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

I still fairly often fill up at a very rural pump where we are not allowed to fill up ourselves ! The woman who died this lives the job so do we ! Always the best gossips chats and I always tip which seems so unecessary and obligatory all at the same time. Feel like I’ve stepped back quite a few decades when there.

Does not died ! Good grief !

I’m sad about people who walk along the pavement glued to phone, whilst their baby/toddler is in a pushchair having no interaction from them whatsoever. Don’t they realise that children need conversation to stimulate them and develop their speech.

If you ever see me doing this with my toddler I'd be happy to let you know I've most likely just been to a soft play and/or park or both, plus all morning playing in the living room interacting with my offspring and now we need to get somewhere and I need to catch up on my 'correspondence'.

Identity politics - it’s stopped being a useful theoretical standpoint and started being an exercise in bourgeoise narcissism.
Contouring - it never looks natural.
The phrase ‘reach out’ in a business or social context, as in ‘I reached out to them to discuss advertising’

On the other hand I love the modern trend for jeans, flat shoes and boots, even when going out in the evening. When I was 18 you were supposed to dress like Paris Hilton for a night out. Although I dislike the pressure to wear heavy makeup, I do think the slightly grungy clothing trend for young girls these days is much nicer than what was considered fashionable in the early 2000s.

All young men look gay.
Beards
Tight jeans

Nobody looks where they are going when they're glued to the screen.

The coffee worship. Usually tastes like death and gives you dog breath. No matter what poncy name they give it.

Eyebrows. False eyelashes. False nails. Layers of make up. During a normal day.
God knows what they do to their faces on a night out.

Self-service tills.

Amazon and its packaging. Ironic really, given the name and yet the damage they're doing.

Give it a few years and all we'll have is Amazon.

Shag buddies, tinder, like turning human relationships into consumable disposable fast fucks fast fashion. Awful.

Air bnb. That's just odd.

If by ‘all young men look gay’ that means gay stereotypes have become blurred by reality - bring it on !!

I’m sad about people who walk along the pavement glued to phone, whilst their baby/toddler is in a pushchair having no interaction from them whatsoever. Don’t they realise that children need conversation to stimulate them and develop their speech.

Totally agree. It's ludicrous and unecessary. Many pretend they're catching up on terribly important emails when in fact they're all over Instagram. I hate it.

"I’m sad about people who walk along the pavement glued to phone, whilst their baby/toddler is in a pushchair having no interaction from them whatsoever. Don’t they realise that children need conversation to stimulate them and develop their speech."

This can only ever be a snapshot of a few minutes of this parent's day though surely? I agree that parents who don't even look up from their phone when their child is trying to interact with them fit example is sad (I've seen this on public transport a few times) but it's not fair to expect constant interaction from parents.

*for example

The wanky language that’s taking over. Such as, when a shop has “curated” this seasons collection. No, you went and bought it from your suppliers, you’re not a museum.

Artisanal anything. Just twat speak for handmade.

Fashion magazines that refer to a strong lip, or cropped trouser, or elegant shoe. It’s lips, trousers and shoes ffs. What the hell do they have against that s at the end of words?

@HesARealDouche - that's true enough, but I can't stand seeing people walking down the street staring into their phones anyway, so the fact there's pushing a child is even worse to me. Someone stepped out in front of my car last year because they were so engrossed in their phone, then glared at me for daring to be driving down the road. If I hadn't stopped in time and hit her child, I hate to think what would have happened. I just don't think it's necessary.

I’m sad about people who walk along the pavement glued to phone, whilst their baby/toddler is in a pushchair having no interaction from them whatsoever. Don’t they realise that children need conversation to stimulate them and develop their speech.

I ignore DD when I need her to go to sleep because if I so much as glance in her direction she will make it her business to stay awake.

I'm sure my parents benignly ignored me from time to time when I was a baby/child and absolutely no one was bothered by it. Nowadays not only are people bothered by it, they'll collectively take to the internet to lament about how sad it is.

I agree with everything so far (except stupid idea of teeth before the environmental ffs) and add

How people "celebrate" themselves - ie Fist pumps, and Squealing squeaking jumping up and down by adults.

"Feelings" in place of thoughts -" I felt she was being selfish" "that made me feel I'd never have a chance", "I just feel his behaviour is shit". Everything has become self referential.

Ooh and another thing.

Describing the behaviour of others as "controlling" when it's actually them stating a strong preference or making a request.

Music fucking everywhere. Whatever happened to silence?

pretend they're catching up on terribly important emails when in fact they're all over Instagram. I hate it.

Back to my post above this one....'correspondence' also includes a social media catch up. Parents are human...not parent cyborgs who cant't switch off from 'parenting' for the 12 hours their baby/toddler are awake. Parents needs adult time even if the baby is there right in front of them.

Thanks to the person below that said this can only ever be a snapshot of a few minutes of this parent's day though surely? of course it is.

Every parent with a toddler or baby in a pram looking at their phone never/rarely interacts with their child? Give me a break. Baby/toddler is tied down....adulting can commence.

I don't assume a person on the tube reading a newspaper only reads newspapers all day and doesn't interact with their colleagues, family and friends eye roll.

I'd be adding these comments to my own mumsnet thread on what annoys people about mumsnet posters.....I should have time as I can't seem to get off mumsnet to interact with my toddler.

Pretty much everything on this thread. Especially the rampant, out of control consumerism and commercialisation of every aspect of everything and all the pressure that comes with it.

Social media: is fuelling vanity, low self esteem and competitiveness yes, yes, yes with bells on. I really feel it's a cancer of our times and the root of a lot of the things on this thread because everything is about appearances these days so that people can post it on social media for 'likes' as this seems to be the only thing that gives them any validation to their existence. Likewise experiencing everything through the phone as they photo/film everything, just put the phone down and experience unfiltered real life.

Celebrities who happen to be mums writing books and telling us how to be perfect mums. No love, you are famous for being a singer/presenter/actress, infallible parenthood isn't what made you famous This boils my piss too! You're not the first woman in the world to get pregnant/give birth/be a mother and we frankly don't give a shit about your opinions on how the rest of us should be doing things because you've miraculously discovered a new 'better' way. Also how every celebrity who gives birth has a traumatic birth, no one seems to just have a straight forward one.

Yes to eyebrows/make up, skinny too tight trousers, tattoos covering everyone all over, beards as pets.

Also hate 'man buns', think they look fucking ridiculous and that weird hair men have which is shaved at the sides and back but long at the top and slicked back (looks a bit Nazi Germany to me) think it's horrible.

Lads with their hands down their grey joggers juggling their balls.

I could write a book on things that annoy me but by far the worst is mobile phones.

I have a mobile, I do use it but I don't feel the need to take it everywhere with me and be glued to it. I even, shock horror, sometimes go out without it!

Everywhere you go there are people glued to their phone. I am always have to dodge people walking because they are so busy looking at their phone they don't see me. Just why do you need to walk down the street looking at your phone? If I needed to make or read an urgent text I would stop walking in order to do so.

As for selfies!! Again everywhere you go people taking selfies, on the street, on the bus, on the train, on the tube, in the coffee shop. I went to a concert last week and the girl in front of me took about 30 selfies before the concert started. She then studied everyone in detail. I could see her gallery of photos and they were all of her. When the concert started she held her phone up the whole time and even turned her back to the stage a few times in order to take selfies. It really annoys me but I also find it sad that so many young people are obsessed with taking photos of themselves.

What shops are asking for email addresses? I have never been asked so not sure if it's because I look too old to have an email address or I just rarely shop anywhere other than a supermarket

Oh why did I read this thread, it's got me all riled up!

Op, never mind Xmas Eve boxes: right here on MN I've seen people discussing their 1st December boxes!.

'I know, right?' Sybil Fawlty did not find it necessary to add 'right' on the end, so why do you???

'Can I get...' Aaaaaargh NO! Unless you plan to leap over the counter and get it yourself.

And yes to those bloody advent calendars that have f all to do with advent and a lot to do with flogging beauty crap that nobody would normally buy. Even the cheap chocolate ones sometimes don't even make the effort to have anything Chrismas related on the box.

'Sourcing' things. What's wrong with buying?

Just remembered ! Been a thing for quite a long time now but I still think of it as new - when women are tearing up flapping there hands at their eyes as if fanning the tears dry. I actually really hate that. Even more so when no tearing up is occurring anyway. What has happened that women are wearing so much fake stuff around their eyes that they dare not just cry and actually touch their eyes ! Rant done

Their obvs

Self service checkouts. I only use them when I am feeling strong enough to grapple with them or actually wanting a challenge.
Phones are a menace. I’ve sat in a staff room with noone talking to each other because they are all on their phones.

Oh yes, everything that's been said! My particular gripes are the sudden fads which idiots think they have to follow to be in the know eg for food and drink, pulled pork, salted caramel, prosecco, gin, etc as if they've just been invented, and then there's the owl/pineapple/unicorn homeware tat which no doubt is all binned when the next trend comes along. I also despair at the way the English language is going downhill - the dreadful 'I was sat/stood ...' which I often hear on TV or radio too, from actual journalists; people using the word 'source' when they mean 'buy', and of course the American terms as mentioned above.

Ridiculously expensive adult advent calendars.

Gin/Prosecco craze.

Unicorns. Fuck off!!! And not just unicorn but Christmas unicorn decorations?!

People buying 7383928 bottles of Zoflora. Absolute madness. 🤷🏼‍♀️