"And then one thing led to another . . ." On the radio this morning, a woman called in to say that while she was engaged, she met up with an ex for drinks, that “one thing led to another,” they had sex, she then had sex with her fiance that night, and now she does not know who her daughter’s father is. One thing has never led to another for me. I just don’t get that.
Bumper stickers. I saw a car yesterday with nine bumper stickers. Nine. They made for nice reading while I was waiting for the freeway to move, but still. I don’t think that there is anything I believe in enough to want to mar the finish on my car with a bumper sticker. Let alone nine bumper stickers. How do you get them off? What happens when your candidate loses the election and five years later you still have “Gore 2000” on your car?
Math More specifically, algebra. Numbers, letters, but no words. It’s all very confusing. I was doing okay in math when it was “If you have two apples and you eat one, how many do you have?”, but anything after that Just. Doesn’t. Make. Sense.
Multiple Necklaces I don’t get why anyone would want to wear more than one necklace. I’ve seen women who wear five or six gold necklaces at one time. I went to a professional conference with a co-worker once and discovered she SLEPT in her multiple necklaces. I was afraid she’d wake up dead, strangled in her sleep.
Smoking . Inhale smoke into your lungs. Hold it there. That ever so attractive face one makes exhaling, smoking billowing out the nose and mouth. WTF? And the smell. And the expense. And the coughing and hacking every morning. And the frequency to catch colds and other upper respiratory infections. And did I mention the smell?
Sports, as they are played today: academic failure gets paid millions to chase after a ball. Club owner won’t give the team a raise. They go on strike. The season is cancelled. Um, what??
The stock market. I will never have enough money to invest in any entity that I could afford to lose it. Nor has anyone I’ve ever known. You must have to be in a different league to play that game.
Why it costs $500 to see a major music group or artist. Or $1000 if you want to sit down front.
In political arguments, I often see people switch the topic, without abditting they were wrong. If you can’t defend your assertation, why should I think the next one will be any different? Also, math.
Tanning booths or salons or whatever. Hey, here’s a bright idea: intentionally irradiate yourself! That ought to be good for a few laughs, especially the part when the melanoma metastasizes to your brain and you DIE. There’s a reason they stopped putting X-ray machines in shoe stores.
Honestly, people who’re against gay marriage. Just about every other political issue I can understand the other side. But with gay marriage, I really just don’t get the big deal.
The whole anti-gay thing gets me scratching my head. Why do so many people care about what other consenting adults do in the privacy of their own homes?
One thing led to another I don’t get that either. Seems like one of the things being led to should have a big flashing red light on it and a sign reading: “WARNING–You are about to betray the trust someone has placed in you, the next thing you do in this direction will be WRONG.”
**Strip clubs/Prosititues **Not to equate the two professions, but you are essentially paying someone to act toward you as though you are sexually desirable, when the reality is that if you weren’t paying, they wouldn’t give you the time of day. And even if I could trick myself into thinking I’m alright, why would I want a stripper to give me a full-contact lapdance and not take care of the resulting erection as well? What the hell use is that?
Enjoying an Unrequited Crush (yeah, from the Crush thread in MPSIMS) How can you enjoy longing for something you had better not try to have? No need to feel guilty, but how is it possible to enjoy what boils down to the desire to betray?
Sports.
I did when I was between 5 and 10. Soon after I realized I was just watching a bunch of dudes running back and forth a lot. Not much to get excited about (for an adult), much less OBSESSED about.
Rap.
UHH, YEAHH, WHAT, talking too fast or too slow about the most inane things over an unimaginative rhythm track
Really insanely wouldn’t fit through my front door obese people.
How could it get this out of hand? Certainly at some point they must have realized something bad was happening and something needed to change.
Another vote for modern art, and the people who think you’re some kind of hick if you don’t “get” it. I don’t see what’s to “get”, for example, about a hunk of metal rusting in a park; where I grew up, we call that a junkyard.
PETA - they’re so far removed from reality that they’re impossible to understand.
People who think their religion justifies public hatred of those who don’t share their beliefs.
A more local issue - the “greenway” bridge recently constructed over I-440 near Wade Avenue in Raleigh, NC. I never see anyone using it, yet supposedly there was high demand to connect the “greenway” sections in order to have a continuous citywide path. I also don’t understand the people who protested it because they thought the support pillars were being constructed out of stone; it’s painfully obvious that the pillars are concrete with decorative rock designs pressed into each side.
I don’t get people who believe in a god, a devil, heaven, hell, angels, saints, demons, pixies, luck, fate, revelations, miracles, faith healing, etc., etc., etc., and claim they can believe in these things “on faith,” without a shred of evidence . . .
yet when you mention “evolution,” they nitpick you to death, demanding the most rigorous proof, beyond an iota of doubt, of every detail of evolutionary theory.
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[li]“One thing led to another”[/li][li]People who enjoy dating[/li][li]People who don’t like cats or dogs[/li][li]Anti-gay people[/li][li]Chewing gum[/li][li]Scrapbooking[/li][li]Crafts[/li][li]People who make fun of others for being different[/li][li]People who have never been out of the US, and never want to visit anywhere else[/li][/ul]
:rolleyes: