There is one fashion trend that I hate more than anything—more than denim skirts with Uggs, more than Crocs, even more than inappropriately tight, super low-rise jeans on women that shouldn’t be wearing them (basically, anyone besides supermodels.)

Message t-shirts.

If you’ve ever stepped foot in a mall, high school, or a club on “teen night,” you’ve probably witnessed this eye sore. What’s the big deal about words on a t-shirt? Message t-shirts are chosen deliberately and carefully, which is why I cannot forgive them.

Too-tight jeans? Maybe you’re just in denial about your muffin top.

Uggs? Perhaps you mistakenly think they look good.

Crocs? Blindness, I assume.

But message t-shirts actually anger me. What kind of girl is perusing the racks at Hot Topic and deciding that she wants to let everyone know that she is a Beer Slut? And what does that even mean? Has anyone ever received positive attention for wearing a shirt that proudly proclaims, “My Boyfriend’s Out of Town”?

It also seems that this trend, which I first noticed in middle school, is not something some people grow out of. I was recently out for drinks at a dive bar and almost choked on my beer when I saw a women in her 20’s wearing a t-shirt that proudly proclaimed, in pink glittery cursive, “Daddy’s Girl.” Yeah, nothing hotter to the guy you’re trying to pick up at a bar than to be boldly confronted with your daddy issues before he even buys you a drink.

What is this need to proclaim that we are hotties, angels, and cheaters across our chests in the form of glitter and pretty bubble letters? The only things that are missing are a scrunchie and platform sneakers and you might as well be in high school, snapping your gum and smoking cigarettes in the parking lot during gym class. What happened to look chic and fuss-free, and most importantly, letting our mouths, not our t-shirts, do the talking?