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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsName one fad you would like to see the end of? Mine is people on i-phones instead of interacting
with others for example at a restaurant. Massive trucks, Christmas cards with family members holding guns
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)
and interacting with you!
(wink)
debm55
(25,218 posts)Its my Sunday morning snark. To your point, I agree.
Enjoy the day!
debm55
(25,218 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,649 posts)randr
(12,412 posts)to buy an Android
CurtEastPoint
(18,649 posts)randr
(12,412 posts)Ocelot II
(115,732 posts)that will last until cellphones are embedded into people's heads.
Beachnutt
(7,324 posts)I think it may be fading now though.
debm55
(25,218 posts)hlthe2b
(102,290 posts)or "in-the-know" manner where context is totally missing.
And, lest I forget, I'd also include the vocal up-talk trend of making all comments a question. (i.e., like the blonde, blonde, blonde "Christina" from HGTV fame/Jacuzzi bath remodel ads-(whose last name really doesn't matter unless you keep up with which of her short-term husbands is in the picture currently). That is one trend I'd definitely like to see disappear and is almost as bad as the worst "Kim Kardashian-style" vocal fry.
All are manageable in terms of turning the channel or ignoring, but if I had my wish as you offer in the OP, I'd like these trends to GO.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)........but i wouldn't mind hubby NOT playing online solitaire during our date night
debm55
(25,218 posts)unblock
(52,250 posts)i'd say bigotry/fascism in general, but that's not a fad, i think there will always be 10-30% of the population who love authoritarianism and are determined to hate on one minority group or another.
but some particular hatreds come and go, at least in terms of prominence. right now the right wing has taken a special interest in hating on trans people.
some hatreds, such as against left-handers, can largely go away. thoughtless insensitivities remain, but few people today hate us left-handers the way many did a century or so ago.
all hatred should go away, but as my daughter is trans, i have a special interest in hoping this particular hatred fades.
hlthe2b
(102,290 posts)tolerant/compassionate people. The majority are probably RW hate-filled a'holes, but I think there are some for which (non-judgemental) information and time may help.
I have great empathy for you and your family. I do hope things get better.
Funtatlaguy
(10,878 posts)Croney
(4,661 posts)Arthur_Frain
(1,852 posts)Absolutely hate this. Learn to ski for Petes sake, I can send 100 skiers down the trail and when theyre done, the trail is still in good enough shape that I could send a hundred more. Send a dozen bikers down that trail and its ruined for anyone else.
Unfortunately theyre here to stay, so I end up breaking a lot of my own trails.
debm55
(25,218 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,294 posts)🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙀
ret5hd
(20,493 posts)rappelling equipment. Or to save a person stranded in a raging stream. Or as a belt.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)Enough already. And it makes the young ones look older.
ret5hd
(20,493 posts)But mostly fire. It all started going wrong with fire.
bullimiami
(13,096 posts)pandr32
(11,588 posts)They look atrocious. We've all seen those cringe-worthy pictures of hairstyles in the 1980s and you can be sure people will feel just as embarrassed over their giant eyebrow pictures in the future.
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)thucythucy
(8,069 posts)People who use them to sweep dirt off their driveway or porch or sidewalk. Noisy, polluting, and an absurd waste of petroleum.
Actually, leafblowers in general. Autumn used to be my favorite season, but no more.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)It still amazes me that people will stand in line for this. No coffee is really that good. I make excellent coffee at home for probably 25 cents.
GenThePerservering
(1,824 posts)the secret is to learn to make it at home.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)in the future are going to look at photos of themselves from today and say "Oh my God. Look at those ridiculous glasses I was wearing."
Emile
(22,788 posts)To me it looks like snot dripping from the nose.
Scottie Mom
(5,812 posts)Young people are so beautiful as they are. No need to colorize the skin.
GenThePerservering
(1,824 posts)not to "young people." A lot of guys, though, seem to be pretty clueless on figuring out what they're doing, though I've seen some pretty good ink on them, too - mostly nice sleeves.
3catwoman3
(24,006 posts)or ear gauges.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)wishstar
(5,270 posts)and they can permanently deform feet. Hard to believe otherwise intelligent people still wear them and the spikes are even more exaggerated than ever lately.