The person in the picture above is planking. Planking isn't just about lying face down on the ground. There are rules on how to plank properly. First of all, your face must be expressionless while lying face down on the ground. Your whole body must be straight, and your arms must be at your sides. Both your fingers and toes have to be pointed as well.
This "Planking" became a fad in 2011.
I find this quite interesting because it is very unique. Planking captures attention because of the weird display of body. While some people 'plank' for fun, others 'plank' for a more significant purpose. For example, groups of people gather together to 'plank' to complain and protest about certain things. Also, people plank on tourist attraction locations in order to promote their home country. I think using this 'planking' method is brilliant because it certainly captures attention. When people are tired of reasoning and explaining with words, a strange visual display works wonders.
Even though some people 'plank' because they have nothing better to do, others actually incorporated this fad into something useful. I was intrigued by this fad at first, but it loses excitement very soon for me. Although I do think "planking" is a great method to get certain messages across, people will eventually find another trend to follow very soon. Fads like this usually die out pretty soon because human's attention span is short. Once something is overdone, people get sick of whatever fad that was extremely popular very quickly. As each fad pass by, people come up with a new one that is more bizarre and ludicrous to top the old fad. I await for the day when something as ridiculous as wearing shoes as hats become a fad that everyone follows.
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