# Past Cheesiness in the Future **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703 "2014-11-05T03:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/41 "2014-11-06T06:41:33Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > It’s even better when you see science fiction movies/television from the 70’s, where the future looks cheesy as hell too. Some people call this phenomenon [Zeerust](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Zeerust). ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/42 "2014-11-06T12:35:48Z")
In 10 years time, people will laugh at the awful lumberjack beards that are in fashion at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/43 "2014-11-06T12:37:39Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Yes, tattoos won’t seem hip, or rebellious, or youthful, or shocking. Except, they’re not that way now and haven’t been since the 90s. Tattoos are mainstream, not a youth culture fad. Maybe people will stop getting new ones, but it’s also possible that they’ll just be a thing that people of all ages and socioeconomic statuses do for the foreseeable future. Some fashions come and go, others come and stay. “Mainstream” is exactly what the young turks are always rebelling against. Tattoos have become something that old bankers and other respectable members of the middle-class have. Right now the kids seem to be getting more elaborate tats than their teachers have; I expect them to stop bothering and to find a different way to annoy the older generation soon. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/44 "2014-11-06T14:47:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m wondering how the plastic breasts will age. In some groups of 20-somethings today fake breasts outnumber real ones. Yuck. Say it ain’t so… > [@panache45](#): > > Men shaping/trimming their eyebrows. It’s the most hideous fad I’ve ever seen, and I can’t wait until men return to a natural look. On a related note, please bring back body hair. Both for men and women… ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/45 "2014-11-06T15:52:37Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > So what might be the “ugh” elements of today’s culture according to people living in, say, 2035 to 2050? Rap music (I hope) Reality shows (I hope) Nobody will remember Lady Gaga ---
**Author:** ![MrLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/46 "2014-11-06T16:35:54Z")
Stuff in the 1970s \*now \*looks cheesy, but stuff from the \*1930s \*now looks - I dunno, quaint…historic…even kind of cool… Do things start off as tacky, but then become get ‘cooler’ as they age? In the 2030s, will 1970s fashion look similarly retro-chic? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/47 "2014-11-06T20:02:05Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > … I think **G** meant iPad, iWatch, iPhone… Ah. Then I’m expanding it to everything, except Levi jeans, etc. > [@Penfeather](#): > > Nope, those are on their way out too. I’m not saying they’re trendy, I’m just saying that they don’t cause shudders in most folks. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/48 "2014-11-06T20:47:02Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > There’s a concept in animation called “The Uncanny Valley…” [Nitpick] The term comes from robotics, not animation. [/Nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/49 "2014-11-07T00:56:22Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > “Mainstream” is exactly what the young turks are always rebelling against. Are they? The next quaint relic of the past that kids today think is cheesy and outdated is the generation gap and the notion that kids are rebellious and old folks are stuffy. That’s a relic from the 60s and 70s that has no relevance in today’s modern world. Kids today aren’t rebellious. They aren’t looking to shock their parents. They’re team players who think old people are just fine. Kids don’t get tattoos or wear the latest fashions to rebel against the man. They do it because it’s fun and silly, not because it’s shocking. Seriously, is anyone shocked? No, they aren’t shocked, because it’s not shocking and not intended to be shocking. Dude, 1968 was 46 years ago, the hippies and freaks who shocked the squares are looking into retirement communities. There really was a generation gap in the 50s and 60s and 70s. Baby boomers grew up in a completely different world than their parents who lived through the depression and WWII. They couldn’t relate to their parents who grew up in poverty and hardship and suffering, and the parents couldn’t relate to kids who grew up in prosperity and freedom. But that’s changed, since things are the same. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/50 "2014-11-07T01:53:54Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if the “make everything look like a black box” fashion for electronic goods looks antiquated. Tattoos have been around for thousands of years; their popularity just comes and goes. I wouldn’t be surprised if in The Future the weird thing about modern tattoos will be that they are immobile and passive, instead of being programmable moving images. > [@MrLee](#): > > Stuff in the 1970s \*now \*looks cheesy, but stuff from the \*1930s \*now looks - I dunno, quaint…historic…even kind of cool… Do things start off as tacky, but then become get ‘cooler’ as they age? I don’t think so; some things just age better. We just tend not to remember or preserve the really tacky stuff. Also, the 1960s and 1970s had a lot of people being experimental or rebellious for their own sake, and as such they produced a lot of failures. ---
**Author:** ![Clothilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Clothilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothilde)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/51 "2014-11-07T02:15:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Once all those gals are 75 years old and are chest size 42 extra long I saw what you did there. Made me LOL. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/52 "2014-11-07T02:47:09Z")
I think the [Janalle Monae hairstyles](https://www.google.com/search?q=jane+monet&biw=1366&bih=631&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=njBcVImTMLePsQTfjILIAQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg#tbm=isch&q=janelle+monae+hairstyles) are kinda cute on some girls. And they really do seem futuristic. But I don’t think the look will ever be a classic one. I really can’t see how folks won’t be regretting those skinny jeans in five years. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703/53 "2014-11-07T06:38:17Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Rap music (I hope) > Reality shows (I hope) > Nobody will remember Lady Gaga And pretty soon this rock and roll music fad will blow over! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-cheesiness-in-the-future/703703.md?page=2)