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Things you don't get why they are popular?

315 replies

FunkyTime · 22/02/2020 22:18

I will start

Dubai
Magaluf

Why do people in numbers go there?

OP posts:
ArtieFufkinPolymerRecords · 22/02/2020 22:54

thongs for 4 year old girls

Sorry have I missed something - are these actually popular?

slippermaiden · 22/02/2020 22:54

Salted caramel!

Atthebottomofthegarden · 22/02/2020 22:56

Yes yes salted caramel! I like caramel, keep the salt away from it please!

gingeristhenewblack43 · 22/02/2020 22:56

Tea 🤮 I last had a cup in Nov 2000 because I had had bad news and a colleague made me a cup. Probs hadn't drank it for 10+ years before that. Vile stuff!

SoftBlocks · 22/02/2020 22:56

Salt water sandals absolutely.

Ladiva1971 · 22/02/2020 22:57

Avocados
False lashes and brows
All reality Tv shows and the z list celebs in them
People defining themselves as non binary, pansexual and gender fluid...…….

bluebluezoo · 22/02/2020 22:57

The people mentioning Dubai, have you ever been?

No. I’m not going anywhere with such a shit human rights record. And i honestly don’t understand why people ok about staying in hotels that people have died building, and slavery still exists.

You can overlook that if you get a nice holiday though?

TinyTimsCrutch · 22/02/2020 22:58

Nandos, it’s just chicken! And not even nice chicken

Sallycinammonbangsthedruminthe · 22/02/2020 22:58

they are in my daughters school...and at swimming class...I see them and no just no@ArtieFufkinPolymerRecords

flopsytheflatcat · 22/02/2020 22:59

Disney
Spa days
False eyebrows/lashes/nails etc
Gin
Prosecco
Massive cars
Reality TV
Tabloids
The Daily Mail
Phil and Holly
Facebook
Instagram

TrainspottingWelsh · 22/02/2020 23:00

Agree on the docs, I love them and I've worn them continually for decades, I don't understand why they're suddenly so popular with adults that have never been into them before. It just pushes the price up and the quality down. Same for hunters.

Ed Sheeran

Wanky kitchen must haves. Nutri bullets, one pots, coffee machines for pods etc. They're like primary school fads for grown ups.

Gel nails and other time consuming beauty activities.

Veganism and being gluten/ dairy free. Perfectly acceptable but it's beyond me why every third person has suddenly taken them up.

Kale, rice cakes, low carbing and other unappetising dietary fashions.

Menaimum · 22/02/2020 23:03

Wall decals (live, laugh, etc.)
Long fingernails (how much shit are you hoarding?)
Benefit TV
Cop TV
Scripted reality TV (e.g.: the K family)
Grey baby clothes
Gendered brains (not real)
Ochre (decor) accents

This is not an exhaustive list

PrincessHoneysuckle · 22/02/2020 23:06

Camping.
Centre Parcs.
Prosecco.

managedmis · 22/02/2020 23:06

Crisps
Tea
Unicorns
Tattoos
Piercings

confusedandemployed · 22/02/2020 23:06

Boden
Cos
Joules

Ant and Dec
Any reality TV
Mrs Brown's Boys

4x4s in urban areas
Fevertree tonic

Notso · 22/02/2020 23:07

So much stuff!!
Pyjamas,
Seafood,
KFC,
Subway,
True crime programmes,
Scented candles,
Sliced bread,
Cat cafes,
Taking your dog to a shopping centre,
Smoothies,
Resort holidays,
Chicken nuggets,,
Fake tan,

SanFrancisco49er · 22/02/2020 23:08

Coffee
Tea
Gin
Avocados
Girls nights/days out
Dogs
Cheese

Skyejuly · 22/02/2020 23:10

Alexa

BookMeOnTheSudExpress · 22/02/2020 23:10

Hush
Saltwater
Jo Malone
Mint Velvet
Doublewear-
Caterpillar eyebrows
99.9% of Netflix series that people on here rave about that I think "oh, must be good" and turn off after 10 minutes
Friends TV series
Leather trousers/leggings

JiltedJohnsJulie · 22/02/2020 23:11

Thank god someone else mentioned afternoon tea. Thought I was on my own with that one Smile

JiltedJohnsJulie · 22/02/2020 23:12

Veganism and being gluten/ dairy free. Perfectly acceptable but it's beyond me why every third person has suddenly taken them up. Some of us do have diagnosed allergies...

FelicityFebruary · 22/02/2020 23:12

Bare ankles.

hauntedvagina · 22/02/2020 23:13

En suites
Prosecco
Eyelash extensions
HD brows
Kitchen islands
White socks with black trousers

Sparklingbrook · 22/02/2020 23:13

Where’s the OP gone?
This is a thread full of lists of perfectly normal things to like. Confused

SinglePringle · 22/02/2020 23:13

Grey decor (shades of) from Next, The Range etc. Your bedroom / hall / sitting room does not look classy with the above shades of grey, a cheap chandelier, a flower canvas and ‘silver’ accessories. It looks flat, unimaginative and soulless.

Ikea furniture

Football

Disney

Fake nails / eyebrows / lashes / tan

LV Neverfull totes. £800 for a canvas bag?! The share holders saw your entry point ‘Wear My Money’ purchase coming a mile off sweetheart. Especially as you can buy a good fake in Dubai for £100.

Which leads me to...

Holidays in Dubai. The equivalent of the Grey and Silver House (I have been - for work - and have been to many other, beautiful parts of the ME).