One of my biggest pet peeves happens to be trends. Not one trend specifically, but in general the way trends force us all to come along for the ride. Let me explain.
When a new trendy thing happens, the old thing it replaces ceases to exist. Like the new cell phones not having phone jacks. I know having Airpods and earbuds are the “thing” now. But I like my wired headphones. For several reasons. You don’t have to keep them charged. And they are harder to lose.
That’s just me being a grumpy old Gen Xer, I know. But I like what I like! Fashion is always a trend that we are forced to follow. Can we talk about women’s pants not having useable pockets? Like, what is that?? I just want to be able to carry my car keys and ID without always having to have a purse or bag with me.
And please don’t get me started on the way that laptops don’t have DVD drives but I have a stack of them collecting dust in the corner! In this episode I rant about it all! Now, even though I’m not happy, I am grudgingly going along. What about you? Let me know in the comments how you feel about being forced to follow trends!
Listen to episode #022 here: https://www.statementsofopinion.com/22
Don’t forget to listen to all of my other episodes here: https://www.statementsofopinion.com/episodes