what 'trends' really (maybe unreasonably) make your teeth itch?

[littlerayofsunshite]

Some things really piss me off. Those wall stickers 'live, laugh, love' and other shitty phrases for example. Another is those glittery wine glasses/bottles being sold on every Facebook page. Then there are those books that have been turned into words and classed as art.

There are more. Wow there are more but before I go on, are these common pet hates or AIBU a miserable bitch

If you don't like jam jars how do you feel about alcoholic drinks in teacups?

Vintage non-matching teacups of course.

Oh yes and 'shop the collection'. Do you mean buy some of our stuff?

yes yes to the grey paint being the new magnolia! quite qa few friends have moved into new builds recently and they are all raving about grey paint.

some of the houses look ok, those that have brought new furniture that goes with the colour scheme (one has yellow and the other has fuschia pink which looks fab with the grey) but those that have their old crappy brown suites and pine furniture with grey walls. I mean wtf??

oh and lolling about how alternative those into the hipster or normcore look are so opposed to being a trend that they don't realise they are in fact trendy/cool, whatever other saying this old gimmer is obviously not cool enough to know.

Trills

Proper vintage with chips and Mis matched saucers yes
Anything by Caff Boredston no

*must be gin, cup must be resting on a Racing Post

TV historians talking about things that happened in the past in the present tense.

Oh another.... Fucking dummy clips/chains made out of beads

Also for "vintage" just read "old"

Also babies dressed as though in the 1950's propped up in pimped up repro prams smothered in broderie anglaise. Just why?

Fucking cupcakes.

Fucking pouting photos.

Fucking "foraging"

Fucking tea dresses and "pin up girl" style

Fucking cats wearing glasses on EVERYTHING

The word 'interesting'.

Those people who live in 'interesting' area, with 'interesting' diversity, do interesting holidays only, eat interesting food, have interesting coffee table etc. Ok you live in East London, you went to Marocco, you eat cous cous for lunch and you bought a second hand coffee table (which was an Ikea table and someone sand it down and sold it to you for double price because he saw you coming).

The trendy coffee shops who all look the same just like a chain. White walls, wooden tables, blackboards, and expensive paninis with half slice of tomato on the side. Give me a non trendy cafe with egg and plenty chips for 4 pounds any time.

And 'baby wearing'!!!

Neutral palettes
Black and white photographs
1950s/1920s everything, gah, the 60s was much better
Top knots

If it's been on 'Made on Chelsea' and then it becomes a trend, I will instantly hate it.

The angst about magnolia paint. I don't get it. I can't tell it apart from other cream paints once it is out of the tin and on the wall. And while I'm on a paint theme, I literally don't get the Farrow and Ball hype.

Junk food marketed at children, eg. crispy corn treats. They are flavourless wotsits, let's not pretend they aren't.

Instagram.

Hashtagging everything in sight.

Teenagers saying "I know right" as punctuation

Teenagers saying "That xxxx though" e.g.

Teenager 1: "That hair though"
Teenager 2: "I know right"

Agree totally yesidid !!!

Teenagers have been saying "I know right" since at least 2004.

It was definitely a thing in Mean Girls

'1950s/1920s everything, the 60s
were much better'

Yes to this!!

People carrying tiny, ugly dogs with little coats on (the dog that is). Presumably they have to carry them all the time as their legs have seized up with the lack of exercise?

People being surprised that your very young child doesn't want to sleep over in their house. He/she still has a teddy and a blanket ffs, they're not planning on going to Glastonbury anytime soon !!

Wine glasses the size of gold fish bowls. I was actually told that I'd need to get larger glasses if I was hoping to invite people over !

"Playrooms" - aren't they just spare rooms downstairs full of toys that won't fit into the bedroom ? Practically worth a call to Social Services where I live if you don't provide one.

And breathe.....................

^ Hashtagging everything in sight.^

This

Those signs in cars :

'Princess on board'
'Small person on board' etc...

They should be replaced with 'twattish person on board' ones IMO.

Back already.

Starting sentences with "So,......"

It's everywhere. TV and radio interviews, any subject.

"Can you tell us more about it Home Secretary?"

"So, I met the PM earlier today.............."

People, neither of whom have a business or work from home, referring to the "Home Office". It's a filing cabinet in your dining room, with your old gas bills and insurance documents in it, not the hub of ICI !!!

Trills, pretty much all my hated "trends" are probably put of fashion now...I am behind the times!

Ending questions, or even worse, sentences, with "no?"

Makes people sound like wankers, no?

Politicians saying "Let me be absolutely clear about this..."

Oh fuck off.

Also

Referring to an item of clothing as a 'piece' and then paying thousands for it. I'm irritated that people pay thousands for their pieces.

I know people who wear whatever Kate Middleton is wearing. It's very irritating. Get your own boring style.