Preppy teenagers dressing “Punk”.
How everything these days is catered for teenagers.
Teenaged girls who pretend to be bisexual just to get guys, but would recoil in horror if ever actually faced with kissing a girl.
The David Beckham haircut isn’t just short, it’s got a hint of a Mohican without the shaved head; Fran Healy from Travis also has one. I believe it’s sometimes called a Hoxton fin.
Wow, a response from the one and only OpalCat. I feel honored, I wish I had something to list.
Anyway, you may not have met any women like that, but they do exist. Anna Nicole Smith has become the protypical gold digger, but there are legions of women (and men) looking to marry money, and an expensive car is a good indicator that there may be wealth behind the wheel.
I wish boy bands and Brittany and her ilk would just disappear. They give music a bad name and they’re numbing the minds of our youth. Rock n roll can be done so well, but these people just don’t try! They’re in it for the money!
Women are not attracted to cars and if they are, you dont want that kind of woman. And that hair cut is a “trend”? I’ve had that haircut since 1991 and I’m certainly not with “it”. I even cut it myself.
dead0man
Pink (the colour), especially pink and FRILLY clothes
Cowboy hats in big cities, espeically if made of fake fur
I second (or third, or whatever) the “annoying cell phones”
Those huge studded belts, especially when worn by women who aren’t stick-thin. Only very skinny chicks look even remotely less than awful in them.
And, about food- putting roasted red peppers in everything. I like red peppers, but really, you don’t have to put them in everything.
dead0man, to clarify one last time (hopefully). I wasn’t implying that women in general are attracted to cars. I said that some men buy expensive cars to attract women. I can’t imagine what is contestable about that point, but this is the SDMB where nothing is incontrovertible, except for Cecil’s wisdom of course.
Naming cars “near-words” like
Integra
Acura
Optima
Galant
Altima
that are supposed to inspire quality trust value luxury or whatever.
What happened to names like
Fury
Mustang
Impala
Rocket?
How about *rage. grrr
Words like “phat” and “dubs”.
Shallow women (and men). Unfortunately, they will probably be around til the end of time.
I thought we humans were supposed to be a little more sophisticated than that.
Also:
ape-like posture and arm gestures
crappy movie re-makes of crappy 70’s shows
really loud cell-phones that play annoying songs
Carl’s Jr. ads.
On the plus side, Imagine the hilarious movie parodies we will have in about 30 years (along the lines of “Undercover Brother”).
ALL high heeled shoes, regardless of the shape or hight of the heel, and regardless of the shape of the toe.
Uniforms for school kids.
On TV, showing the very same commercial twice during the same commercial break. Also, showing two very slightly different commercials for the same product during the same commercial break. And for that matter, showing the very same commericial during two (or more) successive commerical breaks.
Those very oversized pants on males. Esp. the ones that show the top few inches of the guy’s underpants.
On TV, “news” programs that are mainly about entertainment and sports.
MTV created megastars. Come on, you’re telling me that N-Sync, etc etc are talented musical geniuses? Actually, MTV in general has been a crappy trend. They stopped playing videos years ago.
Black (African American) “Insert award, committee, group here.” Out of hand, out of control, as is the current trend towards Women’s groups. The company I work for has more than 80% upper management as female, but still has and support an organization called Women in the Workplace.
Any reality television show. Yawn.
Friends.
<fashionista>
skorts.
capri pants.
shirts-with-only-one-sleeve.
raver pants.
glowsticks-as-fashion-accessory.
string bikini bottoms.
string thongs too. (give me side straps or give me death.)
skirts with side splits.
extraneous zippers.
</fashionista>
Those jumping cars.
You know, the ones that they put $10,000 worth of gear into just to see how high they can hop.
When I was young, we put expensive gear into our cars, but they were designed to look and run mean, not just bounce around like a loon for no practical reason. What good is a bouncing car?
We call them whores.
…and men would seek these shallow bimbos out??
Man am I taking a pounding in this thread, and I don’t even know why.
Mr. Blue Sky, I’m not advocating gold digging. I was offering that people put big expensive wheels on their cars to look good, frequently for the opposite sex. I’m not referring to prostitutes just women with superficial needs, and I don’t think its that uncommon.
** blowero**, “phat” and “dubs” are a product of white America’s fascination with black America. That trend also looks pretty steady. If you check out the link I posted to the hip-hop thread you’ll see why I think so. I happen to connect strongly with the African-American ideology and hence that’s the language I often use. But, hey if you don’t like it you’re free to say awesome, cool, sweet or whatever expression you prefer.
And, I’m not debating our superiority over animals. I was just comparing fancy cars with slick wheels (is slick better than phat?) to the elaborate decorations animals use to attract mates.
For me, my knee problems all but vanish when I wear a heel high enough to transfer my body weight to my toes (3" or higher) because of a weird alignment/torque issue with my legs. While I don’t typically wear shoes at all, and my current only pair are some Birkies, I really like high heeled shoes. I wish they made high heeled walking shoes, in fact.
Desperate…?
~V
OpalCat, of course they do, haven’t you ever heard the old line about men with Porsches compensating for other um…shortcomings? Shallow men want shallow women; not always but like i said, i don’t think its uncommon.