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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:
Pppppickupapenguin · 22/02/2020 23:52

Love island
Soap operas
Xfactor /Britains got talent
I’m a celebrity.....

Instagram
Snapchat
Photo filters
Lip fillers
Men wearing shoes but no socks
Makeup trowelled on to pretty young women with gorgeous skin
Wearing heels so high you can’t walk properly in them.

Bombaybunty · 22/02/2020 23:52

Sweet potatoes
Ant and Dick
Disney anything

Poetryinaction · 22/02/2020 23:54

Lapland
Disneyland
Films

DesignedForLife · 22/02/2020 23:55

Fake nails. Argh. Just why?!

WanderingTrolley1 · 22/02/2020 23:55

TikTok
Grime music

louderthan1 · 22/02/2020 23:56

Disney
Uggs
Package holidays where you never leave the resort
Grey crushed velvet sofas and mirror furniture
Festivals
Having children
Gaming
Anime
Dogs
Mrs Hinch
Gavin and Stacey
Fleabag
Star Wars

ChippyMinton · 23/02/2020 00:00

Mrs Hinch
Greggs sausage rolls
40” plus tv screens
Ditto hung so high on the wall you get neck ache
Latte

ShellsandSand · 23/02/2020 00:00

Zoflora
Grey home decor
Designer clothes
Unicorn/mermaid/sparkly gin. I don't think anyone buying these drinks should be allowed to legally drink.
I'm a celebrity get me out of here
Minky cloths
Wall decals
KFC

Snowy111 · 23/02/2020 00:00

Coffee shops
£100+ bags
Love island
Cupcakes
The plastic blow up doll look
Brexit!

FlamingoAndJohn · 23/02/2020 00:03

Mrs Hinch
Greggs sausage rolls
40” plus tv screens
Ditto hung so high on the wall you get neck ache
Latte

We didn’t start the fire......

ShellsandSand · 23/02/2020 00:03

I did list those but after posting theyve all just blended together.

ALongHardWinter · 23/02/2020 00:04

Oh not olives! I love them!
For me it's:-
Sausages -can't stand them,have hated them since childhood,but I seriously wonder sometimes if I'm the only person in the country who doesn't like them.
Anything Disney.
Barbecues - Vastly over-rated imo.
Pandora jewellery.
Meatball Marinara subway - everyone seems to rave about them.

Bouledeneige · 23/02/2020 00:06

Avocados
Artichokes
Waxing
Botox, fillers and fake tan
Tattoos
Carnations
Cats
Fur coats
Dubai - yes I've stayed on the Palm
James Corden
Gavin and Stacey

Fizzlestix · 23/02/2020 00:12

Gin
Prosecco
Getting drunk every weekend
Mrs browns boys
Ant and dec
Kylie jenners lip kits even though we know fillers are what you actually need if you want the same lips
Sweet chilli sauce
Wall decals
Soaps
Caravan holidays
Back packing
Camping
Mallets
Spoken word poetry in pop songs
Most pop starts today
Netflix documentaries
Vaping
Pouting
Getting sun burnt to get a tan
Getting engaged on Valentine’s Day / Christmas Day / New Years
Beyoncé

ChippyMinton · 23/02/2020 00:15

Are mallets popular?!

AlCalavicci · 23/02/2020 00:20

Gin
All reality tv
Face book trends ( The crown one at the moment ) and 'I bet I wont get one share' type

Tea
olives
nuttell
Most stuff on tv ( to the extent I got rid of my tv a few years ago )
Gym's
House party's

abitlostandalwayshungry · 23/02/2020 00:22

the sock free look - haven't we suffered enough in f**king tiny hidden ankle socks.

can wooly socks on show become fashion please?

anotherlittlechicken · 23/02/2020 00:24

Billie Eilish
Adele
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Louise Capaldi

All overrated dreary whiny dirge, and VERY average singers. Yet they sell phenomenal amounts of records/music/downloads/streaming...

WHY??? Confused

There is NO-ONE now, like Whitney, Celine, Cher, Mariah,Tina Turner, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Pat Benatar, Patti Smith, Michael Jackson, etc etc.... Even average singers with just OK or 'quite good' voices like Madonna, Kim Wilde, Debbie Harry, Toyah Wilcox, Olivia Newton John etc.... were all good/original/had great tunes.

Many bands had good lead vocals... Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Depeche Mode, and all the rock/metal bands too.. male AND female, like Heart, Bon Jovi, Motorhead, Guns N Roses, Black Sabbath, Girlschool, AC/DC. All great musicians and singers, and great songs. WTF happened?

The pop charts/pop stars are mostly fucking shit now. Very few really good amazing acts.

Also 30-40 years ago +, you had a dozen or more different types of music in the charts at once... reggae, country, easy listening, gospel, pop, metal, rock, hip-hop, soul, R & B, jazz, novelty songs, new romantic, punk....

Now loads of songs sound the same, most female singers sound the same, and most MALE singers sound the same... all whiny, drony, breathy, and with very little vocal range.

And there is rarely more than 2 or 3 genres of music in the chart. Also, you also almost always have to be under 25 to be accepted into the music industry as a newbie. The younger the better.

Many singers were around 30 when they made it some 30-40 plus years ago. And they often had 2 or 3 albums out before they made it big.

These days, an act is dropped by the record company if they don't have their first hit at number one!

anotherlittlechicken · 23/02/2020 00:24

LEWIS Capaldi, not Louise. Fucking autocorrect!

Leflic · 23/02/2020 00:24

FlamingoAndJohn & TrainspottingWelsh. Maybe if you owned the farm you did. There’s no good investments when you are out in all weathers 16 hours a day. Waxed jackets would all get trashed with or without a label. Slather everything in waterproofing /dubbing.
Labels were completely an 80’s thing.

notacooldad · 23/02/2020 00:25

can wooly socks on show become fashion please?
I hope not!

Funtcase95 · 23/02/2020 00:33

Ford Fiestas

I'd rather walk

Teddy1970 · 23/02/2020 00:36

Sick to the back teeth of grey interiors
Mrs Brown's Boys, it's utter shite and the same goes for Miranda, just WHY is she on tv and film all the time? Her acting is not all that. Those hideous adverts with breathy singing whilst singing a slowed down version of the original song such as Oasis 'Wonderwall' now that gives me the real rage!

Sweetheart1313 · 23/02/2020 00:37

Mrs Hinch
Instagram
Love Island
Avocados
Personalised number plates
Range Rovers

Dandelion1993 · 23/02/2020 00:41

Love Island

It promotes negative, unhealthy, fake relationships. They all use each other for personal gain and quite frankly, I find that disgusting.

Ant and Dec,

I don't get the popularity of them at all. Before all the drama they were just annoying, now all I can see is a man who drove while drunk, nearly killing a child who managed to keep his job.