What trend in popular culture would you ban?

[terrya]

If you had the power to do so?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Butt crack showing pants.

[dolo amber]

7. Yes.

:thumbsup:

[youthere]

8. you took mine. Thong showing pants too. Funny story about that...

We had gone to an elementary school concert my husband's niece was in. My son was about one. This woman satin front of us and she was wearing those low rider pants and when she sat her shirt rode up her back and her thong was showing. I mean REALLY showing. My son was standing behind her. He was at that age when he was still holding on to everything as he walked and well, you guessed it. He went to take a couple steps and grabbed right on to the back of her thong for support. She stood up pretty quickly.

[ganeshji]

76. Aaaaahhhhhh! Thong pants!

I always wonder if people who wear those know that it looks like their butt cheeks gobbled up their panties?

[KitchenWitch]

82. Brilliant!

:rofl:

My son, daughter and I were at the playground when we first moved down here, and there was this woman there, with her child, who was dressed like that. Seing my son there, she made a big production of repeatedly bending over.

My son (who was 15 at the time) mutters under his breath to me, "Nice pirate patch!"

[AllegroRondo]

20. a staple gun fixes those nicely!

I've already alerted my daughter to that. If any boy comes to the door looking for her with pants that hang low, the pants WILL get stapled up before he can see her.

[reyd reid reed]

21. Stick a dime in the crack...

and then start referring to them as 'piggy-bank-butt'...works every time.

Of course, I'd suggest not trying this with anyone other than a family member or someone that you know very, very well. Some people might take offense.

Go figure.

:shrug:

[Scarlett17]

55. Coin slot

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

90. Amen!!!!

   Not just "Yeah!", but HELL Yeah!!!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. leg warmers.

i mean c'mon already

and those terrible plastic slippers...

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Crocs.

And they're foam, not plastic. x(

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. TERRIBLE!!!!!!

[Sequoia]

80. I think they rock!

[NewJeffCT]

14. Didn't leg warmers go out of style in the 80s?

Or, did they come back?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. they are back in high fashion. STILL FUCKING UGLY and so very wannabe cool

[NewJeffCT]

22. I guess I missed their comeback

I was probably too distracted to notice since showing cleavage has been in style the past few years... and that is one trend I don't mind.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. me either.

[eyepaddle]

3. Baseball hats.

Sideways, backwards, forwards--it just doesn't matter to me I'd get rid of 'em all.

Maybe it's just because I don't like to wear hats....

[taterguy]

10. You'll pry my hat from my cold dead finger

I can't stand wearing sunglasses and baseball caps keep the sun out of my eyes. They also keep sunburn off the top of my scalp and ticks off my head when I'm hiking in the woods.

[eyepaddle]

19. Yeah, that's probably part of my issue

I've got a large head (really!) so most hats are kind of uncomfortable for me--but now my hair is thinning out and I need the protection from the sun.

Oh the double indignity! ;)

[Strawman]

44. At my doctors office they have a list of 10 things you can do to stay healthy

Posted on the wall inside the exam rooms. One of them is wear a hat. I'm 35 and I've already had skin cancer, so I do it!

[GoneOffShore]

53. Yes but only the meshback, faux hipster sort

worn with a "soul patch" and baggy pants and a vacant look while drinking PBR and smoking Camels.

That whole "Joe/Josephine Cool" thing.

Annoys the crap out of me.

think how much time and energy is wasted pulling up those pants every 5 minutes.

[eyepaddle]

59. I don't have to think about that!

I know it well! ;)

(I have a pair of sweatpants and the drawstring came out in the drier--so they are permanently relaxed fit these days! FYI I never wear them outside the house.)

[taterguy]

4. Healthiness

Once upon a time it was hip and cool to drink and smoke excessively. Were we better off in those days? Hell yes.

[rockymountaindem]

38. lol n.t.

[unpossibles]

5. I wouldn't ban any

even the ones I don't like are at the very least good for laughing and pointing, which seems to be a hobby of mine. And yes, I am aware that people laugh and point at me, and have even encouraged it at various times in my life, and I don't mind at all. Whatever brings a little more laughter into the world I guess... So go ahead and make fun of my plaid pants and striped shirts. :)

[zappa_parappa]

6. American Idol I guess

but there are so many things to choose from.

[MsKandice01]

12. Flip Flops...

Not everyone has flip-flop-ready feet and I've seen some feet since this recent flip-flop trend started that made me sick to my stomach.

[Nicole]

48. Yes!

I don't mind flip flops, if people would tend to their feet before wearing them. Sadly a lot of people don't.

I don't want to see someone's dried, cracked heels exposed like that. Or corns so big it looks like another toe. EEEWWWWW!
Or toe nail polish that isn't kept up. If the polish is chipped or your toe nails have grown out so that only half of them are still polished, take the damn stuff off!

Just thinking about the nasty feet invasion that is fast approaching makes me ill. :puke:

[MsKandice01]

50. Amen, sister!!!

You are preaching to the choir!

[Jimbo S]

77. Guys in flop-flops/sandals

Blah.

One of my very few pet peeves. Just looks U-G-L-Y.

[NewJeffCT]

13. News as "infotainment"

instead of actual, you know, news.

[XNASA]

18. Agreed.

Infotainment is the worst.

[unpossibles]

25. actually, yeah, I was just thinking about that this morning

how I miss the days when celebrity "news" was on it's own show, as well as shows like "hard copy" crap, so the news actually showed... news. I mean, come on. If I want to read the accent section I will, and I don't need it on the front page.

[yvr girl]

93. I also hate when they cover non-entertainment news on shows like

Entertainment Tonight. It just blurrs the lines.

[Drum]

15. Talking/yelling in movie theaters.

I hate that...and people are starting to do it at live performances more, too....

[XNASA]

16. Jeff beat me to it.

Ignore please.

[Dora]

24. Legitimization of implied or explicit violence against women. n/t

[VelmaD]

85. what you said...

along with sexism is general

[asthmaticeog]

26. Reality TV and prime-time game shows.

Including Idol.

[RubyDuby in GA]

31. I second this motion.

[GoneOffShore]

51. Not Jeopardy!!!!

Please!!

[asthmaticeog]

60. Prime time begins at 8.

Jepoardy airs at 7:30 around here, so it's safe from my wrath. ;)

Anyway, I'm talking about spectacle shite like 5th Grader, Deal or No Deal, Millionaire, yadda yadda.

[GoneOffShore]

73. Okay - Starts at 7 here

It's such a classic and Alex Trebek is so marvellously sleazy in a genteel Canadian way.

[asthmaticeog]

74. Just like DU's own CanuckAmok!

:bounce:

[HughBeaumont]

27. Remakes.

Reality Television.
American Idol.
People who are famous for no reason other than being born rich.

[noonwitch]

28. Baggy pants or facial piercings

I don't particularly enjoy seeing people with all that metal crap hanging from their lips, nose, eyebrow, etc. Stick to the ears! I'd rather see tattoos.

[SteppingRazor]

29. Since we seem to be concentrating on fashion, I've got a great one — popped collars

You, sir, are an asshole. You will always be an asshole. Anyone who hangs out with you is an asshole. When I see the collar of your knit polo shirt flipped up, I want to punch you in the face. The fact that I don't is an amazing testimony to my self-control and willpower. Thank you.

[riverdeep]

46. Please

don't tell me this is back too. The leg warmers and now this? At this rate I'm going to wake up and the Thompson Twins will be huge and Molly Ringwald will have a new hit movie.

[Rhythm]

103. it's so 'back' that my 1st grader does it...

He makes me f'in crazy with the 'Elvis collar'...

[GoneOffShore]

57. Dupe

Delete

[GoneOffShore]

58. At least there's no soul patch

[La Lioness Priyanka]

70. i like them on girls.

[Cabcere]

88. YES. n/t

[Odin2005]

94. My mom would kill me if I ever had my collar up like that!!!

:rofl:

[LanternWaste]

30. Calling hubcaps "rims"...

Non-essential phone conversations in public. Phone conversations in the car. Cell phone holsters-- heck, any phone related activity if that phone isn't in your house and connected to the wall by a curly-cord. Any PC v. Apple conversation. Rap & Country music. Calling hubcaps "rims". Wearing any kind of hat indoors. Any and all recording artists that don't know how to read and write music. Clothes for animals. Designer clothes for toddlers...

Blech. I'm having a 'curmudgeon' day-- kinda fun, though. ;)

[Alexander]

63. So you hate Irving Berlin?

"Any and all recording artists that don't know how to read and write music."

:P

I agree with what you're saying though.

[LanternWaste]

72. Irving Berlin is not part of Trendy Culture

Ahhhh.... but Irving Berlin is not part of Trendy Culture-- if he were I don't think I'd be able to justify it 'cause he was just too cool.

[amitten]

32. All things Emo. Note to all Emos:

I'm gonna set you on fire.

[Initech]

36. YES!!!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

39. People who complain about "emos"

Whatever emo is.

People who complain about them are far more prevalent and annoying.

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. Popular culture itself - I'd prefer people would use their brains

and do their own creative thing.

[Initech]

34. The 24/7 news networks trying to pass off entertainment news as actual news

[flvegan]

35. Putting train/ambulance/abnormally loud horns in civillian automobiles

New trend around here, done for no reason other than attention. Usually found on some idiotic looking Caprice or SUV with 24"wheels. I hate it.

[Javaman]

37. Mullets. nt

[jobycom]

40. Nothing, ya bunch of old fogies. Drink it in! Love it! Experience everything life has to offer!

Except tattoos. Ugly-ass shit, there. :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. 'Must have new shiny beepy thing'

No one needs a $300 cell phone, an iPod, a Wii, a Woo, a Whaa or any other damned thing that barely existed even in imagination five years ago, but as soon as they hit the stores, every seeker of status or coolness has to have one.

Technology drives culture, and you bet your sweet ass the techs know it.

[bluethruandthru]

42. bluetooth/cell phone headsets.

Subwoofers in cars
Thong pants

[havocmom]

43. 'Reality Shows' that are neither.

[VenusRising]

45. Bass that is audible outside the car.

I really don't need to have my couch rattled by horrible non music. It's just vibration. It doesn't need to be that loud.

[formerrepuke]

66. Yes, indeed! There are some local laws against this, but rarely enforced..

[VenusRising]

69. No common courtesy anymore.

It really pisses me off sometimes!

[riverdeep]

47. Saying 'thank you'

back to someone instead of saying 'you're welcome' when that someone says thank you. I don't know when this happened, but I find myself doing this too.

[Phillycat]

49. Skinny jeans.

With the tapered ankle. They look good on exactly NO ONE except 6 foot tall 100 pound supermodels. The rest of you look like two Christmas hams walking down the street. Just...NO.

[KitchenWitch]

84. I look good in them, and I am not a 100 pound supermodel.

[Madspirit]

52. cell phones

..in automobiles, restaurants and movie theaters!
Lee

[Scarlett17]

54. Heelys Shoes

I hate those damn things. Just an ER visit waiting to happen. I was at Buffalo Wild Wings last week and saw a kid almost take out a server with a full tray of food. How she didn't drop everything is behind me. The shoes themselves are bad enough, but the complete lack of parental supervision that always seems to accompany them is unbelievably aggravating.

:banghead:

[AwakeAtLast]

86. I totally agree!

We had to ban them in my school because kids were FLYING down the hallways. I can't believe no one has gotten really hurt yet.

:hi:

[Scarlett17]

98. They are so annoying and dangerous.

Anyway, Colts fan, I'm originally from Indiana too. I grew up in Yorktown outside Muncie and my dad lives in Indy. After the whole Artest debacle, my dad officially became a Pistons fan in exchange for my pledge of loyalty to the Colts. Not like the Lions are much to give up!

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

56. Unhealthy greasy fast food

How about a nutrient.

[CBHagman]

61. For starters, walkie-talkie cell phones.

They should not be used by people outside of law enforcement, emergency/rescue work, security, or construction.

Nextel's commercials featuring said walkie-talkie phones with infernal beeping. Evil, evil corporation. EVIL.

People who ram cell phone conversations/rings/audio/video down the throats of everyone within earshot.

Pairing winter coats with FLIP-FLOPS. What the hell is wrong with people?

Torture made chic by films and TV. A generation is growing up believing it works and is a U.S. government policy, and/or a form of entertainment. :puke:

[Dukkha]

71. don't forget those ear clip cell phones!

These idiots walk around like they're crazy homeless people having loud conversations with themselves.

THIS is the fate they all deserve!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huRBLt2tjV8

[CBHagman]

79. A woman on M Street in DC last Saturday....

...made the whole freakin' neighborhood listen to her conversation with a child on the other end of the line. She was using that honeyed, sing-songy voice people use to talk to little ones and was saying things like "I love you." I'm enough of a smart-ass to have been tempted to call out "But we hardly know each other!" as she went past.

[Hand]

87. I like to reply to their conversation!

E.g.:

IDIOT WITH HEADSET PHONE: So I figure I'll be there at 3:00.

HAND: Three? Yeah, that works for me. Wait--can we make it 3:30?

IWHP: We need to talk about the arrangements for (blah blah).

H: I thought YOU were doing that!

etc., etc. It cracks up the passersby and IWHP rarely has the slightest idea what's going on! :rofl:

[mark414]

62. iPods

[Madspirit]

64. *sniff* I love IPods. n/t

[taterguy]

67. Just Ipods or all MP3 players?

[mark414]

75. just iPods

mostly i am just sick of people who "can't live without" something that we've all gotten along just fine without over the last 100,000 years or so...and it's just another means to further isolate people from each other, even in public, making any idea or life of community a shell of it's former self; in short, it pulls people apart

of course i am mostly being cynical and overstating and overexaggerating...but mostly serious too

[Sequoia]

83. Speaking of iPods and those things....

You have them stuck in your ears and you can't hear what's going on around you. Girls, some freak could come up behind you, choke you and drag you off. Be careful.

Don't roll your eyes, I know of someone this happened to. She was in the hospital because of this rape and he got away and is still at large.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

65. Dora the Explorer and Reality TV shows...

I guess that includes the news in some cases. :)

[Recursion]

68. frat boys who come to blue-collar dives and play Johnny Cash and Citizen Cope on the jukebox...

...or sometimes get really risky and play Prince (but always the wrong songs).

[Sabriel]

78. Anything that displays your tramp stamp

Low pants, bare midriff, hole in the butt of your jeans, etc.

[KitchenWitch]

81. Heelies!

[steelemagnolia]

89. Idiots who

Talk on the cell phones while driving!

[racaulk]

91. Talking on the cell phone and driving at the same time!

Geez, hang up the phone and drive!!! AAAARRRGGHHHH!!! :mad:

[Catfight]

92. religion

[Truthiness Inspector]

95. French manicures (pedicures) on toenails

Something about accentuating the white part of a toenail just doesn't sit right with me, lol.

[Nicole]

99. They have them in press on nails now!

I would never have dreamed they would make press on toenails. :rofl:

[slj0101]

96. fauxhawks.

I've said it before- the worst hairstyle since the mullet.

[XemaSab]

97. Dressing little girls like whores

Little = under 40. :P

[S n o w b a l l]

100. None...

It's what creates those fond memories for people 30 yrs down the road. It's what makes the decades memorable. Our parents were complaining about the same things in the 60's & 70's. I'm glad they didn't have the power to change things and I wouldn't want to do it now.

[Danger Mouse]

101. How about fucking ALL OF IT???

:)
I guess my biggest is the objectification of women that seems to be so popular these days
not that i'm innocent of that.
that and american idol. and heelies. and cell phone use in public. and fucking ipods.

[RPM]

102. women

they have proven to be nothing but trouble!

:hide:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

104. Banning it would just make it more appealing...

But I really wish little kids could spend more time being little kids instead of being encouraged to find a partner by the time they're 12. And I wish that instead of pushing kids to prepare for college from preschool, that the focus would be on inspiring them to enjoy learning for the rest of their lives.