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]

Originally Posted by Struan

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]

Originally Posted by RunSilent

Hip Hop

Given 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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by ivylass

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]

Originally Posted by HazelNutCoffee

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]

Originally Posted by Fern Forest

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]

Originally Posted by TheFury

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]

Originally Posted by Hunter Hawk

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]

Originally Posted by TheFury

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.

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]

Originally Posted by tremorviolet

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.

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. 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".

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."

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.

[zagloba]

Originally Posted by According to Pliny

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]

Originally Posted by 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?

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]

Originally Posted by Khan

-Bed head

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

[SusanStoHelit]

Originally Posted by Struan

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 ).

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]

Originally Posted by DrDeth

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.

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]

Originally Posted by DrDeth

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.

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?

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

[Eva Luna]

Originally Posted by DiosaBellissima

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by HazelNutCoffee

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.

[madmonk28]

Originally Posted by Lissa

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]

Originally Posted by kawaiitentaclebeast

You drool on your HAIR when you sleep?

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

Follow the link 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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.