Originally Posted by
jely1990
When and why did this get trendy? I've been doing it for the past decade and didn't notice other people doing it until the past year.
2001, shortly after emo and shortly before tight pants.
i've been using carabiners as keychains since 6th grade. when i work, i use my lock keys that are on the stretchy coil loop, up around my arm. they get hate, too, but for doing dozens of lockups a day it's really convenient.