D Marie - They control insanely powerful machines at speeds far greater than we could even attempt and compete against many other such machines. On a closed track. For five hundred miles. Good enough for me. (Hey, I can barely control a chainsaw.)
Back to the OP…
International law. As far as I’m concerned, until we have an international government, this is hokum. (And no, the UN is not an international government.) How this ever became the justification to fight Saddam Hussein, I’ll never know.
Chinese culture. All of it. For that matter, any language that does not have an alphabet. Screw how “beautiful” it is, I like writing I can actually use.
How some plants can thrive and grow for years without any care whatsoever, while others croak if you neglect them for two freaking days.
How hockey players can pound the daylights out of each other for a whole game and still be healthy for the next contest, whearas some baseball players are laid up for weeks after taking one bad step.
Macroeconomics. Like statistics, except with more to memorize. Sheesh, the President probably doesn’t know half this stuff. (Of course, considering the kind of Presidents we’ve had lately…)
SUV’s. A van has more cargo space, a pickup has more weight capacity, and just about anything is safer. If it’s style you’re after, a similarly-priced sports car is a helluva lot better choice.
Why someone hasn’t designed a decent motorcycle horn so they don’t have to make more noise than a freaking firing range for “safety” reasons.
Computer games. Don’t even boot up right as often as not, ridiculously hard, increasingly-hideous requirements, and invariably full of bugs. Is there any other group of people on the planet who’d put up with this crap?