# In what subjects is your ignorance profound? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231 "2016-07-18T18:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/21 "2016-07-19T04:21:32Z")
Beautiful people/celebrities. I’ve heard the names (Brad Pitt, Beyoncé, Kardashian, etc., etc.) - but I so tune out the information that if you were to show me pictures or give me biographical details I couldn’t match them up. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/22 "2016-07-19T04:34:57Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Chemistry, I don’t get it at all. I can not wrap my head around it and never have been able to. I passed my classes but just, don’t, get, it. I was married to a woman who had a Ph. D in chemistry and she thought I was stupid because I didn’t get it. I’ve come to terms that I will never get it. This. I regard Chemistry as black magic; people that understand it are in league with the devil. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/23 "2016-07-19T05:43:18Z")
> [@as\_u\_wish](#): > > Beautiful people/celebrities. I’ve heard the names (Brad Pitt, Beyoncé, Kardashian, etc., etc.) - but I so tune out the information that if you were to show me pictures or give me biographical details I couldn’t match them up. Yeah, I can sit in my doctor’s waiting room and page through People Magazine, and not see a single name or face I recognize. Well, name. The faces are all the same, just with different hair style ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/24 "2016-07-19T07:06:13Z")
I don’t know most stuff about everything. If fact, there’s more I know nothing about than stuff I know something about. My ignorance is not only profound, it’s supremely profundis. I can spell but! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/25 "2016-07-19T07:35:18Z")
What I don’t know far out weighs what I do. Any history other than US, European, or ancient history (Greeks, Romans, Egypt etc) Math beyond Calculus I Literature except for a few American and British authors. The list goes on and on. I learned what was necessary to hold a professional job and that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![jasnooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/26 "2016-07-19T12:05:40Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > The things that people sit and do for hours on their phones. What the hell are they doing? The same things people sitting at their computer for hours are doing. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/27 "2016-07-19T12:35:12Z")
> [@jasnooks](#): > > The same things people sitting at their computer for hours are doing. Porn? > [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Chemistry, I don’t get it at all. I can not wrap my head around it and never have been able to. I passed my classes but just, don’t, get, it. I was married to a woman who had a Ph. D in chemistry and she thought I was stupid because I didn’t get it. I’ve come to terms that I will never get it. If she treated you like that I can see why you “WERE” married to her… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/28 "2016-07-19T12:38:38Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I can spell but! 😃 No you can’t, “butt” has 2 t’s! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/29 "2016-07-19T13:34:21Z")
A late uncle of mine – formidably and almost terrifyingly knowledgeable about most things – said that knowledge-and-understanding-wise, he had three extremely weak areas: which he summed up as “maths; music; sport”. The same goes for me – along with, in my case, a number of other profound-ignorance-zones. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/30 "2016-07-19T13:45:39Z")
> [@Sangahyando](#): > > A late uncle of mine – formidably and almost terrifyingly knowledgeable about most things – said that knowledge-and-understanding-wise, he had three extremely weak areas: which he summed up as “maths; music; sport”. The same goes for me – along with, in my case, a number of other profound-ignorance-zones. Sports are a good one. I always suck at that in Trivial Pursuit. Last time we were playing I started answering every sports question with “Derek Jeter”! Of course I lost. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/31 "2016-07-19T13:56:30Z")
Philosophy. One of those things I was going to get around to reading about someday. Reality shows. Never watched a single episode of any of them. I’m aware that the Kardablahblah family exists, but have no idea who is who. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/32 "2016-07-19T13:58:53Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Sports are a good one. I always suck at that in Trivial Pursuit. Last time we were playing I started answering every sports question with “Derek Jeter”! Of course I lost. ☹ No no. If it’s a baseball question the answer is always Ty Cobb and if it’s football the answer is Jim Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/33 "2016-07-19T14:51:24Z")
Pokemon Fashion Playing a musical instrument Engines Dancing ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/34 "2016-07-19T15:04:18Z")
In fairness, no one really understands organic chemistry. It’s all part of an elaborate scam to give otherwise untenured professors employment. The trick is to realize that it’s all made up, and that it is intentionally made so horrible that everyone represses the memory of it. Think of it as academic boot camp without the pushups. ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/35 "2016-07-19T15:26:52Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Porn? I have 38,000 hrs played on one video game, if it were ported to mobile that number would be over 100,000. That equates to 11.4 years of my 26 year existence. Anyway, much to my father’s chagrin, I have no idea how a car works and am painfully ignorant about women (hence the videogames) and geography, even in my own neighborhood. Everything else I can hold my own. ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/36 "2016-07-19T16:39:57Z")
I didn’t know how much I don’t know until I entered college and started learning a little about various subjects. Before entering college, I knew it all… After leaving college, I felt as though I did not know a thing! ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/37 "2016-07-19T16:40:59Z")
Marine Physchology Black Magic Extra Terrestrial Languages Nuclear Fission Picking out matching clothes Speeling Stealth Bragging ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/38 "2016-07-19T16:44:34Z")
> [@GunnarFranz](#): > > Anyway, much to my father’s chagrin, I have no idea how a car works and am painfully ignorant about women (hence the videogames) and geography, even in my own neighborhood. > > Everything else I can hold my own. If you’re ignorant about women you can hold your own as well. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/39 "2016-07-19T16:45:24Z")
Forensic mineralogy ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231/40 "2016-07-19T16:47:05Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > I was married to a woman who had a Ph. D in chemistry and she thought I was stupid because I didn’t get it. That’s pretty terrible of her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-subjects-is-your-ignorance-profound/760231.md?page=3)