Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.
Trending today: a North Carolina state senator introduces a silly bill to ban participation trophies – which spurs Victor to take a deep dive into the history of participation trophies in America. (Fun fact: while some of us like to cite participation trophies as a way to complain about ‘these kids today,’ the whole idea of participation trophies got its start because earlier generations were complaining about ‘these kids today’ too!) That leads Aaron to offer his own theory about what we really ought to ban: complaining about ‘these kids today.’
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