People keep gluing things to their nails and calling it a trend

 By 
Kelly Diamond
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While nail art is usually interesting and inspiring, it's taken a weird turn lately.

Nail trends like 3D sweater patterns and fur have spread rapidly across the Internet and the crazy doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon.

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The most recent new nail trend to enter the scene is the pom pom manicure, which includes taking the art supply and gluing it straight onto your nail. Why? We don't know. But it certainly makes your fingers look like the floor of a crafting room.

A photo posted by Vintagecheadle (@vintagecheadle) on Feb 25, 2016 at 3:14pm PST

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While pom poms are only the most recent nail trend to come about, there are plenty of others that, too, make it physically impossible to pick your nose or type easily on a computer keyboard.

Below are some of the other strangest, most impractical nail art 'trends' that are -- somehow -- really on real people's fingernails.

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Now that we've gotten that out of the way, please feel free to go back to your usual, boring manicure.

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