# Trends you would like to see RETURN!! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078 "2002-06-14T18:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/21 "2002-06-14T22:43:35Z")
A good, hand pressed 98 cent hamburger, like in the old days when they threw a ball of ground beef on the grill, flattened it out and you had a great burger!!! Beef that does not require one to take out a loan to buy and tastes good when you cook it. Walmart beef is cheap, but tastes cheap when cooked. It used to be that a steak cost 98 cents a pound and when you cooked it up, it tasted so good as to almost make you cry! Post roast was delicious!!! Fresh fish that doesn’t cost half the national debt to buy and has not been bleach washed to ‘freshen’ it up. ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/22 "2002-06-14T22:46:04Z")
I’ll take one of your extra break-dancing posts **World Eater** ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/23 "2002-06-14T23:16:06Z")
In chronological order: Mumification Roman bath culture Earning of indulgences through prayer codpieces Kermis Not knowing what was on the other side of the planet The Wunderkammer or curiosity cabinet Theatre in the round with locus and platea Ukiyo-e and kabuki theatres Sadie Hawkin’s day Muppet show on TV Orange Crush soda. Flannel shirts fashionable Millenium on FOX ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/24 "2002-06-15T01:57:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whack-a-Mole \* > \*\*Bull Market \*\* Agreed. Although I really liked the trend of pumps and hose, worn with blue jeans…especially with a gold anklet resting and glittering…sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/25 "2002-06-15T02:32:16Z")
-Skinny pants! -Big, or at least _interesting_ hair!! -“Please,” “Thank you,” “Sir,” “Ma’am,” and gentlemen holding doors for ladies -PDA (public display of affection) considered tacky. Thank you, no, I don’t want to see your hand shoved down his/her pants -Cars you can work on yourself, definitely…especially great big gas guzzling cars with interesting body styles and cool colors, that make satisfying vrooooooooms. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mythos45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mythos45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mythos45)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/26 "2002-06-15T03:05:35Z")
The wearing of swords being a part of proper gentleman’s attire. Legal dueling (either swords or pistols). A return to customary wearing of hats. Now that’s classy. Inefficient, noisy, powerful, muscle cars. ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/27 "2002-06-15T03:19:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WSLer \* > \*\*… > > More rock, less talk. \*\* No kidding (I’m assuming you’re talking about the radio). ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/28 "2002-06-15T03:36:48Z")
I carry a battle axe and a pugio–does that count? 😛 (Dueling really never was legal, at least in most European countries.) ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/29 "2002-06-15T04:34:16Z")
The original Cherry Coke can design the Acid Tests The phrase “no doy fish” ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/30 "2002-06-15T04:49:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mythos45 \* > \*\*The wearing of swords being a part of proper gentleman’s attire. > > Legal dueling (either swords or pistols).\*\* and out-houses? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/31 "2002-06-15T04:52:33Z")
40s-50s hairstyles for women Real “musak” Those 70mm film cameras from the 50s-60s Random body piercings and tatoos considered stupid looking Cars consisting of shapes other than continuous slight curves ---
**Author:** ![Sublime54465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sublime54465](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublime54465)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/32 "2002-06-15T04:55:05Z")
old people who never complained about the way kids dressed/took care of themselves…wait nevermind, thats a trend i’d like to see develop for the first time EVER…to each his own, yes? no, im not some “punk kid” complaining about the world when i dont know what real pain is, im just saying, lay off. dont complain about baggy clothes and body peircings…its just weed smoking/bra burning/rock and roll listening rebellion, updated to the current day and age. o, and while on the topic of rock and roll, more bands like led zeppelin, pink floyd, the who, the rolling stones, and bands that were actually good. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/33 "2002-06-15T04:57:00Z")
Hey, **Sublime54465** : buy a pair of pants that fit, will ya! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/34 "2002-06-15T05:16:35Z")
Hey man, breakdancing is definitely back again. Some would argue that it never left (not me!), but it definitely has a strong presence. I was just at the DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) and there were plenty of circles with guys breakdancing in the middle. I’d try and support the cause myself, but last time I tried to spin on my head… well, I don’t reallly remember what happened. But I think it was ugly. Oh, yeah, and I’d bring back safe hitch hiking (and safe picking up of hitch hikers). Audiobottle ---
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/35 "2002-06-15T05:44:17Z")
Whatthehell does ' **no doy fish** mean anyhow? **ROCK 'N ROLL MAN!** SSSSSSSSexy hair on chicks and no more stupid ‘sugar bowl’ haircuts for boys. (Shaved clean in a circle to just above their ears with a Moe Howard (of the three stooges) mop top). Bring back the good old fashioned normal haircut for boys! The normal Black persons haircut before dread locks. Just nice short cut, curly hair, no plowed fields, no stupid looking squares, designs or names cut into the mess and no DREAD LOCKS! Hair like in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Fara Fawcett hairstyles for chicks. (The 70s Fara.) (Yeah to the chicks hair of the 70s and 80s.) ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/36 "2002-06-15T06:34:20Z")
The AT&T monopoly. Affordable housing in places like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver and Boston. Locally owned radio stations. Playing the national anthem on television before signing off for the day. Ethnic radio stations in languages other than Spanish. 1980s “teen angst in Chicago’s northern suburbs” movies. Old MTV … pre-Real World, pre-rap. Night Flight on the USA Network. Stirrup pants. The National Lampoon. African-Americans without Afrocentric names. Buttons and pins. Leg warmers. Izod alligator shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/37 "2002-06-15T07:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omnivore \* > 70’s hairstyles for women. > **80s hair styles for men.** > Hair on heads, instead of the shaven or bald look. > Musical groups that play their own instruments, unlike the current boy and girl (insipid) bands. \*bolding done by me I’m not exactly sure, but I think that… Yes, I think somebody just said they want the mullet and/or other big 80’s hair to be a popular haircut again. Hmph, how 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/38 "2002-06-15T08:29:27Z")
cars made out of steel. mom and pop restaurants. homegrown tomatoes. want ads that actually want to hire people. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/39 "2002-06-15T09:15:55Z")
Parents reading stories to their kids and play board games with them [instead of shoving them in front of the TV] mini skirts, hot pants. Kids be \* seen \* not heard Friendly people ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078/40 "2002-06-15T12:41:09Z")
-Cheese-flavored dog food -Poodle skirts, bobby sox -James Dean/Sal Mineo movies -Hudson and Kaiser automobiles =car hops with roller-skating waitresses -black+white TV -cheap beer (10 cent glasses at your local bar) Aw, I guess the 50’s are NEVER coming back!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-you-would-like-to-see-return/114078.md?page=3)