Annoying Trends

Perhaps its just the cynic in me, but I see alot of trends popping up that have me saying "What the FUCK are these people thinking?" I just don't understand what is so appealing about what's currently popular.

One example being: Uggs. 'Fashionable' boots for women. It even says in the description of them that they're called 'Uggs' because they're UGLY! Why are so many women going around wearing them?! If I wanted to wear boots, I'd break out the Timberland's, not these furry things with heels! And then when I ask a girl 'why', she says "Because they keep my feet warm." Well, thats a great reason, but I think the fact that you're wearing a mini-skirt with them kinda kills it.

So tell me. Are there (or have there been) any trends that just get you going? Halo-addicts? MySpace-whores? What trends do you see people mindlessly following while you stand there thinking 'why'?

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I'd say Halo-addicts, since anybody who has played an FPS game before the year 2002 knows that there are many better games out there than that painfully mediocre pile.

The worst fashion trend I can think of is definitely the popped collar. it's stupid, doesn't look good or cool, and is just plain retarded 100%. It's like a half-assed turtleneck. By the way, turtlenecks also suck.

Another bad fashion trend is "destroyed" jeans. You know, the jeans that are pre-ripped and that you pay MORE to buy. What a dumb idea that so many idiots bought into.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Crocs are 50x worse than Uggs, in my opinion. They don't even look like real shoes...more like the plastic shoes packaged with Hong Kong knock-off Barbie dolls. I would say WoW is the most annoying thing to ever exist.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I've seen lots of girls wearing the Uggs with mini-skirts. Although obviously for fashion, I couldn't imagine how they were able to walk around with that outfit during winter.

Another one is the tall t-shirt trend for some high school boys I remember seeing one day on campus. It was during the week when high schools were touring my college campus, but I remember seeing the boys right away because it seemed like they were wearing long dresses from a distance.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Rydia

Another one is the tall t-shirt trend for some high school boys I remember seeing one day on campus. It was during the week when high schools were touring my college campus, but I remember seeing the boys right away because it seemed like they were wearing long dresses from a distance.

Trends like this are nice for people like me, as I'm fairly tall but have short legs for my height. I can never find shirts in tall sizes.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

Trends like this are nice for people like me, as I'm fairly tall but have short legs for my height. I can never find shirts in tall sizes.

I guess I should clarify that the shirts I meant were the ones that reached well below the knees and fell just above the ankles.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Rydia

I guess I should clarify that the shirts I meant were the ones that reached well below the knees and fell just above the ankles.

Wow, I've seen guys in long shirts before, but never THAT long. Geez!

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There's a picture hovering around here that has a black fellow wearing a shirt down to his shins or ankles. I'm amazed you haven't seen it ='D

Maybe I'm the only dude in the world, but I don't see the point of text messaging. If you wanna tell someone something, call them. If it's too short and pointless, AIM them or something. Everyone does it these days.

But maybe I'm just the only dude in the world that doesn't check his phone every five seconds.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Wearing belts outside their shirt. I find that absurd.

Oh, did I tell about a girl I saw wearing fur boots? And that I live in a tropical climate? Now tell me if that's not stupid.

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Popping collars

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Originally Posted by TemariPC31

Perhaps its just the cynic in me, but I see alot of trends popping up that have me saying "What the FUCK are these people thinking?" I just don't understand what is so appealing about what's currently popular.

One example being: Uggs. 'Fashionable' boots for women. It even says in the description of them that they're called 'Uggs' because they're UGLY!

I find it absolutely hilarious when guys are walking around with them trying to be "hard."

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Trends that annoy me.
Girls walking around with their thongs above their jeans! Why lord why?! buy a belt!
People who try to act hard.
People who leave tags on baseball caps! For the love of god I wanna pull them off so much!
ooo and those lads who have to wear bright white trainers! they can't have a speck of muck on them at all or they throw a hissy fit.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I hate skunk hair. You know what I'm talking about. It's the hair that is black underneath and bleached almost white on top. Oh, and I detest a lot of styling product. It makes people's hair look really greasy and dirty, and what happens if someone tries to touch it or - God forbid - run their hands through it? I can only imagine how much that would hurt. Not to mention the fact that they'd probably end up with that junk all over their hands.

EDIT: Here's a picture of skunk hair that I found. This one's actually not too bad (although I still hate it). It looks a lot uglier when it's on someone with short hair.



I was speaking idiomatically.

All of the above, yeah. Although I've heard some people pop their collars to make themselves look taller and sometimes thinner, as it covers the neck but in such a way as not to accentuate size. Still, popping the collar looks idiotic and you'll never catch me doing it.

It's mostly the fashion trends that make no sense that really bug me, like the aforementioned fur boots in tropical climate, or (multiple) belts above the shirt. I mean...why?

Also, the ever-popular tie. Not much of a trend, since it's so well established, but why tie a piece of super expensive fabric around your throat? Let's be honest, here. So what if it covers up the buttons on your shirt. It's a piece of fabric that you paid $70 for, and it looks like a piece of someone's kilt.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Drex

Also, the ever-popular tie. Not much of a trend, since it's so well established, but why tie a piece of super expensive fabric around your throat? Let's be honest, here. So what if it covers up the buttons on your shirt. It's a piece of fabric that you paid $70 for, and it looks like a piece of someone's kilt.

The time when ties suck the most is when girls are trying to pull the Avril Lavigne and putting one one over a white tank top. STUPID.

As a man, I never understood why ties were a fashion device... They really make no sense to me.

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Yeah...if they began as a bib, why the heck are they made out of silk now? If they're meant to cover the buttons on the shirt, why do they have to be $40 a pop?

And if they're meant to cover buttons, why in heaven's name do girls put them over shirts without buttons?

These are the questions that beg answers.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

wannabees

The white guys who try to act black. I've met these too many times and each time i want to rip out their throat. Not only are they pathetic at immitating "gangsta" as they call it but they are usually some of the weakest, most pathetic people around. The only reason they are even allowed to do this is that nobody has any respect for them and doesn't even see them worth the time. They do this because they are weak and pathetic and want to be associated with someone better at life than them.

The ones I really hate though are the wannabee goths. Dress in black and face paint going around saying "my life suck". Yeah, That great, life sucks for 95% of the world, your nothing special. I've know some real goths and if these people knew half the things real goths do they would run away screaming. They are usually rich kids too. Only way they can afford all these "goth" accessories. It's just them trying to get something out of their parets by acting "wierd". Hell according to an interenet survey i'm goth but guess what, I walk around in blue jeans and a t-shirt. I don't even consider myself goth so i know these "depressed" brats aren't either.

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Originally Posted by BIGWORM

I find it absolutely hilarious when guys are walking around with them trying to be "hard."

What the fuck. I suddenly imagined this with...



...and got a good laugh out of it. I definitely dislike Uggs, belts over shirts, myspace cameras stuck at every angle other than normal with black+white/greyscale only. The massive, face eating shades deal is another one.

Ties started out as...bibs?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Spike

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Here you go, then. Enjoy.
http://www.myspace.com/emilybrooke

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I can't even think of the name now, but those diamond shaped blankets with a hole for the head that it seems every woman on earth suddenly started wearing over night. They look terribly common. And just a piece of advice to women who wear them: You look like a dork. Take that shit off. Please.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Bandannas?

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've noticed almost ALL kids have tiny backpacks with some sort of cartoon or movie character on them. This includes kids who look like they're in high school, and it's weird because they ALL have them.

I also think the hoodies with eye-murdering prints all over them are weird.

The baseball cap worn tilted to one side has confused me for years now.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by JackyBoy

I can't even think of the name now, but those diamond shaped blankets with a hole for the head that it seems every woman on earth suddenly started wearing over night. They look terribly common. And just a piece of advice to women who wear them: You look like a dork. Take that shit off. Please.

Ponchos ^^
Which are supposed to be waterproof, but instead they have them all knitted. I'd like to see what would happen if I chucked a bucket of water over one of those.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Des

The ones I really hate though are the wannabee goths. Dress in black and face paint going around saying "my life suck". Yeah, That great, life sucks for 95% of the world, your nothing special.

My town is FILLED with those. I can't go to the mall without being disgusted with them. I just want to grab one of them by the shoulders and shake them a few times, saying "You think your life SUCKS?! You're in HIGH SCHOOL! What do you have to worry about?! Three-Page papers and ZITS?! Dress in real clothes, then come to me complaining when you have to deal with COLLEGE!!!"

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Oh, you're talking about shawls.



Yes, those do look rather like peasant garb, but they're nice when they're worn for their intended purpose (cool, not cold days...just enough to warm your shoulders and arms) and not as a fashion accessory.

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