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

It's seems a very recent one.
People who ask for birthday donations to a given charity over FB. I'm sure it's well meaning, but I'm putting it on a par with people who run for charity and pester people for donations.
It's all very show-offy.

People who keep telling you they are vegan,, and keep saying so on Facebook,in very large letters. some times showing a plate of shit vegan food,and then following the vegan photo,they post a couple of photo's, showing pigs,or cows being driven in a lorry,to be slaughtered.Then to end the posting, they say in large letters
All join me please,and don't ever eat meat..

Donut walls
Affiliated links that are 'just stuff I like as opposed to stuff I have bought and paid for'
Christmas boxes
Insta speak
Christmas jumpers
Easter trees

People who ask for birthday donations to a given charity over FB.

On my birthday recently FB asked me which charity I wanted donations for. I didn't, I was doing my own fundraising for a good cause at the time, but that's why the sudden prevalence.

Crumbs, some really ragey people on this thread!

Teenage boys in tracksuits on bikes thinking they are all gangsters & posting pictures with one hand down there pants & the other hand looking like they are learning to count

This really made me laugh

The sheer insincerity of people nowadays, usually seen through the prism on social media. Eg. People who post "Happy birthday to my absolute world you are the most amazing best friend" etc etc and then he same poster does it about three people a week.

People who post photos of themselves and caption it "Maldives" or something else which is not visible or apparent from the photo, it's just a selfie of you.

Snapchat filters on adults.

Toilet selfies.

Selfies in general.

People who eat on public transport.

People who have loud conversations on their mobile phones on public transport.

The obsession with photographing every experience, and recording everything you do every day on social media.

Smartphones .One of worst things to ever happen to mankind .

Schnubbins that made me laugh. On a recent Doctor's visit, my 79 year old Dad was asked if he was online, he retorted "the internet has caused the demise of Western civilisation". The Doc said, I'll take that as a no. Don't agree with him cause I like my Mumsnet and convenience too much but can see his point

That weird whiney way many women and teenage girls say "thank you" can't write it but it's a slightly American babyish whinge, the ooh sound in you becomes an eew.

Right at this moment, noisy fecking leaf blowers. Just use a rake FFS!

And most of the above. Especially everything having to be "amazing".

@middlingmum I hope you don't say that to poor retail staff who really don't give a shit whether you give your email or not but are on minimum wage and get told they have to ask and just want an easy day without people like you with your 'witty' comments

Contouring, a lot of girls forget to blend and have massive brown lines on their faces 🤦🏻‍♀️

Can I add weird highlighting too Sparkling? shiny, thick streaks that look like ...um... shiny thick streaks? Learn to blend people.

The word myself 😡

Myself ! Yes yes yes - plus, almost always, when used incorrectly, it’s an attempt by user to be speaking/writing correctly. I always think that’s a cruel irony.

That was for thanossavedmyself’

Fake tan, you look like you’ve just chosen a shade from the Ronseal shade chart. No one ever turned that colour naturally
Drag queen makeup
Men in skinny trousers, pointy shoes and knobhead necklines
Clutching disposable coffee cups or water bottles in the street
Wandering aimlessly while looking at your phone
Stupidly loud exhausts
Stupidly loud music blasting out of cars
Taking photos of food, just eat it you idiot
Tattoos, have one, ok, but lots of random tattoos make you look like a graffitied bus shelter

What is all this recent "wait..." at the beginning of a sentence? So annoying.

Thanks @HeronLanyon. I’m glad it’s not just me (not myself!)

People whining on mumsnet about all the people who are beneath them.

@Winnie, how do you convert 'modern trends that annoy you' responses to that??? There's always one ffs......

People whining on mumsnet about all the people who are beneath them.

Yeah, those vegans piss me off too.

The whole engagement thing. A group of women I used to work with were all desperate to get engaged. Told their partners in no uncertain terms what ring they needed to buy and set the expectation that the proposal must be like some romantic film and then sat around waiting to be “surprised”. You’re grown ups FFS and most people live together for years. If you want to get married just have an adult conversation about it. And it’s about being married not spending thousands on the engagement photo shoot, the 3 hen weekends and the ridiculously overpriced wedding. Ah feeling better now!

Notso

Think yee

Cheerful old songs like You’re the one that I want, being re-recorded as some tuneless, depressing dirge.

Bags on wheels. Yes I understand when they are heavy, but honestly sometimes the bag is the same size as a toddlers lunchbox and they still insist on putting the damn thing down just as soon as they get off the train/escalator.

People walking towards me with their head down looking at their phone. I will stop to avoid you, I will not move out of your way though, if you walk into me, please don’t look at me like it’s my fault.

I’m sure there are many more.