# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/121 "2002-06-13T21:55:25Z")
The **super family** car ads on TV for vans, where Mom and Dad are corporate executives and junior has to be hauled to soccer games, junior 2 hauled to baseball practice and sister to violin practice and/or sister 2 over to hockey training. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/122 "2002-06-14T00:09:03Z")
FOX sexploitaion reality shows. 9/11 glurge. Gay men, in apparent denial of puberty, shaving their body hair. Teenaged guys with their jeans around their friggin ankles. Guys with pigeonshit-dyed hair (tips blonde). Every thread in which I mention in passing that I’m gay turning into some dire HIV/AIDS warning. 😉 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/123 "2002-06-14T01:52:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*Bumper Stickers in the form of _My kid is a SUPER KID at Jerkwater Junior High!_. \*\* Are you raggin’ on the Super Kids, punk? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/124 "2002-06-14T02:05:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Miskatonic \* > \*\*You some kind of intolerant culturalist? Curling is a long-standing sport in Winter heavy countries with an impressive tradition. Would you replace it with another recent, radling, lets-give-the-USA-a-gold-medal sport? \*\* Alright, I take it back. But how about ballroom dancing? I saw _Simply Ballroom,_ I know dancers are very competitive and train very hard and it is technically a sport, but it just doesn’t feel very Olympic. Other trends I’d like to see go the way of the dodo: Halloween lights; Halloween decorations get more elaborate every year, now I see people decorating like it was Christmas, including covering the exterior of their home with orange lights. Before you know it people will be putting up St. Patty’s Day lights, and Valentine lights, Earth day lights, it would never end. Oh, and Dubya’s stance on surveillance, the war on drugs, and the Middle East. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/125 "2002-06-14T02:11:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > **The Fashionably holier-than-thou comments that the Politically Correct posers and hypocrites make, such as when they demonize SUVs…as if their own cars didn’t pollute or take up space.** AMEN!!! While I agree that the SUV trend has gotten a bit ridiculous (a BMW SUV?!?), there are many people who actually _use_ these vehicles (well, the real ones anyway). And I certainly believe that a well-maintained SUV is much less of a pollution concern than a car that hasn’t had a proper tune-up in five years. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/126 "2002-06-14T02:37:41Z")
Whenever I see the \*\* My Kid is an honor student at Schmuckwell High \*\* stuck on the back of an SUV/mini van all I can think is \*that moron put a seventy five cent bumper sticker on a a$20-40,000 vehicle. I am very tired of seeing the \*\*Fear Not \*\* or \*\*Fear This \*\* and \*\*Calvin peeing on Ford/Chevy/Whatever logo \*\* Grow up. And fertheloveofjehovah, what in the hell is \*\*Oakley:Thermonuclar Protection \*\* all about anyway? I would like to see Britney Spears and the rest of her ilk be caught singing acapella and show the world how truly untalented she is. This would be best done with the help of the Ultimate NonTalent: \*\*Cher \*\* I would like to see every professional athlete ( any sport) and every overpaid movie star ( even the ones I like) get paid $40,000 a year and the rest of the money goes towards Medical Researchers, Scientist, Teachers, doctors, nurses, soldiers, Cops, Fireman, Day care people and \*oh please let me dream \* repairing our roads in a timely manner. And for the kids who play their music too loud in their car , \*the teenagers who live 200 yards away from me \* I hope that the pulsating beat that vibrates my windows as you drive by sterilizes you, you fucktards. I would like to see all day time shows, all reality shows, all home shopping shows, I Love Lucy and MTV never be seen again. Haven’t they done enough damage? Think of the children. While I am on my Anti-Fun Campaign: Video games would get the boot too. And, if i Win as Ms. America, I vow to bring back snappy customer service with a smile! [Give audience a toothy grin and deer caught in the headlights look.] ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/127 "2002-06-14T03:17:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arcite \* > **2. (extremely unpopular opinion alert) Tan skin being considered attractive. I yearn for the days I’m always hearing about when, in our society, a tan was a sign that you had to work outdoors, and thus PALE skin was considered attractive. I don’t want to sound like a racist here, and I can appreciate the attractiveness of non-Caucasian women, but as a white male who is attracted primarily to white females, I prefer said white females to have beautiful, soft, smooth, creamy… _pale_ skin. It breaks my heart in the summertime when all the women start ‘working on their tans.’ I always want to say to them "What are you doing? You’re ruining your beautiful pale skin!"** Hi. As a public service, I refrain from wearing short skirts and/or shorts without tights or some kind of leg covering. I am so pale that the light bouncing off my legs has been known to blind drivers and cause severe auto accident. You can also see most of my veins. I’m almost translucent. It’s actually kind of icky now that I think of it. The only fashion trend I’ve seen lately that bothers me are those square-toed boots and shoes that look like duck feet. But that seems to be going away. I’m a lover of variety, so the more weird fashions are out there, the more interesting stuff for me to look at. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/128 "2002-06-14T14:22:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\* > > Every thread in which I mention in passing that I’m gay turning into some dire HIV/AIDS warning. 😉 > > - s.e. \*\* Dude, you don’t “mention in passing” that you’re gay. You plaster it all over the billboards on the SDMB interstate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/129 "2002-06-14T15:48:45Z")
I’m kind of translucent myself. When I have a tan, it looks like everyone else’s normal hue. I love ballroom and swing dancing. I think it should be a mandatory course in high school. Hating the multiple piercings, i.e., 20 in each ear. I get distracted. Flat shoes. I know, I know…they’re healthier for you. But I think they’re just so boring. Give me a 3 1/2 inch spike heel any day! ---
**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, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/130 "2002-06-14T18:41:11Z")
The **duck feet** shoes are actually great for the feet – no crunched up toes or bunions in the making. I want to see those pointy toed things go the way of the dinosaurs because they are bad for the footsies. Square toed shoes are great also. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/131 "2002-06-14T18:56:29Z")
I love my Birkenstocks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![welby1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/132 "2002-06-14T19:51:37Z")
Pop up ads for credit cards and viagra. Spam. TV commercials that have “real customers” leaving messages on voice mail. ---
**Author:** ![windchsr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/839c29/32.png) [@windchsr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/windchsr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/133 "2002-06-14T21:21:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > And fertheloveofjehovah, what in the hell is \*\*Oakley:Thermonuclar Protection \*\* all about anyway? Really, really good sunscreen. 🙂 Things I wish would go away: People complaing that all new cars look alike when frankly, I can’t tell all those '50s cars by brand - but I can sure as hell tell an Audi TT from a Corvette roadster from a Porsche Boxster from a Honda S2000 (All of those are two-seat convertible/roadsters.) And yeah, I can tell a Daewoo Lanos from a Ford Focus from a Kia Rio, too. 😉 Let’s see, what else. Here’s a big one: People blaming anything but themseves/their kids for their problems. (This covers the ‘DOOM/Dungeons and Dragons made my kid a murderer!’ crowd.) ---
**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, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/134 "2002-06-14T22:49:11Z")
The bald or shaven head look. Who says that guys going around looking like billiard balls are sexy? The receding hair line look on Black chicks. More forehead showing is not a good thing when you start to resemble a Klingon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/135 "2002-06-15T04:59:03Z")
What about shaven chicks? (Actually, after a year and a half without, I’m growing my hair in again) ---
**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, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/136 "2002-06-15T05:30:05Z")
Modernistic commercials on TV that don’t tell you just what the hell they are actually selling. Modernistic commercials all done in shades of depressing gray and black. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/137 "2002-06-16T15:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omnivore \* > Men will ask anything out that is female and pretty and buy whatever turns these females on in order to just get laid. As a man, may I just point out that this is crap. And offensive crap. This Board is about fighting ignorance, not expelling yours in every direction. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/138 "2002-06-16T21:43:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > As a man, may I just point out that this is crap. And offensive crap. This Board is about fighting ignorance, not expelling yours in every direction. Not to turn this into a blame war, but **Omnivore** is the same doper who believes that the decline in American civilization today is because we no longer force students to loudly and enthusiastically recite the pledge of allegance in school, like in the good ol’ days of Norman Rockwell. Just so you know where s/he is coming from. ---
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/139 "2002-06-16T22:54:42Z")
Like, … so what? ---
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035/140 "2002-06-16T22:59:30Z")
BTW, you want to hassel me, then take it to the pit, where I’ll happily let you vent by ignoring you. Don’t turn this happy post into a war zone, morons. BTW, I guess you never heard of exaggeration and tongue in cheek humor for my post about the guys, though 75% of all I’ve met would lay anything cute so long as they were both single and free. Especially if they were from 18 to 28, the guys, that is. Stop packing your own ass up around your shoulders, especially in this post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trends-youll-be-glad-to-see-go-away/113035.md?page=8)