# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/121 "2016-07-29T20:37:02Z")
My take is ‘Buy American’ on the guise that it will spur domestic prosperity. It is bullshit, if you want me to buy american you must also, you must buy from me at the american rates - you must pay me as you wish me to be able to spend on your sorry ass which is no better than what i can get from China. Buy American is a lie designed to get people to overspend to keep a few people rich. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/122 "2016-07-29T20:44:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Mustard on hot dogs. It’s fine, but ketchup’s better. That reminds me of my contribution to the OP. Condiments. All of them, by god. The whole world pretends that ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, etc., are acceptable things to put on perfectly good sandwiches or burgers. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/123 "2016-07-29T20:53:02Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > This fucking Pokemon Go shit? > Seriously? > Acquire lives, folks. You know, one week ago I’d have agreed. But, my six year old made me download it and we’ve been going out after dinner to catch Pokemon. He hasn’t wanted to watch TV or play video games all week, and instead all he wants to do is to go walk around the neighborhood with his father. That’s a life. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/124 "2016-07-29T20:53:09Z")
Huh. I like ALL this stuff. You guys are all a buncha haters. Okay, I don’t like Trump. Trump or religion. Trump, religion, and sports. And pineapple-flavored semen. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/125 "2016-07-29T20:58:55Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > You know, one week ago I’d have agreed. But, my six year old made me download it and we’ve been going out after dinner to catch Pokemon. He hasn’t wanted to watch TV or play video games all week, and instead all he wants to do is to go walk around the neighborhood with his father. That’s a life. I live under a rock, and the concept of Pokemon Go has just barely crept in enough that I’m aware something called “Pokemon Go” exists. But this makes me interested. This sounds like something I might be able to get my five year old to do… ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/126 "2016-07-29T21:15:21Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Huh. I like ALL this stuff. You guys are all a buncha haters. > > Okay, I don’t like Trump. Trump or religion. Trump, religion, and sports. And pineapple-flavored semen. I dunno, I could see pineapple-flavored semen catching on. It’s gotta beat semen-flavored semen. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/127 "2016-07-29T21:22:49Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Mustard on hot dogs. It’s fine, but ketchup’s better. I’ve always maintained that hot dogs and catsup (not ketchup - I’m a grownup, thank you) are mutually inclusive. Which is to say hot dogs are only edible with catsup on them and catsup is only edible if it’s on a hot dog. > [@Procrustus](#): > > That reminds me of my contribution to the OP. > > Condiments. All of them, by god. The whole world pretends that ketchup, mustard, relish, mayo, etc., are acceptable things to put on perfectly good sandwiches or burgers. I consider myself a meat purist, so I agree with this. Why cover up the heavenly flavor of good meat with a bunch of weird stuff. Hot dogs are an exception, because they do not qualify as good meat. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/128 "2016-07-29T21:43:06Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I dunno, I could see pineapple-flavored semen catching on. It’s gotta beat semen-flavored semen. Maybe we can poach some flavor chemist. Reuben-flavored? Black Raspberry? This could be big. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/129 "2016-07-29T21:54:24Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > Maybe we can poach some flavor chemist. Reuben-flavored? Reuben is waving his hand wildly to volunteer. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/130 "2016-07-29T22:29:41Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I live under a rock, and the concept of Pokemon Go has just barely crept in enough that I’m aware something called “Pokemon Go” exists. But this makes me interested. This sounds like something I might be able to get my five year old to do… Plus, it’s an adorable age where he really, really wants to believe that the pokemon are real, and not just on the phone. He has requested a real pokeball for his birthday to catch real pokemen. His four year old brother comes out sometimes too, but he is actually looking under bushes and stuff for the pokemon, so he actually does believe it is real. People in our neighborhood are walking around in the evening and talking to each other because of this, admittedly, stupid game. Anyone hating on it can suck an egg! ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/131 "2016-07-30T00:50:56Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > 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!_) Not sure if these are the exact glasses referenced, but there are a bunch of youtube videos of color-blind people trying Enchroma glasses for the first time. Many of them are very moving. [Here’s one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmje4NikMdw) but there are lots, just search on Enchroma. ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/132 "2016-07-30T01:11:54Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > It’s gotta beat semen-flavored semen. Don’t knock it . . . . . . . . . ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/133 "2016-07-30T01:44:56Z")
Craft beer and wine aficionados - I get it to an extent, a palate can be refined somewhat, but the mass majority of people vocally savoring the oak and nutmeg notes and what not just looked at the damn side of the bottle beforehand for what to say. Trump - I work hard to understand opposing view points and find possible solutions or at least fractions of common ground on disagreements. I have no understanding of the man’s motivations that are not ugly so I am bewildered at the ardent support for him even in a protest ‘all politicians are crooks and liars’ capacity because so is he. ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/134 "2016-07-30T03:19:25Z")
> [@Lee\_Q](#): > > Not sure if these are the exact glasses referenced, but there are a bunch of youtube videos of color-blind people trying Enchroma glasses for the first time. Many of them are very moving. [Here’s one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmje4NikMdw) but there are lots, just search on Enchroma. Hmm. I just now searched on Enchroma, and they apparently don’t help you pass that stupid do-you-see-the-dots-and-can-you-read-the-number-they-form test. Now, I’m just _guessing,_ here, but – is it possible these glasses just make stuff look _wacky_ to the color-blind, who of course don’t know what the actual colors would look like and so merely think they’ve finally gotten a backstage pass to reality? _Is this like those x-ray specs advertised in old comic books,_ is what I’m wondering. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/135 "2016-07-30T04:29:04Z")
**Thomas Pynchon.** The guy is a world-renowned novelist and I haven’t yet met anyone who managed to finish one of his books (and if I did, I’d probably assume the person was lying). I give him points, though, for appearing as a guest voice on _The Simpsons_ (but maybe that wasn’t really him, and the “appearance” was just more of the Pynchon put-on). **Karlheinz Stockhausen.** I’ve heard tons of this guy’s music, and I even attended the world premiere of a so-called “opera” that he wrote. None of it made any sense, and I can’t escape the feeling that his career was a massive, multi-decade practical joke. **Humphrey Bogart**. I’ve never been able to figure out why people consider him a great actor. He played every role in exactly the same flat, affectless, nuance-free way. **Starbucks**. They’ve gotten the whole world to go along with the fiction that burned coffee tastes good. ---
**Author:** ![sohvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sohvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sohvan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/136 "2016-07-30T07:02:49Z")
Sliced bread. I used to think the idiom was used ironically for inventions that make products worse. I’d rather eat freshly sliced fresh bread every time. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/137 "2016-07-30T08:03:59Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > . . . catsup (not ketchup - I’m a grownup, thank you) . . . I’m not sure what this is supposed to mean or who you’re calling childish. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/138 "2016-07-30T11:26:14Z")
There are many things that have been mentioned - popular culture items - that I never expected to enjoy, and don’t, but they’re not popular with my peers either. Pokemon, Kardashians, etc. But, two that really, really bother me are the music of the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan. All of my peers _love_ their music. I WANT to enjoy it. But, it just grates on me. Bob Dylan’s music is best when performed by someone else. I’ve bought their albums. I’ve gone to their shows. I’ve talked to their fans. But, I just don’t get it. They’re just … mediocre as far as I can tell. I’ve never particularly understood why politics needs to be such a popularity contest. Maybe that’s driven by the need to raise money all the time? Otherwise, you know, as politicians, be competent and, as responsible voters, vote for competent people. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/139 "2016-07-30T14:15:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Yeah? Well, explain [Rothko](https://www.google.com/search?q=rothko&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=793&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidyaeCv5nOAhUW7WMKHSvpAWAQ_AUIBigB) to me. Sometimes swatches aren’t enough for people to decide if they like a color. Luckily for them, the hardware store he worked at saved his sample panels. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850/140 "2016-07-30T14:22:46Z")
Homeopathy. Why normally intelligent people spend large amounts of money on what is mostly quackery is beyond my ken. I think they only tout its benefits because they’re afraid to admit they’ve been conned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-entire-world-pulling-your-leg-about/760850.md?page=8)