Why do NTs always change their trends so fast

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It's kind of ridiculous. NTs start really liking something and then they just stop, and make fun of people who still like it. It's really strange. Aspies, in my experience, are like "i like this thing so i am going to keep liking it, because why would i stop liking it when it provides an amount of value to me."

NTs are weird, so idk why they think we're weird.

They get bored too easily....

Maybe they are the ones that need special education

I don't really care about it if others get bored of something I'm still in to, but it's annoying when they look at me weirdly when they find out I'm still in to something that's "so last season", as teenagers in TV shows say.

Another thing I can't understand is how can they abandon stuff they've paid for so fast... I mean if one is well off it's not that weird that they don't think of the money wasted, but most people I know aren't.

It's not the fact that things go in and out of fashion, it's the way most NTs judge you in public if you are seen wearing something that's not in fashion.

The rule is, if it's in fashion it doesn't look ridiculous, even if it does look ridiculous.

So if wearing jester hats came into fashion tomorrow, it will be OK to wear one. Otherwise, if you're seen wearing a jester hat, you will be stared and laughed at.

I actually think that trends are controlled and fashion dictated by the commercial market. Fashion followers have a herd mentality so if let's say, maxi skirts are trendy now, the stores will promote a different trend very quickly, so that mostly young people who are slaves to fashion will be forced to spend more money. That's really what trends are, advertising campaigns to make us renew, refresh, and steal our money, and trap us in a loop of consumerism. That's really why new products are launched so frequently, people are hooked on upgrading and renewing.

^^ Good stuff. To a large extent, you are observing the effects of scientific advertising. However, it takes advantage of normal development stages in young adults. They have to fully engage with something to really evaluate it, so they get involved with the purpose of temporary immersion, not commitment, and then can compare experiences. Initial attractiveness is usually deceptive, and we need to get used to disappointment rather than persist in anything begun. We can do this process by exploring genres of literature at the library, but there will always be vendors willing to sell us junk to enhance the experience if we have some coins to spare. If they actually sold good stuff, we might not buy the next fad.
There is also a strong "currency" element. The most social people keep changing their slang and other details to copy their most popular members, and to identify those most engaged in the latest gossip. I remember a girl from Philadelphia, where cats had become hep, moving to Toronto, where the coolest characters were still hip. She was really rolling her eyes at us.

The real question is: what IS so great about trends, anyway?

To me, as long as something has great quality and is still enjoyable, then I think it's great.

It's all about marketing. And based on going to school with aspies, they get caught up in it too. If not clothes then whatever is trending in gaming, vids, movies and music etc.

Novelty is regulated. Shakespeare only used well-tested plots, and worked on bringing them up to date with new characters and dialogue. Racing bicycles have been an interesting study. Some people only want to compare athletes, so the bikes should be as standardized as Olympic sailboats. Others don't mind some progress, as long as kids can still compete on last year's hardware, unless the ads have gotten to them. So, track sprinting bikes are almost unchanged, while Olympic bikes have gotten quite advanced, and most road racing is done on something in between. None, however, have made the leap to the far faster recumbent styles.
The very best racing car developers have often had their efforts wasted by new rules brought in specifically to give other teams a chance, because that sells more tickets.

Frankly, I just wear whatever I want to, as long as it still fits and it's not completely destroyed. In fact, I'm currently wearing my 3-year-old hoodie, that it may look bad, but it's comfy so I have no reason to stop wearing it.

And I don't pay attention to ads or what other people are wearing.