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

Things being referred to as 'an elaborate hoax'

YY to hashtagging everything in sight - pisses me right off too.

Gin. Not that I have anything against gin. I love gin. I've been drinking it as my no.1 drink for over 25 years. I just get a bit sniffy with all these young trendy types swanning in a boring for England on the joys of gint hey the stuff. Harrumph.

Agree about the pulled pork. I am so over that now. And salted caramel. Enough already.

Popcorn is the next big annoying food trend. Popcorn on everything. And bloody pointless edible flowers.

Mac 'n' Cheese. Since when did we start saying fecking 'Mac 'n' Cheese' in the UK anyway? Who can I hold directly responsible for that little bit of fuckwittery? And why has a pretty boring run-of-the-mill nursery food suddenly been elevated to hipster status anyway?

sorry, totally ballsed that up somehow. I'll try again.

Gin. Not that I have anything against gin. I love gin. I've been drinking it as my no.1 drink for over 25 years. I just get a bit sniffy with all these young trendy types swanning in and boring for England on the joys of gin like they invented the stuff. Harrumph.

Blame the gin. And your username.:-P

Those eyebrows. You know what I mean. 3D brows or whatever they're called.

Red Lip. Jean du jour. Luxe knit.

I've written all of these for pay...

The Zumba trend, think it's dying out now.
Cupcakes they are fairy cakes
Women dressing as vintage like they are the only ones doing it.
Pulled pork
Amaze balls.
People shopping at top shop/man thinking they are different, they are not the are fashionable.
Trends in general

chips in a bucket. Why? Salad in a bucket - worse. Last Friday at new "lounge" place near us DH had a burger which came on a plate with chips on the side. I had a veggie burger and it came on a paper napkin, with chips in a bucket. Most irritating, I had to sort it out to be "normal" before I could start eating.

wonder if you live near me HIGGL. Although have to confess I love our local @lounge' bar, but there's not much else near us, just wish it wasn't so dark in there

This might not be a trend but putting photos of your poorly children under duvets on the sofa. We don't need to see that, poor kids

Wall decals and those awful signs that say 'In this house, we...snog unicorns, eat gerbils, mash crisps into our clothing...etc'. Just yuck (I'm looking at you, SIL).

Shabby chic. Take a perfectly nice piece of furniture, paint it off-white, ruin the paint job and then try and sell it back to me with a £400 markup. WTF. It also means it's now nigh-on impossible to get decent solid Victorian deal furniture that hasn't been ruined by some banker's wife with a 'studio' in the Midlands.

Those giant bun ring things that make women look like they have a brioche on their head. In fact, too much hair generally, especially when combined with too much makeup. One or the other is okay, but do both and the result usually look like someone gave a Staffie a Bratz-doll makeover.

Red Lip. Jean du jour. Luxe knit.

Same here Higgle. Can't eat until all novelty chips etc have been decanted into my plate. Such a waste of the chef's energy!

Best not read Grazia, Manatee...

"Model wears a red lip to accentuate a grey trouser with a ballet pump" translates to me as 'model needs lip fillers to reinstate top lip, needs more time to get dressed as only got one leg in and is walking around with one shoe on'.

Is this model, by any chance, sporting "a smokey eye" with said red lip?

Oh dear, I've just put up Live Love Laugh wall stickers in my kitchen. I didn't know it was a trend, I thought I was being individual . Oh well, I like it.

What bugs me is people using "lol" as a punctuation mark on facebook. ie: I went to the cinema lol I saw the inbetweeners lol it was lol lol.
Especially when what they are saying is in no way laugh out loud funny.

It's not a trend, but milky coffee served in those stupid tall glasses where you can't get your finger through the hole in the handle. I hate those bastards.

Eye lash extensions. I'm sure it looks great when you're out, but in the daytime it just looks fucking weird.

Ugly, clumpy heeled shoe/boots worn with perfectly nice dresses, flat caps on babies and toddlers, people who tweet/FB/Instagram everything they eat, people who bang on about their Paleo diet...

There are lots more I'm sure! I'm guilty of living in a new build with a grey living room though!

Lol after every post is irritating.

Or even after one post!

And 'life hacks' for everything... 'Duvet cover hack', 'peeling an orange hack'

In my day it was a top tip or a hint or trick!

And stop saying "thug life"

Wtf does it even mean?!

I feel old.

Yes! People banging on about paleo diet. Same goes for vegetarian/vegan. I don't tell you about all the delicious meat I'm eating and how fabulous I am because I ate a steak or post pictures of celebrities who also eat steak so fuck off. I don't need asking why would I eat bacon and not my dog! Because I bloody well would OK!