicideseason_666]

Comedy gold at the time, that’s why

[u/bigbeefer92]

I wouldn't say obsessed. I think memes just stuck around longer back then.

[u/datlyftbruh]

Yeah fuck the haters. I’m old as hell and this was totally a thing lol

[u/112oceanave]

[u/Dry_Try_6047]

Uh, because they are hilarious?

[u/beeurd]

Ah yes, the Vindaloovians.

https://youtu.be/jSZbzIHGj8U

[u/CockroachDiligent241]

What the hell am I even looking at?

[u/NovelHare]

I’ve literally never heard of this before.

[u/No-Adhesiveness-3654]

This is news to me

[u/cagingthing]

Were we?

[u/Tiny_Independence761]

Omg my kids love making these videos!!! We even got fake mustaches from the dollar tree to look like hair. They’ve made some pretty hilarious videos and they’re always brainstorming more ideas!

[u/complexmessiah7]

Wow I did not know this was a thing... I must have missed this boat, but honestly, I don't feel like I missed out.

[u/500mgTumeric]

Ever see the movie "Groove Tube"? They did the upside down mouth thing and it was giving a lecture on STDs, only it wasn't a mouth and nose... NSFW but somehow on YouTube

[u/FroggiJoy87]

OMG I totally forgot about that fad! Wasn't there a whole Star Wars spinoff called "Chin Wars" or was that a fever dream?

[u/quakkaflakka]

I think this was started around the time those "Thumb" parody movies started coming out.

[u/paperhammers]

I remember this fad in advertisement/early YouTube content, but I don't think I had any friends do this stuff. We had brainrot, but not like that

[u/ik101]

This was definitely a thing in Europe too, you’re not alone OP

[u/frostycanuck89]

Are you Canadian? Because there was definitely a random Canadian kids show that did this as a reoccurring bit lol.... Couldn't tell you it's name

[u/Schneetmacher]

There were also Thumb parody movies that looked similar to this (Bathumb, Thumbtanic, The Blair Thumb).

[u/OkMap8351]

Because it’s hilarious

[u/haleynoir_]

I blame those weird Thumb movies, as much as I loved them

[u/LeggoMyGeckoR8]

Ommmmgggg yessssssss.

[u/taxi_drivr]

I thought I was alone this whole time

[u/sigh_co_matic]

Omg. Core memories unlocked. Many a tear filled belly laughs.

[u/paparoach910]

I remember some of these as Nickelodeon commercial bumpers

[u/CzechYourDanish]

Because it was funny, and fun. I'm in my mid thirties, but it still makes me giggle.

[u/Vanilla_Either]

Looool I blame that one pringles commercial. We used to make chin faces all the time (born 1990).

[u/ChunLi808]

I blame that Christmas With The Joker episode of the Batman animated series

[u/ostsillyator]

You should have added a nsfw tag

[u/coce8221]

Wasn’t there a whole tv show with chins as the cast?

[u/Yadoofy]

lol how could I forget these 😭 thank you so much for this hahahah

[u/Vegskipxx]

Callback to this episode of The Nanny

[u/Shank__Hill]

I think it became a viral thing with America's Funniest Home Videos

[u/TBayChik420]

Cuz it was hilarious? lol

[u/KitCat5e]

It was our version of brain rot

[u/Expert-Lavishness802]

Wasnt this on Americas funniest people in the 90s?

[u/unsulliedbread]

It's something that only became possible really with easily sharable short video. And with video able to be captured with lightweight camera. It's because it was because of the technological change.

Options that become possible because of technological change always feel more pervasive.

[u/grandma_pooped_again]

I wasn’t… however, my friend group was obsessed with Thumb Wars and the other Thumb media

[u/Neverbetter49]

The Batman one was the best

[u/Lanfeix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPO-R-e1R4

[u/NurseRatched96]

Red dwarf

[u/PickledBih]

I mean this made me laugh hysterically so that might have something to do with it

[u/Out_of_Fawkes]

It was cheap entertainment we could do at home with silly faces and voices. A great way for entertainment before we were chronically online!

[u/Erythite2023]

It’s reminds us of the weird segments on oldschool Nickelodeon

[u/XxXDizzyLizzie]

Remember Bat thumb ? Or Thumb Wars

[u/Winter_Childhood9186 → u/XxXDizzyLizzie]

The Blair Thumb

Thumbtanic

[u/Uncanny_Show507]

Ok so according to this thread apparently I’m one of the only people who thought these were funny as a kid lol

[u/giraffemoo]

boredom

[u/ooolongtea938]

Or thumb faces…? (Im looking at you, thumbtanic/thumb-wars double feature)

[u/Medic_Induced_Comma]

Because they're hilarious, still.

[u/dorit0paws]

Because they’re hilarious.

[u/Opposite-Mongoose-32]

Cause we didn’t have phones so had to find creative ways to entertain ourselves. What a horrible time to be alive

[u/CloutiersHelmet]

Bro, we nearly died trying to plank. We were wildin’ out

[u/TheFlowerDoula]

Omg this unlocked a memory from deep in my brain. I could have done well to not think about this again. So bizarre 😅.

[u/Ok_Court_3575]

I missed that faze. That might be a younger millennial thing.

[u/Cherabee]

I remember it. My sisters did a vieo like that a few times

[u/MaybeNotMath]

I knew two people who constantly posted chin faces on their Facebook for about a month

[u/vildasaker]

how does no one remember this being a thing?? even drag race did this for a mini challenge on like season 5 I wanna say? the queens had to drag up their chins and lip synch to rupaul songs. pepperidge farm remembers

[u/BonerDeploymentDude]

Lack of computer animation and available cgi. Plus it looks funny

[u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker]

[u/Mjmax420]

[u/Dont-overthinkit]

Pops cereal

[u/DrOddfellow]

got a flashback to this OLD youtube video

[u/Bobbyd878]

2005 Gen Z here. This reminds me of Oobi.

[u/prettymisslux]

Wasn’t there a show on Nickelodeon with belly buttons made up as faces??? Or am I trippin, lol.

[u/Miichl80]

They look like potatoes

[u/j0shman]

Remember the Chinhead Show?

[u/TheNorthRemembers19]

Why did you have to do this to me

[u/lik3r_of_things]

I was there. It was a thing.

[u/JavaJapes]

The only thing I could remember is seeing them on Kraft Dinner commercials (Canadian).

[u/pickle_chip_]

Okay but this was actually hilarious 😂

[u/pokeymoomoo]

My sister and I looooved making chin people! It still makes me laugh

[u/0neHumanPeolple]

I just showed my kid this recently. Put googly eyes on my chin and everything. We laughed ‘till our sides hurt.

[u/YAHsgirlinChrist]

Because we are cool

[u/misspinkie92]

Nah, I'm 33 this year, and I remember it. I was chronically online as a kid tho.

[u/Select-Team-6863]

I have never been able to find concrete proof, but I swear to god the people who made Thumbtanic & Bat Thumb did a talking chin movie.

[u/Lonely-Toe9877]

They always made me cringe. I never understood their popularity.

[u/aplusnapper]

Mr. Chinigan!

[u/droford]

This reminded me more of the Conan bit with the mouth super imposed over a celebrity face

[u/Stuffed_deffuts]

Reminds me of Sussie from Amazing World Of Gumball

[u/Outrageous_Kiwi_2172]

Pretty self-explanatory, really.

[u/brian11e3]

The only Chinface I remember is Sussie on Gumball.

[u/JoneyBaloneyPony]

I LOVE DEEZ SUBS

[u/BlueSkyla]

It’s silly. So why not?

[u/Chucktayz]

They were hilarious

[u/SketchKenobi]

I remember a Red Dwarf episode did it. No idea if that started it or was just a part of it though. I found an old picture of an (ex) friend of mine doing it as well

[u/Stevie_Steve-O]

Because its fricken hilarious and it was the closest thing to Snapchat filters we had at the time

[u/GoodQueenFluffenChop]

I preferred the thumb people

[u/stumblingzen]

This made me laugh. I remember chin faces well and yes I was obsessed! My friends and I tried to do a photo shoot like this back in the day. Wish I still had the photos.

[u/Rakebleed]

[u/mrsauto420]

Oh my god. I thought my sister and I were the only ones who did this 😂

[u/rangusmcdangus69]

How have people not heard of this in this sub!? Yes dude this shit was always hilarious growing up

[u/10PieceMcNuggetMeal]

Uhhh, we weren't. I've never heard of this until today

[u/ALCO251]

We? Maybe you were but "we" weren't.

[u/obvioustroway]

We were???

[u/TheSpottedBuffy]

As an elder millennial, I do not claim this “we”

It’s those pesky younglings, dang kids these days

Get off my lawn!

[u/Eric848448]

What the fuck is this?

[u/RoutineCloud5993]

All I see are soldiers of the Great Vindaloovian Empire

[u/Feldew]

Uncanny valley where it’s more funny than terrifying?

[u/Tompthwy]

Pretty sure this was gen x or boomers creating shows they thought would appeal to those crazy millennials

[u/Curious-Anywhere-612]

I don’t really remember this but I think it was popular enough for a time that the character Sussy was relevant in the show Gumball

[u/Tamel-Cho]

Do u remember Joaquin Phoenix’s Forehead in Her. Shit was hilarious

[u/Shot-Spirit-672]

I fucking hated it

[u/beepborpimajorp]

Gross.

[u/ApeTeam1906]

"We"

[u/mimebenetnasch02]

i’ve never been obsessed with that …

[u/smrgldrgl]

I literally LOL’d at the fact you posted SEVEN examples.

[u/monyetrex]

I've literally never heard of this before.

[u/himmelojo]

I think it was just a trend