What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

[JonnyO]

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[AtomicEraTom]

It's a joke. I mean, I don't even get what it's about. I know we'll have some bellyachers posting here soon enough about how "we're the odd ones out on society because people don't dress like us anymore blah, blah, blah" but really, how ridiculous is this whole 'Swag' lifestyle?

 

[JonnyO]

It's a joke. I mean, I don't even get what it's about. I know we'll have some bellyachers posting here soon enough about how "we're the odd ones out on society because people don't dress like us anymore blah, blah, blah" but really, how ridiculous is this whole 'Swag' lifestyle?

Swag, it is out of control. I've heard girls these days stating they would like to date a guy with swag. It's disgusting, but these are also the girls photographing themselves in front of mirrors doing the "duck face" and squatting while putting up the peace sign.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I dislike that, too. What happened to a girl flashing a pretty smile?

but these are also the girls photographing themselves in front of mirrors doing the "duck face" and squatting while putting up the peace sign.

 

[JonnyO]

I dislike that, too. What happened to a girl flashing a pretty smile?

Your guess is as good as mine. I have seen a few that take normal photos still, I like to call them 'diamonds in the rough.'

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Whew..startled me there for a minute..then I did notice you said a smile.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

This is the first I'm hearing about swag. I'm such a cultural dunce.

 

[Tomasso]

I like the kind of swag that comes in a bag.

 

[JonnyO]

I like the kind of swag that comes in a bag.

Wow, that is quite the haul!

 

[Dragon Soldier]

I get so tired of hearing "He has Swag"..or someone on Facebook with a name like John 'Swagger' Doe.

Ah... does it derive from "swagger" then, as in swagger stick?

Because I believe that term is itself derived from swank.

Extrapolate European English speakers. Extrapolate.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The phrase "YOLO"

 

[Gregg Axley]

I get so tired of hearing "He has Swag"..or someone on Facebook with a name like John 'Swagger' Doe.

I was going to have swags over my living room and dining room windows, but just opted for thermal drapes instead.
Not that same thing I suppose...

 

[LizzieMaine]

I have to admit I have never in my life heard the word "swag" used in this way. The only way I've ever heard it used is by Allen Jenkins or Frank McHugh in some Depression-era Warner Bros movie to refer to the loot in a small-time robbery, or by people who go to trade shows to refer to the bags of complimentary junk handed out by exhibitors. I don't mind the former, can't stand the latter, and think this latest version is ridiculous.

And I don't even want to guess what "Yolo" is. A court plea by somebody trying to be cocky with the judge? "Yolo Contendere?"

 

[Fastuni]

"You Only Live Once" -YOLO is a "way of life"... well actually just an excuse for irresponsible behaviour and foolishness.

It sounds even sillier when youths use this "word" in German.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Pffft. I've got a better slogan:

"Live every day as though it were your last -- and some day you'll be right."
-- Fred Allen

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Yeah, that can go away any time now, too.

The phrase "YOLO"

 

[sheeplady]

Granite Countertops
Shower Doors
Marble in the Shower Area (anything you can't clean with vinegar and baking soda annoys me)
Shower Gel for Men (this annoys me for some illogical reason... I feel like real men use soap. Next fad will be men using Nair on their faces)
Men and Women dousing themselves in perfume
People who think their child(ren) can do no wrong (special snowflake syndrome)
the anti-vax movement
the recession

I can likely think of more.

 

[HudsonHawk]

A few more additions to the list, accumulated over the past two years:

Google

I don't mind the search engine, just can't stand people who use "google" as a verb.

Bacon-flavored cupcakes

Let's not get carried away now...

Halogen light bulbs that give you third-degree burns if you bump against one

I'm in the process of going full-on LED. I'm not sure where that puts me in your light bulb hierarchy.

Artisanal frozen pizza

Totino's Party Pizza...still the best $0.99 you'll ever spend.

Competitive nursery schools

Last year, my brother in law camped out for two days in line to get his kid into a public pre-school. I said "you camped out for two days so your kid can learn to not eat paste?"

People who willingly pay $15 for a hamburger

Ridiculous. THE best burger in the world (the green chile cheeseburger at Bobcat Bite in Santa Fe...RIP) was only $6.70.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Granite Countertops
Shower Doors

First, everything should be made out of granite, or at least some rock.

Secondly, what have you got against shower doors?

 

[LizzieMaine]

I live near where much of America's granite was once excavated, and have seen how readily it accumulates filth and scum, even when polished. Outside of the post office, fine. Inside your kitchen, insane.

Google is the blood idol to which the Boys From Marketing offer in burnt sacrifice the still-pulsating heart of J. Witless Websurfer.

The anti-vax people ought to be vaccinated against their own stupidity.

The best hamburger in the world is half a pound of plain ground beef cooked medium-rare and served between two slices of white toast with no condiments whatsoever.