For nearly two years, the Friday Fade has been informing the public about simple life inconveniences that need to be eliminated, thrown away, never seen again, and ultimately faded. From the first Friday Fade of Chipotle in October 2020 to Peloton to Ft Lauderdale, we have covered everything you can think of. Today we break down the Top 10 Friday Fades.
- American Society of Civil Engineers – March 5th, 2021
This week, the American Society of Civil Engineers is the target of our complaints since they rated U.S. Infrastructure as a C-. For those of you unfamiliar with infrastructure, it refers to our bridges and roads and whatnot. Guess who builds those… yep, civil engineers. So of course, they’re going to rate our infrastructure as bad since if they didn’t, they’d be out of a job.
Here at the Action on Fourth, we see right through them. Our bridges are stronger than ever in America. Fade the civil engineers.
- Instagram Photo Dumps – February 18th, 2022
Instagram Photo Dumps eat up at your scrolling time, especially if it is a quick scroll on Insta. No one has the time to go through all 10 pictures of you at some resort in Mexico. You can almost guess the pictures too, there’ll be a couple food pictures and a couple pictures going out. Action on Fourth believes in quality over quantity.
- Pub Cycles – November 5th, 2021
Pub Cycles are synonymous with obnoxious. While never experiencing one of these contraptions, where you have to pedal on a bike while being fed booze, they look and feel like a Friday Fade.
- McDonald’s Menu Hack – February 4th, 2022
The office was disappointed with this one. Yesterday, we wanted to give the new McDonald’s “Menu Hack” items a review. We started with the simple “Crunchy McDouble” since we didn’t want a fish fillet on our burger.
Quickly, do we realize that this is a mistake as the six nuggets and McDouble came separately, even though they are being advertised as pre-built. Plus, it cost around $6, but this used to be a 2 for $3 deal. The combo itself was decent, but in their commercials, they showed six nuggets being able to fit on the burger and we only got 3-4.
Fade this “Menu Hack” more like menu ripoff, Also, appears we are not the only ones disappointed.
- Bumper Stickers – February 19th, 2021
There’s a lot we can say about why bumper stickers are fadeable, but the biggest reason why is they make your car look downright ugly.
Can you even take bumper stickers off your car? They ruin the paint on your car, classify you as a hick, and now everyone knows you love Spam.
Top 3 Worst Bumper Stickers:
1) 26.2 (Sorry Mom)
2) Something about “If you’re reading this you’re going to slow”
3) Stick Figure Family
- Chipotle – October 9th, 2020
From the original email: “Today we’re inserting a new segment called the Fade Friday… where we avoid something and it can be about anything… Food, Stock, People, Movies, Drinks whatever..
Sure, Chipotle sounds like a great idea on this fine Friday. Nice portions, good ingredients, what’s not to like? Well, this Friday, there’s a lot not to like. Save yourself the hassle of dealing with an overpriced poorly wrapped burrito without enough meat and FADE CHIPOTLE.”
The Friday Fade was an instant success after this because of how controversial it was. Who doesn’t like Chipotle!? We still think they are a fade. Other than the meat the food is cold.
- Coach K – December 18th, 2020
Coach K originally made the Friday Fade for being a coward. Two historic home losses for Duke and now Coach K wants to call it quits, because of “Covid”. Which doesn’t really add up since he’s been advocating for a college season all year. Pretty soft in our book.
Then, when he announced his retirement tour, we should have faded him then. Announcing his retirement early was one of the most annoying things college basketball fans had to deal with all year. There’s a last for this and last time he is going to be here and last time he is going to shake this guy’s hand… please.
College hoops fans, fade Coach K.
- POS’s products asking for tips – January 28th, 2022
This is a huge Friday Fade. You want me to give you 18% for pouring me my hot cup of coffee?
Square’s, Toast’s, and any other POS devices have a setting where they automatically will ask you for a tip. It’s a complete guilt trip and you cannot lose to the device. You have to stand strong and press “No Tip.”
Really good WSJ article revealing how this does guilt trip a lot of people because they feel like they are being watched and don’t want to look cheap.
- Paper Straws – September 3rd, 2021
Easy one. Paper straws are great for the environment, but mercy do they ruin your drink.
Sometimes the paper straw will deteriorate and get soggy before you can even finish your drink. Fade ’em.
- College Basketball Coaches Not Wearing Suits – March 11th, 2022
This is a hill that we will die on. The ultimate Friday Fade over these past two years was how some college basketball coaches stopped wearing suits. The reason this is at the top of the list is because of how we got here. 100% of all college basketball coaches wore suits in March 2020, but bang covid settled in and put a halt to the season. When games returned in late 2021, with no fans in the stands, college basketball coaches chose to go with a polo, khakis, and mask look. We gave it a pass as we were just happy about games being played. However, 2022 comes around and we still saw a significant hiatus of suits. This did not sit well with us because one, fans were back in the stands and as a coach making a million dollars you should be looking good for the crowd. Two, you are on a national TV, LOOK GOOD. Coach Tom Izzo would literally wear a hoodie and some sweatpants like he just rolled out of bed. Throughout the season, Action on Fourth contributors created a list of coaches who still wore suits, and we finished with a total of 26 coaches.