# What fads or trends can't you wait for to go away **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632 "2006-12-02T23:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/61 "2006-12-04T13:11:49Z")
I’m waiting for the word ‘like’ to fade into obscurity. Certainly it has its uses: I like icecream; he looks like Brad Pitt. It’s the frequent injection, like, of the word into, like, places where it has, like, not right to be. Like. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/62 "2006-12-04T13:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] I love skinny jeans! I’m tallish with a short torso and my legs are on the thin side so they look better on me than fuller jeans. \*\*I just have trouble finding shoes that look good with them. \*\* I don’t like them super tight though. [/QUOTE] Always a heel; nevah flats. Boots look great with skinny jeans. Either ankle boots under them or mid-calf or knee-high on the outside. Love that look! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/63 "2006-12-04T14:05:49Z")
[QUOTE=Nic2004] I have come to hate those little Lisa Loeb glasses seen [here](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4549/Events/4549/LisaLoeb_Ausse_7938119_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Loeb,%20Lisa) that are EVERY freakin were. I went to many eye glass stores a short time ago to get new glasses and these ( or variations on these) were all they had. The walls were coverd in the same frame. Thanks. I feel better now. [/QUOTE] Oh, good one. Last few times I replaced my daughter’s frames, we went to every store in town, but we could have stopped at the first one, since they all carried only about two basic styles. And those two were similar to each other. Let’s see…I hate just about everything, so I’m with you guys so far…how about pants with giant words written across the butt? ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/64 "2006-12-04T14:44:09Z")
[QUOTE=FRDE] I also can’t stand those ridiculous long pointed high heeled shoes that some women wear, it makes them look like clowns, actually most female footwear seems to have been designed to cripple the wearer, the ‘designers’ would never get away with selling muck like that to men. [/QUOTE] I completely agree. In fact, I’m sure that Cruella DeVil would appreciate having her shoes returned to her anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/65 "2006-12-04T15:01:22Z")
To those fellows who wear the ends of their neckties tossed over their shoulders: please consider the possibility that you now look like an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/66 "2006-12-04T15:41:33Z")
Footless tights. Dammit, I want my tights to go all the way over my toes! I’m not wearing your glorified leggings. Please to be putting the feet on my tights now. … cute striped tights are finally in the stores again, and none of them have any daggone feet… grumble grumble… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/67 "2006-12-04T15:43:53Z")
[QUOTE=El Perro Fumando] This annoys me too, but I’ll expand it to the Bluetooth headsets that now seem to be worn as jewelry. \ [/QUOTE] My husband calls those “Uhuras.” 😃 Speaking of which, there’s a fad that I don’t know if I wan to go away, because my husband and I find it endlessly amusing - for young, ultra-hip women to wear cropped pants and tight, black leather boots that make them look like crewmembers on the original Star Trek series. Hah! Ultra-hip people dressing like geeks, all unawares. The trends I desperately wish would go away are too-tight clothing and bunny-killer shoes. I prefer my clothing to fit me; to me, that means I can still move my arms and breathe while wearing it. I get uncomfortable just looking at all the women in their binding little tight jackets. **gredbioz** , it appears that you are trying to be funny, but you’re not really succeeding. If you don’t want to join in the spirit of the discussion at hand, why don’t you move on to another thread? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/68 "2006-12-04T16:23:13Z")
[QUOTE=jabiru] I’m waiting for the word ‘like’ to fade into obscurity. Certainly it has its uses: I like icecream; he looks like Brad Pitt. It’s the frequent injection, like, of the word into, like, places where it has, like, not right to be. Like. [/QUOTE] Haven’t you heard? It’s morphed into a new part of speech, called a ‘quotative’. It ‘quotes’ or introduces a description of the state of some person or object, which is often acted out. I actually find this usage to be clear. This doesn’t stop me from hearing ‘Valley Girl’ in my head every time I or someone else uses it… ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/69 "2006-12-04T16:55:30Z")
- Add me to the “skinny pants” haters. I don’t understand it. It’s ugly, and I’m having rouble finding pants long enough as it is, do we have to make my ankles any MORE noticeable? - Also, on the same clip, tights underneath huge sweaters, with no pants anywhere to be seen. Ugh. Ew, ew, ew. I was so glad when this went out of style the first time. Why, oh why is it back? - Women poofing up their hair again. Especially the trend where they use 1000 tonnes of hairspray, plus teasing, and then clip it down with about 13,450,200 bobby pins into two or three of the most unattractive wads of brillo-looking hair I’ve ever seen. One at the top front of the hair, of course, meaning that soon bangs will be teased into ridiculous waterfalls of hair again. That’s it… for now. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/70 "2006-12-04T16:56:28Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > And Uggs are out. Speaking as a 20 year old (such authority), I can tell you that someone would be roundly mocked for wearing Uggs. What probably killed them was the dumb trend to wear them _in the summer._ Too many boyfriends must have noticed the smelly feet. > [@SanibelMan](#): > > I can’t wait for the Bratz doll / Libby Lu / dress-every-preteen-girl-like-a-slut trend to go away. Preferably before my 3-month-old daughter gets to that age. Why does anyone think it’s a good idea to make little girls think the pinnacle of beauty is to dress like a dead whore extra on Law and Order? Is it any better that every girl under age 6 wears exactly two colors: lavender and pink? And always in combination? Bleh! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/71 "2006-12-04T17:16:58Z")
I’m sick of seeing low-rise jeans. Ladies, showing asscrack is not flattering, and they make you look like a plumber, even when you’re standing straight up. Tight jeans that are so tight they cause rolls of pudge to stick out over the top? It’s not “baby fat” - it’s FAT! Blech. Beards without mustaches. Whether it’s a fluffy pom-pom on your chin, or a scrawny flavor saver, at best they make you look Amish, and at worst, they’re just wrong. Line beards. Just shave it all off and draw one on with mascara. It will be a lot faster for you in the morning than to do all that fussy trimming and edging. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/72 "2006-12-04T17:18:08Z")
Fat people who never exercise, eat McDonalds and a bag of Oreos every day and complain about being fat Jerkoff 20-somethings in their first job who think they’re awesome. “Youth culture” - since when did adults need to emulate 15 year olds? When you have a real job, money and don’t live with your parents, then you can tell me what’s “cool”. Not murdering people on My Super Sweet 16 - When did it become cool to NOT drag people like that out into the street and stab them in the face? X is the new X-Y (ie 30 is the new 20, 60 is the new 40) - It’s not and you aren’t fooling anyone (unless you are me and everyone thinks your 26 when you’re really in your 30s) [QUOTE=RunSilent] Hip Hop [/QUOTE] Rap/Hip-hop have been around since the late 70s. It’s not going anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/73 "2006-12-04T20:13:54Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Fat people who never exercise, eat McDonalds and a bag of Oreos every day and complain about being fat [/quote] Not a fad, and honestly, how many times do you actually run into that? Every fat person I know - and I’m one myself - acknowledges that eating too many Oreos contributes to being fat. > [@](#): > > Jerkoff 20-somethings in their first job who think they’re awesome. Still not a fad or a trend. Unless you’re also going to count 30-something grumpy has-beens who hate hearing enthusiasm and idealism as a fad as well. Trends and fads I hate? Well, the sagging pants one has been around too long to count. The sexualization of girls has been out there for at least ten years, but it’s getting more and more prominent. Several moms I know will only shop at Talbots Kids or other conservative clothing stores, because they don’t feel like pimping out their pre-teen daughters. I’m also bitterly tired of the fierce partisan hostility in politics, both among our elected representatives and the voters. I realize that we’ve gone through cycles of this in our history, but I really can’t wait for this one to die out. Soon. On the education side of things, I’m sick of the fads that come and go with no real relation to proven pedagogy. I got my credential five and a half years ago, and only then were they starting to talk about how new teaching theories should be subjected to vigorous research and study. Apparently, they haven’t ever gotten past talking about this. I’m also sick of the overarching philosophy that teachers can fix every problem that comes into their classroom and thus should be held completely responsible for how their students do on standardized tests and grades. But that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/74 "2006-12-04T20:44:01Z")
[QUOTE=phouka] Not a fad, and honestly, how many times do you actually run into that? Every fat person I know - and I’m one myself - acknowledges that eating too many Oreos contributes to being fat. [/quote] [QUOTE=phouka] Still not a fad or a trend. Unless you’re also going to count 30-something grumpy has-beens who hate hearing enthusiasm and idealism as a fad as well. [/QUOTE] What are you? The fad police? Who asked you? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/75 "2006-12-04T21:07:21Z")
Sounds like _someone_ has a case of the Mondays. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/76 "2006-12-04T22:11:43Z")
Mine, some of which have been mentioned previously: - Trampy clothes for young girls, especially preteens. - The wearing of bedclothes (bedroom slippers, pajama pants) in public. Some cute teen girls \*might \* be away to get away with the PJ pants, but shuffling around in fuzzy bedroom slippers at the bank or the fast-food joint just makes you look like an idiot, I don’t care who you are.) - Sagging pants. Speaking of looking like idiots… The only reason that I don’t laugh when I see these goofballs with their shorts hanging out and their pants around their ankles is because I don’t want to get punched out. Then again, they’d have to catch me first and that wouldn’t be so easy while having to hold up their pants to keep from tripping… Oh, and note to potential pants-saggers: a tiny bit of sag with plaid boxers looks sort of vaguely okay if you have a nice body. If you’re pudgy or skinny and wearing tighty-whities, please just…don’t, okay? It’s hard enough to laugh as it is. (No offense intended to pudgy or skinny folks–just to those who make these kinds of unfortunate fashion choices. Me, I wouldn’t be caught dead in any tummy-baring clothes, since I know that nobody wants to see that.) - People who can’t function without a cell phone stuck to their ear. Dude, unless you’re a doctor you don’t need to be in contact constantly. And honey, if you want to talk to your friend that much, bring her along with you and talk in person. Thanks. - Offensensitivity, to use Berke Breathed’s word. I’m getting so tired of the “victim mentality” and the way people seem to take offense at anything, whether it was meant or not. Come on, people. Kramer yelling n-words at comedy club crowds is offensive. The lack of a vegetarian character on some hot TV show (for a made-up example) isn’t. Get over it. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/77 "2006-12-04T22:32:32Z")
I am tired of the fad of those damn kids playing on my lawn. But seriously… The re-emergence of popped collars: Seriously, you know it makes you look like a douchebag, right? I mean, how can you not? The self-righteous, 20-something mortgage-holder: Quit lecturing me about throwing my money away. Some of us just don’t want to own a house, ok? We just don’t all care for the responsibility or for the sometimes large up-front investment. I can invest/make money in plenty of other ways less susceptible to a market crash. In my view, mortgages are for people who are established in one place, usually with kids. I am neither of these things. Hardwood floors: Dust bunnies abound unless you sweep them every few days and they result in worse acoustics than in a carpeted room. Plus, in older apartments, there’s perils to walking around barefoot on them. My Super Sweet 16: It needs to be retitled “Why the Terrorists Hate Us.” Also, **According to Pliny** , your analysis of remodeling shows was spot on. Very well-thought. And for that matter, while I do believe reality TV can be good, I feel the genre needs something new that hasn’t been done before; it’s getting stale. The only ones I truly hate are the ones designed to bring out the worst in people, like Temptation Island. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/78 "2006-12-04T22:45:50Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Sounds like _someone_ has a case of the Mondays. 😃 [/QUOTE] Wooo that reminds me: Quoting movies or TV shows as if the rest of us haven’t heard that expression before. i.e. “I’m Rick James bitch!” or any reference to a “TPS” report. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/79 "2006-12-04T23:47:39Z")
Most of mine have been mentioned already. Those pants with the word on the ass: They’re stupid, and most of the people wearing them don’t even have a nice ass to look at. That’s the point, right? To get someone to pay attention to your ass? Well, try not doing it unless it’s you’re best feature, sweety. Tramp stamps: I don’t mind them, except that EVERYONE is doing them, and most of them are going to seriously regret “EXIT ONLY” tattoed on their back, or a tribal design that’s going to go horribly awry later in life. Dressing preadolescents as 20 year old crackwhores: Whoever thought up Bratz needs to be shot. I can’t go into Target and go clothing shopping for my boyfriend’s five year old daughter without wondering if she’d need a censor bar to go with that. I have enough crap to worry about, I don’t need to worry about if my stepdaughter is going to get molested because she looks “hawt.” I’m 22 and I don’t even dress that way. Fat chicks in skinny chicks clothing: I’m fat. I’m a size 24 any way you look at it. And I know how to cover it up. Big is not beautiful in skinny clothing, people. And I say chicks because I rarely (although sometimes) see overweight males doing this. It’s only the females, trying to be sexy. And it ain’t. And trust me, if you weigh 300 lbs, no one wants to see your tramp stamp. Capris: Is that what they’re called? Those short pants? I hate 'em. See, on normal people they CAN (rarely) look alright, but on a short fat person like me they end up looking like my pants are too short. Can we please get rid of the waders and go back to normal pants? Thanks. Those shirts that have self-deprecating slogans on them, like “Whore,” “Slut,” and “Easy.” Come on, now. That leaves all the guesswork out for the rest of us. Although I do like the idea for the “Cum-bucket” one. It seems more accurate in an all-around sense. Pants that hang off your ass: My 17 year old cousin is fond of doing this, even though I’ve provided him with a belt. Well, he used to be. He doesn’t ever since I pantsed him in front of a bunch of his friends because of it. Or rather, he doesn’t do it around me, which is all I really ask. If I wanted to see your underwear, I’d be sleeping with you. The victim mentality that has made it acceptable for people to not have to take responsibility for their own actions. Every time I hear about a lawsuit that’s more frivolous than the next I start to see red. Then I realize that it’s not worth the increase in blood pressure medication and calm down. ~Tasha (I like to rant, what can I say?) ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632/80 "2006-12-05T00:06:46Z")
I guess both of these are too old to be fads, but piercings and reality TV. God almighty and Christ on a jetski, I can’t wait for those two to disappear into deserved oblivion. Not that it’ll ever happen. [QUOTE=Caridwen] Kelly Ripa is a perfect example of this. Her skin, hair and lipstick are all the same color. She looks like a lollypop with arched eyebrows. [/QUOTE] Huh. I haven’t noticed this trend and don’t know who Kelly Ripa is, but I do remember this Asian girl I saw some years ago (see, that guy in _Citizen Kane_ wasn’t bullshitting). She had brown skin, lips of the same colour, and her hair (dyed, I assume) _exactly_ the same colour as her skin. I literally couldn’t tell where her skin stopped and her hair started. That struck me as one of the most gorgeous things I had ever seen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fads-or-trends-cant-you-wait-for-to-go-away/382632.md?page=5)