Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

You know those trends, whether it be lifestyle fads or fashion statements, that make you roll your eyes and doubt your faith in humanity seemingly more and more, thinking it can’t get any more stupid, only to be proven wrong with the next one you see plaguing your IG newsfeed a few weeks later?

Think ‘on fleek’. Pre-teens walking around looking like they just finished shooting porn as they dab for no other reason than to demonstrate how much growing up they have ahead of them.

..yeah. I know. 2017 was filled with such things that are truly cringe-inducing so I felt like there was no better time than the last day of the year to round up some of the more wide-sweeping fads to make room for whatever 2018 may bring.

Hyperinflated Lips

This one’s one of the first trends that has gained popularity throughout the year largely thanks to celebs such as Kylie Jenner. I realize that overdrawn lipliner is a look that’s already been hip and happenin’ since the 90’s. Not only is that make-up style back and better than ever, but it’s now often seen in combination with lips puckered out so much that it makes you second-guess if the chick in question just got some lip injections or (based on how young she is) simply thinks that it’s ‘cool’ to walk around looking like you just gave head.

Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

Hip-high Boots

Gone are the days of those cute ankle-height boots or ‘booties’. This year, they seem to have been replaced by boots that are a bit of a crossover between what you’d expect to see on a hooker walking the streets. Even worse when you realize that the target clientele is, as per usual, pre-teens who have yet to be in their first romantic relationship, much less being legal to engage in any kind of sexual relations.

Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

'...just got out of the shower.'

As someone with pretty damn thin hair from the get-go, this one’s really beyond me. I mean- doesn’t it feel like just yesterday that it was the norm to accept that most girls wouldn’t go in the pool during social outings because it’d ruin their hair-do? Making their hair flat/frizzy and whatnot.

Times are obviously changing when it’s inevitable to see models or top-tier celebrities pairing hundred thousand-dollar gowns with hair-dos that just about any one with access to a shower could pull off.

Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

Dresses you can see-through

Firstly, I’m not trying to say that we women should be forbidden from showing any skin at all. I’m in no way a proponent of saying that women should walk around in swaddles of so much clothing that it’d leave a monk green with envy.

When you’re browsing through the websites of popular retailers like Forever 21 and already doing that ‘..wtf?’ facial expression, before reminding yourself that the target audience of the clothing they sell are tweens who’ve just hit puberty, though..

It starts to feel like a bit of a rip-off for such companies to force a child to spend the entirety of their allowance money for ‘shirts’ that have cut-outs on the shoulders, come up to just below the rib cage, and have an open-back. In addition to being made of semi-sheer material from the get-go, leaving you wondering if this article of clothing would provide enough coverage to even qualify as clothing in the first place.

Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

Dabbing

I’m not even sure where this move came from. I suppose it’s one in an ever-growing line of signature dance moves that seem to reinvent themselves every few years (think macarena, YMCA, chicken dance, that Gangnam Style jig). Maybe this one’s not so bad but.. definitely leaves an impression on more than just the dancer in question when it’s done in just about every context. Say, for example, I was working with a child with Autism just a few days ago. We were discussing the themes within one short story while working on his reading comprehension and his response to a question I asked him?

An ‘I don’t know…’ paired with a dab.

Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

Sweatpants/Harem pants?

I could’ve sworn that just yesterday, people would make fun of MC Hammer’s get-up in his ‘can’t touch this’ music video, with the main focus being on those pants. Little did we know that 2017 would be the year where every other guy would be not only hitting the gym (or in worse cases, heading to class) in a sweatpant version of this. Which sure, may be comfortable, but has comfort really become so valuable that it override leaving people wondering if you’ve got a soiled diaper hiding underneath?

Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

'When I grow up, I want to be a dog'

This one kinda came about in the latter half of 2017 but that certainly didn't stop it from getting old super fast. When it felt like just about every other picture or video clip posted by friends was decorated in a way so that they had dog ears, dog noses, and even dog tongues (?!). I mean, once in a while it's harmless to just change things up but if every other picture on someone's IG/FB is either overly photo-shopped/filtered or has these animal bodyparts making them nearly unrecognizable, it gets a little easier to understand how problems with self identity (be it via debilitating insecurities or learned helplessness, when people believe they are helpless to alter negative situations they find themselves in and get depressed as a result) continue to be such a worldwide issue.

Cringe-Inducing Parts of 2017

Alrighty so while most (*all) of these were points that I felt deserved a bit of light-hearted ranting about, I hope that all of you who will be celebrating or already celebrated the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018 will be able to take any not so positive things that you experienced in stride and remember that while they may not have been all that enjoyable to go through- there's always tomorrow.

If anything, use them as motivation towards how to continue bettering yourself and living a healthy, happy life.

Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🍻

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  • Agreed.

  • Oh gosh 😂😂😅

  • Okay that picture with the girl with the white dress was cute... see no problem.. only that you are jealous you can't wear it maybe?

    • .. ah, you're very much mistaken. I could definitely wear it but wouldn't be caught dead wearing shit like that to school in grade 8.

    • How old are you?

    • same age as yourself. Why?

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  • apparently some people are starting to say that Autism is it's own gender.

    • Seriously? 😅 Sounds like something people would seriously say

  • I wanna see more takes like this.
    there's gotta be more cringe stuff.

    • don’t worry there are

  • I really dislike fast fashion for teens and kids. It's way too much for any kid. And it makes me uncomfortable that people defend it, saying they're just kids and should be able to dress however without people sexualizing them. Definitely not about sexualizing teens and kids; more like they should dress appropriately for their age. You have all your life to be an adult and do/wear what you want. The younger years are for building your self confidence and esteem.

    • agreed. If you browse the sites of popular clothing brands geared mostly towards preteens like Forever 21 and whatnot, it's easy to confuse it as carrying nothing but club apparel versus shit they could wear to school.

  • I love the dresses you can see through but the dog thing is stupid to say the least. It is not funny at all.

  • it really does look like a diaper

  • The dab was actually a dance move but it was ruined so hard when it became popular and white kids who couldn't dance started doing it

    • 'white kids who couldn't dance started doing it'
      so you're saying it's a legitimate dance move that looks non-idiotic just because the person doing it is not white?
      thumbs.gfycat.com/...ishswedishfarmdog-max-1mb.gif

    • @kaylaS91 actually, it kinda actually died out when white 10 year olds started doing it... coincidentally, that was also when Carolina made it to their super bowl run and you got the 10 year old band wagoners who wanted that cam boy swag, only to get ramroded by the broncos 😂

    • nobody said anything about being stupid, most of y'all can't dance, period.

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  • Those lips look strange on her face.
    The dog filter or any filter in general looks rather stupid, especially on a dating site.

  • Yes to all this, but the real cringe-inducer is the crumbling of society's sense of moral direction coupled with the election of 45, and the way he is consistently making the world and country a worse and stupider place on a daily basis.

  • This was really interesting!

  • I like the see through part

  • agree with all of them. absolutely mind numbing trends. I actually have a rule where I would never date a girl who has at least on picture with those damn dog ears and nose

    • Now that's a great dating rule to live by!

    • @glitterberryalisa lol I know right?

    • Well, I find one or two pictures with that dog emoji alright, but if there whole social media is just that goddamn dog it’s as cringey as hell

  • Cam Newton (American Football Player) started the whole dabbing thing which was cool at first, until everyone started dabbing for no god damn reason. lol

  • Very good mytake

  • Interesting myTake

  • Yes most all cringey and annoying. Like why is every dam person dabbing? It just looks stupid.

  • True. Very true

  • Hahaha nice but some of them started before 2017

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