Stupid trend that drives you nuts?

[tuvor]

For me, it's those damned walking sticks when used in urban areas, usually by west-coast baby-boomers. You never know when you have to jump over streams or fend off bears downtown, I guess.

[xmas74]

1. I have a walking stick

but I use it when I take my Girl Scout troop hiking, not in town.

[Droopy]

2. Droning new metal

A melody never hurt anyone.

[Emops]

3. Kids who flip up their collars on polo shirts.

It looked stupid in the 80's, and it looks even stupider now. Do they need their mothers to help dress them?

[ghostsofgiants]

8. An illustration I did about this very subject...

[WindRavenX]

58. LMFAO

I LOVE YOU!!!!!! :rofl:

EVERY prep wanker on CAMPUS does that!

[JohnKleeb]

102. As my friend would say

THATS AWESOME

[sleipnir]

It looked pretty damn stupid in the early 1800's when it was first done.

But at least the damn jackets matched the style.

Oh well...fashion is a vicious cycle that only seems to repeat itself.

[AlCzervik]

4. seeing people in warm climates wearing UGG boots.

[Maddy McCall]

47. OH........MY.........GOD. Yep.

I live in South Mississippi. There's a hairdresser-slut in my town who wears UGGS with MINISKIRTS and SPAGHETTI STRAP SHIRTS. In the Summer! 95 degrees and there she is at the Piggly Wiggly dressed like a schizophrenic eskimo.

Crazy, isn't it?

[cssmall]

100. OMG!

:rofl: :rofl: :wow:

[LostinVA]

53. OMG! Yes!

[AlCzervik]

59. i was in Santa Monica this summer and it's like 90f and i see these woman

wearing those boots--WTF? I guess i missed the UGG boat but i think they're ugly as hell and look even more ridiculous on a hot summer day.

[LostinVA]

61. Surfers in Northern CA started the trend

Something nice and warm for their feet after the cold water. But, I've seen them here in the summer, in Los Angeles, in FLORIDA... crazy... they are like apres ski boots, morans!

[AlCzervik]

62. next time i head to Bodega Bay i'm going to be looking at their footwear

[blondeatlast]

88. I'm in Phoenix and I see them everywhere. Ugh. nt

[SnohoDem]

5. People not using

their G*****N M*****F*****G TURN SIGNALS!

I'm beyond irritated. I'm getting crazy.

[susanna]

18. I'm with you...

...I was taught that it could make the difference between life and death; you know, explaining to the rest of the world WHAT YOU WERE UP TO!

Ahhhhhh...I guess I am old, naive, and stupid for caring enough to broadcast my lane changes. (WTF?!)

[ashling]

31. I am declaring the right

to make a preemptive lane change ... I will make a lane change when it is in my best interest and it is hypocritical of you to object... furthermore, in fact, I am only reserving or rather restating that right as it has always been my long standing policy from the very beginning, as I have always maintained that inherent power as a driverly individual.

BTW, Why do you hate America?














:sarcasm:

[bullwinkle428]

6. "Is your invention a stick?"

Reference to last week's "American Inventor" show on ABC - figured I should explain the obscure nature of the reference. The guy described it as a product that could ward off attacks from bears, mountain lions, etc.

[sbj405]

86. "No, It's a wand"

:-)

[BlueStorm]

107. Seen it!!!

:rofl:

[Kerrytravelers]

7. Girls who have sweats with the word Juicy across their ass.

I'm a teacher. I see "Pedophiles' wet dream" when I see that!

I know, I know. I'm really not cool, but I just can't help it!

[tuvor]

9. Maybe they're warning you...

...that they have the runs? :shrug:

[Kerrytravelers]

12. Ewwww... gross, but yet, still absolutely hysterical!

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Ugh, I hate that too.

Not that I'm any authority on style, but kids these days have none. That trend was just starting when I was in high school, I guess. I've always hated it.

[AlCzervik]

11. i see middle age women wearing those juicy outfits with their stupid UGG

boots---so wrong.

[MissMillie]

43. quite frankly

whether it says "juicy" or just the name of the school team, it doesn't belong across the ass of a young girl (or boy for that matter)

And no, I'm not talking about any kind of regulation except the kind that a parent should make.

[Kerrytravelers]

68. I agree. I have seen everything from Juicy to Princess across their ass.

I don't think some parents see what I see- pedophile's dream! I work in a profession where we come across pedophiles lurking outside our schools or, at times, are in our student's families. I am always on the look out. So, when this word across the ass thing got trendy, I just cringed.

[politicat]

113. And if you think about it, a big long word across the ass says big.

Princess is eight letters. Babycakes is nine letters. Sweetheart is ten letters.

You'd think these girls would have realized that the more letters, the bigger it makes their asses look.

If you want people looking, should not you put a short word there?

[Redstone]

13. People with MS might be using those instead of a traditional cane.

Redstone

[UncleSepp]

77. Other mobility problems too - it's not as jarring

It doesn't make you feel as old when you have a cane that looks fun or snazzy or adventuresome. I'm no outdoorsman, but my cane has a shiny silver top and almost looks like a decoration instead of a thing to keep me from falling down.

[spacelady]

14. Crocs?

[MaggieSwanson]

114. Oooh, I'm with you there.

A few people I work with actually think they can be considered business casual!



Don't get me wrong, they would be lovely if I gardened. But I don't, and neither do 99% of the poeple I see sporting them.

[CanuckAmok]

15. Spitting.

It seems to be increasing. Maybe it's part of this whole "trailer-trash chic" thingy.

I like Singapore's and China's approach to spitting; it's punishable by imprisonment, because of the very real risk of spreading TB.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

63. I think you're right-- it's increasing.

I don't know if they're emulating the football jock on the sidelines look or what but it's gross and asinine.

[blondeatlast]

89. I've noticed that too. I thought it was isolated. Yuck.

Totally disgusting and I've seen it several times just this week.

[Canadian Socialist]

101. My thoughts exactly!

I never ever saw people (of any type) spit in public in my like until the last couple of year. EVERYONE seems to be doing it. It is so fucking disgusting. And there were legitimate reasons for outlawing this type of behaviour... sanitary reasons. People walk through the spit, then take off their shoes (their hands probably touched the bottom of the shoe)... next thing you know, you've got a TB epidemic.

[mykpart]

16. I know I sound like such an old granny when I say this,

but, why doesn't anyone comb their hair any more? I watched the Academy Awards, and all these young people in formal clothes had hair that looked like they had just been thru a wind tunnel. I know they paid someone a lot of money to make their hair look like that.

[asthmaticeog]

17. Don't underestimate the downtown bear threat.

Maybe you're used to nice, docile moose, but we've got PROBLEM animals down here in the states, man.

[CanuckAmok]

26. "let the bears pay the Bear Tax, I pay the Homer Tax!"

"Um, that's HomeOWNER Tax, dad."

"Well anyway, I'm still outraged."

[mikeytherat]

37. "Bear patrol steps up bombing campaign"

mikey_the_rat

[swag]

19. "dupeberry dupestein"

kudzu thread animosity from whiny-assed titty babies.

[swag]

20. "Portable Alpha"

[spacelady]

22. Bottomfeeder Beta?

[swag]

23. Something to think about,

I'll surely grant you. Point well taken, madame chairman.

[Jade Fox]

21. Men wearing baseball caps.

They really aren't flattering. Many a classy hat exists, if you must cover your head.

[asthmaticeog]

24. Corrolary:

Backwards baseball caps. If you don't want the brim, there are many perfectly attractive caps that are made without them, gentlemen.

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. As well as those who wear them (baseball hats) slightly off kilter.

I straighten them on the friends of my daughter. :)

[Throd]

64. They are providing a valuable service

by declaring from afar that they are dipshits before you have to actually speak with them.

[barb162]

74. They are 10 IQ points lower when they wear them backwards

[seemunkee]

56. Sorry, can't find a good hat that looks right

Big head, high forehead = funny in a hat except baseball hat. But I need something to keep from burning the top of my shiny dome.

[blondeatlast]

90. Worse yet, backwards, worse still, cockeyed. Gawd, get a frickin'

mirror, guys!

[amitten]

25. Text messaging. Jesus Christ, spare a minute and call the

person, for cryin' out loud.

And since when do people feel they need to communicate remotely with others EVERY MINUTE OF THE FREAKING DAY? What are they, afraid to be alone for five seconds?

[spacelady]

27. Hello? Is anybody out there? Hello? Where is everybody?

[Ariana Celeste]

30. I hate that. so. much.

I've got a couple of girlfriends who sit and text message, *constantly*.

I hate having a drink with someone, and talking while they look down to text message. And they do that every time they are over. Gah. (I'm not bitter.)

[amitten]

66. I can't stand people that need a constant companion. It's like

they're still children.

[AlienGirl]

28. I think that's an alternative to canes

Boomers aren't getting any younger, y'know...

Tucker

[6000eliot]

29. Reality TV

Especially "American Idol." I just don't get what the attraction is. There seems to be nothing there.

[quiet.american]

32. I'm with you, enough already! n/t

[LSdemocrat]

46. They're elaborate game shows, that's the appeal

And today's sitcoms and most TV dramas just plain suck.

[Buddyblazon]

33. I hate that f#@#ing...

Pet Rock!

When will the kids get over that stupid trend?

[twenty4blackbirds]

34. low-sitting trousers showing butt-crack or underwear

baggy I can stand, but low-sitting showing butt-crack/underwear is such a turn-off. (on edit: yeah they're still around)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

35. Especially when they're on the wrong bodies.

:scared:

[twenty4blackbirds]

36. I keep looking at the wrong bodies?

that could explain it...

[mikeytherat]

38. Truck Nuts

Lord, how I wish this was just a joke...

http://www.bumpernuts.com/

mikey_the_rat

[atomic-fly]

55. that is very disturbing...

[barb162]

76. I never saw this before on any vehicle

I think it is extremely weird, body parts....

[darkstar]

98. "powder coated" and

"drop forged in the USA..."

ha.

[Wcross]

39. Loud exhaust systems on cars.

Damn, they sell these kits that do NOTHING but make the car sound louder!! All these teeny boppers who watched "Fast and furious" think it will get them laid so they ride around town pissing off old geezers like me.
Oh, I also hate the cars with the sub-woofers in their trunks. All you can hear is the body of the car rattling! I also hate the fact that they think it is "cool" to leave the stereo running while they fill up with gas. The current generation are some rude little pricks.

[ghostsofgiants]

71. As a member of the current generation, I wholeheartedly agree.

[Burma Jones]

40. There seems to be a trend towards stupididty......

We'll see what happens this November....

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. I use one instead of a cane. (RA sufferer) I don't use it often but

I would rather that than the cane. :hi: My son picked out a very cool one for me. :)

[AngryAmish]

44. Those sticks are so undignified

I think it is called Alpine Walking or something like that. Kinda reminds me of folks out biking for fun/exercise in full biking regalia. Have those people no sense of personal dignity? Do they realize they are subjecting their fellow citizens to views that no one wants to see?

[UncleSepp]

84. Ugh, if they just wouldn't throw it in our faces...

God forbid anyone should have fun in a way you don't like. Isn't it the Republicans who were supposed to be regulating who has fun doing what, when it otherwise harms no one? So you might have to see someone's butt in spandex. Don't like it? Don't look. Don't like bike pants? Don't wear them.

[AngryAmish]

87. The issue isn't regulating fun, it is personal dignity

THose pole people and biking gear folks obviously have none.

[UncleSepp]

111. It's not so obvious to me.

A half dozen of my co-workers bike to and from work, and race on the weekends. They have a ball with it, and with their fun biking clothes. Where's the loss of dignity? In your mind. Not in theirs.

I think you're far too worried about other people's pants.

[jmm]

45. Blogs and websites that look too damn busy

This site gives some pretty good examples of what not to do.




Here's a perfect example of someone overkilling the graphics at myspace.

[EstimatedProphet]

65. You're not kidding!

I couldn't even read anything on that site!

[wildhorses]

48. internet dating

it totally sucks

[fudge stripe cookays]

99. Speak for yourself.

I've been happily married for 6 years to the love of my life. Met him through the internet.

Different bites and all.

[DrGonzoLives]

49. "Goth"

Not the people who dig the music and wear black but are otherwise normal, I'm talking about the super-mopey morons from the suburbs who are just convinced that life is absolutely horrible, they wish they were did, oh woe is them, etc.

[anarch]

50. I been thinkin' about gettin' me one o' them sticks...with the compass

on the top part, so when I'm walking around in urban areas I can have sure footing and not lose my bearings.


To answer your question, I'd have to say the increasing trend towards general stupidity really burns me up.

[JitterbugPerfume]

51. so called Christain Rock

what the hell is THAT all about ? In my day rock music was considered evil by Christains, like they are suppose to dammit

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

52. Downloading ringtones for your cellphone -- and worse, PAYING for it! -nt

[UncleSepp]

85. Better that everyone in your office has a phone that rings the same

It's much funnier when everyone in your office has the same make and model of phone, that has the same four free tones on it. That way, when you're having a general meeting with 25 people in one room and someone's phone rings, everyone has to look at their phone to figure out whose is ringing. That makes a lot more sense than spending a few coins on a tone that's more distinctive, so that you can tell when the ringing phone is yours.

[Hissyspit]

54. Leaving your Bluetooth earpiece in your ear ALL the time.

Like you are a fucking Borg or something.

[Common Sense Party]

57. People who can't express themselves without a stream of obscenities.

If you can't utter a sentence without the F-bomb, you're an idiot.

[ghostsofgiants]

69. What the fuck are you talking about, dude?

:evilgrin:

[HuskerDU]

60. Cell Phones!

There is a reason phones came in booths people.

Some people use them wisely. However, most people talk loudly ANYWHERE while ignoring real life going on all around them. They drag on folks time spent in line at the check-out. They distract the talker while driving or even just walking through a store. Bumped into by someone at Costco? It was probably a cell phone talker. Someone pull out right in front of you on the highway? Surprise surprise- they were talking on a cell phone.

Leave the phone in your car and act like a human being for the 15 minutes you will be away from your phone. Please!

[marzipanni]

105. LOL - remember when you were a little kid and your mom

would run into a friend or acquaintance at the grocery store and..."Yak, yak, yak, yak" while you stood around getting bored and not able to interrupt? Now the poor kids have moms with the capability, in a little portable box the size of a ....cell phone, to have a conversation with any of a number of friends at any time.
( Even if you were right in the middle of talking with mom when her friend calls.)

[EstimatedProphet]

67. Rejecting science

Not simply questioning science and technology-that's actually part of the scientific method. I'm talking about the trend now to pick and choose what science is acceptable in accordance with someone's beliefs. Science works because (for the most part) it uses the scientific method. Therefore you can't take some scientific aspects and throw out others just because you want to. If the method works, it works for everything.

[KitchenWitch]

70. I walk with a cane

does that count?

[marzipanni]

106. I'm profoundly disappointed

I always imagined that you flew with a broom!

[gkdmaths]

72. the "choking game"

I mean, WFT?

[barb162]

73. It doesn't drive me nuts but summer clothes in January , It's 10 out

I see people walking around with shorts, sleeveless tops and it's 10 or 20degrees out there. I'm like, WTF? I have been seeing this for about 2 winters now. And it's not just teenagers; it's people with kids, 40 yr olds, etc.

[gkdmaths]

75. hey!

I wear shorts all year long (I'm in western WA, too!).

However, I do get picked-on repeatedly for it (e.g. "Nice shorts, Dasso. Did you hear its snowing out?")

:)

[barb162]

78. hahahahahah

My nephew wears T shirts all the time, ALL THE TIME, but he'll wear a jacket over the T shirt in cold weather.

Some of these people around here, sandals, no socks, t-shirts and shorts and the wind chill is zero.

[gkdmaths]

79. well, at least I wear

wool socks in my big fat hiking boots and a hoodie. Im an engineer working in a climate controlled underground (read: basement) laboratory. It gets hot in here!

I cant to t-shirts, though.

[UncleSepp]

80. People who think it's cool to judge other people on sight

... about everything from how many phones someone carries to what kind of walking stick they use.

[sleipnir]

81. Snap!

n/t

[UncleSepp]

83. Just the other day here the phones thing came up

It went something like "Who needs two (or more) phones, pagers, etc. hanging around their belt? NOBODY is that important!!" Hm, let's see, your average database or network admin who can't use the work phone for personal calls, doesn't get the work calls on the personal phone, and whose week it is to carry the oh-shit pager just might have a legitimate reason! I don't exactly think it's too cool to walk around town looking like The Phoneslinger at best and Batman at worst with all these gadgets, not to mention that it makes my pants want to fall down, but it's part of my job. I really don't need some pompous asshat accusing ME of being pompous because of the tools I have to carry as part of what I do for a living. Makes me want to shake my fancy cane at someone.

[CanuckAmok]

104. The REAL important dogs don't carry anything.

I've worked with some high-end producers, and it seems the bigger you are, the less you need a cellphone. Speilberg? James Cameron? Al Ruddy? Stephen Cannell? Chris Carter? They don't carry phones/pagers.

That's why the good lord invented "assistants".

[UncleSepp]

110. So that's film producers, what about everyone else?

I really don't see your point.

[CanuckAmok]

115. Fuck everyone else.

:D

[izzybeans]

93. The inescapability of it I guess.

You know this whole judgement thing.

:shrug:

[rockymountaindem]

82. Chuck Norris jokes

Man, they're really lame already. They were funny for about five minutes. Now? Not so much...

[JohnKleeb]

103. are those like the Vin Diesel ones?

I personally prefer Casey Hampton ones, they never get old.

[DS1]

91. Those shoes you find some guys wearing

that are sneakers but incredibly wide, possibly called "kicks"

Life is not a goddamn anime movie, so stop dressing like it!

[izzybeans]

92. Any trend that upholds the myth of authenticity

Indie rock fans are my favorite punchline. Indie rock shows are hilarious. Strike the Indie Rock Fan-pseudo thinker pose and think to yourself "Is this band original? I just can't tell. They kind of sound like the Stooges, but does that make them too much like the Strokes. Hmmm. I'll just sit here and stare silently while I pass judgement on these people in front of me. When the song is over I'll act too hip to clap or dance. Do you like how I broke my Chuck Taylor's in. They're so old. Nobody wears them like this."

By the way this post was made from a position of total authenticity and orginality. So much so that I wear black pumas instead of black chuck's. You see now that's hip. ;)

[begin_within]

94. Posts. That. Have. A. Period. After. Every. Word. Stupidest. Trend. Ever.

[geniph]

95. The need to be continuously connected

whether it's idiots walking around with Bluetooth headsets continuously attached, their cell phones jammed to their ears, the people who can't live without their PDA, the people who need their cell phones and Blackberries and shit constantly beeping them every time they get a new spam...for GAWDSAKES, people, it's okay to be out of touch for 15 minutes on the fucking freeway! Get a life and get OFF your fucking Blackberry, already!!!

:mad:

[driver8]

109. I agree 100% with you!! It cracks me up to see people constantly

checking their cell phones to see if they missed a call or if there is a message. Also, I hate to say it because I may offend someone on DU, but those of you who walk around with your little headsets on look absolutely ridiculous.

I realize cell phones are very useful but I absolutely hate them.

[riona]

96. schools of jesus fish on the back of cars

[blondeatlast]

97. Those damn white silhoutte 'families" in the rear windows of

SUVs and minivans. Can anything quietly scream "unfulfilled" more than those wretched things?

I have NEVER seen one of those on a passenger car.

FWIW, the whole "silhouette" thing on car windows period.

[Cobalt Violet]

108. Full skirts.

I hate that cut. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

[begin_within]

112. Telemarketing calls from India - they sound like Martians

[norml]

116. People carrying out in person transactions while talking with someone else

on their cell phones.

I'm seeing this more often.

I deliver pizzas.

I ring the bell.

They answer the door, pay for the pizza, and close the door, all while never stopping yakking on the phone.

Can't they just say "Someone's at the door, I'll call you back"?

I've even seen people stay on their cell phones while paying for things at counters.

Can't they hang up, even for a moment?