Trends of today that you dislike

[X-pert74]

I wear skirts (and sometimes dresses) like, virtually every day. I don't always wear jean-miniskirts or anything, but I do have a jean-miniskirt/short dress combo (like, it would be scandalously short on its own, but with a skirt it's cool) that I like to wear occasionally. I generally have a very typically feminine presentation going on, and only wear shorts or jeans on rare occasions, even in winter. Maybe liking super-feminine girls' outfits in anime or whatnot while growing up has partly something to do with it I usually see girls around me wear jeans or leggings like, most of the time around here.

[Deleted]

At least people actually exercise in LA. We have a bunch of people in "athletic wear" out here, but their only exercise is running their mouths.

[Owlman]

Oct 19, 2017 12:40:10 GMT -5 @jasonx said:

At least people actually exercise in LA. We have a bunch of people in "athletic wear" out here, but their only exercise is running their mouths.

Here's is hanging out at the gym but spending 90% of your time on your phone instead of working out.

[cm30]

Social media sites in general. Forums were the best type of online communities, where people could discuss what they were interested in without putting so much focus on their personal lives or their political beliefs. Social media sites? Nothing but overly centralised silos run by faceless corporations that seem to be encouraging a 'rival sports teams' approach to politics and a growing amount of narcissism in society in general. I especially despite sites like Reddit (despite using them quite heavily myself), since they're basically a network of internet forums without all the cool things that make internet forums worthwhile to visit.

Another thing I'm not a fan of is Patreon. Yeah, I get why it exists. It's very hard to make money from your work online, especially if you're an artist or video creator in an era where YouTube seems to be screwing everyone over. But the core concept just seems too much like begging for me. Like you're saying 'I can't survive in society like a normal person, please can everyone else pay for my expenses?' It's also led to a rise in online creators that only care about those that give them money every month, rather than their fanbase as a whole. Again, I see where they're coming from, but it feels a bit like a slap in the face to those who can't afford all these monthly Patreon subscriptions or what not.

I'm also not a fan of modern politics in general. Seriously, people need to realise the following things:

1. That their 'side' is not always right, and that the other side isn't necessarily evil. There are obviously some nutcases on either side of the political spectrum (usually at the extremes), but someone who votes say Conservative or Labour is not an evil person wanting to destroy society who should be ostricised from every community around.

2. That those extremists and nutcases on their side shouldn't be tolerated, regardless of how much you agree with their opinions. If someone's guilty of a crime or what not, then it doesn't matter what 'side' they're on. They should be disavowed and treated like the scumbag they usually are.

3. How media shouldn't be censored or freedom of speech removed to fight 'wrongthink'. Actions matter. Things depicted in a video game or said in a chat room don't.

Finally, I despise these stupid fast cuts in modern films and TV shows. Seriously, stop changing the bloody camera angle every two seconds. It's incredibly distracting, and feels like the producers are treating us like idiots with a goldfish level attention span. Yes it works in Bourne movies and a few other Hollywood blockbusters, but slow paced historical ones or business shows have no place for 'fancy' camerawork. It's like the people at the BBC behind Dragon's Den think they're filming a Bond movie or something.

[Woody Alien]

Oct 18, 2017 18:36:53 GMT -5 Sac (a.k.a Icaras) said:

I think the other trend I find a bit sad is wikis. (and to a minor extend social media), as people used to make proper websites which I enjoyed finding and browsing. These days if you wanna look up like a comic book or TV show...you basically just find a wiki (usually a "main" one and sometimes a few small half dead ones). I mean wikis can be good for getting info, but they just feel a bit more lifeless than a website to me.

I was literally just thinking about it yesterday.
Wikis, personal pages on Facebook and Wordpress blogs have more or less removed the need for famous or less famous people to have a personal site to be continuously updated. And the same can be said about fansites and the like. Remember "shrines" and such?
Sure, most of the stuff on Geocities and similar domains was horrible and won't be missed. But there were also many examples of original, clever, artistic or funny designs that nowadays wouldn't even be considered, since everything needs to be homogenized to function on smartphones, tablets and such [I'm not criticizing the site for this btw, that's just the way it is].
Also what I liked from those old pages is how it transpired that fans of something were very happy to find as much info as possible and then organize it for the viewing pleasure of other fans, while now putting info together is much more cold and "clinical", and the "fan" part is usually relegated to terrible arguments in the comment section.
Not to mention that, as you point out, an unfinished wiki is much sadder than an abandoned website.

[lurker]

Oct 19, 2017 17:19:04 GMT -5 Woody Alien said:

Oct 18, 2017 18:36:53 GMT -5 Sac (a.k.a Icaras) said:

I think the other trend I find a bit sad is wikis. (and to a minor extend social media), as people used to make proper websites which I enjoyed finding and browsing. These days if you wanna look up like a comic book or TV show...you basically just find a wiki (usually a "main" one and sometimes a few small half dead ones). I mean wikis can be good for getting info, but they just feel a bit more lifeless than a website to me.

I was literally just thinking about it yesterday.
Wikis, personal pages on Facebook and Wordpress blogs have more or less removed the need for famous or less famous people to have a personal site to be continuously updated. And the same can be said about fansites and the like. Remember "shrines" and such?
Sure, most of the stuff on Geocities and similar domains was horrible and won't be missed. But there were also many examples of original, clever, artistic or funny designs that nowadays wouldn't even be considered, since everything needs to be homogenized to function on smartphones, tablets and such [I'm not criticizing the site for this btw, that's just the way it is].
Also what I liked from those old pages is how it transpired that fans of something were very happy to find as much info as possible and then organize it for the viewing pleasure of other fans, while now putting info together is much more cold and "clinical", and the "fan" part is usually relegated to terrible arguments in the comment section.
Not to mention that, as you point out, an unfinished wiki is much sadder than an abandoned website.

I think the Transformers wiki does a good job of balancing the two.

[GamerL]

Oct 19, 2017 10:33:29 GMT -5 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 said:

Generally though, 00's fashion should never make any form of comeback ever.

Maybe not male fashions but there are female ones I miss.

I also liked the "hipster look" better in the 00s, today's version of hipster, with stuff like the "manbun" just look goofy.

Oct 19, 2017 17:12:15 GMT -5 cm30 said:

Social media sites in general. Forums were the best type of online communities, where people could discuss what they were interested in without putting so much focus on their personal lives or their political beliefs. Social media sites? Nothing but overly centralised silos run by faceless corporations that seem to be encouraging a 'rival sports teams' approach to politics and a growing amount of narcissism in society in general. I especially despite sites like Reddit (despite using them quite heavily myself), since they're basically a network of internet forums without all the cool things that make internet forums worthwhile to visit.

Yup, I've long been a social media hater all the way back to the days of Myspace, it's always made me uncomfortable to put a whole bunch of personal info on the net, the way I see the internet should be an "alternate reality" mostly separate from your real life, the attempt to merge the internet with reality has only lead to disaster.

Oct 19, 2017 17:19:04 GMT -5 Woody Alien said:

Oct 18, 2017 18:36:53 GMT -5 Sac (a.k.a Icaras) said:

I think the other trend I find a bit sad is wikis. (and to a minor extend social media), as people used to make proper websites which I enjoyed finding and browsing. These days if you wanna look up like a comic book or TV show...you basically just find a wiki (usually a "main" one and sometimes a few small half dead ones). I mean wikis can be good for getting info, but they just feel a bit more lifeless than a website to me.

I was literally just thinking about it yesterday.
Wikis, personal pages on Facebook and Wordpress blogs have more or less removed the need for famous or less famous people to have a personal site to be continuously updated. And the same can be said about fansites and the like. Remember "shrines" and such?
Sure, most of the stuff on Geocities and similar domains was horrible and won't be missed. But there were also many examples of original, clever, artistic or funny designs that nowadays wouldn't even be considered, since everything needs to be homogenized to function on smartphones, tablets and such [I'm not criticizing the site for this btw, that's just the way it is].
Also what I liked from those old pages is how it transpired that fans of something were very happy to find as much info as possible and then organize it for the viewing pleasure of other fans, while now putting info together is much more cold and "clinical", and the "fan" part is usually relegated to terrible arguments in the comment section.
Not to mention that, as you point out, an unfinished wiki is much sadder than an abandoned website.

I actually don't mind these wikis when they're done well, I'd much rather browse one well organized wiki than dozens of fansites, but at the same time I agree there is a certain charm to old fansites.

I also love when there's a surprisingly good wiki for something obscure or semi-obscure, there's a a surprisingly good wiki for the Ace Combat series for example.

[ZenithianHero]

Some wiki do a better job of making pages fun to read. Take the Mario Wiki:
www.mariowiki.com/

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Oct 19, 2017 17:12:15 GMT -5 cm30 said:

Social media sites in general. Forums were the best type of online communities, where people could discuss what they were interested in without putting so much focus on their personal lives or their political beliefs. Social media sites? Nothing but overly centralised silos run by faceless corporations that seem to be encouraging a 'rival sports teams' approach to politics and a growing amount of narcissism in society in general. I especially despite sites like Reddit (despite using them quite heavily myself), since they're basically a network of internet forums without all the cool things that make internet forums worthwhile to visit.

Another thing I'm not a fan of is Patreon. Yeah, I get why it exists. It's very hard to make money from your work online, especially if you're an artist or video creator in an era where YouTube seems to be screwing everyone over. But the core concept just seems too much like begging for me. Like you're saying 'I can't survive in society like a normal person, please can everyone else pay for my expenses?' It's also led to a rise in online creators that only care about those that give them money every month, rather than their fanbase as a whole. Again, I see where they're coming from, but it feels a bit like a slap in the face to those who can't afford all these monthly Patreon subscriptions or what not.

I'm also not a fan of modern politics in general. Seriously, people need to realise the following things:

1. That their 'side' is not always right, and that the other side isn't necessarily evil. There are obviously some nutcases on either side of the political spectrum (usually at the extremes), but someone who votes say Conservative or Labour is not an evil person wanting to destroy society who should be ostricised from every community around.

2. That those extremists and nutcases on their side shouldn't be tolerated, regardless of how much you agree with their opinions. If someone's guilty of a crime or what not, then it doesn't matter what 'side' they're on. They should be disavowed and treated like the scumbag they usually are.

3. How media shouldn't be censored or freedom of speech removed to fight 'wrongthink'. Actions matter. Things depicted in a video game or said in a chat room don't.

Finally, I despise these stupid fast cuts in modern films and TV shows. Seriously, stop changing the bloody camera angle every two seconds. It's incredibly distracting, and feels like the producers are treating us like idiots with a goldfish level attention span. Yes it works in Bourne movies and a few other Hollywood blockbusters, but slow paced historical ones or business shows have no place for 'fancy' camerawork. It's like the people at the BBC behind Dragon's Den think they're filming a Bond movie or something.

I don't know where to begin with this post, other than to say "no".

[X-pert74]

Oct 19, 2017 18:42:46 GMT -5 @jasonx said:

Oct 19, 2017 17:12:15 GMT -5 cm30 said:

Social media sites in general. Forums were the best type of online communities, where people could discuss what they were interested in without putting so much focus on their personal lives or their political beliefs. Social media sites? Nothing but overly centralised silos run by faceless corporations that seem to be encouraging a 'rival sports teams' approach to politics and a growing amount of narcissism in society in general. I especially despite sites like Reddit (despite using them quite heavily myself), since they're basically a network of internet forums without all the cool things that make internet forums worthwhile to visit.

Another thing I'm not a fan of is Patreon. Yeah, I get why it exists. It's very hard to make money from your work online, especially if you're an artist or video creator in an era where YouTube seems to be screwing everyone over. But the core concept just seems too much like begging for me. Like you're saying 'I can't survive in society like a normal person, please can everyone else pay for my expenses?' It's also led to a rise in online creators that only care about those that give them money every month, rather than their fanbase as a whole. Again, I see where they're coming from, but it feels a bit like a slap in the face to those who can't afford all these monthly Patreon subscriptions or what not.

I'm also not a fan of modern politics in general. Seriously, people need to realise the following things:

1. That their 'side' is not always right, and that the other side isn't necessarily evil. There are obviously some nutcases on either side of the political spectrum (usually at the extremes), but someone who votes say Conservative or Labour is not an evil person wanting to destroy society who should be ostricised from every community around.

2. That those extremists and nutcases on their side shouldn't be tolerated, regardless of how much you agree with their opinions. If someone's guilty of a crime or what not, then it doesn't matter what 'side' they're on. They should be disavowed and treated like the scumbag they usually are.

3. How media shouldn't be censored or freedom of speech removed to fight 'wrongthink'. Actions matter. Things depicted in a video game or said in a chat room don't.

Finally, I despise these stupid fast cuts in modern films and TV shows. Seriously, stop changing the bloody camera angle every two seconds. It's incredibly distracting, and feels like the producers are treating us like idiots with a goldfish level attention span. Yes it works in Bourne movies and a few other Hollywood blockbusters, but slow paced historical ones or business shows have no place for 'fancy' camerawork. It's like the people at the BBC behind Dragon's Den think they're filming a Bond movie or something.

I don't know where to begin with this post, other than to say "no".

Probably the only thing I can really agree with to any extent in this post has to do with camerawork, lol

[ResidentTsundere]

I have to say that things said in a chat room can totally matter if someone is being hateful towards another user.

[X-pert74]

There have been times in the past where I cried because of things people said toward me online. Just like IRL, the stuff that people say online can and does have an effect on people, and I think it's incredibly shortsighted and dismissive to act like "It's the internet, who cares, lol"

[Snake]

Oct 19, 2017 17:12:15 GMT -5 cm30 said:

1. That their 'side' is not always right, and that the other side isn't necessarily evil. There are obviously some nutcases on either side of the political spectrum (usually at the extremes), but someone who votes say Conservative or Labour is not an evil person wanting to destroy society who should be ostricised from every community around.

2. That those extremists and nutcases on their side shouldn't be tolerated, regardless of how much you agree with their opinions. If someone's guilty of a crime or what not, then it doesn't matter what 'side' they're on. They should be disavowed and treated like the scumbag they usually are.

3. How media shouldn't be censored or freedom of speech removed to fight 'wrongthink'. Actions matter. Things depicted in a video game or said in a chat room don't.

Finally, I despise these stupid fast cuts in modern films and TV shows. Seriously, stop changing the bloody camera angle every two seconds. It's incredibly distracting, and feels like the producers are treating us like idiots with a goldfish level attention span. Yes it works in Bourne movies and a few other Hollywood blockbusters, but slow paced historical ones or business shows have no place for 'fancy' camerawork. It's like the people at the BBC behind Dragon's Den think they're filming a Bond movie or something.

Media shouldn't ever be censored. It's much better to age/audience rate.   It's more productive to teach people to think critically for themselves, than to try to "protect" people from the "wrong" ideas.  Ideas and words are nothing in of itself, only physical action is.

Politics here in the US is a sick joke.  The public gives too much importance to the office of the President and the Executive Branch, while 2/3rds of the government are bought and paid for career politicians.  No one talks about Congress, but they ultimately make and pass the laws, while the Supreme Court interprets how those laws are followed.  Congress is in the pocket of the military-industrial (congressional) complex, the central banks, the conglomerates and pharmaceuticals, not to mention lobbyists from countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel.  But you'll never hear about it, because much of the media like Washington Post and CNN have contracts with the CIA.  The CIA which operates in confidentiality, and doesn't have to answer to anyone, not even the President.  

I certainly hate the fast cuts of action scenes as well. Its sloppy and disorienting.  Old action movies of 1980's are a dead breed.  We won't ever see anything like Commando or Predator, or Jackie Chan, Shaw Brothers, or Jet Li films of back in the day. 

[ResidentTsundere]

Oct 19, 2017 20:22:22 GMT -5 X-pert74 said:

There have been times in the past where I cried because of things people said toward me online. Just like IRL, the stuff that people say online can and does have an effect on people, and I think it's incredibly shortsighted and dismissive to act like "It's the internet, who cares, lol"

Me too. It's why I stopped caring about deviantart. :/

A common critique of how modern movies are edited is that movies get lots of rapid-fire edits to create a greater sense of action than there actually is. It can be annoying and disorienting.

[Deleted]

Ah, plus the shitty blue and orange filters that get put over EVERYTHING these days.