# What is the entire world pulling your leg about? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850 "2016-07-25T13:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/41 "2016-07-25T21:55:34Z")
There is only one answer and it’s Trump and the reality TV ization of the world. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/42 "2016-07-25T22:00:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Have you tried those cool glasses I’ve heard of that can somewhat give you full color vision? I’m curious how they work. But I’m not color blind, so no way to test. I don’t believe any of the shops where you can try them are in my state; I might give them a try the next time I head out to the West Coast. (And, as you go on to hint, no, you’re not the first to ask; and, yes, I have a default answer when folks wonder why I’m in no particular hurry: _the thing is, my wife is gorgeous._ This usually prompts a confused reply. _No,_ I explain, _she’s really, really gorgeous._ So what? _So what if she’s hideous in full color?_) (Sure, but you can take the glasses off. _But I’ll KNOW! You can’t UNSEE a thing like that! I’ve got a great thing going, here – and you’re trying to RUIN IT FOR ME!_) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/43 "2016-07-25T22:23:49Z")
Tea. Hot tea, iced tea, different varieties: it all smells nasty, and on the few occasions I’ve tasted it, I’ve had to immediately spit it out. Yet, supposedly, a major portion of the world’s population claims to enjoy this substance that I put in the same category as bong water and ditch water. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/44 "2016-07-25T22:33:16Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > for me, it’s got to be Breaking Bad. Why do you want to watch so many assholes become even more assholish? Yet the whole world seems to luuuuurve this show. I watched like three episodes and I hated everyone within five minutes. It took you three episodes? I knew in one episode I wouldn’t be watching another. And got flayed alive for saying so on this Board. Good to know I’m not alone in my distaste for that foulness. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/45 "2016-07-25T22:37:52Z")
This fucking Pokemon Go shit? Seriously? Acquire lives, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/46 "2016-07-25T22:44:12Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Tea. Hot tea, iced tea, different varieties: it all smells nasty, and on the few occasions I’ve tasted it, I’ve had to immediately spit it out. Yet, supposedly, a major portion of the world’s population claims to enjoy this substance that I put in the same category as bong water and ditch water. I don’t hate tea, but I find it to be totally meh. Any and all varieties that I’ve tried have basically just been hot, mildly flavored water. Other people seem to enjoy it so much, though, that I’ve always thought that the problem must be on my end, and I must somehow be doing the whole thing wrong. As it stands, it just seems pointless to me, and nothing like the hype. Why drink this, when coffee exists? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/47 "2016-07-25T23:17:50Z")
Bacon. It’s good. I like bacon. I don’t need 80% of my food adorned with it. I certainly don’t want or need bacon scented deodorant, bacon flavored soda, a couch pillow in bacon-print fabric, bacon in my ice cream, bacon in a can, “Baconnaise”, bacon flavored toothpaste or any of the rest of that nonsense. It’s just food, people. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/48 "2016-07-25T23:24:40Z")
Bruce Springsteen. As far as I can tell, he’s just a mumblier version of John Camp Cougarmelon. I’ve heard he puts on a good live show, but that still doesn’t explain his popularity to me. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/49 "2016-07-25T23:56:19Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Painting your face, or what some women like to call makeup. I’ve never worn it (I’m a woman), never had any desire to wear it, and don’t really get why it’s so important to so many women. Sure, on stage or for models I can see why you would want to paint yourself attractively, but for the women in my office, I really can’t see the difference between the ones who spend massive amounts on the stuff, and those who just go natural (and I’m talking really natural, not “she’s wearing makeup so good that you can’t tell she’s wearing it.”) > > There’s a thread around here somewhere about mascara. In my entire life, I don’t think I’ve ever noticed or cared about the length of someone’s eyelashes. Well, that explains half of your screen name. For me, it’s red states. You mean there are entire states where more than half the population is like that? It’s bad enough that I live in a swing state, that’s only insane half the time. And that there are people on the planet who would decapitate another human being, or burn him alive. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/50 "2016-07-26T00:00:12Z")
_The Game of Thrones_. What is it about this series that ignites meltdowns and trollings and bannings? Get a grip, guys. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/51 "2016-07-26T00:40:29Z")
Martian Bigfoot wrote: “Lipstick was invented by women to stop men from trying to kiss them.” I’ve heard that the custom of wearing lipstick originated with Phoenician prostitutes as a way of advertising that they performed oral sex. (Making the “upper” lips resemble the “lower” ones.) Can’t find a cite at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/52 "2016-07-26T00:55:03Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Bruce Springsteen. As far as I can tell, he’s just a mumblier version of John Camp Cougarmelon. I’ve heard he puts on a good live show, but that still doesn’t explain his popularity to me. Wow, I agree. Never heard a great song from him. He seems like a cool guy, though. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/53 "2016-07-26T01:22:29Z")
The band who I suppose are still known as “The Cars.” They’re not good, they’re not even bad. I’m not saying it’s the entire world, but I hear people praising them wayyyy more than I would expect. Ric Ocasek sings like an old lady. And the band name. How did this conversation happen? I imagine this: “Hey, we could call ourselves ‘Rock and Roll’”. “How about ‘The Guys’?” "No, I’m thinking ‘The Muscle Shirts’. “Hang on… I’ve got it… THE CARS.” “Nailed it. Pass the bong.” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/54 "2016-07-26T02:23:08Z")
Racism, I guess. Particularly of the conscious, willfully ignorant variety. I’m writing a book in which one of the characters is a (made-up) despised racial minority, and every time I write the racism scenes, I’m like, ‘‘No, this is too over the top. Nobody is that obviously fucking hateful and stup…’’ And then I look at the world. And then I realize those scenes are rather understated. And I just like – what? Do you not pay attention to the whole of human history? You’re just going to allow this senseless brutality to happen over and over again? And why is it so obvious to some of us but like, not vast swaths of other people? WHY DO WE LEARN NOTHING? WHAT IS THIS PLACE? WHAT IS HUMAN? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/55 "2016-07-26T02:27:39Z")
Lady Gaga. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/56 "2016-07-26T02:28:18Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > The band who I suppose are still known as “The Cars.” They’re not good, they’re not even bad. I’m not saying it’s the entire world, but I hear people praising them wayyyy more than I would expect. Ric Ocasek sings like an old lady. > > And the band name. How did this conversation happen? I imagine this: > > “Hey, we could call ourselves ‘Rock and Roll’”. > “How about ‘The Guys’?” > "No, I’m thinking ‘The Muscle Shirts’. > “Hang on… I’ve got it… THE CARS.” > “Nailed it. Pass the bong.” That was a great first album for a group that has no reason to exist. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/57 "2016-07-26T03:09:58Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Lady Gaga. Do you appreciate pop music in general? I usually think of it as pretty mediocre, but always made an exception for Madonna, because she was the best at what she did. Lady Gaga is along the same lines. She’s one of the best pop musicians in recent history. While I think her more popular songs are great, I don’t think they really reflect the magnitude of her talent of the diversity of her music. Because of her flamboyant image, I think a lot of people think, ‘‘oh, weird,’’ and kind of dismiss her as trying to be trendy or flashy, but her actual music is deeply moving, surprising and interesting, if you’re into that genre. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/58 "2016-07-26T03:23:28Z")
Vampires, zombies, X Men, any of the Cyruses, Kardashians, Brucelyn, Honey Booboo, Brangelina, ocular implants at birth so no one realizes the Earth is actually flat… ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/59 "2016-07-26T03:54:13Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > That Seinfeld was popular. When it was current I knew exactly one person IRL who professed to be a fan of the show (and he would not shut up about it no matter how much everyone else rolled their eyes). Now, however many years later it’s been the count is still one. I knew many people that loved it when it was on. I have never understood why it lasted past 1 episode. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/60 "2016-07-26T04:03:36Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > The band who I suppose are still known as “The Cars.” They’re not good, they’re not even bad. I’m not saying it’s the entire world, but I hear people praising them wayyyy more than I would expect. Ric Ocasek sings like an old lady. > " I do agree that Ric Ocasek’s vocal’s are dreadful. I find that The Cars songs I’m drawn to are sung by Benjamin Orr. Totally underrated singer. RIP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850.md?page=4)