worst fad of the 21st century so far. it's steampunk, right?

Communal seating is still the worst.

not a fan of NYC Chinese restaurants?

luckily a fellow steampunk was armed with a camera

do you actually call someone involved in this stuff "a steampunk", or is this just the Lincolnite being out of touch? do ppl actually say "I am a steampunk" rather than just "I'm into steampunk" or whatever?

steampi

good god, every paragraph of this wikipedia article is somehow worse than the last

Chap hop is music originating from England that mixes the hip hop genre with elements from the Chappist or steampunk subcultures and stereotypical English obsessions such as cricket, tea and the weather.[1]

Two leading exponents of the genre are Professor Elemental and Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, other names include Poplock Holmes & DJ WattsOn.[2][3]

In 2011, Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire, inspired by Regretsy's "Not Remotely Steampunk" section,[4] posted "Just Glue Some Gears On It (and call it Steampunk)" on YouTube, which quickly went viral and has generated over 800,000 views to date. It was named one of the top ten steampunk songs [5] and was acclaimed by steampunk notables.[4]

In March 2013, UK Education Secretary Michael Gove said he was "strangely addicted to 'chap hop' rappers."[6] Mr. B noted the irony of this, since his music often pokes at members the establishment, commenting, "As a non-Etonian and thus an outcast within the cabinet, this is perhaps a little snook cocked at his colleagues."[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chap_hop

Chap hop is worst fad of the 21st century so far, lock thread

I am a post-punk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiRPBCiJg2c

but it seems to be just those two guys though...

having done some research I think the most upsetting thing is the number of articles about Chap hop that invoke Vivian Stanshall

I refuse to believe chap-hop has more than a dozen fans and is not a fad

oh man... Electronic swing... The horror. thanks Emil.y

"I refuse to believe chap-hop has more than a dozen fans and is not a fad"

2,772,857 views for that fighting trousers video.

brb crying

nerdcore also deserves a mention (as well as that Epic Rap Battles shit)

has anyone been to an escape room game? i just heard about them. seems pretty harmless..
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/01/art-escape-room-323150.html

lol they're huge around here, as I live near tourist central of Orlando. my brother used to work in one as one of his 3,000 jobs.

haven't been in one, have been told they "get old fast"

the escape room thing seems like a twist on the old dinner and a murder mystery thing that was a thing once upon a time. and which still exist as far as i know.

and now that i google there are apparently still a million of them...

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/76/db/ab/but-beware-in-this-show.jpg

those are also popular here - Sleuth's is the big one, but there's also Capone's

I noted someone on a FB comment thread (friend of a friend) state that he went to one of those with his then long term gf.

They broke up 2 days later.

she escaped

loooooooool

horrified @ "chap-hop", good god I wanna crawl under a rock and cover my ears for all eternity

Thread swiftly turning me into Dr. Morbius as regards what inconsequential shit you folks get wound up about.

I have actually seen Mr B in the flesh - his previous band Collapsed Lung played a gig with Bis recently. They were not really my thing, but definitely made more hilarious by Jim Burke (Mr B) still wearing his moustache - as it's a non-removable requirement of his day job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz-XiweyDVs

Chap-hop is the lamest bullshit ever, don't think anyone was claiming it was consequential or not shit

has anyone been to an escape room game? i just heard about them. seems pretty harmless..
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/01/art-escape-room-323150.html

― slam dunk

my spouse had do one as a work activity, you know, "enforced recreation".

Some friends of mine have done these occasionally. They all have fun. It doesn't sound like my idea of fun, but hardly "worst fad".

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/960155_705015892858394_1549084023_n.jpg?oh=0b44b8d7b17e6a84aac5b5ddb16233ee&oe=584A926C

I get that yoga is the new preferred stretching/strength-building/fitness activity but ppl calling themselves yogis and gurus is pretty messed up

I just call everyone who does yoga a yogurt. Seems to work ok.

I did a really fun escape room, got out with seconds to spare. It was kind of steampunky I guess.

looks fun to me

like real life MYST

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/sep/05/luxury-camp-at-burning-man-festival-targeted-by-hooligans

calling the actual cops smdh

I didn't realize there were these exclusive, private parties at Burning Man. This is pretty gross and goes against the spirit of the event. Hardly an example of a gift economy!

i think the worst fad is the proliferation of whatever kind of music this is. sub DMB 'reggae' tripe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTu9bVcwU0

I agree but would point out that this is, in fact, jazz.

Twice in the last week I have seen groups of young people repeatedly dropping large filled water bottles. The first time it was on the tube, and continued for some time with a lot of uproar that would suggest it was a game, although there was no indication as to what the rules might be. And the second time just now at the bus stop - another group fixated by the same activity.

Is this an emerging trend and if so, does anyone know what it means?

means you made some enemies

water bottle games a big fad. my 11 year old is constantly flipping seltzer bottles around the house. check youtube.

Oh jesus. My kid does that too. *thunk* *thunk* *thunk*

Thank you for clarifying this! I was starting to think that the meaning systems had all shifted at once. Is it like an elaborate hacky sack?

As far as I know it's just trying to get it to land upright after flipping it. Bonus points for showmanship?

I was scared to ask, but was pretty sure it was about sticking an upright landing. whew, I'm not as out of touch as I thought.

I agree but would point out that this is, in fact, jazz.
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you justifiably probably didn't make it that far into the video, but there's a section with like reggae guitar and toasting. it's horrendous

i never clicked on that yt

you know there's a wookiefoot thread right

I think that's one of those things where I'd see it and my brain would protectively remove it from the listing somewhere between the optic nerve and consciousness such that I could never click on it

there was this long article on john mayer's career that someone posted on facebook and i actually read most of it and there were a million video embeds and the thought of actually clicking on one of the videos honestly never even occurred to me. i thought about that later. it's kind of that innate thing like knowing that you should wait for cars to go by before crossing a busy street.

ok the horrible video reminds me, where on ilx or the web did I see that video that was ripped from a local access show of yesteryear with a few kids playing a really off-kilter song about being all out of ganja