The aesthetic war against the trends defining this decade

The aesthetic war against the trends defining this decade

There comes a point when fashion stops being a choice and becomes a social marker. In recent weeks, a conversation about current trends has put on the table a catalog of displeasure that goes beyond personal taste: tattoos, reggaeton, electric scooters, sagging pants, and a language that seems straight out of a video game. It is not an aesthetic complaint; it is a generational diagnosis.

The catalog of displeasure: from ink to caps

The broadest consensus points to tattoos as the most irritating trend. It is not just about aesthetics: some highlight the health risk of inks entering the circulatory system. Next come reggaeton and trap, music many consider a symptom of cultural degradation, and electric scooters, which have gone from a curiosity to a road safety problem. One user recounted being hit by one of these vehicles at a pedestrian crossing, with the rider fleeing the scene.

The list extends with obsessive meticulousness: gang-style caps, thick-rimmed glasses now worn as a fashion accessory, shaved sides haircuts, flip-flops with socks, pants revealing underwear, gaming chairs in tiny bedrooms, and football team shirts on adults. There is a specific category for language: the use of "bro," "farming aura," or "my mind is blown" as catchphrases that betray belonging to a tribe.

The generational gap: boomer complaints or decay?

The conversation takes an inevitable turn: the accusation that all this is just the complaint of someone aging. "If current trends seem horrible to you, it's because you've become a boomer," the argument goes. The rebuttal does not wait: the difference is that the trends of the 70s and 80s did not involve paying with a mobile phone for a bag of sunflower seeds or applauding people for doing their job. Some maintain that society is in decline and that these trends are the symptom, not the cause.

Language as a border: "bro," "aura" and the end of conversation

Language creates its own front. The use of "bro" with strangers, the expression "farming aura," and empty formulas like "without further ado" or "having said that" are perceived as communicative impoverishment. Some compare it to groups dancing in the park as if they were rehearsed choreographies, or those who speak fast to seem interesting. The complaint is not so much about the words, but about what they reveal: the substitution of thought with formula.

The parenting conflict: the war between children and dogs

The most tense point of the debate is the one facing those who criticize the trend of treating dogs like children and those who defend child education. Some describe as "degrading" the image of a tattooed zombie walking the dog at dawn while looking at their phone. The reply is fierce: true degradation is calling children "larvae." A user recounted a three-hour flight with a six-year-old kicking the seat back, without the mother intervening. The conclusion of that current: "If reporting this makes me anti-child, then fine."

The discussion stalls there. There is no possible consensus between those who see parental permissiveness as the problem and those who consider that society has developed unprecedented hostility towards childhood. Meanwhile, the catalog of trends keeps growing: SUVs, running, fusion food, bar names like "gastrobar," influencers everywhere. The list is infinite because discontent is too.