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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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whetherpigshavewings · 26/03/2021 16:42

zoom

teams

possibly whatsapp

raincamepouringdown · 26/03/2021 16:42

Eyebrows that look like caterpillars
Fake tan
Lip filler
'Sculpting' makeup

WindyPudding · 26/03/2021 16:43

God yes performative wokery and lip fillers are at the top of the list.

But I moved into a house in 2009 that had trendy grey walls and I thought it was a bit passe even then. It just got worse! I think it will last 50 years or something and be looked back on by future design historians with bafflement.

whetherpigshavewings · 26/03/2021 16:44

being fat "curvy"

Gobbeldegook · 26/03/2021 16:45

Men wanting to be in women's single sex spaces.
Hopefully.
Probably not though.

RedToothBrush · 26/03/2021 16:46

I had a kitchen with grey doors in 2007. (Not our choice - it was the builders). Everyone said to us it would never be a popular colour...

LadyWithLapdog · 26/03/2021 16:47

Greed. Greed will go out if fashion and people will be embarrassed to admit to it.

Yeah.

Maverick197 · 26/03/2021 16:47

Wall art and signs that say naff things like "Love, laugh, live" , "It's Wine o'clock" or "Family"

LadyCatStark · 26/03/2021 16:47

Huge, brushed upwards eyebrows.
Those awful clunky trainers.
Posting videos on Instagram of you crying with the caption “I’m not doing this for attention but...”
Commenting “U tho 😍” when someone gives you a compliment on social media (to literally everyone who comments).

whetherpigshavewings · 26/03/2021 16:48

Greed. Greed will go out if fashion and people will be embarrassed to admit to it.

doubtful.

ProfessionalWeirdo · 26/03/2021 16:49

Cold shoulder tops. I always think they look as though someone has put the iron through them.

towers14 · 26/03/2021 16:49

"Drinking is already pretty unfashionable, so that will soon be a thing of the past for many of us"

🤣🤣🤣🥂

muddyford · 26/03/2021 16:50

Chris Packham.

LadyWithLapdog · 26/03/2021 16:50

Working 5 days a week. We’ll all go to maximum 4.

FireflyRainbow · 26/03/2021 16:51

Defo crushed velvet its vile but feels so nice

XenoBitch · 26/03/2021 16:52

Calling people selfish for wanting to see their own families.

midsomermurderess · 26/03/2021 16:53

Prosecco. But that's going the same way as cupcakes by the look of it. Ebbs and flows.

Seriouslymole · 26/03/2021 16:54

Lockdown. We will realise what a stupendously ridiculous idea it was.

And yes, cold-shoulder tops and exceedingly expensive mongrels and "those" eyebrows.

dayswithaY · 26/03/2021 16:54

Huge rattan garden sofas, Buddha statues, naff solar lighting, spiky plants in black pots.

Artificial grass.

PyongyangKipperbang · 26/03/2021 17:01

Tatooed eyebrows. Saw a woman at work the other day and hers have faded so now they are blue!

RedToothBrush · 26/03/2021 17:02

John Lewis. (In a kind of BHS way)

Gemma2019 · 26/03/2021 17:05

Really hope the pouting photos die a death soon. So fed up of seeing group photos where everyone is looking serious or pouting and obviously thinking it makes them look more attractive. Really miss the natural smiling photos of old.

RedToothBrush · 26/03/2021 17:06

These.

Anything which has a big initial letter plastered all over it.

What's one overdone thing that is popular now but everyone will embarrassed by in 5 years time?
What's one overdone thing that is popular now but everyone will embarrassed by in 5 years time?
supadupapupascupa · 26/03/2021 17:07

Wax melts

AppleKatie · 26/03/2021 17:09

Working 5 days a week. We’ll all go to maximum 4.

Within 5 years? That’s optimistic!