# Trends you'll be glad to see go away **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035 "2002-06-08T23:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/21 "2002-06-09T19:06:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > **1. Funky headlights. Look at an Infiniti Q45, for example. > 2. Really large chrome rims. I saw a BMW X5 the other day with 22" rims and rubberband-thick tires. This cannot help the ride comfort.** I like funky headlights and taillights and phat chrome dubs (that’s 20" wheels), and frankly, I’m not sure it’s a trend that’s going anywhere soon. The new Nissan Altima which features those new clear cover lights is selling phenomenally, as does the Lexus RX300. As for big wheels, some people, in fact most people, buy the BMW X5 because they want to ride high, look good for the opposite sex, and attract attention, not for offroading. Believe it or not, that X5 with the absurdly large wheels is going to net some seriously fine women for its owner, so the flashy adornments do have a function after all. Hey we’re just taking a cue from nature, have you ever seen some of the shit animals will do to get laid? But anyway, sorry for the hijack; the trend I would like to see die off is definitely Bubble Gum Pop (engineered love songs, lip-synced by over produced aerobic instructors), bleh and double bleh. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/22 "2002-06-09T19:08:55Z")
I don’t think this one has caught on in the US, but I became heartily sick of it in just two weeks in England: The David Beckham haircut, possibly the stupidest men’s hairstyle ever. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/23 "2002-06-09T19:59:56Z")
Solely because of Lamia’s post, I had to check out a photo. _That_ has actually caught on as a widespread fashion? I’ll be glad when ads are no longer full of Nascar drivers. The upside-down-and-backward sun visor has to be one of the dumbest trends in clothing history. I’m also tired of the boy-band backlash. Surely every boy-band joke, gag, dig or send-up under the sun has been made. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/24 "2002-06-09T20:49:11Z")
Things I’d like to see go away: [ul] [li] Hip hop music (I use the word “music” _very_ loosely)[/li][li]Boy bands (the backlash is justified)[/li][li]Baggy clothes[/li][li]Talk shows instead of game shows dominating daytime TV[/li][li]“Game shows” that are not recorded in a studio with flashing lights, bells and buzzers[/li][li]Non-funny cartoons[/li][li]Independent retailers being gobbled up or forced out of business by corporations, and companies that are already big buying out each other (banks, cell phone companies, ISPs, etc.)[/li][li]Corporate-run radio stations[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/25 "2002-06-09T22:49:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > \*\*Things I’d like to see go away: > Hip hop music (I use the word “music” _very_ loosely) > \*\* Another one I have a problem with. Why do people have such a problem accepting Hip Hop as a legitimate genre of music. I don’t dig country but I realize it is music and understand that it’s not going anywhere. If you care to hear my explanation as to why hip hop is not a fad, and is most certainly music check [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&goto=lastpost&threadid=113458) ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/26 "2002-06-09T23:00:12Z")
1. Wearing a baseball cap backwards. 2. Wearing a baseball cap frontwards. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/27 "2002-06-09T23:09:33Z")
People who get tattoos to express or represent their personality. (e.g. my last roommate.) **LAME.** Blank books with wistful little pictures on the front. Nu-Metal. Although if trends continue, it will probably be replaced with something worse. Red-white-and-blue EVERYTHING (see location, in U.S.) Kool-Aid dyed hair. Shaved heads. ESPECIALLY with Kool-Aid dyed hair. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/28 "2002-06-09T23:10:46Z")
Oh yeah, on tattoos - doubly lame if the tattoo is a Chinese character or an astrological sign. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/29 "2002-06-09T23:49:50Z")
1. Over-paid, over-pampered celebs exhorting the rest of us to support their pet ‘good’ cause or even give money to it. This is especially galling when it is hard not to notice a smudge of hypocrisy has crept into the rallying cry. Gee, Mr. four homes on as many continents, so relieving world poverty and eliminating inequality is important to you, huh? 2. Reality game shows. It was fun at the start. We’ve seen it. New idea now please. 3. Popular singers appearing on TV shows and miming. Look, the _only_ thing they’re supposed to be good at is making a nice sound with their mouth. If you’re going to fake that part of it, what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/30 "2002-06-10T01:06:14Z")
Men’s neckties. Noisy female footwear. File extensions French cut undies, thongs, & other “Wedgies 'R Us” variants for women The 3rd Law of Thermodynamics ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/31 "2002-06-10T01:10:43Z")
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned pointy-toed shoes and frills yet! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/32 "2002-06-10T01:17:13Z")
What’s the “David Beckham” haircut? I say-those stupid pantyhose caps-especially the one with the little veil in the back. Backwards visors Guys in pants 30 sizes too big, and a teeshirt 15 sizes too big Ball caps Porn Star and Princess shirts thong undies the nipples showing look spiky bleached hair on guys ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/33 "2002-06-10T03:03:32Z")
This is the [url=“[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid\_749000/749066.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_749000/749066.stm)”]David Beckham haircut, and I’ve seen variations of it here in the States. Personally, I’ll be glad to see end of all the petty political sniping that goes on here. (I don’t care if you think Dubya’s an idiot or if Clinton was horrible because he let Monica show him her “Hoover vacuum” impersonation.) Attack either one you want, but have some specific reason for doing so that relates to policy! Not just some general, “He’s a wanker.” comment. ---
**Author:** ![anenquiringmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anenquiringmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anenquiringmind)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/34 "2002-06-10T03:11:12Z")
Capri pants? Is that what those stupid high water britches are called?? I’m not talking about the knee knockers, the one that come just over the knee, I guess I can deal with those…but the pants that come right above the ankles, the one that looked like they shrunk in the dryer… How could these people be so unaware of what they look like??? Did they not look from behind in a mirror??? If only those women knew what they really looked like wearing them. They are STUPID GROSS and just plain UGLY. Your rough,red ,knarly, nasty,bony, dried out,split and cracked ankles and heels are so disgusting… I want to grab them and shake them and tell them ,"YOU IDIOT WOMAN!! I GUESS YOU WOULD PROBABLY WEAR A DIAPER OUT IN PUBLIC IF SOMEBODY SAID THEY WERE IN STYLE!!! " SLAP/SLAP ---
**Author:** ![Sublime54465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sublime54465](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublime54465)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/35 "2002-06-10T03:24:18Z")
abercrombie and fitch…american eagle…other such brands that charge $40 for a shirt that lasts less than a year… o and also those people who see “the fast and the furious” and see those hondas which had custom built REALLLLLY nice engines in the movie…and then go out and buy a stock honda civic, slap a huge spoiler on it, and put a huge “H” decal on the back and think they’re badass, just like the guys in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/36 "2002-06-10T03:52:53Z")
You guys crack me up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/37 "2002-06-10T04:16:42Z")
Okay, I’m missing what is so significant about the “Beckham” haircut. It looks to me like someone just cut their hair really short. Where I come from, that’s called a “butch”, and it’s way older than this Beckham chap. The military is said to be very fond of it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/38 "2002-06-10T06:53:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*As for big wheels, some people, in fact most people, buy the BMW X5 because they want to ride high, look good for the opposite sex, and attract attention, not for offroading. Believe it or not, that X5 with the absurdly large wheels is going to net some seriously fine women for its owner, \*\* I have never known a woman (in my thirty years on this planet as one) who has been attracted to a man because of his car. > [@](#): > > French cut undies, thongs, & other “Wedgies 'R Us” variants for women Hey! those are the only comfortable undies we have! That David Beckham haircut just looks like a short crew cut to me. _shrug_ Ugly, yes, but it’s been around since forever. I’m hoping for the size 400 pants on a 98lb preteen look to go out of style. My god, those look stupid. I’m also hoping for the end of chunky-heeled women’s shoes. A 4" tall heel should taper to a small point, not flare out to a freaking BRICK! Give me stillettos any day. ---
**Author:** ![mudcrutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mudcrutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudcrutch)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/39 "2002-06-10T07:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gigi \* > \*\* > > If s/he meant that s/he hates that music is played over and over and over until even the rare good song grates on your nerves. I’m right there with him/her. But I also am old enough to know that I may not be a good judge of what these kids like anymore. 😉 But I swear I don’t remember “our” music played so repetitively.\*\* He. 😉 Yes, the repetition is definitely part of it, but I was making reference to the type of music being played. Namely: Britney Spears, \*NSync, Backstreet Boys and whatever other corporate fostered fake bands they play. I find it a little disturbing that all of the popular stations in our area are owned by the same company who basically has the power to dictate what music we listen to. Then again, I never liked pop music anyway, so maybe I’m just acting like an old fart. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/40 "2002-06-10T08:09:40Z")
80ties everything. cell phones anywhere loud obnoxious kids game shows Dissing Jews. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035.md?page=3)