What fads,trends annoy you?

[Swede]

I hate rap music,but looks like it's here to stay. Reality TV,never watch it. Baggy sloppy clothes looks stupid. SUVs used for city commuting is ridiculous.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

1. Low carb.

The whole Atkins thing.

[Telly Savalas]

17. No doubt.

Lo carb pasta? WTF?

[Seabiscuit]

42. It works. If followed properly.

[kick-ass-bob]

45. Everything works if followed properly.

That's where it is not sustainable.

[radwriter0555]

2. ANTYHING that american pop culture clutches in its grasp of mediocrity

and clings to with pathetic fanatacism.

ANYTHING to do with teevee and media in particular... like American idiot Idol.... or reality teevee shows.

[StopTheMorans]

4. I hear ya, i don't care for U2 either

[Skittles]

37. lol, like this guy doesn't?

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst

[StopTheMorans]

55. do you know if he's received his nobel prize yet?

:shrug:

[sendero]

31. I hear ya..

.... Do ya ever wonder why on American Idol only the best and the worst singers get picked in the first culling session?

If this were really a competition, those poor schmucks destined to make fools of themselves on national TV would be eliminated before ever seeing camera one.

No, American Idol isn't about picking a pop star, a dubious activity at best, it is about what way too much pop culture in America is about - categorizing everyone as a "winner" or a "loser" and making copious fun of the "losers".

It's really sickening.

[Skittles]

38. I agree with you

it is disturbing that people are entertained watching people humiliate and degrade themselves - a common theme in "reality TV".

[Seabiscuit]

43. "American Idol" personified.

[Technowitch]

3. Cullottes and gauchos -- two fashions that NEVER...

...should've seen the light of day.

(I'm betraying my age here.)

Today though? Yeah, actually I think BOTH overly baggy clothes and those ridiculous low-cut hip-hugging jeans are ugly. Nobody looks good in stuff that appears stolen from someone twice the wearer's size (and I'm also tired of seeing other people's underwear). And as for the latter... I have to wonder when a girl will tire of constantly pulling them up. (And they look HORRIBLE on someone carrying even just a few extra pounds.)

[realisticphish]

5. girls that wear snow boots in the summer

gap, a+f, aeropostale (AIRMAIL IS COOL????), etc

people who immitate dave chappelle, and are bad at it
gay jokes (like snl last saturday :eyes:)
the new bugs bunny
the new vw beetle
apes (not a trend, but they still piss me off)(especially chimps)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Hatalles]

6. Bottled Water.

Which just may be mainstream now. Ugh -- water is free, people! GAWD! AUGH!!!!!

[Skittles]

39. where is water free?

I get a water bill every month

[Patiod]

61. and waiters who are annoyed when you don't want to buy it

and ask for tap water instead. No, I don't care to purchase sparkling water, thank you. Yes, I drink Philadelphia tap water all the time, and it's just fine.

[Guy Fawkes]

7. guys wearing pants below the knees....eom

[Sanity Claws]

8. really baggy pants

You know, the kind where the guy is holding them with one hand while walking. It really is funny. These guys will be so embarrassed in 10 to 20 years from now, if anyone drags out a photo of them in these kind of pants.

[Skittles]

40. just how the f*** long is that silliness going to last?

it's been quite a while now

[Sanity Claws]

64. It's starting to fade

This fad is starting to fade. I see less of it now than I did two years ago.

[Skittles]

65. all I know is

there is no way in HELL my dad would have let my brothers walk around looking like that - no WAY

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

9. Those Italian charm bracelets.

It seems most the women I work with wear those. They have charms with stuff like Mickey Mouse on them. I don't get it. Give me a charm bracelet with a dove, donkey and peace sign!

[Deep N RedLand]

10. All of above, plus...

"support the troops (really meaning war)" ribbons mostly on the aforementioned SUVs.

Cellphones...though I'm not sure they are still consider a fad since people are now born with them integrated between their head and hands.

Ringtones for the aforementioned cellphones.

Ringtone commercials for the aforementioned ringtones for the aforementioned cellphones.

Stupid spinning rims on cars (Look at me, I'm a dumb-ass and I need attention!).

Body piercings or tattoos (even grandmas have then now).

GoDaddy.com.

Boy bands & bubble-gum/slut chicks.

Any 70's fad attempting a come-back.

All I can think of now.

[Reverend_Smitty]

11. The way these preppy guys wear the collars of their polo shirts up...

it was dumb in the 80's and surprise, it's still dumb now! :mad:

[Telly Savalas]

18. Holy shit!

People have started doing that again? Not around here, thankfully.

[Emops]

29. Oh, God!

I so want to smack the crap out of those little idiots.

Also...
-Cellphones
-SUVs
-Lance Armstrong bracelets (no one wearing them gives a crap about helping charity)
-Low carb
-Hip hop music (Yes, it's a fad, and it will be gone eventually)

[SweetLeftFoot]

41. Hip Hop

God, the one legitimate art form develop by the US in recent memory and you're hoping it will go away?

[ghostsofgiants]

68. These people associate hip-hop with the likes of 50 Cent

They've probably never listened to a legitimate hip-hop song in their lives.

[mark414]

75. hip hop is a fad?

ok...go learn yourself a bit and then we can talk...

[Hardrada]

12. Movies about musicals about movies!

Shudder.

[AlCzervik]

13. Ugg or Ugg like boots

[bbernardini]

19. YES YES YES!!!

Half of the girls where I teach wear them. I just don't care for them.

[AlCzervik]

i see girls wearing them with shorts or short skirts and i know

it's supposed to be some kind of fashion trend but it looks stupid. I'm not crazy about dresses and jeans either nor was i the first time in the 70's.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

70. I don't even know what those are. n/t

[HEyHEY]

14. Any of them

[Nay]

15. Just about anything on TV. 500 channels and nothing to watch.

long dumb fake fingernails with garish spraypainted designs.
tongue piercings
those dumb barbed wire tattoos, fake or real
people who say "have a blessed day!" to every stranger they meet.
the trend for plain city cops to dress up like a bunch of SWAT nuts.
loud car stereos

[AlienGirl]

16. Reality TV and low-carb diets

I hate TV shows that are all about voting people off. To me it seems like they just reinforce nasty, uncaring behavior by making it seem normal.

Low-carb everything bugs me because I need a lot of complex carbohydrates to function.

Tucker

[doc03]

20. High fives, Rap, SUV's, low carb, piercings, baggy pants,

cable news, reality shows, non traditional country music such as (Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Rascal Flats), just about everything the last 10 years annoy me.

[kiraboo]

21. The way everybody grabs at their crotch when they're performing.

What the heck's up with that? I also hate all the cartoon movies... every single one.

[solinvictus]

22. Those fucking "W: The President" stickers..

on SUV's all over the damn place here. I HATE them!!!!!

[barackmyworld]

23. Ponchos

They make Kate Moss look like she's carrying octuplets. Ugh. It doesn't even make sense. I can't believe that was ever even half a trend.

[EC]

24. wastefulness

having to replace whole wardrobes because it's "not in style" anymore...for goodness sakes, buy classic styles and keep it until it wears out...


This also includes appliances, buying a new stove because it's the wrong color...etc

on edit: commercialism

[philosophie_en_rose]

25. Asscrack-revealing pants + Thong underwear.

Wearing pants that are so low that they show your entire ass is tasteless enough, but showing off thong strings is just disgusting.

No one looks good in that. NO ONE.

[Seabiscuit]

35. The people who wear that shit are wannabe former dorks who were the

constant targets of getting "wedgied" in high school.

[WeRQ4U]

48. Double Post sorry

[Blue in a Red State]

26. Starbucks

Hummers
Goofy kid's names
Commercial sports

And lots already mentioned.


Alyssa, my Balinese princess from the shelter

[blue northern]

27. Will Smith n/t

[driver8]

28. Rap music, oversized baggy pants, pierced tongues, girls with

their thongs hanging out, teenagers with cel phones, and those stupid oversized, piece of shit Hummers.

[guitar man]

53. Rap Music

Isn't that an oxtmoron?

[ghostsofgiants]

69. Go listen to The Roots

Then go take your head out of your ass.

[guitar man]

86. geez, I was just kidding

don't have a fucking cow.

[regnaD kciN]

30. Almost too many to list...

To name a few prime offenders:

--In conversations, calling the other participants "peeps." ("You go, girl!" would earn a similar ranking, but it seems to be fading away.)

--Movies based on old sitcoms (or remakes of movies from the 60s and 70s) that were never all that good to begin with.

--Theaters that have to precede films (even ones not in the above category) with a twenty-minute slideshow of ads, occasionally interrupted by "Mr. Movies sez" trivia.

--Rap will always be an annoyance. Ditto with country, particularly "new country."

--Thong underwear. Let's face it, I'm a guy, and I enjoy looking at attractive women in skimpy clothing. But, to my mind, the bikini underwear of thirty years ago looked much more attractive and, yes, even sexier than the thongs of today. News flash: even the nicest-figured woman looks like a plumber when bending over in one of those. And men wearing thongs? The horror, the horror...

--And, while we're at it, teenaged guys in baggy pants with their boxers showing? This is attractive how? (At least these have provided some unintended comedy when one of said guys bought pants a little too baggy, and they fell down while he was walking down the street. On second thought, thank God for those boxers.)

--That godawful Nokia standard ringtone. ("Dee-da-dee-dee. Dee-da-dee-dee. Dee-da-dee-dee. Daaaa!")

--Political (or other) commentators who use analogies like "flexing their muscles" (when not talking about bodybuilding competitions) or "feeling their oats" (when not talking about racehorses).

--Similarly, commentators who refer to a conflict involving people, not wild animals, as "fierce" or "ferocious." (Particularly the moderatorbot at eBay who informs you that, by entering a bid on an item, you've entered into a "fierce competition." Uh...I'm offering a couple of bucks for an old cassette tape, guys!)

--Any ribbon magnets on cars or, especially, SUVs. I don't care if the ribbon is yellow, magenta, or red-white-and-blue. To me, it basically functions as a virtual "Simplistic Idiot On Board" sign.

--Any bumper-sticker, sign, etc. reading "Land of the Free, BECAUSE of the Brave." Uh, no. It's the land of the free because of a few brilliant, ethical thinkers from the time of the enlightenment who dreamed of a system of government responsive to and respectful of the people. And then had the wisdom to persuade those despised French "surrender monkeys" to come over here and defeat the British for us. There are plenty of lands with brave warriors whose people are anything but free -- we generally wind up funding most of them.

--Any reality show featuring Donald Trump that doesn't conclude with his minions, including the fired ones, joining together to overthrow him in a "people's takeover" and release the resources of his empire to his exploited employees. ;-)

[CBHagman]

52. Oh, am with you on those.

Add to that:

*People who deliberately drag their feet when they walk. When did shuffling around like a prisoner in shackles become cool? Walk with some pride, people!

*Overuse of the words "compassion" and "faith." You Know Who has ruined those words for me forever. :puke:

*People voting against their own interests.

*Smarmy, smug, annoying GOP congressmen.

*Negative campaigns that are treated like manna from heaven.

*Paris Hilton. WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO THIS CREATURE FROM ALL FORMS OF MEDIA? Thank you.

I'll think of a few more, but just typing the above has made me mad...

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[Seabiscuit]

33. Hip hop, rap, the clothes and the mannerisms - and the shitty vocals.

[Seabiscuit]

34. "American Idol" including especially Paula and Randy

neither of whom know jackshit about music.

Saw "We Will Rock You" (a celebration of "Queen" songs in a storyline)and they really put "American Idol" in their place - accusing it of causing the death of rock & roll by the year 2040. Currently playing in Paris/Las Vegas.

[Skittles]

36. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

women wearing sweater and shirt sleeves well past the knuckles on their hands. IT LOOKS RIDICULOUS.

BONUS POINTS for those ASSHOLES who wear such an item which is also so short half their stomach is showing. HELLO! YOUR F***ING CLOTHES DO NOT FIT.

[peekaloo]

50. You don't like the "Gumby" look?

}(

[Bridget Burke]

44. Kids these days!

They dress like bums, they show no respect & their music...it's just noise!

Now, back in the old days....

[kick-ass-bob]

46. Reality shows, pants around the ass.

Monster vehicles.

Where the fuck can I park?!?

[Redstone]

47. All of them...

every single annoying, dopey, dimwitted, excruciating one.

Redstone

[WeRQ4U]

49. That Snoop Dogg "Izzle Language"

That is SOOOOOOO tired. It's almost as bad as "WASSSSSSUPPPP" was when it made its rounds.

And I like S. N. Double O. P., D. O. Double G... ya see?

[StopTheMorans]

56. Fo shizzle my nizzle

[bleedingheart]

51. Any Diet Fad...and the Born Again Dieter following the new Fad Diet

ugh...I hate it....

The coworker eating the Atkins diet who "tut tuts" as I eat my pasta or sandwich....but then can't shit for days because she plugged up her colon with cheese and I have to do her job because she is at the doctor....

Oh I loved the one dipshit following the cabbage soup diet who ended up having almost uncontrollable gas....now that was hysterical but I needed a mask...

[Dastard Stepchild]

58. that one made me laugh aloud...

thanks for that :)

Incidentally, I completely agree. I'm enjoying my bagel. Shut up about it, already. Thankfully, that trend seems to be on the wane.

[bleedingheart]

59. your welcome...

I shared an office with a number of folks and when the Atkins woman was bitching about her "tummy" problem...my one co-worker leaned over to me and said..."perhaps if she ate an apple should could crap"....I had to suppress my laughter...

[Skittles]

66. I told an Atkins dieter at work his f***ing breath STINKS

nt

[jdots]

54. women that weigh 85 pounds with huge fake boobs

anything neocon.

[Dastard Stepchild]

57. Jeans and high heels...

Not all high heels, per se, but definitely those severely pointy-toed shoes with the rather high heel. I don't like that version of combining casual with dressy. I can't take two steps in my neighborhood without seeing this look on parade.

[CitySky]

87. whew! I'm glad you clarified, 'cause I'm wearing jeans & hh's today...

but my shoes are pretty sturdy-looking, with a chunky heel.

some of us are 5'2", you know??? ;)

[Carson]

60. Extensive tattooing and piercings. Sorry, kid, you just severely limited

your job options for a fad. I saw an 18-19 year old with the words "Fuck You" tattooed in big, bold letters up the side of his neck. What an idiot.

Or the girl I saw last week who had so many piercings in and around her face, she looked like a human sieve.

In the 80's when I dyed my hair and looked like an idiot, at least it wasn't permanent.

[Patiod]

62. Walking around the city with a cell phone & big Starbucks coffee

Everywhere you look - all races, all classes, all ages - the only difference is whether they have a wire for their cell phone (which makes it hard to distinguish them from our large schizophrenic population) or whether they have to hold it up to the ear (so 2003).

Giant SUVs

Huge fake books on 85-pound women with no hips (honey, gravity is going to get to those in a few years, no matter how much you spent on them)

Ponchos

Tatoos don't bother me at all: if I come into money, I'm opening a chain of tatoo removal places and I'm going to make a fortune

[ThorsHammer]

63. Most of the "entertainment" culture

Most "rappers" - this refers to the Nellys, Ja Rules, and Sean Combs of the world, not the few guys with talent like Kanye, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, and the older rappers.

Reality TV, teenypop music, Hummers (Posermobiles), SUV's used to drive to the grocery store, chickenhawks, and one line campaigns (ie TV friendly sound bites).

[Fleshdancer]

67. anything from the 80's

it was tacky the first time, we really don't need a comeback.

[4_Legs_Good]

71. Atkins Diet

Just because it's really ushered in a new age of carnivores. I don't mind that it works, just wish it wouldn't have created such a meat craze/blood lust.

david

[ghostsofgiants]

72. There's a lot...

-Velour tracksuits (seriously, who thinks that looks good?!)
-When kids wear size 46 pants when they should be wearing 28
-Baseball hats with no curve in them whatsoever
-Most of the ugly-ass clothes kids wear these days
-Reality TV
-Comic book movies
-Faux-pop-rock (Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, etc.)
-People who like to claim hip-hop music isn't music. Go listen to The Roots, or K-os, or Sweatshop Union, or Warsawpack. Then go to the nearest proctologist and get your head removed from your ass.
-

Meh, there's probably more, but I just woke up.

[noonwitch]

73. Baggy pants revealing underwear and the term "My Bad"

I don't want to see your underwear.

If you need to apologize to me, say "I apologize" or "I'm sorry".

[mark414]

74. people who complain about something they don't know anything about

HIP HOP is what it is
RAP is what they do

why is it that if i were to make ignorant statements about classic rock or folk music everyone on here would jump on my ass and call me crazy yet so many people just jump on the bandwagon when hip hop gets attacked?

so it's not your thing, big deal, don't listen to it and don't go out of your way to attack it. it's ignorant to come down on something you obviously know nothin about.

this is for everyone on this thread.

[MissMillie]

76. Compassionate Conservatism

who'd have thunk more than half of all voters would fall for that shit?

[Jessica]

77. Pants, shorts, skirts with words across the ass.

[dean_dem]

78. People who jog with cell-phone headsets.

You look ridiculous people! As if you didn't look crazy enough jogging in 20 degree weather, now you can look schizophrenic to go with it!

[ImpeachBush]

79. Hip hugger/bell bottoms & baggy, baggy jeans

I can't believe I dug those hippy bells back in the 60's, but we were doing massive HALLUCINAGENS, so we had an excuse.

[ghostsofgiants]

83. Oh and todays kids AREN'T on innumerable amounts of drugs?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

80. txt spk

u c in englnd, ppl lik 2 txt m3sge uzin celfonz an uze txt spk.

Whereas I like to punctuate my messages.

[Stop_the_War]

81. that horrible low carb diet madness

[ghostsofgiants]

84. Haha, you'd enjoy this then...

http://www.illwillpress.com/fatkins.html

[Anarcho-Socialist]

82. White kids thinking they're black rappers n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

91. And the suburban white kids from all-white communities with dreadlocks

[Rabrrrrrr]

85. All of them. They are all fake, and are signs of an uncreative

consumerist society.

[Deep N RedLand]

88. Souped up Hondas...

or any other make for that matter. What a bunch of stupid sheeple who spend $8,000 worth of stereo speakers, spinning rims and undercarriage lights on a used car that only cost half that much.

They are usually the same baggy pants/boxer shorts crowd mentioned several times already who must be trying to say: "Look at me! I'm the center of attention! I can get any woman to sleep with me because they think I'm such a real man!"

Of course when I see them I think: " Now there's a guy with a real small penis".

[Rabrrrrrr]

89. A small penis. Or just a small brain. Certainly a VERY small sense

of individuation.

Like the republicans.

[LoZoccolo]

90. Ingrained fixation that there will never be a band better than The Beatles

There is some sort of effort to pass this on to other generations, despite the fact that Oasis was more popular than The Beatles in the nineties.