People who don’t like animals. I can’t help but think there’s something cold and mean about them.
People who are against monogamy. Not being ready for it is one thing, but being outright against it is something I don’t understand.
Mama’s boys…ugh.
Math. I just don’t get it, and I envy those who do.
Women who put on massive amounts of make-up. Why??!!
A co-worker of mine puts on layers of eye make-up, and it makes her look like a cheap whore. The muscles in her eyelids are defective in such a way where she can’t open them completely (kind of like Jim Breuer’s eyes) - so she constantly looks like she’s either stoned or tired. The layers of eye shadow, mascara and various shades of liner just magnify it. Considering how aware she is of her appearance (she spends almost $1000 a month on her clothes and hair alone), I don’t understand why she would do that.
Thanks for adding that one! I once went to a fast food resturant where the girl at the counter had extremely long acrylic nails. At one point in bagging my food, I happened to notice the underside of her nails. I cannot begin to describe the crap that was under there - even tho she never touched my food unwrapped I totally lost my appetite.
And although I have tattoos, I don’t understand facial piercings. A girl was hired at an cat rescue shelter I used to work at who had multiple facial piercings and at least 6 piercings in each ear. I finally had to almost scream at her to make her understand that when I said “no loops at work” I meant it. I told her that if she was injured by a cat grabbing one of the loops (those playful little buggers - babies will do it too) I was going to do my best to see that the shelter did not pay her medical bills, and see that Workers Comp. didn’t pay them either. The rule was rounded studs or nothing.
It sometimes seems that I actually “get” very few things…in fact, I have a recurrent daydream which usually strikes me when I am out shopping. I look around at magazines with pictures of celebrities, and shelves full of odd products, and other shoppers wearing hideous clothing, and I have a fleeting moment of pretending that I have just arrived here from my real planet.
Had to add this after a phone conversation this morning. I don’t get men who don’t pay child support and the women who breed with them. Look, lady, you’d been with the idiot for years. You bailed him out when he was locked up for nonpayment of child support. You paid his child support to keep him out of jail. You were stupid enough to conceive a child with him. Now you’re suprised that he has moved on and won’t pay child support. I don’t want to hear it.
Sniff. I love my long fake hot pink nails. I just always liked the look and they dont’ need to polished every couple of days like regular nails (if you like the look of polish like I do).
But I can see why people don’t like them. It’s funny how something that was originally an indication of wealth has actually become a indication of (lower) class. Most people I meet with fake nails (and see at the salon) are working class. I’m the only person I know in my social group that has 'em…
**Tremorviolet, I wasn’t trying to step on your toes (fingers?). I have no problem with them if they are clean. Although I have seen some I believe could qualify as lethal weapons.
How has this thread not gone into the pit by now? Really?
It’s loaded statements like that I don’t get. You’re saying that any mother who gets pain relief during childbirth is drugging her baby? That’s insulting and ridiculous at the same time. Not everyone feels the need to be a goddamn martyr in order to give birth. When you’re going at 30+ hours of severe labor, there is absolutely nothing wrong with getting something to get you through that pain. Hell, even if you’re one hour into it, I don’t see the problem.
And if epidurals are so bad then why do they offer them to every woman who has a kid? Seriously.
Judgmental people abound in this thread. So much for that whole fight against ignorance. Call me overly sensitive, I don’t care. This thread just seems like an excuse to get away with insulting other people.
Perhaps my answer was a bit snarky, and I apologize. I just meant, they way you put it, it seems like there are only two answers to the problem. Either he runs home to Mama, or he drinks. 'Tis confusing.
Epidurals are far more dangerous for the mother than the child (though the risks, while real, are pretty small). The majority of the anesthetic is directly absorbed by the nerves and doesn’t get into the bloodstream or harm the infant in any way. It also relaxes the pelvic muscles which are, due to the excessive size of the human infant skull, barely large enough to pass the baby to begin with.
There’s a very good reason, medically, beyond mere comfort and convenience, why epidural anethesia is so widely used. If you’re into the whole natural birth thing, good on ya, I guess, but don’t perpetuate the notion that it is somehow safer or better for the child.
That’s my opinion as well. I’d never get one, and if other people want them, fine, but I just don’t get it. I dated a guy in college (who was in the Navy) and he had his first name tattooed on his forearm, for the same reason DesertGeezer’s dad got his SSN, because he couldn’t think of anything else. :smack: Geez, if you’re gonna permanently mark up your body, at least take a few minutes and think about it. Get something with some artistic value.
I agree with a lot that have already been mentioned; celebrity worship, the whole overblown sports culture (I like baseball and football - I just think the whole thing is blown way out of proportion with regard to salaries, ticket prices and player worship), long fake fingernails, adults who still live at home for no good reason(still in school or caring for ill parents) and expensive funerals.
My personal “don’t-get-it”? Grown women who are way to into certain cutsey cartoon characters. You know, women over say, 25 or so who just “lurve” Winnie the Pooh or Tigger or Tweety Bird and have said character emblazoned on all their clothes and tote bags and stickers on their car and little stuffed animals on their desk and in the back of their car and all the jewelry… I’m sure everyone here knows someone like this. I just don’t get it. Grow up, would you?
Not everyone shares your POV. I really didn’t mean it to come across as incendiary, just that there’s hardly ever such a thing as “black and white” with regard to medicine and medications. In the face of a lack of a completely clear picture then some people opt to minimize potential risks.
Wedding Dresses- You pay a whole bunch of money for this big frilly outfit, then you wear it once… At least a tuxedo can be worn in functions outside of weddings.
Engagement/Wedding rings- To me this is a gross symbol of materialism, if not blatant bribery in some cases. I’m not against presenting some material object as a symbol of a union, but it ought to be something a little more sentimental than a store-bought ring (an heirloom, maybe- like an old ring passed down a family, or a spyglass or tractor or SOMETHING :mad:
Lowriders- I don’t know what is more goofy- the trucks with monster truck wheels and a chassis 6 feet off the street, or the lowriders that are 2 inches off the street and have hilariously tiny wheels.
Scion XB- The most retarded looking vehicle in existence, IMO. Like taking some boxy van from the 80’s, shrinking it down to 50% of it’s original size, and hyping it up as a centerpiece of youth culture :rolleyes: .
I suppose staying on site and dealing with the problem is, you know, out of the question.