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What's one overdone thing that is popular now but everyone will embarrassed by in 5 years time?

745 replies

Trulyatraditionalman · 26/03/2021 15:09

I'll start:

High waisted trousers with crop tops
Lip liner that goes over the top of cupid's bow

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toadinthesausage · 26/03/2021 21:47

Painting the nail of your ring finger a different colour to the others.....why? Just why?

WiganNorthWest · 26/03/2021 21:48

Poodle cross breeds. Will it be impossible to get a dog in the future thats an actual breed not a somethingpoo. Actual poodles will be history in a few years

Sunbeam18 · 26/03/2021 21:53

Big collars

Chickoletta · 26/03/2021 21:55

Beginning every sentence with ‘So,...’

Libraryghost · 26/03/2021 21:57

Fat pride or whatever it’s called..

Alreadyinmypyjamas · 26/03/2021 21:58

Calling people "Karen" as an insult.

WindyPudding · 26/03/2021 21:59

I prefer white to grey - not pure brilliant white, but a warmer white. With lots of colourful furnishings and pictures. I actually love grey for clothes and other things like pottery, but grey walls just feels depressing to me, like you’re in a concrete bunker.

AlwaysLatte · 26/03/2021 22:00

Female identifying as a male who identifies as a female, but doesn't want anyone to know any of it so prefers to be known as a kettle instead.

grapewine · 26/03/2021 22:02

Influencers. One can dream.

seatofmars · 26/03/2021 22:07

Massive cars (range rovers etc) in cities. A nuisance on roads and in car parks! Bad for the environment too.

Tessateacup · 26/03/2021 22:08

grey carpets, grey walls
orange facial contouring
Buying dogs

Mollymalone123 · 26/03/2021 22:09

TikTok

LST · 26/03/2021 22:10

@ghostyslovesheets

Fake grass
Oo no. I love mine. I'll never fall out of love with it
Mollymalone123 · 26/03/2021 22:11

The caked on contouring and matching eyebrows and ginormous pouty lips.Looking like a blow up doll basically

Houlyerwhisht · 26/03/2021 22:13

@ShinyMe

From the tik tok machine I see that BLUE MASCARA is making a comeback, and I for one am thrilled.
Please don't be having me on...and if you tell me green and blue eyeliner is also making a comeback I may explode with happiness and dig out my banana clip!
LindyLou2020 · 26/03/2021 22:15
  1. Virtue-signalling
  2. "Cancelling" of non-woke people
  3. The very word "woke" - we've latched on to a word which actually means the past tense of "wake". But no-one dares question it!
  4. Wearing hair rollers when out and about. This should have died a death after Hilda Ogden. Looks entitled and narcissistic.
  5. SUV's - embarrassing even now given what we know about environmental issues.
  6. Those stupid white speakers sticking out of peoples' ears that look like sweet cigarette candy sticks of old........
SomethingElse2 · 26/03/2021 22:15

Eddie Izzard? (?)

In 5 years I hope that bullying goes out of fashion, I hope we are more accepting of neurodiverse people, I hope that women are much better treated.

Gas guzzlers. God yes get rid.

likeamillpond · 26/03/2021 22:16

@TheVolturi

Omg and the giant sticky out bums, are they even real?
They look vile. Why would anyone want one?
Bananabuddy3 · 26/03/2021 22:17

I’m another one with some grey walls in the house - one grey carpet, half my rooms are white.....I like the neutral tones because I can then use bright colours on everything else - bright photo frames, blankets, bedding, kitchen items etc. I have no doubt it will go out of fashion in 5 years but I didn’t do it for fashion! My kitchen would have been considered modern and up to date ten years ago when it was installed. Now with its magnolia cupboards and square patchwork tiles it looks retro. Everything does out of fashion eventually.

Remember good old Olive bathrooms? My grandad had his till he passed always

It has kind of turned into a “what we all hate” thread in some respects but what people are saying, they don’t necessarily dislike.

I never follow fashion for clothes so I don’t give a damn if skinny jeans become cringey. They’re comfy and suit me.

SM will never vanish but I think a lot of people will
look back at themselves on it, laugh at the fashion, the tends, the “in” haircuts, the quotes and the over sharing and be embarrassed. I am! I CBA to go back and delete it all but I do sometimes think what the hell was I doing posting that?!?

Libraryghost · 26/03/2021 22:20

@likeamillpond @TheVolturi I misread this has giant sticky out BUNS I nearly started crying because that is literally the only way I can wear my hair at the moment 🤣 Oh god yes a bit fat arse on skinny legs is not a good look. They always remind me of Max Wall (snowing my age there)

Ohwhataprogramme · 26/03/2021 22:22

I agree with pretty much everything on here apart from Eddie Izzard who is a fab person who has raised so much money for charity - def not going in my room 101

lljkk · 26/03/2021 22:26

I have so little social contact that I have no idea...

Body Positivity Might be one of the items, though. And French bulldogs.

I really hope it's neuroticism / cotton wool wrapping. Omg, if only those and competitive misery / anxiety / perfectionism could be banished...

and the cleaning obsession on MN. That and the rabid anti-transness on here I'd gladly never encounter again.

Hesma · 26/03/2021 22:30

Sliders and socks
White sports socks when not playing sport

Comfortzone · 26/03/2021 22:36

Cheap brass earrings/jewellery
Cropped knitwear that shows your tummy
Trainers with massive platform heels
Quinoa
Almond milk
Overnight fucking oats

wouldntmindbeingmrsw · 26/03/2021 22:40

Thick painted on eyebrows
Heavy thick make up
Pouting
Lip fillers
Veneers