What fads or trends can't you wait for to go away

[According to Pliny]

What trend or style are you waiting out?

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Here's one of mine:

There is a trend on all the current slew of remodelling shows to push a very few color and style selections.

I hate this idea that we all have to be in lockstep on major home investments.
They all only show swapping any appliances for brushed metal ones. (They look like hell once scuffed)
They only like wooden floors. (ditto, plus they collect dust)
They only like whole marble countertops. (cold and they dominate the room)
They only like kitchen backsplashes that go all the way from counter to cabinet. (again they dominate and close in the room)
They never use wallpaper. ( This is a simple way to express personality, but not for TV producers, who love to push a simple look. )

When I was younger I saw the world opening up to new choices and materials. Now I see the mavens trying to shut down personal preferences.
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Another thing I would like to see pass is the trend to huge vehicles.
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And drab car colors. Look at photos of parking lots of the past and today. So many black, white and neutrals where there once were colors.

[susan]

Faux 70's fashions.

Cropped top shirts, especially on grossly overweight teenagers.

Most perfume and cologne.

L33t.

[Fern Forest]

I'd like to see a return to more natural looking people.

[ExTank]

The whole "naughty celebrity du jour" tabloid fad. I am sick of hearing about who Brad Pitt's dating, what underwear Britney Spears isn't wearing, how many men Paris Hilton can fuck at one time, etc.

[Baron Greenback]

Not that I mind it too much personally, but I wish the trend for the tramp stamp would die off. A lot of the young women with them are probably going to regret it in years to come.

[Bear_Nenno]

Not that I mind it too much personally, but I wish the trend for the tramp stamp would die off. A lot of the young women with them are probably going to regret it in years to come.
The what??

[ivylass]

The tattoo women get on the small of their back. It's been referred to as a Tramp Stamp.

[RunSilent]

Hip Hop

[Argent Towers]

Adding to the OP: I think the trend is not just to have huge SUVs, but to have everything on all cars in general be huge. Huge emblems, huge thick door handles, huge fender flares, and overall bulky-looking frames. I hate this and hope desperately that it's not here to stay.

[TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW]

Just this entire "Desperate Housewives"/"The O.C." neo-yuppie culture that has become the dominant culture over the past five years; it's singlehandedly responsible for most major social trends both irritating (the housing bubble, bluedouche earpieces as jewelry) and terrifying (crushing debt, "cool" old people, the erosion of respect and the power structures within families).

[jjimm]

Hip HopGiven that Hip Hop is nearly thirty years old, it could hardly be described as a "fad". A trend, maybe, but a very long-running one.

[Khadaji]

Body piercing. Especially in the various parts of the face.

[HazelNutCoffee]

Uggs!! Will they ever go away?

[Spoke]

The whole "naughty celebrity du jour" tabloid fad. I am sick of hearing about who Brad Pitt's dating, what underwear Britney Spears isn't wearing, how many men Paris Hilton can fuck at one time, etc.

Speaking of Britney, I hate the "shaved" look. How the hell did that trend get started? And will it ever (please, please) end?

[Baron Greenback]

The tattoo women get on the small of their back. It's been referred to as a Tramp Stamp.

Yes, and somewhat unfairly! But I was basing my opinion on the women I know who got then-fashionable tattoos during the Acid House thing in the late eighties. I doubt anyone regrets a little butterfly on an ankle, but I know several who have tattoos on rather more fleshy parts, for whom the years have rather distorted the original artists vision. Specifically - what was once a gorgeous dolphin circling a cute belly-button ring is now, after several children, more a rather stretched whale.

[tremorviolet]

Uggs!! Will they ever go away?

Even worse: Crocs. And they're in horrid bright colors that are almost impossible to ignore. At least Uggs are usually neutrals and make a pretense at being real shoes.

[DianaG]

Clothing-wise, I can't wait for this 80s revival to go away. Skinny pants? Vests? Skirts over leggings? DOLMAN SLEEVED TUNIC SWEATERS?!?!?! When will this madness end?

[dwc1970]

Baggy pants that expose half or more of one's boxer shorts. C'mon, guys! Pull 'em up and cinch 'em with a belt if you need to.
Rap music. I concede that any hope of its demise is a lost cause due to its longevity to date, but I can at least dream, can't I?
Daytime TV trends. First it was the glut of trashy talk shows that supplanted game shows, only to be replaced in turn by court shows, which aren't much better (people bitching at or about each other over stupid shit). Judge Wapner was fine, but Judy and all the others who have since joined the faux-court TV circuit turn me off. Bring back the glory days when people were happy to be winning thousands of dollars out of luck and/or knowledge, instead of being pissed off and sueing for this kind of money.

[Khan]

I'd like to see a return to more natural looking people.
Yeah, as if visible ribs weren't bad enough, now it's apparently attractive for women to have the most projecting, hornlike cheekbones possible. Gotta say I'm not too keen on this whole disfigured triceratops look.

Tramp stamps I don't have so much of a problem with (didn't know that's what they were called). It at least lets you know that there's a good possibility that a particular young lady's ambitions don't extend beyond appearing in a girls gone wild video.

Also:
-Carrying small dog breeds in a purse.
-Popped collars
-Bed head
-Pre-stressed anything
-Reversed, upside-down sun visors

Yeah, I can do without all the bros and Paris Hiltons. I agree with everyone who's been expressing their dislike of the OC and Desperate Housewives. American Beauty was meant to expose the dysfunctionality underlying the American dream. Now apparently it's fashionable to BE dysfunctional.

Other things I don't like:
-Painting rooms with colors so bold that you can feel your individual cones burning out. This goes doubly for painting individual walls separate colors.
-Organic/gourmet/"ethnic" markets that will charge you $4.99 for 2 ounces of fried bean mulch but don't even stock basic snacks like Doritos or Butterfinger.
-Hummers aren't just traffic and environmental hazards, they also mock what inspired their design
-"Thai" flavor reminds me of when my friend asked me to tell him what he tasted like when I bought some "Oriental" ramen.

[alice_in_wonderland]

I'm waiting for this whole "internet" fad to die off. I mean, how long can something like that really last?

[Frustrated Wonderer]

The current rap fad (if it can be called a fad at all) is a real pain in the ass and the ears.
Current day youth music is utter crap even when compared to the Rock and Roll artists of the past.

I know I'm being obvious, but have some of you guys even heard the lyrics behind today's youth? I'm shoked so many people like this music. I'd like to think so people like because there friends like it too.

I honestly don't how long this dirty rap has been "cool" but it better die out soon, they are killing real music with this crap.

[Hunter Hawk]

The current rap fad (if it can be called a fad at all) is a real pain in the ass and the ears.
Current day youth music is utter crap even when compared to the Rock and Roll artists of the past.

I know I'm being obvious, but have some of you guys even heard the lyrics behind today's youth? I'm shoked so many people like this music. I'd like to think so people like because there friends like it too.

I honestly don't how long this dirty rap has been "cool" but it better die out soon, they are killing real music with this crap.
Dude, 1986 just called. It'd like its rant back when you're done with it.



As for me, I'd be happy if all those giant sunglasses went away.

[Pork Rind]

Dude, 1986 just called. It'd like its rant back when you're done with it.

Yeah, and 1976, 1966 and 1956 called dibs on that theme anyway.

[Hippy Hollow]

Good lord, what are you people going to be like in twenty years?

I think you're objecting to the popularity of hip-hop. Do not confuse the popular aspect with the form itself. If metal or bubblegum or power pop was this generation's popular music, you'd hear the misogyny, bad words, and see the scantily-clad dancers there. Oh wait. They are being misogynistic, cursing, and showing their booties and midriffs as well in those genres. If A&R people discovered that peace and sunshine sold records they'd be doing that instead.

Just tired of the "I hate rap" screeds on this board. And I don't even like current popular hip-hop that much.

(On preview, what Hunter Hawk and Pork Rind said.)

Things that need to go away: excessive tattooing, dressing as if you're an anorexic SoCal teenager (big people can wear fashions that are more flattering to their body type than bare midriffs and hiphugger jeans, and if you're beyond your early twenties it's time to find a more mature look)... the other things that bug me seem to be inherently part of living in American society, so why get bothered?

[DiosaBellissima]

The current rap fad (if it can be called a fad at all) is a real pain in the ass and the ears.
Current day youth music is utter crap even when compared to the Rock and Roll artists of the past.

I know I'm being obvious, but have some of you guys even heard the lyrics behind today's youth? I'm shoked so many people like this music. I'd like to think so people like because there friends like it too.

I honestly don't how long this dirty rap has been "cool" but it better die out soon, they are killing real music with this crap.


Back in my day, we used to walk uphill in the snow to school. . . BOTH WAYS. We were so poor we couldn't afford shoes so we wore our socks and our hands and walked on our hands! And you know what? We LIKED it that way. Kids these days don't have no respect for hand walking, shoeless people without cars, let me tell you.


So trends I hate? Older people attacking everything we youngins do as horrible compared to how wonderful their youths were? Nah, I just look forward to getting to do that someday myself. :p

I'm actually not a fan of body extreme cultures-- either the anorexic apologists (ahem, Hollywood) or the fat apologists. Neither is ok.

I also can't wait for skinny pants to go out. Goddamnit, they look good on three people. If that.

[HazelNutCoffee]

Even worse: Crocs. And they're in horrid bright colors that are almost impossible to ignore. At least Uggs are usually neutrals and make a pretense at being real shoes.
Oh God, I agree. Crocs are worse. They're glorified bathroom slippers. Really ugly ones.

[madmonk28]

I just hope the trend towards vapidness in American culture runs its course soon. In general, I want to see people stop paying attention to nonsense (Paris, Brangelina, OC, etc. etc. and sadly etc.) and start paying attention the host of very serious issues we face.

I'd also like to see people start acting their age. No more boomers dressing like teens. I think this trend goes hand in hand with the first one.

[DrDeth]

Uggs? Uggs are at least practical, even though ugly as hell. It's those fucking flip-flops I want stopped as a trend. Hey, if there is a shower, a pool or the beach nearby- you shouldn;t be wearing those.

Other things I hate:
Baseball hats being worn backwards or sideways. :mad:

Huge fucking SUV's being driven either by guys with tiny peni who think that a BIG SUV will made the gals ignore your shortcomings. :rolleyes: Or by moron soccer moms who think that a Huge SUV will make their "precious babies" be safer. (Hint, it won't. SUV's are far more dangerous that a normal run of the middle well-build mid-size car. Shit for the kind of cash those soccer Moms lay out they can get a fucking Volvo and have their precious little babies be safer than in a bank vault.)

Yaping on cellphones while driving.

Rap? Rap can be very cool. It's the hatred-based gangsta rap that is actually evil. It begets violence and lack of respect towards "bitches". :rolleyes:

Drug-waif models. Having them give awards to Kate Addict Moss was like telling millions of girls "Hey, take drugs, be anorexic and get a heroin addict for a boyfreind and you'll be rich, famous and popular." :rolleyes: :mad:

DiosaBellissima: you don;t have to worry about "skinny pants"- they are only a fad in the minds of ad agencies and the media. Few outside Hollywood are wearing them. :cool:

[zagloba]

They only like wooden floors. (ditto, plus they collect dust)So what kind of flooring doesn't collect dust?

[Cardinal]

My kingdom for the elmination of sagging. I can't believe it's still surviving this long.

The other thing I could stand to not see again is South Pole jerseys.

[madmonk28]

Just thought of another one (although I know this won't go away): the need for people to be constantly on the phone. They can't stand in line, walk their dog, or drive their car without being in a constant and inane conversation with someone else.

[gredbioz]

I'm sick of the rock 'n' roll music. It's just a beat and some unkempt young man who can't sing, strumming a guitar off key. And the lyrics, good lord! With the simplicity of the music, you would imagine they'd have some brain power left to devote to the creation of some interesting lyrics, but, no, it's all "baby this" and "yeah yeah that." And don't get me started on the way those kids dance to it!

[gredbioz]

And Tee Shirts! Whatever happened to a young man looking respectable in a button shirt with a collar? For the girls, I really wonder what possesses them to wear pants. It makes them look positively butch and terribly unladylike. The sooner we see them back in dresses and skirts only the better.

Actually, speaking of women, why do we let them vote? That suffragette movement was good for a laugh for a little while, but isn't it time for the fairer sex to let the men get back to running things?

I'm also waiting for everyone to get sick of the television. Do you really need all the pictures up there on the screen to explain what is happening for you?

[Kalhoun]

Clothing-wise, I can't wait for this 80s revival to go away. Skinny pants? Vests? Skirts over leggings? DOLMAN SLEEVED TUNIC SWEATERS?!?!?! When will this madness end?
Dolman sleeves need to die. Seriously.

[FRDE]

I'll also go for body piercing, discreet earrings and in some circumstances a small diamond nose stud are, to me, quite attractive - but hoops through lips and and clusters of debris all over the ears make me feel physically sick.

I also reckon that designer labels showing on clothing is 'the sign of the dork'
- I mean, why do people want to walk around dressed as an advertizing billboard ?

I don't much mind people driving Chelsea Tractors - eg: Range Rovers etc, they are safe in low speed collisions, useful for carting junk around and they can go over speed bumps which is one in the eye for those idiot planners that turn our towns into obstacle courses.

I also can't stand those ridiculous long pointed high heeled shoes that some women wear, it makes them look like clowns, actually most female footwear seems to have been designed to cripple the wearer, the 'designers' would never get away with selling muck like that to men.

[Baron Greenback]

-Bed head


Obviously this is not what I'm thinking it is. Anyone clarify?

[SusanStoHelit]

Obviously this is not what I'm thinking it is. Anyone clarify?

You know how your hair looks after you've been sleeping (and drooling and rubbing) on it all night?

Yeah, well some magazine editor somewhere decided that it would be totally bitchin to recreate that look in the men and women that grace their covers.

To be honest with you, I thought the whole bed head fad was over and done with four years ago (barring Courtney Love (http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/courtney_love/index.html) ).

It seems like the current trend for the young famous men is super-close cropped hair and for women is for long long extentions loosely curled. I actually like it, and it's the first time in a long time that I can see someone on the red carpet and thing "I want her hair"

[DianaG]

DiosaBellissima: you don;t have to worry about "skinny pants"- they are only a fad in the minds of ad agencies and the media. Few outside Hollywood are wearing them. :cool:
But the thing is, it usually takes your average mall about 18 months to catch up to Hollywood, and what causes people to start actually wearing this sort of crap isn't that they saw some starlet wearing it, it's that at some point, it's all that's available to buy! Oh no, my friend... I fear that we're only at the beginning of a long fashion nightmare.

Oh and could freakin' gauchos go away, right now please? I'd like to be able to buy some big girl pants that go all the way to the ankle. I went into Ann Taylor the other day, and the only long pants I saw* had pleats. PLEATS, people. When I can't find something to wear to work at Ann Taylor, that's a problem.

*Granted, this was on the sale rack. I have a firm policy against paying full price at the sort of stores where everything I see now will be on sale in a few weeks.

[DiosaBellissima]

DiosaBellissima: you don;t have to worry about "skinny pants"- they are only a fad in the minds of ad agencies and the media. Few outside Hollywood are wearing them. :cool:

See, you'd think that,but there really are a lot of stupid people wearing those God-forsaken pants. Here's my theory: the Gap, Old Navy, Lane Bryant, and Torrid are really the only stores for young, fat girls trying to be stylish. Fine. Except for the last 6 months, all they've been doing is pimping the God awful skinny pant. In fact, the Gap and Torrid cleared out over half of their stock of regular jeans in favor of skinny pants and leggings. Gap I can understand, I suppose, they sell size 0-- but skinny pants in a store that sells nothing below a size 16? SKINNY pants in a FAT store? The stupid burns. What's stupider is the 250 lb girls that think they look good in a thing called skinny pants. Kate Moss only looks good in skinny pants when she hasn't eaten that week. Bah.

And Uggs are out. Speaking as a 20 year old (such authority), I can tell you that someone would be roundly mocked for wearing Uggs. Any person who is attempting to be somewhat fashionable would not wear those shoes. In fact, the only people I know that do are really out of what's in. The stores take advantage of folks like that- that's why you see big displays of Uggs still.

[Throatwarbler Mangrove]

You know how your hair looks after you've been sleeping (and drooling and rubbing) on it all night?

You drool on your HAIR when you sleep? :dubious:

ALthough such prodigious saliva-producing capabilities certainly have their uses.....

[Eva Luna]

someone would be roundly mocked for wearing Uggs. Any person who is attempting to be somewhat fashionable would not wear those shoes. In fact, the only people I know that do are really out of what's in. The stores take advantage of folks like that- that's why you see big displays of Uggs still.

I don't care if people mock me - they are comfortable, and frankly that's all I care about. (Admittedly the pair I have are a style that was manufactured for about 5 minutes, in smooth black leather, and to me they don't look dorkier than any other pair of fleece-lined winter boots.) When you live where I do, it's all about practicality in the winter, especially when your left fibula is held together by a metal plate and a bunch of screws. I plan to wear those boots until they fall apart, and then I plan to look for something very much like them.

[Lissa]

I just hope the trend towards vapidness in American culture runs its course soon. In general, I want to see people stop paying attention to nonsense (Paris, Brangelina, OC, etc. etc. and sadly etc.) and start paying attention the host of very serious issues we face.

It's a "trend" which has lasted since the printing press became popular.

Three hundred years ago, the papers were full of the latest scandal involving the D_____ss of D_______e* or the Queen's ladies in waiting. There were "Scandal Sheets" which were essentially the same as tabloid newspapers of today, containing slanderous poems about prominent individuals, cartoons and glowing descriptions of what So-and-So wore to the ball last night. (In modern times, the celebrity has taken the spot of the nobility.)

American newspapers weren't much better. They paid rapt attention to the latest murder trials (Lizzie Borden), sex scandals involving politicians (Rachel Jackson) and printed serial novels which took up enormous chunks of the print space. Every paper had a big "Society" column which reported the doings of local rich folks. In short, they devoted about as much space to "real news" as modern papers.








* Duchess of Devonshire. To avoid libel, they would block out most of the name, though everyone knew to whom they referred.

[tremorviolet]

Oh God, I agree. Crocs are worse. They're glorified bathroom slippers. Really ugly ones.

I used to think Uggs were the most hideous shoes ever until Coros came out. Now I actually think Uggs don't look that bad by comparison and I am apprehensively awaiting the next shoe fad so horrendously fug that it'll make me start to think Crocs weren't half-bad after all. :eek:

[madmonk28]

It's a "trend" which has lasted since the printing press became popular.

Three hundred years ago, the papers were full of the latest scandal involving the D_____ss of D_______e* or the Queen's ladies in waiting. There were "Scandal Sheets" which were essentially the same as tabloid newspapers of today, containing slanderous poems about prominent individuals, cartoons and glowing descriptions of what So-and-So wore to the ball last night. (In modern times, the celebrity has taken the spot of the nobility.)

American newspapers weren't much better. They paid rapt attention to the latest murder trials (Lizzie Borden), sex scandals involving politicians (Rachel Jackson) and printed serial novels which took up enormous chunks of the print space. Every paper had a big "Society" column which reported the doings of local rich folks. In short, they devoted about as much space to "real news" as modern papers.









* Duchess of Devonshire. To avoid libel, they would block out most of the name, though everyone knew to whom they referred.

No doubt there has always been a lowest common denomenator, but in recent years the steady decline of our culture has left little else beyond the raunch. The trashiness and vapidity has seeped into all corners of American life in a way it had not before. A firewall has eroded and trash culture has lost a lot of the stigma that kept it in its place.

[SusanStoHelit]

You drool on your HAIR when you sleep? :dubious:

ALthough such prodigious saliva-producing capabilities certainly have their uses.....

Follow the link (http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/courtney_love/index.html) from the above post - all will be explained

[Caridwen]

I love skinny jeans! I'm tallish with a short torso and my legs are on the thin side so they look better on me than fuller jeans. I just have trouble finding shoes that look good with them. I don't like them super tight though.

I also love my Uggs! Granted I only wear them around the house or to walk my dog in the winter, but they're so comfy! So I'm not trying to make a fashion statement, just keep warm.

Not crazy about the trend of really light lipstick that's darker than your skin.

[El Perro Fumando]

Just thought of another one (although I know this won't go away): the need for people to be constantly on the phone. They can't stand in line, walk their dog, or drive their car without being in a constant and inane conversation with someone else.
This annoys me too, but I'll expand it to the Bluetooth headsets that now seem to be worn as jewelry. I was at a professional seminar this week where the main presenter had hers on all day long. Was she expecting to take a call in the middle of her presentation? Or were we supposed to be impressed by her $50 cell phone earpiece?

[SanibelMan]

I can't wait for the Bratz doll / Libby Lu / dress-every-preteen-girl-like-a-slut trend to go away. Preferably before my 3-month-old daughter gets to that age. Why does anyone think it's a good idea to make little girls think the pinnacle of beauty is to dress like a dead whore extra on Law and Order?

[SusanStoHelit]

I love skinny jeans! I'm tallish with a short torso and my legs are on the thin side so they look better on me than fuller jeans. I just have trouble finding shoes that look good with them. I don't like them super tight though.

I also love my Uggs! Granted I only wear them around the house or to walk my dog in the winter, but they're so comfy! So I'm not trying to make a fashion statement, just keep warm.

Not crazy about the trend of really light lipstick that's darker than your skin.

do you mean lighter than your skin? I've notice this with several celebs lately. They die their hair to match their (too-tanned) skin and then they put on beige lipstick.

It makes even the prettiest girls look all washed out and flat

[FairyChatMom]

I cannot stand the three-days-since-I-shaved look that some guys sport. Either commit to a real beard or shave. I don't know if it qualifies as a fad or trend, but I don't like it.

Don't much care for facial piercings, either. Or celebutants. Or a whole lot of other things, but I don't want to come across as bitchy.

;)

[cruel butterfly]

I can't wait for the Bratz doll / Libby Lu / dress-every-preteen-girl-like-a-slut trend to go away. Preferably before my 3-month-old daughter gets to that age. Why does anyone think it's a good idea to make little girls think the pinnacle of beauty is to dress like a dead whore extra on Law and Order?
Every time I walk through Target or Walmart, I am amazed at the kinds of garments that are available for little girls. The fall/winter stuff isn't too bad--just little versions of trendy jeans and sweaters. But the spring/summer stuff is horrible. Teeny-tiny halter tops. Way-too-short skirts. Itty-bitty-teeny-weeny bikinis. There's nothing good about sexualizing a little girl before she's even aware of her own sexuality.

I'm so glad I have boys. I still have my challenges, but they amount to nothing more than "turn your hat around to the front, please" (instead of off to the side) and "if your pants fall to below your hips, put a belt on".

These days, keeping my boys from looking like gang-bangers is far less challenging than keeping a little girl from looking like a mini-whore.

[According to Pliny]

Just thought of another one (although I know this won't go away): the need for people to be constantly on the phone. They can't stand in line, walk their dog, or drive their car without being in a constant and inane conversation with someone else.
I intentionally fake calls when I'm at the bank.
There is one clerk-Nazi that is always the one I get. She has catty, dismissive, and totally irrelevant remarks every time I make a deposit. "I hope you added this right, it'a a lot of checks." "I hope you remembered to stamp the backs." "You have blood dripping from your fangs." Then she'll make a show of wiping my DNA off her precious counter.
So I pretend I'm on the phone so I can go into a whisper and step back for privacy, and not look at her during the transaction.

[Caridwen]

do you mean lighter than your skin? I've notice this with several celebs lately. They die their hair to match their (too-tanned) skin and then they put on beige lipstick.

It makes even the prettiest girls look all washed out and flat

Yes, thats exactly what I mean. Kelly Ripa is a perfect example of this. Her skin, hair and lipstick are all the same color. She looks like a lollypop with arched eyebrows.

[Khan]

I cannot stand the three-days-since-I-shaved look that some guys sport. Either commit to a real beard or shave. I don't know if it qualifies as a fad or trend, but I don't like it.

On the one hand, you have a point. It is pretty sloppy. On the other, it's real convenient for days when you're lazy or have class at 8:15.

Good call on the pointed shoes, FRDE. It's disturbing how footbinding is coming back into fashion like that.

[John DiFool]

I'm sick of the rock 'n' roll music. It's just a beat and some unkempt young man who can't sing, strumming a guitar off key. And the lyrics, good lord! With the simplicity of the music, you would imagine they'd have some brain power left to devote to the creation of some interesting lyrics, but, no, it's all "baby this" and "yeah yeah that." And don't get me started on the way those kids dance to it!

My main issue is with singing voices lately; it seems cool to not be able to sing.
You guys have recommended several bands which I've checked out, but virtually
none of them has a singer with even decent pipes.

[HelloKitty]

Fashion trends lately really make me laugh. It's funny to see stuff that, <obligatory valley girl accent> I would, like totally <ovga> have worn in the 80's on the racks, at triple the prices I paid back then. I'll tell my nieces, who are in their late teens "Hey, I had an outfit just like that back when I was in high school!" Of course I'll get the :rolleyes: "Yeah, right!" from them, but it's the truth.

Even Crocs are kind of an offshoot of the og-awful "Jellies" shoes from back then. So these trends don't just go away...they hibernate.

I do agree about the pointy-toed high-heeled shoes that everyone "must" have. I have never understood why someone would want their feet to look bigger!!! I'm always trying to find shoes that make my foot look small, and here are all these shoes that are like boats.

The trend I would like to see disappear forever: "REALITY" TV

[CanvasShoes]

What trend or style are you waiting out?

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Here's one of mine:

There is a trend on all the current slew of remodelling shows to push a very few color and style selections..
AMEN! Along with your excellent ones, the trend to only like "earth tones" which I call "body fluid colors". They look like diarhea, bile and baby poop. Along with the 92,678 shades of Brown. (you can call it all the delicious sounding food names you want, it's still ugly blah brown).

Then, the baggy pants, which have gone from merely baggy to too laughable for words. I saw a young man on the street who had pants so baggy, that where the sag hangs to the knees? There was a swag of material that actually sagged over the existing sag.

[Nic2004]

I have come to hate those little Lisa Loeb glasses seen here (http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4549/Events/4549/LisaLoeb_Ausse_7938119_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Loeb,%20Lisa) that are EVERY freakin were. I went to many eye glass stores a short time ago to get new glasses and these ( or variations on these) were all they had. The walls were coverd in the same frame.


Thanks. I feel better now.

[Argent Towers]

My main issue is with singing voices lately; it seems cool to not be able to sing.
You guys have recommended several bands which I've checked out, but virtually
none of them has a singer with even decent pipes.

Jens Lekman.

This is who you need to be listening to.

[gredbioz]

My main issue is with singing voices lately; it seems cool to not be able to sing.
You guys have recommended several bands which I've checked out, but virtually
none of them has a singer with even decent pipes.
Now that you mention it, that's another trend I'm suspicious about: singing. All around too attention-grabbing for my likes, and have you seen the people who do it? In their fancy get-ups grabbing at their crotches, or some fat Italian man wailing away in a fancy building downtown. I think that "music" fad is contributing to all these people who feel the need to fancy up their conversation with trills and harmonies.

What else? The currency trend... looks like the devil's work to me. I've got an entire car and you just want to give me a piece of paper for it? And I'm expected to believe other people will want that paper? But people look at me funny when I tell them I'd rather they just give me ten donkeys in exchange for my car.

Finally, what is it with labor laws? This fad for kids not to go into the workforce at 8 years old is cute, but it's getting pretty darn tiresome. If we had children dragging nuclear waste around for 16 hours a day, I bet then they wouldn't have time to be buying the outfits the people in this thread think they look sexy in.

[jabiru]

I'm waiting for the word 'like' to fade into obscurity. Certainly it has its uses: I like icecream; he looks like Brad Pitt. It's the frequent injection, like, of the word into, like, places where it has, like, not right to be. Like.

[Kalhoun]

I love skinny jeans! I'm tallish with a short torso and my legs are on the thin side so they look better on me than fuller jeans. I just have trouble finding shoes that look good with them. I don't like them super tight though.


Always a heel; nevah flats. Boots look great with skinny jeans. Either ankle boots under them or mid-calf or knee-high on the outside. Love that look!

[Dung Beetle]

I have come to hate those little Lisa Loeb glasses seen here (http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4549/Events/4549/LisaLoeb_Ausse_7938119_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Loeb,%20Lisa) that are EVERY freakin were. I went to many eye glass stores a short time ago to get new glasses and these ( or variations on these) were all they had. The walls were coverd in the same frame.


Thanks. I feel better now.
Oh, good one. Last few times I replaced my daughter's frames, we went to every store in town, but we could have stopped at the first one, since they all carried only about two basic styles. And those two were similar to each other.

Let's see...I hate just about everything, so I'm with you guys so far...how about pants with giant words written across the butt?

[Chanteuse]

I also can't stand those ridiculous long pointed high heeled shoes that some women wear, it makes them look like clowns, actually most female footwear seems to have been designed to cripple the wearer, the 'designers' would never get away with selling muck like that to men.


I completely agree. In fact, I'm sure that Cruella DeVil would appreciate having her shoes returned to her anyway.

[Slithy Tove]

To those fellows who wear the ends of their neckties tossed over their shoulders: please consider the possibility that you now look like an asshole.

[look!ninjas]

Footless tights. Dammit, I want my tights to go all the way over my toes! I'm not wearing your glorified leggings. Please to be putting the feet on my tights now.

... cute striped tights are finally in the stores again, and none of them have any daggone feet... grumble grumble...

[Cat Whisperer]

This annoys me too, but I'll expand it to the Bluetooth headsets that now seem to be worn as jewelry. <snip>
My husband calls those "Uhuras." :D

Speaking of which, there's a fad that I don't know if I wan to go away, because my husband and I find it endlessly amusing - for young, ultra-hip women to wear cropped pants and tight, black leather boots that make them look like crewmembers on the original Star Trek series. Hah! Ultra-hip people dressing like geeks, all unawares.

The trends I desperately wish would go away are too-tight clothing and bunny-killer shoes. I prefer my clothing to fit me; to me, that means I can still move my arms and breathe while wearing it. I get uncomfortable just looking at all the women in their binding little tight jackets.

gredbioz, it appears that you are trying to be funny, but you're not really succeeding. If you don't want to join in the spirit of the discussion at hand, why don't you move on to another thread?

[Sunspace]

I'm waiting for the word 'like' to fade into obscurity. Certainly it has its uses: I like icecream; he looks like Brad Pitt. It's the frequent injection, like, of the word into, like, places where it has, like, not right to be. Like.Haven't you heard? It's morphed into a new part of speech, called a 'quotative'. It 'quotes' or introduces a description of the state of some person or object, which is often acted out. I actually find this usage to be clear.

This doesn't stop me from hearing 'Valley Girl' in my head every time I or someone else uses it...

[Carlyjay]

- Add me to the "skinny pants" haters. I don't understand it. It's ugly, and I'm having rouble finding pants long enough as it is, do we have to make my ankles any MORE noticeable?

- Also, on the same clip, tights underneath huge sweaters, with no pants anywhere to be seen. Ugh. Ew, ew, ew. I was so glad when this went out of style the first time. Why, oh why is it back?

- Women poofing up their hair again. Especially the trend where they use 1000 tonnes of hairspray, plus teasing, and then clip it down with about 13,450,200 bobby pins into two or three of the most unattractive wads of brillo-looking hair I've ever seen. One at the top front of the hair, of course, meaning that soon bangs will be teased into ridiculous waterfalls of hair again.

That's it... for now.

[Beware of Doug]

And Uggs are out. Speaking as a 20 year old (such authority), I can tell you that someone would be roundly mocked for wearing Uggs.What probably killed them was the dumb trend to wear them in the summer. Too many boyfriends must have noticed the smelly feet.

I can't wait for the Bratz doll / Libby Lu / dress-every-preteen-girl-like-a-slut trend to go away. Preferably before my 3-month-old daughter gets to that age. Why does anyone think it's a good idea to make little girls think the pinnacle of beauty is to dress like a dead whore extra on Law and Order?Is it any better that every girl under age 6 wears exactly two colors: lavender and pink? And always in combination? Bleh!

[gotpasswords]

I'm sick of seeing low-rise jeans. Ladies, showing asscrack is not flattering, and they make you look like a plumber, even when you're standing straight up.

Tight jeans that are so tight they cause rolls of pudge to stick out over the top? It's not "baby fat" - it's FAT! Blech.

Beards without mustaches. Whether it's a fluffy pom-pom on your chin, or a scrawny flavor saver, at best they make you look Amish, and at worst, they're just wrong.

Line beards. Just shave it all off and draw one on with mascara. It will be a lot faster for you in the morning than to do all that fussy trimming and edging.

[msmith537]

Fat people who never exercise, eat McDonalds and a bag of Oreos every day and complain about being fat

Jerkoff 20-somethings in their first job who think they're awesome.

"Youth culture" - since when did adults need to emulate 15 year olds? When you have a real job, money and don't live with your parents, then you can tell me what's "cool".

Not murdering people on My Super Sweet 16 - When did it become cool to NOT drag people like that out into the street and stab them in the face?

X is the new X-Y (ie 30 is the new 20, 60 is the new 40) - It's not and you aren't fooling anyone (unless you are me and everyone thinks your 26 when you're really in your 30s)





Hip Hop

Rap/Hip-hop have been around since the late 70s. It's not going anywhere.

[phouka]

Fat people who never exercise, eat McDonalds and a bag of Oreos every day and complain about being fat

Not a fad, and honestly, how many times do you actually run into that? Every fat person I know - and I'm one myself - acknowledges that eating too many Oreos contributes to being fat.

Jerkoff 20-somethings in their first job who think they're awesome.

Still not a fad or a trend. Unless you're also going to count 30-something grumpy has-beens who hate hearing enthusiasm and idealism as a fad as well.

Trends and fads I hate? Well, the sagging pants one has been around too long to count. The sexualization of girls has been out there for at least ten years, but it's getting more and more prominent. Several moms I know will only shop at Talbots Kids or other conservative clothing stores, because they don't feel like pimping out their pre-teen daughters.

I'm also bitterly tired of the fierce partisan hostility in politics, both among our elected representatives and the voters. I realize that we've gone through cycles of this in our history, but I really can't wait for this one to die out. Soon.

On the education side of things, I'm sick of the fads that come and go with no real relation to proven pedagogy. I got my credential five and a half years ago, and only then were they starting to talk about how new teaching theories should be subjected to vigorous research and study. Apparently, they haven't ever gotten past talking about this. I'm also sick of the overarching philosophy that teachers can fix every problem that comes into their classroom and thus should be held completely responsible for how their students do on standardized tests and grades.

But that's just me.

[msmith537]

Not a fad, and honestly, how many times do you actually run into that? Every fat person I know - and I'm one myself - acknowledges that eating too many Oreos contributes to being fat.



Still not a fad or a trend. Unless you're also going to count 30-something grumpy has-beens who hate hearing enthusiasm and idealism as a fad as well.


What are you? The fad police? Who asked you?

[Cat Whisperer]

Sounds like *someone* has a case of the Mondays. :D

[Infovore]

Mine, some of which have been mentioned previously:

- Trampy clothes for young girls, especially preteens.

- The wearing of bedclothes (bedroom slippers, pajama pants) in public. Some cute teen girls might be away to get away with the PJ pants, but shuffling around in fuzzy bedroom slippers at the bank or the fast-food joint just makes you look like an idiot, I don't care who you are.)

- Sagging pants. Speaking of looking like idiots... The only reason that I don't laugh when I see these goofballs with their shorts hanging out and their pants around their ankles is because I don't want to get punched out. Then again, they'd have to catch me first and that wouldn't be so easy while having to hold up their pants to keep from tripping... Oh, and note to potential pants-saggers: a tiny bit of sag with plaid boxers looks sort of vaguely okay if you have a nice body. If you're pudgy or skinny and wearing tighty-whities, please just...don't, okay? It's hard enough to laugh as it is. (No offense intended to pudgy or skinny folks--just to those who make these kinds of unfortunate fashion choices. Me, I wouldn't be caught dead in any tummy-baring clothes, since I know that nobody wants to see that.)

- People who can't function without a cell phone stuck to their ear. Dude, unless you're a doctor you don't need to be in contact constantly. And honey, if you want to talk to your friend that much, bring her along with you and talk in person. Thanks.

- Offensensitivity, to use Berke Breathed's word. I'm getting so tired of the "victim mentality" and the way people seem to take offense at anything, whether it was meant or not. Come on, people. Kramer yelling n-words at comedy club crowds is offensive. The lack of a vegetarian character on some hot TV show (for a made-up example) isn't. Get over it.

[SpartanDC]

I am tired of the fad of those damn kids playing on my lawn.

But seriously...

The re-emergence of popped collars: Seriously, you know it makes you look like a douchebag, right? I mean, how can you not?

The self-righteous, 20-something mortgage-holder: Quit lecturing me about throwing my money away. Some of us just don't want to own a house, ok? We just don't all care for the responsibility or for the sometimes large up-front investment. I can invest/make money in plenty of other ways less susceptible to a market crash. In my view, mortgages are for people who are established in one place, usually with kids. I am neither of these things.

Hardwood floors: Dust bunnies abound unless you sweep them every few days and they result in worse acoustics than in a carpeted room. Plus, in older apartments, there's perils to walking around barefoot on them.

My Super Sweet 16: It needs to be retitled "Why the Terrorists Hate Us."

Also, According to Pliny, your analysis of remodeling shows was spot on. Very well-thought.

And for that matter, while I do believe reality TV can be good, I feel the genre needs something new that hasn't been done before; it's getting stale. The only ones I truly hate are the ones designed to bring out the worst in people, like Temptation Island.

[msmith537]

Sounds like *someone* has a case of the Mondays. :D


Wooo that reminds me:

Quoting movies or TV shows as if the rest of us haven't heard that expression before. i.e. "I'm Rick James bitch!" or any reference to a "TPS" report.

[tashabot]

Most of mine have been mentioned already.

Those pants with the word on the ass: They're stupid, and most of the people wearing them don't even have a nice ass to look at. That's the point, right? To get someone to pay attention to your ass? Well, try not doing it unless it's you're best feature, sweety.

Tramp stamps: I don't mind them, except that EVERYONE is doing them, and most of them are going to seriously regret "EXIT ONLY" tattoed on their back, or a tribal design that's going to go horribly awry later in life.

Dressing preadolescents as 20 year old crackwhores: Whoever thought up Bratz needs to be shot. I can't go into Target and go clothing shopping for my boyfriend's five year old daughter without wondering if she'd need a censor bar to go with that. I have enough crap to worry about, I don't need to worry about if my stepdaughter is going to get molested because she looks "hawt." I'm 22 and I don't even dress that way.

Fat chicks in skinny chicks clothing: I'm fat. I'm a size 24 any way you look at it. And I know how to cover it up. Big is not beautiful in skinny clothing, people. And I say chicks because I rarely (although sometimes) see overweight males doing this. It's only the females, trying to be sexy. And it ain't. And trust me, if you weigh 300 lbs, no one wants to see your tramp stamp.

Capris: Is that what they're called? Those short pants? I hate 'em. See, on normal people they CAN (rarely) look alright, but on a short fat person like me they end up looking like my pants are too short. Can we please get rid of the waders and go back to normal pants? Thanks.

Those shirts that have self-deprecating slogans on them, like "Whore," "Slut," and "Easy." Come on, now. That leaves all the guesswork out for the rest of us. Although I do like the idea for the "Cum-bucket" one. It seems more accurate in an all-around sense.

Pants that hang off your ass: My 17 year old cousin is fond of doing this, even though I've provided him with a belt. Well, he used to be. He doesn't ever since I pantsed him in front of a bunch of his friends because of it. Or rather, he doesn't do it around me, which is all I really ask. If I wanted to see your underwear, I'd be sleeping with you.

The victim mentality that has made it acceptable for people to not have to take responsibility for their own actions. Every time I hear about a lawsuit that's more frivolous than the next I start to see red. Then I realize that it's not worth the increase in blood pressure medication and calm down.

~Tasha (I like to rant, what can I say?)

[Dunderman]

I guess both of these are too old to be fads, but piercings and reality TV. God almighty and Christ on a jetski, I can't wait for those two to disappear into deserved oblivion. Not that it'll ever happen.Kelly Ripa is a perfect example of this. Her skin, hair and lipstick are all the same color. She looks like a lollypop with arched eyebrows.Huh. I haven't noticed this trend and don't know who Kelly Ripa is, but I do remember this Asian girl I saw some years ago (see, that guy in Citizen Kane wasn't bullshitting). She had brown skin, lips of the same colour, and her hair (dyed, I assume) exactly the same colour as her skin. I literally couldn't tell where her skin stopped and her hair started. That struck me as one of the most gorgeous things I had ever seen.

[Caridwen]

I'm not saying she isn't attractive, she is. But lately on TV her skin, hair, and lipstick sort of blend in together and it makes her look really washed out.

I can't find a great picture to show you what I'm talking about.

Here's sort of how looks now
http://www.thehairstyler.com/celebrity_hairstyle.asp?name=Kelly+Ripa

As opposed to how she used to look when she had a bit more color
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/-Posters_i1618712_.htm

[Dunderman]

I'm not saying she isn't attractive, she is. But lately on TV her skin, hair, and lipstick sort of blend in together and it makes her look really washed out.I'm not saying anything about Kelly Ripa, I just found it interesting that the one time I had even noticed anything like the effect you described, I found it incredibly hot.Here's sort of how looks now
http://www.thehairstyler.com/celebrity_hairstyle.asp?name=Kelly+Ripa

As opposed to how she used to look when she had a bit more color
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/-Posters_i1618712_.htmApparently I'm a total straight guy, 'cause I can't even see much of a difference between these.

[Cat Whisperer]

Wooo that reminds me:

Quoting movies or TV shows as if the rest of us haven't heard that expression before. i.e. "I'm Rick James bitch!" or any reference to a "TPS" report.
Hey, Mr. Crankypants, turn that frown upside down!

(I'm yanking your chain, big fella, cause your post seemed over-the-top cranky. That'll learn me to yank the chain of a cranky guy, I guess.)

[vinniepaz]

I can't wait for the trend of rock and roll music, specifically Led Zepellin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and whatever crap old people are listening to these days.

[thirdname]

I'm with all the people against hip-hop.

But my pet peeve is ultra-low-profile tires on passenger automobiles. Something a little low looks sporty and handles better, but past a certain point it just looks ridiculous. Either have decent tires, or be honest and get solid rubber tires with no tubes. The worst is when they put the huge, shiny ones on a souped-up SUV; you get a vehicle that's supposed to be able to go off-road, fitted with what basically amounts to a set of train wheels.

[tremorviolet]

I do agree about the pointy-toed high-heeled shoes that everyone "must" have. I have never understood why someone would want their feet to look bigger!!! I'm always trying to find shoes that make my foot look small, and here are all these shoes that are like boats.

Well, y'all are in luck, pointy toed shoes have been on the way out for the last couple of years. (which makes me very sad :( , I lurves me some pointy toed rat stabbers. (http://pic1.funtigo.com/tremorviolet/?b=149758&c=896843&p=2.375&n=4&af=y&nav=next)) The trend now is round toed covered platforms although you still see some more gently rounded points, especially in professional shoes. I don't think pointy toes will ever go completely out of style; they just look more adult and polished than rounded toes.

[Kalhoun]

Well, y'all are in luck, pointy toed shoes have been on the way out for the last couple of years. (which makes me very sad :( , I lurves me some pointy toed rat stabbers. (http://pic1.funtigo.com/tremorviolet/?b=149758&c=896843&p=2.375&n=4&af=y&nav=next)) The trend now is round toed covered platforms although you still see some more gently rounded points, especially in professional shoes. I don't think pointy toes will ever go completely out of style; they just look more adult and polished than rounded toes.I like pointy shoes, as long as they aren't the ultra-elongated points. When they make your feet look 4 sizes bigger, they aren't cute. Plus, I see women walking with their toes pointed way the hell out to accommodate them. It's so not cool.

[Dung Beetle]

Yeah, there's got to be a happy medium. Rounded-toe shoes make me feel like Minnie Mouse.

[msmith537]

She had brown skin, lips of the same colour, and her hair (dyed, I assume) exactly the same colour as her skin. I literally couldn't tell where her skin stopped and her hair started. That struck me as one of the most gorgeous things I had ever seen.


Sounds like something out of an H.R. Giger painting.






(I'm yanking your chain, big fella, cause your post seemed over-the-top cranky.


It was supposed to be over the top.

[Clothahump]

Tatoos.

Piercings.

Rap.

Hip-hop.

The cult of victimization.

[Valgard]

Grills (a la Flavor Flav)
Reality TV
Ringtones. Actually any cellphone that makes any noise audible to anyone other than the owner.

[Icarus]

The trend I abhor is the widespread lack of a sense that there is some standards of dress that we should acknowledge.

I'll start with flip-flop sandals, some young people are wearing them as their only footwear no matter what the situation or weather. There was a story about some high-school/college girls lacrosse team that visited the White House and some of them were wearing flip-flops. Geeez! It's the President you are visiting, not Kyle's dorm room! My niece wears them to walk to school - in Michigan - in the winter! HELLO! FROST-BITE!

Now I'll move on to low-rise jeans. Generally, if the girl is shapely I usually don't mind seeing them wear the low rise jeans. I don't think much of them when I do, if they want to peddle their stuff who am I to deny them a living? Although sometimes I want to ask them, "Seriously, does your snatch ever pop out?" (But I degress.) My gripe is with wearing them everywhere all the time. If you are going out club hopping for the evening, fine. But don't wear them to work, m'kay? I don't want to look at your ass crack at work. Really, I don't. You shouldn't want me to look at your ass crack at work. Maybe it's just me but I grew up thinking that my ass crack was something I shouldn't be flaunting to the general populace.

For men, it's the muscle shirt trend I have a problem with. If you are not at a gym or engaged in some athletic activity then put on a proper shirt! A t-shirt is fine, really it is. I don't think a muscle shirt is the right attire for a sit-down restaurant. Or a plane flight. Or a movie theatre or church. COVER YOUR PITS YOU APE!

And the whole baggy pants, hanging around the knees, ball cap sideways, baggy jacket, (pick-a-letter)-igger thing is soooooooooooooo done. We get it, you're cool/def/fly/gangsta/.....yes, you belong....Can we just move on, please?

[msmith537]

Grills (a la Flavor Flav).

How about Flavor Flav...PERIOD.

[hawksgirl]

Now I'll move on to low-rise jeans. Generally, if the girl is shapely I usually don't mind seeing them wear the low rise jeans. I don't think much of them when I do, if they want to peddle their stuff who am I to deny them a living? Although sometimes I want to ask them, "Seriously, does your snatch ever pop out?" (But I degress.) My gripe is with wearing them everywhere all the time. If you are going out club hopping for the evening, fine. But don't wear them to work, m'kay? I don't want to look at your ass crack at work. Really, I don't. You shouldn't want me to look at your ass crack at work. Maybe it's just me but I grew up thinking that my ass crack was something I shouldn't be flaunting to the general populace.

You have no idea how hard it is to find "normal" jeans.

Which leads me to my complaint, stores who only sell about 2 different types of pants, both of which are amazingly similar. I'm looking at you, GAP.

[SailBunny]

Re Kelly Ripa and the "color" effect. Look at the pictures of Alicia Silverstone on that website

http://www.thehairstyler.com/celebrity_hairstyle.asp?name=Alicia+Silverstone

Especially with the 3rd and 4th pictures. I found it to be a noticeable difference I hadnt really noticed before either.

[Cat Whisperer]

You have no idea how hard it is to find "normal" jeans.

Which leads me to my complaint, stores who only sell about 2 different types of pants, both of which are amazingly similar. I'm looking at you, GAP.
I found a normal pair of pants this weekend - they actually come up to my waist. {sob} I think I'm going to go back and buy a whole bunch.

[Kalhoun]

The trend I abhor is the widespread lack of a sense that there is some standards of dress that we should acknowledge.

I'll start with flip-flop sandals, some young people are wearing them as their only footwear no matter what the situation or weather. There was a story about some high-school/college girls lacrosse team that visited the White House and some of them were wearing flip-flops. Geeez! It's the President you are visiting, not Kyle's dorm room! My niece wears them to walk to school - in Michigan - in the winter! HELLO! FROST-BITE!

Now I'll move on to low-rise jeans. Generally, if the girl is shapely I usually don't mind seeing them wear the low rise jeans. I don't think much of them when I do, if they want to peddle their stuff who am I to deny them a living? Although sometimes I want to ask them, "Seriously, does your snatch ever pop out?" (But I degress.) My gripe is with wearing them everywhere all the time. If you are going out club hopping for the evening, fine. But don't wear them to work, m'kay? I don't want to look at your ass crack at work. Really, I don't. You shouldn't want me to look at your ass crack at work. Maybe it's just me but I grew up thinking that my ass crack was something I shouldn't be flaunting to the general populace.

For men, it's the muscle shirt trend I have a problem with. If you are not at a gym or engaged in some athletic activity then put on a proper shirt! A t-shirt is fine, really it is. I don't think a muscle shirt is the right attire for a sit-down restaurant. Or a plane flight. Or a movie theatre or church. COVER YOUR PITS YOU APE!

And the whole baggy pants, hanging around the knees, ball cap sideways, baggy jacket, (pick-a-letter)-igger thing is soooooooooooooo done. We get it, you're cool/def/fly/gangsta/.....yes, you belong....Can we just move on, please?
Kyle's dorm room - BAND NAME!

I hate the Flip-Flops-As-Fashion look, too. They have their purpose, but that purpose ends at the beach. I hate having to walk behind someone who's flapping down the cereal aisle at the store.

[Neidhart]

LOUD music on TV dramas, with lyrics, that drowns out the dialogue. (Jerry Bruckheimer, are you listening?) I can't wait for that to go out of style. Unless the show is American Idol, music should be instrumental and in the background.

Camera trickery that makes shows look like music videos. TV shows and movies have plots (at least they're supposed to!) They're not all about the visuals. Directors who've only done music videos should not be allowed to helm movies until they learn how to do it properly.

[Kalhoun]

LOUD music on TV dramas, with lyrics, that drowns out the dialogue. (Jerry Bruckheimer, are you listening?) I can't wait for that to go out of style. Unless the show is American Idol, music should be instrumental and in the background.

Camera trickery that makes shows look like music videos. TV shows and movies have plots (at least they're supposed to!) They're not all about the visuals. Directors who've only done music videos should not be allowed to helm movies until they learn how to do it properly.
I find this to be true with nearly every movie I watch. I'm constantly struggling to hear dialogue over the loud music. I know I have something of a hearing deficit that generally affects voices, but jesus...am I the only person in this day and age with rock 'n' roll deafness? I can't watch a movie without holding the volume control in my hand so I can adjust a thousand times.

[Carlyjay]

Okay, I have to rant about pointy-toed shoes as well.

#1. Why on earth would it ever be considered a GOOD thing to have really, really pointy feet? Why would I want to give others that impression?

#2. Why on earth would this fad have to come back when I'm getting MARRIED, for mercy's sake? I can't find a decent pair of wedding shoes because every pair out there are either ridiculously pointy or are the kind that have jewels mounted on clear plastic, as though feet encased in clear plastic ever looks good.

Do away with the pointy shoes!

[MissMossie]

And Uggs are out. Speaking as a 20 year old (such authority), I can tell you that someone would be roundly mocked for wearing Uggs. Any person who is attempting to be somewhat fashionable would not wear those shoes. In fact, the only people I know that do are really out of what's in. The stores take advantage of folks like that- that's why you see big displays of Uggs still.

I beg to differ. They're still quite prominent on my campus, a definite favorite of sorority girls. They do kind of make sense here though; the weather gets quite chilly.

I'll add my vote to the list of people who don't like elementary school aged girls dressing like hookers. Bratz dolls really piss me off too. At least Barbie held down some decent jobs. What do the Bratz dolls do? Stand around looking skanky? Kids these days...

[monstro]

The use of "gay" as a general insult. As in, "That's so gay". That's so lame! Pick up a thesarus if you need a synonym for "stupid".

Addressing people as"bro" in every other sentence, after every pause. Bro, it's like the most annoying thing ever, bro. Especially, bro, when you're pushing forty. And please don't address a woman as "bro". It is not endearing. It is strange.

Guys walking around with spiky hair (or bedhead, which has already been mentioned). It is hard to take you seriously when your head looks like a kooshball.

People talking on cell phones EVERYWHERE. I realize this is never going to go away, but I still wish it would. Go to any college campus and watch the traffic streaming out of any randomly chosen building. Chances are you'll find 90% of the students gabbing away on cell phones because that ONE little hour they spent in class deprived them all their chitchatting. It's totally insane.

[Cat Whisperer]

Shaky camera work in movies or television (BSG, I'm *really* looking at you). Used judiciously, this can be an effective method to give a feeling of cinema verite; used for half the damn show, it just gives a feeling of nausea.

[Infovore]

Okay, got another one, but thankfully I haven't seen too much of it lately so it might finally be going away:

Advertising EVERYTHING with foreshortened pictures of people (pic taken from above the person, so their head's really big and their feet are tiny). It started with those damn dogs ("The Dog") and made its way to people. I'm SO glad it's gone--for awhile, it seemed like you couldn't turn around without seeing one of these stupid pics.

[Bridget Burke]

On the one hand, you have a point. It is pretty sloppy. On the other, it's real convenient for days when you're lazy or have class at 8:15.

I can fully understand why a man might not want to begin every day by dragging a sharp object across his face. But I'll bet you shave when you want to look good.

What I object to is ads in glossy magazines, showing hunky models with stubble. No, it's not sexy. Kissage involving stubble is painful & causes a rash.

[Rilchiam]

The love affair the media is having with Stupid Spoiled Whores (tm South Park). OMG, Lindsay and Paris are feuding! Ha ha, somebody stuck a mike in a brainless twit's face and she said something dumb! Oooh, we took 875 shots of her getting out of a limo, and one of them was an upskirt shot! (And WTF is with the bare snatch trend, anyway? If it's to avoid panty lines, I thought that's what thongs are for.) Stop focusing so much on their stupid, spoiled whorishness, and ordinary teen girls might stop acting like stupid spoiled whores themselves.

Boob cozies. (Those bulky half-sweaters.) Bad enough that you have to make your bottom half look out of proportion with lowrise pants; now you have to obscure the lines of your torso, too?

Competitive birthday parties. It's not about outdoing your friends and neighbors; it's about making sure your kid and hir friends have a good time. You could give them a jug of fruit juice, a cake that tastes better than it looks, and let them run around in the yard, and they'd say it was the best party they'd ever been to. Don't throw money down a bottomless pit.

[NinjaChick]

Pretty much every modern trend in women's clothing. Sweaters are almost all boob-cozys or long jacket-style. Jeans are all tapered at the ankle, which makes god weep. Sleeves should be relatively straight, and not six inches narrower at one end. Sweat pants should not say anything on the ass. Old Navy should reintroduce their size 0-short, because I really need new black trousers.

Also, security paranoia and "OMG terrurrrists!!11" can really die off now. America as a collective nation has been hyperventilating and overreacting for five years now; it's time to take a breath.

[JRDelirious]

Hmm... from the stuff that has been seen in this thread so far...

...all the way back to page 1, the "stainless brushed metal" look for kitchen appliances. Way to go for something that will see use around grease, man. And throw in the 6-burner "pro-style" stove. Don't pretend, people, you are NOT chefs. Heck, "professional-style" in general: you want a "professional" appliance? BUY one. Not a cosmetic imitation thereof.

... Flavor Flav... come to think of it the entire Surreal Life/ Breaking Bonaduce / etc. wave of either washed-up has-been showbiz people or "stars" from the niche fringe, being presented as some sort of iconic cultural referent. All I ever got from watching episodes of these was a reminder of exactly why they are washed up has-been, or why they never went past cult status.

... always-on bluetooth headsets. If only because ity conveys to me that I, the live human being in front of you, am potentially not as important as whoever may call.

... across-the-ass slogan pants; it's a stupid placement, and if your ass were worth my staring at it, you would not need a slogan to call attention.

... spinner hubcaps and ultra-low-profile tires. Gaaah don't make me even think of it...

... "Pimp chic". Pimp cups. Pimp'n'Ho' parties. Pimp slaps. No, dude, you're no pimp, if you went out in the street and tried pimpin', even the Ho's would slap ya silly.

[Malienation]

Tight jeans that are so tight they cause rolls of pudge to stick out over the top? It's not "baby fat" - it's FAT! Blech.Oooh, I beg to differ. If it's not excessive, I sorta like "muffin tops."

Those pants with the word on the ass: They're stupid, and most of the people wearing them don't even have a nice ass to look at. That's the point, right? To get someone to pay attention to your ass? Well, try not doing it unless it's you're best feature, sweety.Ever see those sweatpants that say "Juicy" on the back? Every time I do, I think of diarrhea. I can't help it. Is it just me?

I'll start with flip-flop sandals, some young people are wearing them as their only footwear no matter what the situation or weather. <snip> My niece wears them to walk to school - in Michigan - in the winter! HELLO! FROST-BITE!If her feet were cold, she'd change into fuller shoes/boots. Dunno your age, but college age kids have the metabolism to pull off a stunt like that. For that matter, so do older people, if they are in shape. I do this all the time, even in the winter, after I leave my gym. Not flip-flops, more like Birkenstocks, but the same idea.

[tashabot]

Ever see those sweatpants that say "Juicy" on the back? Every time I do, I think of diarrhea. I can't help it. Is it just me?


I have. And no, it's not just you.

More things that I wish would go away:

Emo kids. Is there any more of a useless waste of space than an emo kid? Do we really need MORE people sitting out there crying tears of unending sadness over the high school sweetheart who left them three years ago, and because daddy didn't really love them? I hate emo kids, really, I do - sadness is one thing, and perfectly normal, but obsessing upon sadness is just pathetic. And it makes people not take people who have actual mental disorders like clinical depression seriously.

~Tasha

[Shirley Ujest]

I can't wait for the Bratz doll / Libby Lu / dress-every-preteen-girl-like-a-slut trend to go away. Preferably before my 3-month-old daughter gets to that age. Why does anyone think it's a good idea to make little girls think the pinnacle of beauty is to dress like a dead whore extra on Law and Order?



I completely agree.

I've always felt that Braatz dolls had some kind of Hydroencephalitis going on.

At least Barbie, the Whore of Ages, has a normal sized noggin.

[Shirley Ujest]

Those tiny purses.


I hate those.


Anything with studs as a decoration on it ( purses, clothing, whatever)

The big hole peircing in guys ears ( or whatever the hell that is that looks like a bullet when through their lobe. It is going to look more stupid when you are 70, m'kay?)

[auntie em]

The tattoo women get on the small of their back. It's been referred to as a Tramp Stamp.
Dammit, I've had a tramp stamp for going on 20 years now! When I got it, the tattoo artist said, "Wow, I've never put one HERE before . . . " Now all these young whippersnappers are making me look like a trend slut! :p

*Sigh* . . . that's the trouble with trends. Most of 'em started out as unique ideas. :o

One that I'll be glad to see go away (and I'm sure someone's already said it) is those damn skinny jeans.

[SpartanDC]

Emo kids. Is there any more of a useless waste of space than an emo kid? Do we really need MORE people sitting out there crying tears of unending sadness over the high school sweetheart who left them three years ago, and because daddy didn't really love them? I hate emo kids, really, I do - sadness is one thing, and perfectly normal, but obsessing upon sadness is just pathetic. And it makes people not take people who have actual mental disorders like clinical depression seriously.

~Tasha

Agreed, and let's not even start going into what is now called "emo music" these days. Really it's all just crappy "screamo" like My Chemical Romance and other flashes in the pan. Why, in my day, all we had was Sunny Day Real Estate, and we liked it! :D

That said, emo girls and hipster girls are kinda hot. If only they weren't all crazy.

[DianaG]

I kinda love My Chem.

*weeps single emo tear*

:D

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

[list]
Baggy pants that expose half or more of one's boxer shorts. C'mon, guys! Pull 'em up and cinch 'em with a belt if you need to.

Despite comments inspired by wishful thinking, and jeans companies actually marketing skinny jeans to males, there's no sign that boxer shorts will become any less visible than they are now. During my recent jury duty, I spent a lot of time riding the Green and Blue line trains in L.A. and saw enough boxers to last a lifetime.

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

I have come to hate those little Lisa Loeb glasses seen here (http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4549/Events/4549/LisaLoeb_Ausse_7938119_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Loeb,%20Lisa) that are EVERY freakin were. I went to many eye glass stores a short time ago to get new glasses and these ( or variations on these) were all they had. The walls were coverd in the same frame.


Thanks. I feel better now.

Small glasses are practical in some ways...generally lighter and more comfortable. And if you have a strong prescription you usually look better in small frames.

[Anne Neville]

They never use wallpaper. ( This is a simple way to express personality, but not for TV producers, who love to push a simple look. )

Wallpaper has been out for a while (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/28/HOGIUJJHH41.DTL), but may be coming back.

And drab car colors. Look at photos of parking lots of the past and today. So many black, white and neutrals where there once were colors.

Amen! I have to pick a somewhat unusual car color, or else I'd never find my car in parking lots. My last car was bright teal, but my current car is dark blue. That's not nearly as good, but it was the best color I could get.

I really hope round-toe shoes are coming back- I decided years ago that comfort was more important to me in shoes than how they look, and I go somewhere that requires really dressy shoes maybe once a year max, so I never wear pointed-toe shoes.

My sister, who has always been more into fashion than I was (ie, she has some awareness of what's fashionable and what's not) has a pair of those Lisa Loeb glasses. I like small frames (I have horrible memories of when I first got glasses in the 80s, and all that was available were those huge plastic-frame glasses), but I don't think I look like myself unless I'm wearing glasses with more of a classic "glasses" shape. Fortunately, my eyesight seems to have stopped changing, so I can go a few years between getting new glasses.

[malkavia]

Those damned purses with the designer initials all over them. DG DG DG DG DG. Icky. It looks like some free makeup bag I would've received with a Hallmark purchase of 20 dollars or more in 1983.

And if you put a small dog in the aforementioned accessory, I hope your head falls off.

[control-z]

I don't hate hip-hop so much as the whole hip-hop culture invading everywhere. Words like "bling" and "grillz" and "thug" are being thrown around on The Today Show and Regis Lee and Kelly Lee. Give it up guys. You're not gangsta, and NEITHER ARE HALF OF THE HIP-HOP ARTISTS!

Even though I'm a purveyor of fine female posteriors, add me to the list of people who hate words on butts. Because most of the times the butt is no good or the clothes are on a 12 year old girl.

The incredibly baggy pants thing seems to be going away slowly. Good riddance, although it will make it harder for the cops to catch people. :P

[John Corrado]

The use of "gay" as a general insult. As in, "That's so gay". That's so lame! Pick up a thesarus if you need a synonym for "stupid".

Best misuage I've ever heard of that was on World of Warcraft last night - someone said

"i cant play this game on my moms computer because her cpu is gay"

I just stared at the screen for two minutes trying to figure that one out.

[Cyros]

The use of "gay" as a general insult. As in, "That's so gay". That's so lame! Pick up a thesarus if you need a synonym for "stupid". That was around when I was a kid in the 80s. I had no idea people still said that. I'm really out of the loop.

[Cyros]

Corporate-speak like "Think outside the box". Workplace motivational posters. Unsolicited credit card cheques in the mail (that I need to shred so no one can dig them out of my trash).

[anu-la1979]

Hipsters and their ugly frocking glasses. Also, really hot Metro-riding hipsters that wear the fugliest freaking glasses EVER as some sort of, lords, statement or something. I wonder if I can knock into him "accidentally" swipe the glasses off his face "accidentally" and crunch them to little bits "accidentally".

[Polerius]

* Rap (It will die eventually. It can't last forever. 30, 40 years? I'm willing to wait)

* Women wearing their jeans inside of their boots.

* The housing bubble (or, "a crappy 1950's house with a low ceiling and moldy smell selling for $2,000,000")

[Dung Beetle]

White Christmas lights. Most of the houses in my neighborhood have them. That cold, elegant look is okay, I guess...but I only get that real holiday feeling from the houses with the happy, candy-colored lights.

[ralph124c]

Sweatpants, tops with stupid logos on them...haven't seen "BUM" for a while, but that always made me laugh-who the hell walks around advertising to the world: "hey, look at me. I'm a BUM!" :smack:

[DiosaBellissima]

I just remembered something I hate: men wearing super tight pants. Just as super baggy pants are insanely dumb, these new super tight pants that all the teen boys are wearing are just. . . horrible.

I don't want to see a clear outline of your junk. Or your ass crack. Or, specifically, your left ball. Buy some looser pants so you can have some damn kids some day.

Oh and speaking of jeans: NO ONE LOOKS GOOD IN WRANGLERS. No one. Especially women. It gives a COMPLETELY flat ass that damn near narrows into a point. That does not look good. And again gentlemen, I don't want to see your junk, so buy some looser pants.

[Dung Beetle]

And again gentlemen, I don't want to see your junk, so buy some looser pants.
*timidly raises hand*

I'll have a look....

[Cyros]

I love this board. *snort* :p

[Anne Neville]

Web pages with black backgrounds and white text. I'm not a big fan of light text on a dark background to start with (we've been using dark text on a light background for thousands of years, why the rush to change?), but the extreme contrast between a black background and white text gives me a headache looking at it. Default dark blue links are really hard to read on a black background, and a lot of web page designers don't bother to change the link color...

Cameras on cell phones (I know, but I can dream, can't I?) I hate having my picture taken, because I'm completely the opposite of photogenic- I always look much worse in a picture than I do in, say, a mirror. I want to move toward fewer times when I have to worry about having my picture taken, not more.

Visible bra straps. They look tacky, no matter what color your bra is, and there are these things called strapless bras now...

[Valgard]

It's raining here now and so it's time for the dreaded Return Of The Enormous Golf Umbrellas. These must go.

Half the people out there are prancing around sporting these 6 foot diameter monstrosities, featuring delightful metal prods where the spars end, paying no attention at all to the people around them. Many of these SUU (Sport Utility Umbrellas) are being held by short women so those damn spikes are right at eye-level of someone my height (5' 10") and the cretins can't be bothered to watch where they are going, so walking down the sidewalk is like participating in the X-Men's Danger Room program called "Agressive Deocularization Avoidance".

If you must tote a brolly, get something appropriate to the size of the object being kept dry. Nobody under 400 lbs who isn't out there PLAYING GOLF needs a freaking GOLF UMBRELLA. You don't need to keep the entire sidewalk dry. Get a small bumbershoot. Better yet, get this thing called a "jacket" featuring a "hood". These will keep water off you, will not fall apart in every gust of wind and can be used to shield you from wind, snow, etc. It's a breakthrough technology that has been used quite effectively since Thrud The Caveman skinned his first mammoth.

Jackets will also not poke anybody else's eyes out.

I really want to see every golf-umbrella-toting jerk blown right into Market Street by a high gust of wind and flattened by a Muni bus.

[Anne Neville]

Jackets will also not poke anybody else's eyes out.

Yeah, but the bright yellow rain jacket I got so I would be more visible to drivers when I was at UC Santa Cruz might burn them out. I know it's ugly, but I'd rather be ugly than run over by some maniac.

[hawksgirl]

It's raining here now and so it's time for the dreaded Return Of The Enormous Golf Umbrellas. These must go.
Grrr, my SO carries one of those. Its bad enough he has to carry an umbrella; my family never really used them because they are horribly hard to keep track of/ carry around/ you name it. Jackets work juuuust fine. But he won't go ANYWHERE without it, always forgets it places, plus its HUGE! Why? Just... why?

[Valgard]

Yeah, but the bright yellow rain jacket I got so I would be more visible to drivers when I was at UC Santa Cruz might burn them out. I know it's ugly, but I'd rather be ugly than run over by some maniac.

A woman in Goretex turns me on more than someone taking up the entire sidewalk looking like a pygmy Mary Poppins toting a satellite dish around.