Anyone over here that feels they’ve got a certain mindset pegged and can explain it to the rest of us, wanna try putting it out to the masses in this thread? So I won’t partake of any hijacking that might not be understood either. 
Oh, and I agree 100% with neutron star on those dealing with suicidal ideation. When you’re there, one doesn’t seem to be able to see much else.
i’m 42, so I shall wear my diamonds with impunity. 
And my sapphire, topazes, garnet, pearls, aquamarines…
The idea that music in places where one meets prospective partners must be loud enough to preclude conversation. It’s like a kind of eugenics to keep the shy, the bookish, and the hearing-impaired from polluting the bloodline.
Hazing. Any kind really. And people who have been through it and defend it.
“I’m 5’1” so I’ll go and buy the biggest fuckin thing on the road." Especially soccer moms.
“I drive an hour commute every moring to work, so I’ll buy the extend cab full size pickup that gets 15 mpg.” Then I’ll bitch about gas prices.
Oh - another one: people who can’t comprehend why others should not live their lives the same way they do (and I’m not talking about disagreements about religion, morality, etc.). I’ve spoken to people who honestly think that just because they don’t like something (perfectly legal & harmless), nobody should like it or even have access to it, and vice versa - “I like to play chess/sew my own clothes/go fishing/etc., why don’t you do it? You should! Everybody should.” Big giant WTF!?!
I don’t get people who don’t try to look after their health. People who are chronically overweight or out of shape who don’t realize they are and or don’t do anything about it.
I don’t get people who won’t try something new.
Hasn’t anyone in this thread taken courses in Cultural Anthropology, Introduction to Sociology, or Introduction into Psychology at some point in their life? It really isn’t all that difficult to figure out why people do the things they do with just a little observation.
Marc
By and by, my last post wasn’t meant to be a smug holier than thou statement. I certainly don’t understand why people do a lot of things but I’m able to figure out why if I just ask questions or make observations, at least in general.
Marc
Always referring to peoples’ kids as their “adopted children”, if they adopted. For instance, whenever there’s an article about Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman, and their kids are mentioned, it’s always, “with adopted son Connor”, or “with her adopted daughter, Isabella.”
Not that there’s anything wrong with being adopted, but it’s as if they’re inferring that somehow, their kids aren’t “really” their kids. That pisses me off.
And that reminds me-Scientology. THAT completely blows my mind.
Guin and YaWanna, it doesn’t sound like you’re the kind of people I’m talking about. I was strictly referring to the people who obsess over their jewelry, run up debt for it, wheedle it out of their SOs, and brag about how much it cost and what karat it is. It’s the mindset, per the thread, not the wearing of it. So you guys are in the clear!
Okay, I know this is probably going to get me pitted and possibly banned, but this just annoys the hell out of me. It’s wierd because for the most part I agree with you. I think it’s pretty stupid to be proud of things you can’t control. I think the whole idea of nobility, royalty and inhereted titles is a sham(Needless to say, I couldn’t understand the big thing over Princess Diana dying). Likewise, if George Washington was your great grandfather, big whoop.
But I’m also annoyed by the idea that if you are proud of some part of your acestry or your group, it’s great for certain groups, but for other groups, it’s pretty horrible. It seems like a PC double standard and BS to boot.
And I don’t mean “My race/ancestry is superior to yours” but rather “I’m proud to be Prussian/Mayan/Sicilian/Egyption”. There is a distinction, but some people only seem to make it depending on what group you are.
Why would this get you pitted or banned?
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Can you give an exaple of what you mean, because I’m confused. The only times I think it can be held against you to be “proud” of your ancestry is when that pride turn to a superiority complex (that perhaps leads to violence/racism, ie white supremacy or xenophobia against immigrants), which you say you are not including in your definition.
Also- when you are so proud of your ancestry that you can’t aknowledge wrongs that were done in the past. Such as “I’m so proud to be Norwegian that I won’t admit that perhaps Lutefisk was a bad invention” (apologies to any Norweigians out there ;)).
Anyway- I just haven’t seen people being put down for pride in their heritage, for no good reason, so please tell me what you have seen that makes you say this.
Other than racist people who do that out of their superiority or xenophobic stances of course- should have added that!
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Ms Spears is one of the most sexy women in America.
What, there’s c. 300 million people there.
HPL: That isn’t what I meant. I meant that if you can maintain (or develop) pride in the face of active persecution, it is an admirable trait and a sign of courage. (The alternative, of course, being buckling under completely and trying to ‘pass’ as a member of the oppressing group if you possibly can.)
Let me give you some examples:
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[li]Being proud of being black in 1930s Alabama was admirable because of the Jim Crow laws and lynch mobs and all of the other racism both de jure and de facto. Being proud of being black in 1990s Alabama? Not so much.[/li][li]Being proud of having Slavic ancestry in late 1930s Germany was admirable. Suicidal, but admirable.[/li][li]Being proud of being gay in a very anti-gay region. (The definition of ‘very anti-gay’ changes over time and culture, but modern-day San Francisco probably does not qualify.)[/li][/ul]I don’t like PC-ism or racism of any form whatsoever. This is a list of people bearing up under societal and even legal pressures conniving to make them buckle under and conform, either through death or denying who they really are.
IvoryTowerDenizen: Don’t knock lutefisk until you’ve tried it. I love it.
Okay, I withdraw my complaint. It intially struck me as being a type of double standred that is popular among the more PC circles, but upon clarification, it obviously isn’t.
My comment was not about the ones who set out to become addicts. I wasn’t aware that anyone would purposely make that choice. I was refering to those people who don’t have the willpower to keep from giving in to whatever the addiction provides them with.
It’s obvious by your comments, that you’re assuming I’ve never dealt with addiction and/or depression. I’ve been arround addiction of some type my entire life and have been dealing with severe deression for the past 20 years.
Oh, I know which ones you mean. For most of those people, it’s a status symbol.
But for those who like jewel just because it’s pretty and sparkly, this is a cool site.
Oh, and I don’t REALLY mean anyone under forty who wears diamonds is tacky, that was just a joke. I just don’t get why diamonds are so prized above all other stones.
Git R Done is a catch phrase for a comedian, Larry the Cable Guy. He’s been on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Jeff Foxworthy, Ron White and Bill Engvall. IMHO, he’s the worst of the four, with a Good Ol’ Boy Southern Schick that isn’t near as funny as Ron White’s “I got thrown out of a bar in New York City,” Engvall’s “Here’s Your Sign” or Foxworthy’s “You Might be a Redneck If.”