There is a trend on all the current slew of remodelling shows to push a very few color and style selections.
I hate this idea that we all have to be in lockstep on major home investments.
They all only show swapping any appliances for brushed metal ones. (They look like hell once scuffed)
They only like wooden floors. (ditto, plus they collect dust)
They only like whole marble countertops. (cold and they dominate the room)
They only like kitchen backsplashes that go all the way from counter to cabinet. (again they dominate and close in the room)
They never use wallpaper. ( This is a simple way to express personality, but not for TV producers, who love to push a simple look. )
When I was younger I saw the world opening up to new choices and materials. Now I see the mavens trying to shut down personal preferences.
Another thing I would like to see pass is the trend to huge vehicles.
And drab car colors. Look at photos of parking lots of the past and today. So many black, white and neutrals where there once were colors.
The whole “naughty celebrity du jour” tabloid fad. I am sick of hearing about who Brad Pitt’s dating, what underwear Britney Spears isn’t wearing, how many men Paris Hilton can fuck at one time, etc.
Not that I mind it too much personally, but I wish the trend for the tramp stamp would die off. A lot of the young women with them are probably going to regret it in years to come.
Adding to the OP: I think the trend is not just to have huge SUVs, but to have everything on all cars in general be huge. Huge emblems, huge thick door handles, huge fender flares, and overall bulky-looking frames. I hate this and hope desperately that it’s not here to stay.
Just this entire “Desperate Housewives”/“The O.C.” neo-yuppie culture that has become the dominant culture over the past five years; it’s singlehandedly responsible for most major social trends both irritating (the housing bubble, bluedouche earpieces as jewelry) and terrifying (crushing debt, “cool” old people, the erosion of respect and the power structures within families).
Yes, and somewhat unfairly! But I was basing my opinion on the women I know who got then-fashionable tattoos during the Acid House thing in the late eighties. I doubt anyone regrets a little butterfly on an ankle, but I know several who have tattoos on rather more fleshy parts, for whom the years have rather distorted the original artists vision. Specifically - what was once a gorgeous dolphin circling a cute belly-button ring is now, after several children, more a rather stretched whale.
Even worse: Crocs. And they’re in horrid bright colors that are almost impossible to ignore. At least Uggs are usually neutrals and make a pretense at being real shoes.
Clothing-wise, I can’t wait for this 80s revival to go away. Skinny pants? Vests? Skirts over leggings? DOLMAN SLEEVED TUNIC SWEATERS?!?!?! When will this madness end?
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Yeah, as if visible ribs weren’t bad enough, now it’s apparently attractive for women to have the most projecting, hornlike cheekbones possible. Gotta say I’m not too keen on this whole disfigured triceratops look.
Tramp stamps I don’t have so much of a problem with (didn’t know that’s what they were called). It at least lets you know that there’s a good possibility that a particular young lady’s ambitions don’t extend beyond appearing in a girls gone wild video.
Also:
-Carrying small dog breeds in a purse.
-Popped collars
-Bed head
-Pre-stressed anything
-Reversed, upside-down sun visors
Yeah, I can do without all the bros and Paris Hiltons. I agree with everyone who’s been expressing their dislike of the OC and Desperate Housewives. American Beauty was meant to expose the dysfunctionality underlying the American dream. Now apparently it’s fashionable to BE dysfunctional.
Other things I don’t like:
-Painting rooms with colors so bold that you can feel your individual cones burning out. This goes doubly for painting individual walls separate colors.
-Organic/gourmet/“ethnic” markets that will charge you $4.99 for 2 ounces of fried bean mulch but don’t even stock basic snacks like Doritos or Butterfinger.
-Hummers aren’t just traffic and environmental hazards, they also mock what inspired their design
-“Thai” flavor reminds me of when my friend asked me to tell him what he tasted like when I bought some “Oriental” ramen.