Upsetting Trends That Bother You

[maddawg IAJI]

the trend for people to say they are bi as a fashion statement

Or when girls always say theyr'e bi to get guys' attentions. Grabbing your friends ass doesn't make you bi! It makes you a little strange!

What girl does that? I'd outcast her in an instant if I found out about that. And being bisexual isn't attractive, it just makes things awkward.

I also hate the gay pride, the weed pride protests. I want weed to be illegal, and for homosexuality to be a dont-ask-dont-tell policy nationwide just because of all the morons advocating for the opposite.

For the former, there isn't anything wrong with marijuana and it is said to have some minor medical purposes. That's more then can be said for Cigarettes, which are legal.

As for the latter, you'd deny a basic civil right out of spite?

 

[Quoth]

the trend for people to say they are bi as a fashion statement

Or when girls always say theyr'e bi to get guys' attentions. Grabbing your friends ass doesn't make you bi! It makes you a little strange!

What girl does that? I'd outcast her in an instant if I found out about that. And being bisexual isn't attractive, it just makes things awkward.

I also hate the gay pride, the weed pride protests. I want weed to be illegal, and for homosexuality to be a dont-ask-dont-tell policy nationwide just because of all the morons advocating for the opposite.

As for the latter, you'd deny a basic civil right out of spite?

While I cant answer for the poster, I can perhaps understand his point of view. There's nothing wrong with homosexuality, but isn't it about time (if you'll excuse the expression) they stopped ramming it down everyones throats. Hasn't acceptance of homosexuality reached a point where it's going to be pretty much as acceptable as its going to get?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

World hunger. Shouldn't we have fixed this by now? I mean by 2015 we're supposed to have flying cars and all that jazz so we should at least make sure people are eating...

Would you call it a trend, though? Less and less people are starving every year (though the rich do get richer and the poor do get poorer).

In certain regions certainly it is a trend. Especially when, after a drought or another national disaster strikes they lack the resources to respond like we would in the West.

 

[ultimateownage]

All upsetting trends will bother you. That is the whole point of 'upsetting'.

 

[Zach of Fables]

Heelies.

 

[Aeriath]

then youre not being atheistic, you're just being prejudice and something of a dick really. Last i checked, atheist meant you believed in no god of any religion, not an immediate hate and intolerance to Christians. Cause i gotta admit, if thats the true definition there, my atheistic friends arent doing it right.

and thats fine, but considering that atheism is <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_and_religion#Legal_status_of_atheism>protected under <url=http://factschurch.com/sermons/sermon004.html>the legal protections <url=http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=31895>religions have (at least here in the US), id say its very much a religion, as it even fits some of the core questions of what necessarily makes a religion.

Of course, you're free to give that up, just, you think its you're being infringed upon now, just wait till you dont have that freedom and some tells you to be religious (jewish, muslim, christian, hindu, etc) and the law cant do anything about it.

I dont care if you are or not to be honest, but you seem to have the wrong view of what it means.

Just thought I'd comment on your view that atheism is a religion. It isn't, but it is in the same kind of area. They are both beliefs pertaining to a higher power, but atheism is not a religion in the same way that bald is not a hair colour. Atheism and religion both describe someone's view on this higher power, with atheism describing their lack of belief and religion describing the higher power they believe in.

As for trends which bother me, leggings and ugg boots (fairly petty but I guess I haven't seen much to annoy me lately). Leggings and ugg boots may be fine if you live somewhere that is usually warm and dry. Newsflash ladies, you are in Scotland and it's been raining all week, dress for the weather!

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I hate how Mountain Dew and now Ruffles have held flavor competitions to determine which flavor out of X is the most popular. After a few weeks, they pull the losing flavors but then the winning flavor is ultimately pulled after 1 to 3 months. Yes, I am still bitter about Pitch Black going away again. Same with the Buffalo Chicken Ruffles. Also, what the hell happened to my Livewire Mountain Dew?!

Yer, its the same with Ben and Jerry's. A few years ago they stopped making my favorite flavor, then my second favorite. Soon they will sell just cookie dough. And years ago when vanilla coke came out everyone agreed it was awesome and they stopped selling it, and all these 'cream soda' knock of versions are horrible.

My absolute favorite Ben and Jerry's flavor was Vermonty Python and the day they stopped shipping it I nearly cried. One day I plan on going to Vermont just to visit the Ben and Jerry flavor-graveyard so I may pay my last respects. I'm hoping against hope they don't take away my Boston Cream Pie. As for Vanilla Coke I can find it but that may just be because I'm living in so close to some major Coke bottling plants. Still, when it was readily available my summer of 2004 (I think...could have been 2003) was Vanilla Coke, Pizza that tasted like Cheeze-it's and, Halo. It was a damn fine summer.

 

[Heartcafe]

Baggy clothing is making a bit of a comeback in men's fashion. As a skinny man, this bothers me greatly.

And people who spend to much time in the Manosphere posting on here.

You obviously haven't been walking through a highschool lately.
Jeans are tighter then ever from where I go to class!

 

[Mate397]

it annoys me that you "need" to have a facebook/twitter/myspace or all above to count as a "real person"
i mean just because i don't want to get social site accounts doesn't mean i live under a rock...

 

[Harry Mason]

Trend that is the most likely to piss me off and make me yell incoherently at conservatives?
Gay marriage in America. Specifically, the fact that it's not legal and the fact that ANYONE still believes the legalization of Gay Marriage is a RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION. It's fucking not. It's a legislative and civil rights discussion. GRAGLE GRAGLE!

It's a disturbing trend, though not entirely new, that ANY human rights issue is put up to popular vote. They're supposed to be freaking inalienable rights.

This doesn't just mean gays, either, because we're still dealing with rather draconic attitudes towards women and anyone darker than the Irish. Which are then put up to vote.

But haven't you read any of the other posts on this thread? They say that racism and sexism "aren't really problems anymore!" That's good. It means we can all relax, right? The problems have just gone away, and anyone who brings up sexism or racism is just doing so to manipulate other people! I'm glad I don't have to worry my little white, heterosexual, male head anymore. Moral quandaries are inconvenient and confusing!

Sarcasm aside, I completely agree about the dangers of putting these types of issues up to popular vote. There's a certain point where bickering over the particular details of federal and state laws begins to toe the line of basic human rights, and that's the point where the government is supposed to step in and protect its citizens, not hold a popularity contest to see who's allowed to have equal pay, equal protection, and equal rights THAT week.

 

[Harry Mason]

While I cant answer for the poster, I can perhaps understand his point of view. There's nothing wrong with homosexuality, but isn't it about time (if you'll excuse the expression) they stopped ramming it down everyones throats. Hasn't acceptance of homosexuality reached a point where it's going to be pretty much as acceptable as its going to get?

No, it hasn't. Maybe people aren't beaten to death, denied federal protection, prohibited from marrying, prohibited from visiting each other in the hospital, fired unlawfully, demonized, and assaulted based on who they love where YOU come from, but over here in the good ol' US of A there is a culture of danger and legislative abandonment surrounding the GLBT community. And I'm sorry if Gay Pride and people fighting for Gay rights has ever made you uncomfortable or.. Uh... "Rammed" anything down your throat, but good people are going to be up in arms as long as there are basic human rights being violated. You know, kind of like they were about the rights of African Americans a few decades ago and women's rights a few decades before that.

It's not going away, dude, and no amount of whining is going to change that.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

The fact that few people want to take responsibly for themselves any more. That it's always someone else's fault for the reason you failed. No, sorry. Sometimes, you simply must take the blame for what your actions have wrought

Oh, and militant bronies. Those too

 

[Mallefunction]

And people who spend to much time in the Manosphere posting on here.

Pretty much this. I actually refuse to play a lot of fighters because it annoys me how the camera lovingly pans over every curve of the female characters. I go and MENTION this on a forum and get tons of replies back saying that I'm taking the fun out of games because the manchildren want their fill of animated titties. (Yes, MovieBob also touched on this. I know, very well aware in fact)

OT: I'm sick of many things

-Girls with plat blond dyed hair. Seriously, when is this fad going to end? It's not sexy.

-People who get tats but get generic shit or stuff they don't understand:

"Dude, I got some sweet stars!"
"Those are nautical stars. Were you ever in the Navy?"
"Dude, what?"

-Plastic surgery and photoshop. People age and die. It's life. Stop trying to reverse nature.

-Geek 'chic'. Being a geek or a nerd is not a fashion statement. I REFUSE to watch the very people who mocked me in middle school take on the EXACT things they mocked me for and make them a bloody fashion!

-How if you don't like classic games from the 80s that you are somehow not a gamer. I grew up in the 90s. The only games I ever played from that era are the original Super Mario Bros, Pac Man, Pong, and Space Invaders. I didn't like them. They aren't fun to me.

-How invasive advertising has become. Yes, I RARELY buy stuff just because I see an ad, but I hate the fact that the ads are there. I want to see cities and highways, not billboards and posters.

-The education system putting so much pressure on math and science. I love BOTH of those subjects, but I hate hearing how my being an English major isn't 'furthering society in any beneficial way'. You know what is the defining factor for civilization...oh yeah, a WRITING SYSTEM. And anyone who says that art doesn't further society needs to take a good damn look at history and the things that we consider important from those time periods.

-How it's ok for guys to dress like slobs, but GOD FORBID that a woman not care about how she looks.

-That you need prior experience in order to get a job, but to get prior experience you first NEED a job.

Ok, I'm done ranting XD That felt good to get out.

 

[Mozza444]

This "raising awareness" stuff people are doing. A friend of mine recently wore pink for a week "to raise breast cancer awareness" and was quite vocal about it. Breast cancer isn't some obscure endangered animal; I'm pretty sure just about everyone is "aware". Wearing pink all day only makes it look like you're helping.

Wow.
That was very well said, good work old chap!
I agree with this, especially the facebook status alternative for raising awareness.

Also the whole, holy shit the world is going to end and eating ____ will kill you, i think the last one was like... 3 eggs a day gives you prostate cancer. Ok ill just go back to eating shitty foods.

 

[Qitz]

The whole stupid "I'm going to act like I give a shit because it's a hot topic" craze that goes around. Notice how no one says anything about Breast Cancer until its either that ONE and only month that Breast Cancer exists or until someone famous dies from it.

Same with national disasters, no one cares about a country until something happens to it. It's mostly celebrities sure and they're just doing it to keep relevant but it's still idiotic.

Same with the whole Gay Marriage "argument." I just don't see how people can give two shits about something that has ABSOLUTELY no effect on them. None. At all. Zero. Zip. Nada. Let them get married and live life that everyone else is allowed.

Also, all of the charities for poor third world counties. I'd rather see the money going to help people in their own state that they're just ignoring. It's a sad state when you send your money to Sally Struthers right over the heads of people in your own state / country who could use the help just as much just so you can feel good. Course, the whole idea of buying a clear conscious in itself is ridiculous.

Probably a few more too but thats good enough.