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cricketazvk
09-27-2009, 09:15 PM
^^No prob! do it-educate others ;)

ArmySGT.
09-30-2009, 04:03 PM
Damn this Ed Hardy shit is killing my choices for a new tatoo.

I want a sleeve, all koi fish, orchids, and miyamoto musashi. Then it would have the constellation Libra (my sign) in ultra violet sprinkled about.

MindeeMounds
10-01-2009, 04:59 PM
I second the ugh on Uggs.


Why the hate for Uggs? I'm on my feet a lot, and there's nothing more comfortable to me at the end of the night to get out of my nurse shoes and into my Uggs!
XO
Mindee

erotictonic
10-01-2009, 11:42 PM
yea, piercings are cheesy at this point and so are tats..... lol

that's why i didn't get any

(i still shop at bebe tho, so flame me!) :D

Djoser
10-02-2009, 01:55 AM
Not a fan of most piercings at all, though I do like the belly button stuff. Some tattoos are cool but usually they are badly placed and poorly executed, if not downright visual butchery. Once in a while you will see some really, really good work. Mostly they are just a big fad, as are the piercings.

I cannot count the dancers I have met who wish they hadn't gotten what they'd gotten tattooed all over their breasts, backs, asses, etc, when they were 16 years old or even younger. Not that they don't want tattoos, just not what they got where they got it, when they were still too young to really think about the permanency of it all.

erotictonic
10-02-2009, 02:10 AM
Not a fan of most piercings at all, though I do like the belly button stuff. Some tattoos are cool but usually they are badly placed and poorly executed, if not downright visual butchery. Once in a while you will see some really, really good work. Mostly they are just a big fad, as are the piercings.

I cannot count the dancers I have met who wish they hadn't gotten what they'd gotten tattooed all over their breasts, backs, asses, etc, when they were 16 years old or even younger. Not that they don't want tattoos, just not what they got where they got it, when they were still too young to really think about the permanency of it all.

True. Hard to find a tat artist who can do what you want the way you want it..... it's twisted.

They're not serious about it.

Djoser
10-02-2009, 02:23 AM
Well most of it is 'flash', or tracing, basically. That unique, special tattoo that is supposed to make you such so rebellious and daring, such an individual, is the same goddamned design 10,000 other motherfuckers are running around with, out of the same book.

Though considering what some of these so-called 'artists' do freehand, you're usually better off with the flash. But then there's placement which is just as important--and in some cases more so.

Don't get me wrong, I have seen some magnificent tattoos, and I have several friends who really are Tattoo Artists. It's just that they are rare, and mostly it's very much a fad.

dreamer1980
10-02-2009, 11:30 AM
douchebags, guidos and metrosexuals :P

also, if you bought a Mac computer ONLY because everyone else has one and you want to be "cool" too :P

femmefatale88
10-03-2009, 09:36 PM
COLLAR POP. Seriously. Put a stop to collar pop, right now!!

I second the ugh on Uggs.

Oh, and the one-pant-leg-rolled-up thing is a gangster thing. It's supposed to indicate that you have a weapon near your ankle and you can access it easily. Most people who wear their pants like that don't actually have a weapon there, but they're trying to look like they do.

I third the hate on Uggs. They should be called Fuggs, short for Fugly.

ArmySGT.
10-06-2009, 09:18 AM
So I had two beers and some chicken wings at the Hooters in the Mall in Colorado springs.

My first live sighting of a Guido. He was painfully out of his element there with orange skin, spiked frosted hair, and a popped collar.

Apaarently they are a virus, and spreading.

princessjas
10-06-2009, 09:31 AM
Yessirrr.
http://x03.xanga.com/fadf4a4676c32255295293/w202997404.jpg
Bassist in a band with the red-head we posted earlier and the guy from my profile picture. /purrs
Although... he is wearing the same jacket I've got haning in my closet. :D

You can tell better in the earlier pic from the vile facial hair he's rocking.

I feel so old saying this....but I really thought that was a girl (I thought your avi was a girl too, till I just looked closer). The half-shaved head pic, I could tell he was a guy though, so maybe I'm only half-old!?! :rotfl:

mvivian
10-21-2009, 12:36 AM
I couldn't read through all of the posts in the thread, but the one pant leg up thing?
If it's the right pant leg, they may be riding around town on their bicycle. (Rolling up the right pant leg so you don't get your pants all greasy). Also, the skinny jeans came in part from the messengers/hipsters b/c the skinny legs don't get caught in the drivetrain & don't need to be rolled up.
If it's the left pant leg, they're just poseurs.

If I'm rolling around town doing errands, I don't bother to roll down my pant leg. Fuck it. I'm just going into the bank, grocery store, drg store & then just getting back on my bike.

Other trend that need to die:
Overpaid desk jockeys masquerading as bummie hipster messenger blue collar boys. There's nothing wrong with wearing a white collar to work (likewise, there's nothing wrong with getting a little grease under your fingernails when you work).

People who never were into cycling who now all of a sudden have a fancy arsed fixie (that they probably ride w/o a brake b/c they think they're too cool for school).

Straight women who think it's a fucking privilege for gay guys to hang out with them. Straight women who think that they are owed at birth their very own little gay boy as an accessory. Christ, they are people not accessories.

The Jager-bombing "New Haircut" boys who think that I should pee my pants in excitement when they hit on me.

Shirts or dresses that have an embroidered or otherwise embellished collar that doesn't wrap all the way around the garment. WTF? It looks so tacky only to have the embellishment on half of the garment & to have the cut-off between the two places so obviously marked.

Rhinestones. Tacky if worn OTC. Even still slightly dubious about club usage of rhinestones.

W/r/t tattoos, I have only one (1" square, roughly), but it was a big deal. I know the artist & the piece I got is a simple piece that several other friends have as well. I thought about where I was going to get it on my body & I personally know & respect the artist who inked me.
People who just go out and get tattoos? On a whim? From that one place you passed by once on your way to the club? When you were drunk? A design you just picked out off the wall? From some tattoo artist you don't know & wouldn't even recognize if you ran into them at the market?
Fucking amateurs.

I don't really have a problem with fanny packs. Bike messengers started using them years back because it's a good place to keep your manifest, a pen, map, and cell phone when you're riding around town making deliveries. I do have problems when non-messengers start wearing them but they aren't (wo)man enough to cop to the fact that they are wearing a fanny pack and call them "hip packs" instead. If you are (wo)man enough to wear a fanny pack, you are (wo)man enough to call it what it really is.

People who use Jesus as an excuse to point fingers at and exclude the poor, the downtrodden, the people living on the fringes of society. Jesus was a fucking hippy. He wore proto-Birkenstock sandals, he wandered the desert for 40 days, his real dad was not his biological dad (if we believe what the bible said), he hung out with bummies and prostitutes, he preached about turning the other cheek & donating all your money to charity.
I don't think that Jesus died on the cross so you could drive a biggity car and look down on people who aren't in your socioeconomic class.

Hollister brand clothing. I can only ever thing about the city Hollister. What a shithole.

mvivian
10-21-2009, 01:36 AM
I forgot:
People who get their teeth bleached blindingly white. A little work is ok, but I shouldn't need shades when you crack a grin.

Those mini shopping carts for little kids that are at some grocery stores. Seriously? Whoever thought of that idea should be fired. Little kids with .03s attention span and no sense of space w/ grocery carts? At 530pm when every body is getting off work & is hungry? Fail! (And seriously, do we really need more opportunities to teach our kids how to shop?)
And no, I don't hate kids, I'm just hungry.

People who call everyone "crazy".
No. I know crazy people. People who have notes from the doctor. Certifiable crazy people.
Don't call people crazy just because they don't do what you think is normal. Thank you.

Uhm, Crocs, Uggs, Birkenstocks (do people still wear these), Danskos? I think of them as birth control for my feet. No matter how good the rest of me looks, a guy takes one look at me feet in these & I won't be gettin' none.
But the Danskos when I'm working at the day job & around the house and in the shop? Awesomely comfortable.

mvivian
10-21-2009, 02:17 AM
Last one for tonight, I swear:
Joking about rape.
It's not funny.

Thank you. Good night.

Laurisa
10-21-2009, 08:42 AM
How about pregnant women thinking it is okay to wear shirts they wore BEFORE they got pregnant, even though they look like part of the wardrobe from a 1998 Britney Spears concert?

I will never be one of those pregnant women.

erotictonic
10-21-2009, 02:19 PM
Being bi and displaying it flamboyantly in public (Marilyn Manson shit).

Being a hardcore gamer who has no life, is bi (usually), and is utterly clueless when it comes to anything irl, because he's been sponging off mommy for 30 years, and he acts more like a 12 year old

Trying to annoy people on the net by saying sexual things they will find "shocking", such as "I just jizzed on my keyboard". It's not shocking and never was. It's just stupid 12 year old shit.

Hardcore wow players who completely live the lifestyle as if it were a cult - they get on my nerves in a big way because they are so cookie-cutter in thought and actions.

Buying anything just cos your friends did or you saw a cute commercial. (Nvidia video cards, for example)

Hardcore fans who are sold on anything and close-minded about it.

Mac computers (cheesy)

Ipods

Calling friends "ho" and "pimp" (cheesy)

The pimp/ho lifestyle (cheesy)

Wanna-be's of any kind (people who try to talk the talk, but have no idea what it means to really be what they are emulating)

Trying too hard to be "interesting" and/or "hard-edged", such as some goth and tatoo'ed people, and people who have myspace pages full of stuff showing how "interesting" they are, when they are really doing nothing with their lives to be productive (more like wanna-be's)

40 year olds who emulate the actions of those in younger gens just to try to be "cool"

Reality shows and stars who made it through reality shows

Talentless rappers who have the iq of a pencil

Preppy-types who think their shit doesn't stink, particularly from North Carolina (such as Tucker Max) /gags, I had to grow up amongst them (more of a trend than a fad).

Playing too much Kings of Leon on the radio....lol.

Little wanna-be thugs who dress the part, have no manners, and are clueless.

Being linked to your high school friends on Facebook, and then trying to show them all how "great" you are doing.


Stuff that isn't faddish, but just pet peeves:

Women who are too uptight and complicated and have to have everything their way (even tho i am one of them, lol, some of them are so uptight i end up running the other way and avoiding them)

Women who group up to act catty and ransack one new chick or someone they don't like - it's just tacky and ridiculous.

Two women are friends, one has a bitch fit about something utterly irrational and ridiculous, and then they aren't speaking to one another....

Women from older gens - some of them are so irrational, close-minded, gossipy, catty, and know-it-all, when they are utterly clueless

People who make goals for themselves and then judge the rest of the world by them.

Simple folks who only take things at face value and can't learn anything from what they are told or what they've experienced.

People who can't just say, "I do this because I want to," but they have to make up 101 excuses and rationalities for doing something they really somewhere deep-down don't approve of, such as cheating or drinking, or whatever

People who fool themselves into believing anything, such as that they are in a good relationship, they aren't eating too much, etc. etc.

People who are not self-defined, so they believe they are something they are not (such as a hard-worker, smart, giving, etc.)

Religious people who believe if you don't follow their religion, you will not make it into heaven. What am I supposed to do, flip a coin to see which one I am gonna follow and just hope they are the ones that are right?

WASPy areas, and areas that inhabit mostly white rednecks, or mostly one of any type of ethnicity, for that matter - not enough diversity in thought, not enough to do, and boring places to be.

The Southern United States, in general

Know-it-alls, people who think they know it all and you need to learn from them; they know better than you what you need.

Hypocrits who say one thing and do another.

Flakey real-estate types who are complete dirtbag liars, but prance around like their shit doesn't stink.

People who have it good but have no idea of this, because they have always had it good, so they bitch and complain about things that others only wish they could bitch about.

Dumbass people who park in driveways to parking lots and then you are in a hurry to get out, but you have to wait 20 min. because some idiot is taking a shit or something

Police who don't ticket and couldn't care less; they want to just end the episode but do nothing to prevent the problem, so the ahole who broke the law has no reason not to do it again.

People who hold up lines in grocery stores,etc. because they are trying to "get one over on" the cashier, get something for free. I'd like to smack the shit out of them.

Rude homeless people who call people a "bitch" or whatnot just for kicks, or because you won't give them any money and they had a bad day.

People who are looking to point the finger and not take accountability for their part.

People on Facebook who, at 40, still adhere to the pecking orders they went by in high school. Common for southern states. /gags

People who scream and bitch about the economy and losing their homes, when they are the assholes who bought the home when they couldn't afford it in the first place.

Elderly people who are hanging on to homes they can barely afford, while they are working their asses off to be there to the point of becoming diseased. (All because they believe living in this neighborhood is "the thing to do"). Give it up already.

Elderly people who live in huge homes alone and spend all their energies keeping it up, just because they don't want to give it up and do something more practical, where they can actually live and do something new and interesting instead of house-cleaning and gardening.

People who just pop out kids, but have no fucking idea how to parent or what it means to be a good parent, yet claim they are good parents. I'd like to smack them, too. If you and your wife divorced and the kids are in a single-parent home, no, you aren't a damn good parent. Even doing the best you can in that scenario will still make their lives and futures difficult. Get used to it. You fucked up. If you are an overeater or an alcoholic or a druggie, a skirt-chaser, a cheater, liar, etc., anything that isn't setting a good example for your kids, no, YOU SUCK as a parent. Accept it and stop fooling yourself. The ones who will have to pay will be your kids. Quit being a selfish prick and make your kids the top priority.

erotictonic
10-21-2009, 03:25 PM
Hollister brand clothing. I can only ever thing about the city Hollister. What a shithole.

LMAO. I wear this stuff sometimes. I think I have like 3 pairs of their jeans, 3 halters and a long-sleeve shirt and jacket. Never been to Hollister though.....

but they have some awesome sales. I think I got the shirts for under $9 each and the jeans were like $20-40 a pair.

No one please say bebe, it's my favorite store..... lol.

mvivian
10-21-2009, 04:30 PM
Rude homeless people who call people a "bitch" or whatnot just for kicks, or because you won't give them any money and they had a bad day.

True story: I was the first person to arrive at my day job downtown. There's a bag lady in our stopp and she asks me for a dollar. I honestly didn't have a dollar, but I had some change so I tell her "I don't have a dollar, but here's all my change".

The lady takes it and full on throws it back in my face. "I asked for a dollar!"

I was more bummed than pissed.

erotictonic
10-21-2009, 05:09 PM
True story: I was the first person to arrive at my day job downtown. There's a bag lady in our stopp and she asks me for a dollar. I honestly didn't have a dollar, but I had some change so I tell her "I don't have a dollar, but here's all my change".

The lady takes it and full on throws it back in my face. "I asked for a dollar!"

I was more bummed than pissed.


LOL. Now that's funny.

My story: I came out of CVS, with not a cent in my pocket, (I only had a Visa check card). It was Easter Day. This black guy dressed in a suit comes right up to me, so I can't ignore him, I guess, and says, "Got any change?", and I said, "no", and he yelled, "you cold bitch!" right in my face. I swear, I almost rammed my cart into him, but I jumped back and just stood there and stared him down as he walked away, and he just went down the street. Some other people in the parking lot heard him and they were yelling stuff at him, like, "Did I hear you say 'bitch'?"..... and then I just went my own way.

Yea, it freaked me out a bit, I had only just moved to the east bay. I ranted a bit about it but I got over it.

GlitterBexie
10-22-2009, 11:46 AM
I am guilty of Uggs (they're just soooo comfortable!) and crazy acrylics in daft colours Im currently sporting white/pink/black stripy numbers with rhinestones...they are also glittery! haha i wrote that and thought ewww i sound gross!)

...

The child prostitute look, i recently saw a seven year old in denim mini, pink uggs with a t-shirt emblazoned with ''I love my attitude problem!'' she asked me if i could mind her mobile phone because she'd forgotten it wasw in her coat pocket and brought it to school...what seven year old needs a phone COMBINED with the lipgloss, hairdo and acrylics, yes, she was wearing acrylics! (Apparently her Mother is a nail tecnician...surely yoiu wouldn't practice on your daughter, having said that, her Mother was all of twenty years old so maybe it made sense? (Im NOT having a pop at people who have their children young, but after talking to this particular young woman...she shouldnt have been allowed to have children in the first place!!)

I dont kno if this is stictly UK or what, but Chavs playing loud annoying music from their mobile phone on public transport...sorry i DO NOT share your taste and i DO NOT want to listen to Happy hardcore mixed with drum and bass with a bad MC talking away over the top!!

People who slate strippers, but then go to pole dancing lessons coz its ''Soooo much fun''!! Im not a stripper (YET! Am looking about for a suitable club!!) But i do go to pole dance/fitness classes...and some of the girls absolutly infuriate me talking about how theyd NEVER strip, sooo demeaning blah blah blah, And im thinking, ''Ive seen what you wear for nights out, I've seen your wannabe plastic shoes, Just because you know nobody WANTS to see that, don't knock it!!''

Guyliner...on a bad emo/goth boy...
The faux-hawk...


I probably have more...

J.D.
10-22-2009, 12:20 PM
I am guilty of Uggs (they're just soooo comfortable!) and crazy acrylics in daft colours Im currently sporting white/pink/black stripy numbers with rhinestones...they are also glittery! haha i wrote that and thought ewww i sound gross!)

...

The child prostitute look, i recently saw a seven year old in denim mini, pink uggs with a t-shirt emblazoned with ''I love my attitude problem!'' she asked me if i could mind her mobile phone because she'd forgotten it wasw in her coat pocket and brought it to school...what seven year old needs a phone COMBINED with the lipgloss, hairdo and acrylics, yes, she was wearing acrylics! (Apparently her Mother is a nail tecnician...surely yoiu wouldn't practice on your daughter, having said that, her Mother was all of twenty years old so maybe it made sense? (Im NOT having a pop at people who have their children young, but after talking to this particular young woman...she shouldnt have been allowed to have children in the first place!!)

I dont kno if this is stictly UK or what, but Chavs playing loud annoying music from their mobile phone on public transport...sorry i DO NOT share your taste and i DO NOT want to listen to Happy hardcore mixed with drum and bass with a bad MC talking away over the top!!

People who slate strippers, but then go to pole dancing lessons coz its ''Soooo much fun''!! Im not a stripper (YET! Am looking about for a suitable club!!) But i do go to pole dance/fitness classes...and some of the girls absolutly infuriate me talking about how theyd NEVER strip, sooo demeaning blah blah blah, And im thinking, ''Ive seen what you wear for nights out, I've seen your wannabe plastic shoes, Just because you know nobody WANTS to see that, don't knock it!!''

Guyliner...on a bad emo/goth boy...
The faux-hawk...


I probably have more...

Thank you a thousand times! I want to take a pole class JUST so I can run into some girl talking shit like that! I would put her in her place in less than five minutes!

GlitterBexie
10-22-2009, 02:39 PM
^^^Thank you and you're welcome!! :D It gets right on my nerves coz these girls have NO idea of what it would actually take to strip! (On the plus side Ive just got back from my pole class and am made up with myself coz i managed a cross knee release! Lol ..baby steps!) I would love to see some of these girls put in their place, the vast majority are doing it for fun and fitness and i keep my stripper dreams to myself for the most part coz its easier!! Plus, having seen some of them during a 'pole dance with heels' class, it was an EPIC fail! Oh how i laughed!!

Fad...The thong above the pant/trouser line...there are girls over here STILL rocking this look for daywear, most of them have not got underwear that i want to see!
x x

hot4ablackchick
10-27-2009, 12:56 AM
I'll agree with the orange tan look. Gross.

Breast implants/Lipo for anyone under 18.

Tons of facial piercings. You shouldn't look like you'll die if you cross paths with a microwave.

Super uber painted on looking skinny jeans. Especially skinny jeans on non skinny people.

Girls coming into SC's to dance and make out with each other. Especially when they jump on the stage and refuse to show anything.

Ridiculous overly fake looking wigs/extensions.

Any shirt covered in glitter/rhinestones or any sort of "bling", especially on men.

The big 'shirts' that look like dresses that men are wearing. What a stupid ignorant way to walk about town.

Any sort of ghetto or "hood" like behavior by people who did not grow up in the hood and know nothing of "ghetto life" regardless of race. If you are from the suburbs or better yet driving over to the hood to hang out and be "gangsta" you should kill yourself.

Anyone who uses the term 'wigger,' 'albino nigger,' 'white nigger,' and so on. If you seriously think this is cool and OK then I will laugh when you use this term and a disgruntled black punches you in the throat. White people and every other non black race are perfectly capable of of being ghetto and the connection that ghettoness is any way related to blacks (as the word 'nigger' is ) just needs to die. Yes a lot of people I know are fake ass gangstas, but there are some seriously 'hard' white guys I know that grew up in the ghetto with ghettofied parents and could kick most of the so called "gangsta" black guys asses. I can't stand glorification of any kind of 'ghetto' lifestyle and find it to be really ignorant, but I was not raised in the ghetto and sure as hell don't have any ghetto family members let alone parents. If I had, maybe I would've turned out differently.

erotictonic
10-27-2009, 01:43 AM
Any sort of ghetto or "hood" like behavior by people who did not grow up in the hood and know nothing of "ghetto life" regardless of race. If you are from the suburbs or better yet driving over to the hood to hang out and be "gangsta" you should kill yourself.



Gawd, agreed. I am so tired of seeing people who are clueless as to what it's actually all about, emulating pimps and gangsters. I can't believe some little punkass would be hanging out in the hood. Now that's asking for it.

Some of it's funny as hell to watch, tho.

Corey
11-11-2009, 11:58 AM
To Erotictonic and her long post about the people she can't stand:

I totally feel you about elderly people living in huge houses without a cleaning/gardening support. My parents took an early retirement. Although they were younger than most when they retired 6 years ago, they have aged kinda rapidly. They retired in Vegas, yet they don't smoke. drink, gamble and although my dad is social, he is full of himself. My mom has never been that social.

My dad wanted some sort of part time job. I guess he couldn't find one so he got fat and depressed. So, my mom ends up doing all the cleaning and gardening. And she is tiny!! She doesn't trust people much and although they have $$, they complain that they can't afford help. (she just doesn't trust people she doesn't know in the house).

This house is so effing huge, that I feel like it would be easier to text my parents if they are on the other end of the house. At least I get a bit of a work out going from one end to the other:-\.

I'm the oldest and my little bro lives near them, but has a family w/ small children and travels for a living, so I know I may be the one who ends up moving to Vegas (yuck) to clean their mess of a castle and take care of them.

Btw, my bro and my sis in law are great parents. I'm so proud of them.

Damn, sorry about threadjack, ET just hit a nerve. I also get some of the other things she hates as well, but I don't want to make this post any longer.

daniella_maria
11-15-2009, 06:11 PM
80's fashion. I thought it was ugly the first time around too.

Djoser
11-23-2009, 04:22 AM
Bodybuilding.

Came in strong during the 90's, especially in Daytona where that shit was big already.

Finally toning down a bit, but the current mania for 6 packs and MMA is sort of keeping it alive.

I know women who go gaga over these guys but they are at best laughable to me, I've been around too many of them in the gyms and the clubs for way too long. Overcompensation. I actually tend to back off women who I see fawning over guys like this, which was half of Daytona for a while there lol.

hot4ablackchick
11-23-2009, 01:38 PM
^^^ Yes! ^^ Its one thing to be fit and in shape, but there comes a point where you just look ridiculous. Muscles look nice but there comes a point when it becomes disgusting. I love big boobs, but there is a point when boobs become gross. I am not one of those girls who goes gaga for these guys. I've seen some otherwise attractive guys ruin themselves with overy big grotesque muscles. I really couldn't be with someone who needed to spend that much time in the gym anyway.

celticbhoy
11-23-2009, 02:25 PM
Affliction, Tapout, "MMA" clothing.

The majority of people who wear it are arrogant douche bags that try to come across as "alpha":banghead:

Oh, and throw in some Ed Hardy for good measure.

dreamer1980
11-25-2009, 11:06 PM
Bodybuilding.

Came in strong during the 90's, especially in Daytona where that shit was big already.

Finally toning down a bit, but the current mania for 6 packs and MMA is sort of keeping it alive.

I know women who go gaga over these guys but they are at best laughable to me, I've been around too many of them in the gyms and the clubs for way too long. Overcompensation. I actually tend to back off women who I see fawning over guys like this, which was half of Daytona for a while there lol.im thinking lots of these guys are on some sort of steroid or testosterone enhancer. wouldnt you say so? seems like everyone wants results YESTERDAY and will ingest anything to get big. im glad i go to the gym later in the evening when there are not too many douchebags loitering around.

Kimbre
11-26-2009, 10:36 PM
This isn't really a fad, but it kind of is. Everyone is into this green thing, and I can kinda get behind that, but what bothers me is when people tell me how bad smoking is for my health and the environment, and then they get in their POS cars and stink up the whole neighborhood with their non-emissions efficient vehicles. I can stand in my garage with the door closed and smoke a cigarette and live. I'd like to see them try that with their cars running. Start walking or biking to work, and then you can talk to me about the environment and the effect my smoking is having on it.

I also don't believe I've ever bothered investing in a custom ringtone for my cell phone. I'm not that attached to my phone. It really bothers me that people have to have their ringer on the loudest volume possible because they've got <insert random song title here> as their ringtone. Like, did you buy that for me? Or was that for your own personal enjoyment? The other day I saw a lady who was easily plus sized, and she was probably old enough to be my grandmother. On her ringtone was that song about "Applebottom Jeans." I had to do a double take, but it was this older lady rockin' that on her phone as loud as could be. What's up with THAT?

Djoser
11-26-2009, 10:47 PM
^^;D^^

At the ringtones. You gotta point about ciggies vs. auto emissions, as well.


im thinking lots of these guys are on some sort of steroid or testosterone enhancer. wouldnt you say so? seems like everyone wants results YESTERDAY and will ingest anything to get big. im glad i go to the gym later in the evening when there are not too many douchebags loitering around.

I don't know, but all these endless ads with these genetically mutated six-packs always say you can get that way in two weeks, without working out or presumably straining yourself. There ain't no way to do that without steroids, and from what I've been told, the steroids are much more effective if you workout while taking them.

luckischalk
11-28-2009, 11:24 AM
Crocs, I despise them. I don't care if they are comfortable, unless you're a nurse or a doctor you should not wear these ugly things. I'm sorry if anyone has these, I just feel very strongly about them :). My poor niece even wears them.

J.D.
11-28-2009, 11:46 AM
^^^^^ My mom bought me and my sister pairs last year, with little scooby doo shoe charms on them. I was like, is this a joke?

J.D.
11-28-2009, 11:52 AM
This isn't really a fad, but it kind of is. Everyone is into this green thing, and I can kinda get behind that, but what bothers me is when people tell me how bad smoking is for my health and the environment, and then they get in their POS cars and stink up the whole neighborhood with their non-emissions efficient vehicles. I can stand in my garage with the door closed and smoke a cigarette and live. I'd like to see them try that with their cars running. Start walking or biking to work, and then you can talk to me about the environment and the effect my smoking is having on it.

I also don't believe I've ever bothered investing in a custom ringtone for my cell phone. I'm not that attached to my phone. It really bothers me that people have to have their ringer on the loudest volume possible because they've got <insert random song title here> as their ringtone. Like, did you buy that for me? Or was that for your own personal enjoyment? The other day I saw a lady who was easily plus sized, and she was probably old enough to be my grandmother. On her ringtone was that song about "Applebottom Jeans." I had to do a double take, but it was this older lady rockin' that on her phone as loud as could be. What's up with THAT?

I so feel you on the cigarettes. I smoked at LEAST a pack a day for four years, I quit January 2 of this year, but I would be at a Starbucks outside smoking, and people would blatantly cough and make comments like, "Oh that is so rude, doesn't she realize it's bad for our health too!" I'm like Bitch, I'm OUTSIDE, I would so be more worried about other things in our air besides a little second hand smoke! If you don't like it, walk a few steps away! I don't get how so many cities (Calabasas in California for one) are now "smoke free" meaning you can only smoke inside your home, not even outside anymore. I just don't understand this.

HelloJ
11-28-2009, 03:17 PM
Wow erotictonic, that's a very long list, and I agree with just about all of it. /endthread after her post haha! I also agree a lot with hot4ablackchick.

Will
12-02-2009, 07:28 AM
Bodybuilding.

Came in strong during the 90's, especially in Daytona where that shit was big already.

Finally toning down a bit, but the current mania for 6 packs and MMA is sort of keeping it alive.

I know women who go gaga over these guys but they are at best laughable to me, I've been around too many of them in the gyms and the clubs for way too long. Overcompensation. I actually tend to back off women who I see fawning over guys like this, which was half of Daytona for a while there lol.

Bodybuilding as both a sub culture and sport is a fraction of what it was in the 70s-90s as the steroid thing was not general public knowledge. The big juiced up look is out, and the Mens Health model look in. I'm assuming you don't mean anyone who lifts weights = bodybuilder. The big bloated look is no longer the "in" look as it was back in the day.

The non drug tested shows have shrank way down, while the "natural" shows have grown.

Mr Hyde
12-02-2009, 09:44 AM
I so feel you on the cigarettes. I smoked at LEAST a pack a day for four years, I quit January 2 of this year, but I would be at a Starbucks outside smoking, and people would blatantly cough and make comments like, "Oh that is so rude, doesn't she realize it's bad for our health too!" I'm like Bitch, I'm OUTSIDE, I would so be more worried about other things in our air besides a little second hand smoke! If you don't like it, walk a few steps away! I don't get how so many cities (Calabasas in California for one) are now "smoke free" meaning you can only smoke inside your home, not even outside anymore. I just don't understand this.

I can understand the feeling of other people looking down on you something that is not their business...but ever since I watched my mom suffer for 7 years and die a painful, struggling, suffocating death from COPD as a result of smoking, I can't help but be an anti-smoker. I never walk around telling people that I don't know that it's unhealthy, but I will say it on here.

It's bad for you. So bad. I wish I could show everyone I know that smokes what my 65 year old mom was like as she lay in bed gasping for every breath. It was agonizing for me and torture for her.

I'm not going to moralize on it as I think that's BS but after watching my mom die from smoking I can't help but let people know when a smoking discussion comes up.

Djoser
12-03-2009, 11:53 PM
Bodybuilding as both a sub culture and sport is a fraction of what it was in the 70s-90s as the steroid thing was not general public knowledge. The big juiced up look is out, and the Mens Health model look in. I'm assuming you don't mean anyone who lifts weights = bodybuilder. The big bloated look is no longer the "in" look as it was back in the day.

The non drug tested shows have shrank way down, while the "natural" shows have grown.

Point taken. I was a little annoyed at the meathead troll invasion at the time. Hell I've been working out for years, some people might accuse me of being one I suppose. But yeah thank god the steroid look is finally passing on.