Imagine you woke up with a penis where your vagina used to be. Or vice versa. I’m not transgendered, but I don’t think it’s too hard to wrap one’s mind around.
I don’t grok:
Optimists.
Extroverts.
People who believe in authoritarian ideals even though they would not directly profit, such as poor warmongers.
Monosexuals. I’m pretty straight, but I don’t believe someone who says they’ve NEVER been sexually attracted to their own “kind” (or vice versa for gays). Never?
Walmart supporters (not just shoppers, but people who are PRO-Walmart).
Actually, capitalists in general.
Optimism being the big one. Just looks like willful ignorance from here.
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[li] South Park[/li][li] Arrested Development[/li][li] Howard Stern[/li][li] Jerry Springer[/li][li] anything touting the phrase, “Git R Done”[/li][/ul]
In another thread, a poster made the comment that, “People like to roll around in their own ignorance” and I loved it.
I can’t understand how people can just like not knowing things. And not caring. And being proud of the fact that they don’t know.
Willful ignorance… scary, ain’t it?
Read a book once in a while.
I like to do the crossword puzzles in the paper every day, and I usually do it in pen, not to look like a smartass or anything, I just like pen better than pencil. (I should do it in pencil, because I do make mistakes sometimes, but I just prefer using a pen.)
I get a kick out of doing them at the firehouse that my husband and I belong to - someone invariably looks over my shoulder and says, “How do you know all those answers?”
My husband always answers, “She reads a lot.”
Also, the Oakley Thermonucular Protection thingies that use to be everywear years ago. Ummmmm, is there a money back guarantee or what? What the hell are Oakleys anyways?
** It’s a Jeep Thing, you wouldn’t understand?** Pardon me, but WTF?
Oh, and can I get a big steaming cup of STFU for all the **Dale Earnhart #3’s ** out there? He’s dead you retards. He drove a race car, not cured AIDS. He’s Dead. Dead. Dead.
People (usually women) who JUST HAVE LAND A HUSBAND! If you find that special someone, great. But these women who approach dating like a job search boggle my limited intellect.
In fact the whole marriage and kids thing I can’t understand. Whenever I get a hint of a thought that I should be getting married, all it takes is seeing some poor slob and his chubby wife pushing a screaming baby and I’m like “yeah…good luck with all THAT!”.
“…I don’t think I will ever understand [their] point of view…even with all my leisure time.”
-Lindey Neigle, The Simpsons
I can agree with this (and I’m a Christian.) However Christianity and our holidays are so tied up with the culture here in the United States (and quite a few other places) that changing certain things like (holiday observances) would probably make everyone upset even most atheists.
I hate hate hate HATE with the fire of 10[sup]11[/sup] suns any situation in which I’m expected to make a good impression on people. I am just very, very bad at it, and I’m so clueless that I don’t know what I’m doing wrong (you might think the last sentence was sarcasm, but I assure you, it’s not). Dating is a situation in which part of what you are doing is trying to make a good impression on the other person.
I don’t get flirting, either. Never been able to do it or know if someone is flirting with me.
I’m a homebody, so I don’t really enjoy going out for going out’s sake. I’d much rather stay at home and read or play computer games than go out to a bar or whatever.
I’m not a huge fan of living alone, either. I mean, sure, it beats living with roommates that you don’t get along with. But it gets kind of lonely, and having to do all the cooking, cleaning, et cetera for yourself kind of sucks.
I don’t like uncertainty- it upsets me, especially when it is uncertainty that I might have to do something I hate (like dating, or interviewing for jobs). So I like being married- getting out of that relationship is a much bigger deal than breaking up with someone or even moving out if you live together.
I don’t understand how anyone could enjoy dating, actually.
People who try to get infected with HIV on purpose. They usually feel that it will make them a real member of the gay community of something. Others do it out of sympathy for all their friends/lovers that have HIV.
I don’t know, I’ve always been of two minds about that. On the one hand, you should be adventurous in travel, but on the other, I’ve always been a little uneasy about going to a country and compelling the people there to speak to me in English. It seems… rude somehow. And the idea of another person coming to the States for a visit and speaking no English is practically inconceivable. So for equity’s sake, it does sort of seem like you should visit only those countries where you know the rudiments of the language. (Though I suppose you could go on a package tour, with guides.)
Yeah- I know. I don’t really expect to change anything; I only wish people weren’t just so “outraged” when non-Christians want just a little breather from it all.
Ah, you beat me to it! Although I think ivylass wins the thread for “people who don’t read, and brag about it.”
People who like to have the TV on when they’re not watching it.
Women (or men) who fantasize about having a “dream wedding”. I’m getting married soon, which is great, but just thinking about having to endure the wedding makes me want to puke.
People who need to socialize with other people during all their waking hours.
Wait…a plough horse bit this guy’s nipple off? Do plough horses usually go around biting off people’s nipples? Do you give them little Nipple Snax[sup]TM[/sup] when they do tricks for you? The story you’ve told us strikes me as truly surreal.
Sports, people who play sports, people who watch sports… the whole concept that people derive pleasure or entertainment from sport is mystifying to me.
Hotted up cars. I. Don’t. Get. It. Why do you want a car loud enough to wake the entire neighbourhood? Why do you want an old car to keep in showroom condition when you could have a new car that’s probably more comfortable, fuel efficient and has more features? Why do people (like my brother) admire people because they own a particular vehicle? Why do some young guys apparently think that people must be looking on in admiration/envy when they sent their car screaming up the road? Cars are a transport medium to me, and I can’t understand how some people turn them into a lifestyle.
Vandals, thieves, etc.
People who don’t care to learn the correct spelling of words. Also, the aforementioned people who glory in their ignorance, brag about not reading and treat you like there’s something wrong with you because you care about those things.
Religious people. I don’t understand those who wholeheartedly believe in something that makes so little sense to me. I also can’t understand those who claim to believe but don’t actually trouble themselves too much about following the teachings of their own religion.
Gun ownership. It’s probably because I’m Australian and raised by anti-gun people in a low-ownership country but the idea of needing a gun to protect yourself is so foreign to me that I can’t comprehend it.
Actually, a lot of American ideas are foreign to me. Not wrong - I just can’t get my head around them because I’m looking at the situation from such a different viewpoint.