Modern trends that annoy you

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Following on from the modern dining trends that annoy you what general modern stuff annoys you?

Mine are:

People taking selfies in toilets

Being asked for my email address at a till

Wasteful plastic tat in the shops

Elf on the shelf
The massiveness of Halloween. Right on top of fireworks and Christmas I just feel overwhelmed by consumerism.
Hashtags.

Proseco, we had champagne and cava both really nice so why is proseco all over the place?

Sorry (am listening to R4 and getting my knickers in a twist) ! Just heard a man who has a company who do AI microchips for humans - you can wave your hand to open the door to the office, store data for your bank accounts, shopping data, etc! He said there was no downside they could think of! Imagine being mugged! He even compared it to how we tag our pets!
That's not even thinking about the abuses by big business timing loo breaks and worse for insurance payouts. I get that it's his company and he's trying to sell it, but he said people are voluntarily getting mico-chips put into their hands It's frankly moronic!
People literally won't open doors by themselves as a pp said up-thread.

people making stupid videos of their young children which go viral, i.e. children doing something stupid. Well, no wonder children are stupid when parents are twats.

Prosecco is Italian, Cava is Spanish, Champagne is French... it's not a trend, it's just cheaper and sweeter so has become popular

Being asked every time at the till if I want a co-op card even though I shop there every day and the answer has been no for the last five years.

The more I read this thread the better I feel, so many people who get irritated by the same things as me.

I quite like the individual false eyelashes. (I've only with en them once). The big brushes are awful though. I really hate them.

also shaving heads "for charity" because how else would you explain indulging yourself with a 'rebellious' haircut. Other things I could add - going for walks, running a marathon, having a tea party. all screams "me, me, me"

Being asked by all and sundry if they can call me by my first name. No, I don't actually know you. Just use Miss and my surname please.

Can I also add, bodyshop/Avon/younique etc etc Facebook groups, if I wanted any of that I would just go into a shop I don't need you messaging me and adding me to your pointless group and telling me how amazing that crappy hand cream is, and when you try to leave the group they just re add you and ask to if you want them to host a party at your house for all their shitty products. No thank you.

Talith sounds like you should probably get one and start saving some points!

That sensitivity seems so rampant these days. Offending anyone is seen as a crime.

I was at a staff meeting the other day and management was banging on about changing the golden rule to " don't treat others how you want to be treated, treat others how they want to be treated". If my eyeballs rolled any farther into my head they would have gotten stuck.

It all seems very controlling, narcissistic and trendy. Especially around gender.

Also 'raising awareness' of issues that we're not only 'aware' of but had rammed down our throats and we're all choking on!

That's no disrespect for the Conditions etc that they're referring to but more the ignorance that comes with thinking we're not 'aware' just the saying 'raising awareness' is a cliché that's overused

The trend for saying super in front of everything. "She is super nice". "That was super tasty". No need for it.

Vocal fry

• being precious about very minor things and expecting widespread sympathy...
• general usage of poor English IE "can I get?.." ...I think you meant "may I have."
• the constant, demoralising, omnipresent social media comparing game that's almost impossible to avoid.
• use of "I know, right" and "y'all" etc, ad nauseum, by people who aren't from the US. (mild intolerance there I admit!)

@Cautionsharpblade Vocal what?!

Lavish Easter boxes and Christmas Eve boxes, and not doing them meaning you are a mean, tight, joyless excuse for a parent.

Being told that it's not enough to respect someone's right to have a different view, you must also respect the view they hold.

Stoat basically women putting on a voice with the ‘valley girl’ California inflection.

Look up Kim Kardashian as an example!

Cyclists who think they own the pavement.

People who insist on everything they do being 'sponsored for charity'. your hobby is running Dave. Stop bombarding us with sponsorship forms for every race you enter.
Ditto raising money for charity by paying for you to have 'the experience of a lifetime, or your teenager to go and build a school somewhere. That money would be better spent paying local people to build it thereby giving them employment and helping the local economy. Not funding your over indulged teen for a 3 week jolly to take selfies of themselves 'doing charity'

Where to begin...

People who check in at hospitals and are like "sorry hun can't say" or "I'll pm you". Just attention seeking.

Everyday commentary of your activities on Facebook. Example "off to do the shop" then followed by "finally home from the shop".

Bump photos, especially those who post one everyday.

Drawn on eyebrows. Surely it's less effort to just have real ones.

Alot of things mentioned don't bother me: I don't mind SM, hashtags, phones or anything like that. Don't get selfies, contouring, big eyebrows, whatever but don't care if that's what people want to do.

However, not a big fan of all this craft ale that has weird flavours in it, I just like normal beer, don't want my beer to taste of chrysanthemums or whatever Kind of fed up of salted caramel and pumpkin spice everything, think it's a bit overdone. What else? It's really hard to buy a top that's not cropped or see through or has bits cut out of the sides it seems which isn't great for anyone not 14.

Oh and all the pp saying about being asked for email at the till; just say no and ask for just the paper receipt, they can't force you to hand over email contact details (that's what I do and it works fine).