# What will we be embarrassed about in 20 years? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860 "2009-06-24T18:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/61 "2009-06-25T11:57:11Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Not Shane Warne!!! He’d be 40 anyway. Exactly!! He SHOULD KNOW BETTER! Damned kids… ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/62 "2009-06-25T12:02:05Z")
When has he ever known better about anything? Although I admire his taste in women. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/63 "2009-06-25T12:11:13Z")
Loads of young men near where I work/live still wear baggy trousers. I’d guess they are aged about 16 to 24. It makes me want to shout “Pull you damn trousers up!”, I hate that look. I was watching a music channel the other day that was showing every (UK) number one of the nineties; a happy few hours was spent with my fella as we squealed and laughed at stuff that was so cool then - I was born in '82 and he in '78 so we were young teenagers then and it reminded us of school disco fashion, including: -floppy fringes a la Hugh Grant, or curtains hair cuts on boys -denim on denim, i.e. jeans and jacket -anything tie-dyed -the fashion for showing off belly buttons at every opportunity I’m kind of embarrassed about some of the jazzy get-ups I’d wear to go out raving, and that was only 5 or 6 years ago: white man-made material trousers with reflective stripes, glow sticks… Today I wear mostly jumpers and jeans, but I reckon leggings will be denounced in years to come. I saw a girl on Friday wearing jeans-effect leggings, like they were supposed to be super skin tight jeans. It didn’t help that she had a fat belly hanging over the top, but skinny arms and legs. She looked like a [Poddington Pea](http://www.quizilla.com/user_images/P/phil73/1079334643_m2Sweetpea.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/64 "2009-06-25T12:12:00Z")
**R&B.** Not Sam Cook and Chubby Checker type R&B, but the contemporary shite, where the singer tries to fit 10 notes into one syllable. Sends cringing shivers of embarrassment down my spine. Please make it go away\*. I understand this syndrome, called melismia, is suffered by singers such as Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. - I did say this about hip-hop 15 years ago - so not holding my breath, just blocking my ears. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/65 "2009-06-25T12:32:38Z")
The Amish look . . . beards without moustaches. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/66 "2009-06-25T13:07:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I agree. I would love to see every one of those women out of those clothes. > > Are muffin tops actually a fashion? I though it was just a fashion as practiced by women who can’t pull it off. Does anyone actually say “I’m going for the muffin top look.”? Who said it had to be a fashion? Even so, just becasue they weren’t specifically going for the muffintop look is irrelevant; it’s an unfortunate by-product of following a fashion trend- tight low-riders. I bet some of these girls will look back at pictures of themselves from today and be mighty embarrassed. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/67 "2009-06-25T13:45:09Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > What about the look with the g-string sticking out of the top of the pants? Please please please do not let this trend go away. Last night I was rather enjoying the sight of a bartender who was showing half of an ass cheek below her g-string. I don’t think she got it when I told her to deliver my drink to my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/68 "2009-06-25T14:09:51Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > You guys know it’s a good 30 years old at this point, right? It won’t be much longer until it reaches the old folks homes. There is the old rap which is almost like poetry and often has a catchy beat. I actually like some of that stuff. I can see old farts dancing to that. The more modern nasty assed, foul, mean spirited stuff? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/69 "2009-06-25T14:10:10Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Who said it had to be a fashion? Even so, just becasue they weren’t specifically going for the muffintop look is irrelevant; it’s an unfortunate by-product of following a fashion trend- tight low-riders. I bet some of these girls will look back at pictures of themselves from today and be mighty embarrassed. Ah. Gotcha ya and fully agreed. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/70 "2009-06-25T14:28:31Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’ve seen it on slaves. It means you are “property.” My Marine stepson has one. I bet he’d be horrified by that interpretation. 😛 What it means to _him_? You know, something tells me he didn’t give it a whole lot of thought. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/71 "2009-06-25T15:34:11Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I can’t let this go by, sorry. I’m in the Seattle area. Not only do I wear “tennis shoes” every single day I can (other than court appearances), I see them everywhere. You honestly don’t see Adidas, New Balance, Vans, and even Converse around town? No, I really don’t. I see some of the canvas Converse covered in band logos and skull & crossbones when I’m in Moscow and I see the occasional wide and untied skater shoe mucking about. In the late 80’s and most of the 90’s when I was growing up I remember me and everyone else wearing basically the same kind of shoe. It was a white tennis shoe (Nike Reebok) and the only variation was the different logo/splash of color. Now it’s like sneakers are extinct. It’s particularly weird to me because it feels like it went from everyone wearing them to not seeing them at all. Okay, now I’m fixated on people’s footwear, I’ve checked everyone in my office and no one is wearing sneakers. Not a very wide sample though, there’s only ~50 people working here. Isn’t the g-string above the waistband called a Whale Tail? I heard that on _United States of Tara_ and thought it was funny as all get out. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/72 "2009-06-25T18:15:26Z")
Well crap, a coworker downstairs just made a liar out of me, he’s sporting sneakers as we speak, can’t tell what brand. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/73 "2009-06-25T18:21:32Z")
> [@tesseract](#): > > I think a lot of the hair stuff will be embarrassing, such as [highlights like these.](http://media.photobucket.com/image/poofy%20hair/mckinleymarie/emogirlhairandhighlights.jpg) Gosh, I hope not. On the right person (like the one in that pic) two-tone hair is attractive as hell. Then again, big hair in the 80s was probably attractive too. But I’m definitely going with goth/emo. It’s embarrassing _now_. I hope their kids find old photos and _laaaaugh_. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/74 "2009-06-25T20:03:25Z")
> [@antechinus](#): > > **R&B.** > Not Sam Cook and Chubby Checker type R&B, but the contemporary shite, where the singer tries to fit 10 notes into one syllable. Sends cringing shivers of embarrassment down my spine. Please make it go away\*. > > I understand this syndrome, called melismia, is suffered by singers such as Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. When I read this, the **PERFECT** answer to this thread occurred to me. In 20 years, NOTHING will be more embarrassing than the number of hit songs that used: [Auto-Tune!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune) ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/75 "2009-06-25T20:39:37Z")
[Multiple popped collars.](http://tunerds.com/chyrp/uploads/popped-collars.jpg) I saw this while walking through a mall (only two popped collars). I actually thought this poster was a joke until then. There really are people who do this. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/76 "2009-06-25T21:03:17Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > [Multiple popped collars.](http://tunerds.com/chyrp/uploads/popped-collars.jpg) I saw this while walking through a mall (only two popped collars). I actually thought this poster was a joke until then. There really are people who do this. He looks like his head has been served on a plate of lettuce! I agree (and hope) that large type displayed across one’s bum will soon be an embarrassment to those who sport it now. Also, Uggs. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/77 "2009-06-25T21:25:02Z")
So many things wrong with jeans today… All those weird pre-faded blotches and spots. One of the worst I saw was a woman who looked like she drank bleach then had diarrhea with a bleached out spot right in the center of her ass. Stitching that looks like it was done with kitchen twine or like an embroidery machine went bonkers. Or both. Huge graphic designs on the butt in gold transfer foil or ones that look like the wearer sat in paint. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/78 "2009-06-25T21:36:34Z")
Horizontal-slit-style glasses. “What were they thinking?” they’ll say in just a few years. “It’s not a flattering look for most faces, and there’s not much corrected peripheral vision, either…” That, and the toussled women’s hairstyles that generally don’t look good even on celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/79 "2009-06-25T21:55:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I have to mention this: the anti-hair fad among men. Trimmed eyebrows, no facial hair, clipped body hair. It makes everyone look like a eunich. Seconded - 20 years from now we’ll look back and wonder about this epidemic of cancer that men suffered. Oh, it’s not cancer? What is it? Are they afraid of their hair? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-we-be-embarrassed-about-in-20-years/500860/80 "2009-06-26T00:32:25Z")
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