Things you don't get

[Chief]

It feels more and more that I am in the minority on things. I see people doing things that I would never want to do, eating things I would never want to eat and watching TV shows I have no interest in.

When you tell people you don't like these things, they go, "What? Are you kidding? It's great!."

What are some things that are popular, but that you just don't get?

Here are mine:

Bagels: Dry, spongy and tasteless. Yep, that's a winning combination.

Friends: I never got the popularity of this TV show. The girls were OK, but the three guys on there were doofusses.

Oprah: Everything she touches turns to gold. Her following is unbelievable. Why?

Video Games: No interest at all.

Nicholas Cage: Early in his career, I told someone, "That guy has no talent, no looks, no nothing. How did he become a movie star. He had to know someone." I found out later he is related to Francis Ford Coppola. Solved.

Skiing: Water or snow, don't like it.

Las Vegas: Never wanted to go, but finally went to a wedding there last year. It was just like I figured. Lots of lights. Lots of people trying hard to leave as much money in that city as possible before they went home.

Coffee: Everyone I know that drinks coffee is absolutely addicted. They HAVE to have it every morning. I don't like hot drinks and I don't like the taste of coffee.

Travel to foreign countries: No interest in going anywhere outside the U.S. None whatsoever.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

godfather

 

[Yeagermeister]

It feels more and more that I am in the minority on things. I see people doing things that I would never want to do, eating things I would never want to eat and watching TV shows I have no interest in.

When you tell people you don't like these things, they go, "What? Are you kidding? It's great!."

What are some things that are popular, but that you just don't get?

Here are mine:

Bagels: Dry, spongy and tasteless. Yep, that's a winning combination.

Friends: I never got the popularity of this TV show. The girls were OK, but the three guys on there were doofusses.

Oprah: Everything she touches turns to gold. Her following is unbelievable. Why?

Video Games: No interest at all.

Nicholas Cage: Early in his career, I told someone, "That guy has no talent, no looks, no nothing. How did he become a movie star. He had to know someone." I found out later he is related to Francis Ford Coppola. Solved.

Skiing: Water or snow, don't like it.

Las Vegas: Never wanted to go, but finally went to a wedding there last year. It was just like I figured. Lots of lights. Lots of people trying hard to leave as much money in that city as possible before they went home.

Coffee: Everyone I know that drinks coffee is absolutely addicted. They HAVE to have it every morning. I don't like hot drinks and I don't like the taste of coffee.

Travel to foreign countries: No interest in going anywhere outside the U.S. None whatsoever.

I agree on pretty much everything on your list but I'd add Seinfeld to the list. I just never found it funny.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

It feels more and more that I am in the minority on things. I see people doing things that I would never want to do, eating things I would never want to eat and watching TV shows I have no interest in.

When you tell people you don't like these things, they go, "What? Are you kidding? It's great!."

What are some things that are popular, but that you just don't get?

Here are mine:

Bagels: Dry, spongy and tasteless. Yep, that's a winning combination. - - Cream Cheese/butter flavor or bagel flavor is what hooks people

Friends: I never got the popularity of this TV show. The girls were OK, but the three guys on there were doofusses. - - Its just slightly above tolerable for me.

Oprah: Everything she touches turns to gold. Her following is unbelievable. Why? - - Its perception and a sort of cult following. We are sheep. Its our own fault.

Video Games: No interest at all. - - wasnt there talk about making this an olympic event in the future?

Nicholas Cage: Early in his career, I told someone, "That guy has no talent, no looks, no nothing. How did he become a movie star. He had to know someone." I found out later he is related to Francis Ford Coppola. Solved. - he is more of a movie start than he is a good actor?

Skiing: Water or snow, don't like it. - - I can deal with it on a limited basis per every winter. Its when it is too much that it becomes too much.

Las Vegas: Never wanted to go, but finally went to a wedding there last year. It was just like I figured. Lots of lights. Lots of people trying hard to leave as much money in that city as possible before they went home. - - yeah, did it once.... probably enough. Its an experience. No biggie.

Coffee: Everyone I know that drinks coffee is absolutely addicted. They HAVE to have it every morning. I don't like hot drinks and I don't like the taste of coffee. - - early on I never drank coffee, then I drank too much, now I just drink it with my soluble fiber hehehe

Travel to foreign countries: No interest in going anywhere outside the U.S. None whatsoever. - - I was like that early on in life... have expanded my interest destinations.

 

[Hostile]

Guys wearing "bling." To me jewelry is for women. The old saying is diamonds are a GIRLS best friend. I will wear a watch. I will wear my wedding ring. If I had some kind of championship ring I would wear that for formal occasions. I don't get guys wearing ear rings, necklaces, and all kinds of flashy rings.

"In Loving Memory Of" on Cars and trucks. I don't know if it happens where you live but people out here put this on their car and truck windows after someone they love dies. The car is in honor of someone they love who died? Do they just want me to know that someone they love died? Why would they want to see that every day and remember the pain of loss? Just baffles me.

Crosses on the sides of the road. How come they don't put them in their yards if they die at home or at the hospital where they really do die? It seems odd to me to want to commemorate the site of an accident where a loved one was taken away. Always at the side of the road where it is a distraction while driving. "How did you die?" "I was looking at these crosses and went off the road."

The great big holes people are doing in their ear lobes and body piercing. On a woman a set or 2 of ear rings looks nice. I don't see anything attractive about nose rings, tongue spikes, spikes through the eyebrows or other body parts and I really don't get the big stupid looking ear lobe destroyers. In a fight I guarantee you I'd rip that right out. It's too inviting a target to inflict pain.

Tattoos. I just don't get them. I've never seen one that looks good enough that I'd want one. Especially once you start aging and the ink no longer looks fresh. I really don't get them on the face. It doesn't improve looks at all. I could never date a woman who had a tat. It just is an immediate turn off.

Smoking. It is expensive, unhealthy, and smells awful. For the life of me I cannot see why anyone would want to smell like cigarette smoke and pay a lot of money to smell that way. It is even more perplexing where I live. It is 110 degrees outside and they build a fire 4 inches from their face.

McDonalds. Other than their fries I can't understand why anyone would eat there.

Text Messaging. When we got our new cell phones I told the guy I didn't want it. He started to tell me all the nice uses of it. I assured him I didn't want it. He went right on trying to sell the feature. I finally told him "I would rather you kick me in the balls than you keep trying to sell me on this feature and if you kick me in the balls we're going to have problems." He finally got the message. I think it's plain stupid.

Anime. My kids love it. They talk about wanting to go on vacation to Japan and they speak to each other with Japanese words and talk about some fantasy world. I'd prefer they text message me. See above for how much I like that.

Guys who are not into sports. I just don't get that at all. Any sport, just be into one.

Shopping. I want to walk in, grab what I want and leave. Wandering around looking at stuff is nauseating to me.

Spammers. Who are the stupid fools who are buying from these parasites so that it is still happening? By now it should be a complete failure. Someone has to be stupid and I pay for it by getting all kinds of stupid spam that I am never even going to look at.

Blind Loyalty to a Political Party. Beyond amusing to me that one party can believe everything that you do. Where I come from the absence of all conflicting beliefs is called brainwashing. I never saw the attraction of being a sheep.

Drag Queens. I have some former neighbors who did this. Nice guys and I got along well with them. Never had any issues. One of them has gone on to be semi famous. Wouldn't it just be easier to be attracted to a girl than to a man dressed like a girl?

Graffiti. The only thing it manages to do is lower the value of your own neighborhood. Yeah that makes sense.

Ketchup on steak. My best friend in High Scool did this. I told him it should be a hanging offense.

The Designated Hitter in Baseball. The very first rule says it is a game played with 9 players per team, not 10.

Racism. It has to be taught to you. No one is born stupid, they have to learn stupid.

Solar Power. I live in a state that is 95% solar efficient and only 5% or less of the buildings here utilize it. Other neighboring states are similarly neglected. That's just plain dumb.

Why Hemp Isn't Used to Make Paper. Save the trees. You can harvest it up to 7 times per year as opposed to once every 20 years for a tree. The stupid dopers make this not going to happen.

There are people who do not like Mexican food. How in the hell does that happen? It is the greatest stuff ever if you want food to taste good.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

your list

Guys wearing "bling." - had an earring at one... pretty much feel the same way as you do now... just a watch...


The great big holes people are doing in their ear lobes and body piercing. - wow.... they just made more business for plastic surgeons... people will follow anything... THAT bothers me. Why arent we smarter?

Tattoos. - me too... thought about it 3x... never followed through... too vain.

Smoking. - and it kills

McDonalds. - STILL the BEST fries.

Text Messaging. - accept the advances of the future... we want you in it. lol

Guys who are not into sports. - lol... cup stacking?

Shopping. - I dont shop often.. .but when I do... I take all day... analyzing and trying to get best deal. More than the money... its a challenge.

Spammers. - this is a phase... its almost over.

Blind Loyalty to a Political Party. - This makes me laugh.... any loyalty for that matter... Shepperd and Sheep. Enough said.

Drag Queens. - Lalala-la-Lola

Graffiti. - its come a long way... in NY.... Big companies hire these graphitti artists to do up the side of their building... its a culture.

Ketchup on steak. - A good piece of Steak doesnt need anything. If you are putting steak sauce or anything on it.... you got the wrong cut/grade of steak. Period. lol

The Designated Hitter in Baseball. - I am for this, I am for this so much so that the pitcher shouldnt hit in the NL.

Racism. - Its just one of our STUPID societal creations. Its not natural... its created and bred. If their were truly any difference in different races... we couldnt breed with each other.

Solar Power. - along with alot of other things.... the BIG companies havent decided its time. Bottom line=when we advance.

There are people who do not like Mexican food. - I love mexican food. It dont love me.

 

[Bizwah]

Nice lists.

Here's mine....

Beer/Alcohol: To each their own I suppose. But I have never understood the enthusiasm folks have for this stuff. I like Coke Zero, but I'm not gonna go, "Whoooohoooo Coke Zero!" every time I see it.

People who fawn all over TV/Movie Stars: It's not like they're football players or anything.

Academy Awards Shows: Do we really need to lavish MORE attention on these guys?

Linenbarger Baskets: Yeah, I know I didn't get the name right...but there are these baskets...made of wood...that people pay $90-$200 for.

 

[Dawgs0916]

Why would a person not want to travel outside the United States and experience other cultures? I don't understand that one.

I went to Italy over spring break with the rest of my AP history class and it was amazing, one of the best experiences of my life.

I would love to experience every culture, see what else is in this huge world. I see no positive to limiting yourself to this one country. Of course its the best country in the world and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but it baffles me that a person wouldn't want to see the world they live in.

 

[bbgun]

Phonies who send their "thoughts and prayers" to strangers on message boards when they haven't prayed once in their lives and don't plan to.

 

[Rackat]

Duplexes: just rent an apartment, unless you just want to mow a half a yard and still share a wall with your annoying neighbor.

Lawn Darts: just play horse shoes. If you get hit with a horse shoe you may get bruised, but a big old dart won’t hit you in the head and kill you.

Scuba diving in a lake: What’s that point of diving in water with a visibility of like 8 inches? Save your money and go to an island (I liked Fiji and New Guinea).

Reality shows/contests: I don’t like Big Brother or American Idol.

Japanese Game Shows: It ain’t just the language barrier.

 

[Chief]

Why would a person not want to travel outside the United States and experience other cultures? I don't understand that one.

I went to Italy over spring break with the rest of my AP history class and it was amazing, one of the best experiences of my life.

I would love to experience every culture, see what else is in this huge world. I see no positive to limiting yourself to this one country. Of course its the best country in the world and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but it baffles me that a person wouldn't want to see the world they live in.

Like I said, these are things that would put you in the minority.

I realize I'm in the minority on this one. I have no urge to "experience" another culture. I like my own food, my own bed in my own country.

 

[Chief]

Guys wearing "bling." To me jewelry is for women. The old saying is diamonds are a GIRLS best friend. I will wear a watch. I will wear my wedding ring. If I had some kind of championship ring I would wear that for formal occasions. I don't get guys wearing ear rings, necklaces, and all kinds of flashy rings.

"In Loving Memory Of" on Cars and trucks. I don't know if it happens where you live but people out here put this on their car and truck windows after someone they love dies. The car is in honor of someone they love who died? Do they just want me to know that someone they love died? Why would they want to see that every day and remember the pain of loss? Just baffles me.

Crosses on the sides of the road. How come they don't put them in their yards if they die at home or at the hospital where they really do die? It seems odd to me to want to commemorate the site of an accident where a loved one was taken away. Always at the side of the road where it is a distraction while driving. "How did you die?" "I was looking at these crosses and went off the road."

The great big holes people are doing in their ear lobes and body piercing. On a woman a set or 2 of ear rings looks nice. I don't see anything attractive about nose rings, tongue spikes, spikes through the eyebrows or other body parts and I really don't get the big stupid looking ear lobe destroyers. In a fight I guarantee you I'd rip that right out. It's too inviting a target to inflict pain.

Tattoos. I just don't get them. I've never seen one that looks good enough that I'd want one. Especially once you start aging and the ink no longer looks fresh. I really don't get them on the face. It doesn't improve looks at all. I could never date a woman who had a tat. It just is an immediate turn off.

Smoking. It is expensive, unhealthy, and smells awful. For the life of me I cannot see why anyone would want to smell like cigarette smoke and pay a lot of money to smell that way. It is even more perplexing where I live. It is 110 degrees outside and they build a fire 4 inches from their face.

McDonalds. Other than their fries I can't understand why anyone would eat there.

Text Messaging. When we got our new cell phones I told the guy I didn't want it. He started to tell me all the nice uses of it. I assured him I didn't want it. He went right on trying to sell the feature. I finally told him "I would rather you kick me in the balls than you keep trying to sell me on this feature and if you kick me in the balls we're going to have problems." He finally got the message. I think it's plain stupid.

Anime. My kids love it. They talk about wanting to go on vacation to Japan and they speak to each other with Japanese words and talk about some fantasy world. I'd prefer they text message me. See above for how much I like that.

Guys who are not into sports. I just don't get that at all. Any sport, just be into one.

Shopping. I want to walk in, grab what I want and leave. Wandering around looking at stuff is nauseating to me.

Spammers. Who are the stupid fools who are buying from these parasites so that it is still happening? By now it should be a complete failure. Someone has to be stupid and I pay for it by getting all kinds of stupid spam that I am never even going to look at.

Blind Loyalty to a Political Party. Beyond amusing to me that one party can believe everything that you do. Where I come from the absence of all conflicting beliefs is called brainwashing. I never saw the attraction of being a sheep.

Drag Queens. I have some former neighbors who did this. Nice guys and I got along well with them. Never had any issues. One of them has gone on to be semi famous. Wouldn't it just be easier to be attracted to a girl than to a man dressed like a girl?

Graffiti. The only thing it manages to do is lower the value of your own neighborhood. Yeah that makes sense.

Ketchup on steak. My best friend in High Scool did this. I told him it should be a hanging offense.

The Designated Hitter in Baseball. The very first rule says it is a game played with 9 players per team, not 10.

Racism. It has to be taught to you. No one is born stupid, they have to learn stupid.

Solar Power. I live in a state that is 95% solar efficient and only 5% or less of the buildings here utilize it. Other neighboring states are similarly neglected. That's just plain dumb.

Why Hemp Isn't Used to Make Paper. Save the trees. You can harvest it up to 7 times per year as opposed to once every 20 years for a tree. The stupid dopers make this not going to happen.

There are people who do not like Mexican food. How in the hell does that happen? It is the greatest stuff ever if you want food to taste good.

Great list, Hos.

I'm with you on a lot of them.

Tattoos and smoking especially. I just don't get it.

Smoking is about to kill my dad. He's off it now, thanks to some serious medicine. He started smoking in the early 1950s; but why someone would start now with everything we know is amazing. I'm around college kids occasionally and most of them smoke. That's incredible to me.

And why do African-Americans who are especially dark-skinned get tattoos that you can't even see? Can they not use light-colored or white ink? I don't know. I see the NBA players with them and it just seems like a waste of money.

And I agree with Biz. I'm not a drinker, so I don't get the alcohol love either. It all tastes pretty bad to me -- I have to choke it down. I guess I just never developed a taste for it.

 

[locked&loaded]

Reality tv shows- oh wow you get to watch people live on an island or in a house, sure id do it, for the money
Shows were people win money-sweet someone just one 25,000, thats more than i make in 5 months.
Driving suvs/vans/trucks when you dont need to-wow nice car, you must have two wives and 10 kids, nope just you.
Hummers-dumbest fad ever, hey i own a vehicle that gets terrible gas mileage that i drive on the road, not in the mountains, sure it looks dumb but i do not care. Because i am cool
leaving the sticker on your hat-one time tried to take the sticker off my friends 5950 hat, he freaked. come on.
buying the new model of everything-buying new cars, new atvs whatever. It just seems like you can buy the same thing lightly used for a way better price. But "oh, they have the new cup holders"
people who are out of shape but complain about it-maybe offensive but if your overweight and you just complain about it, you dont want to go outside or swimming whatever, come on do somethinga bout it.

obviously there is more, but not now.

 

[Chief]

Reality shows/contests:[/B] I don’t like Big Brother or American Idol.

I don't get American Idol, either.

I tried to watch it a few times.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Why would a person not want to travel outside the United States and experience other cultures? I don't understand that one.

I went to Italy over spring break with the rest of my AP history class and it was amazing, one of the best experiences of my life.

I would love to experience every culture, see what else is in this huge world. I see no positive to limiting yourself to this one country. Of course its the best country in the world and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but it baffles me that a person wouldn't want to see the world they live in.

I've been overseas and prefer the good ole USA.

 

[Champsheart]

I dont get frickin boat fisherman who pull there boats right up to shore fisherman and throw their lures into them.

Got to be the most idiotic thing I have ever seen.

Just this weekend saw 1 boat with 4 guys throwing into some shore fisherman and pull 4 of their rods into the water.

Keep in mind their is over 34,000 acres of water on that lake.

I see stuff like this all the time, because of this I leave my gun at home.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

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you remind me of my dad. old school all the way. my dad refuses to get a cell.


dont see how texting is bad, its convienent

a watch is jewelry





you seem like a guy who tells kids to get haircuts

 

[bbgun]

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you remind me of my dad. old school all the way. my dad refuses to get a cell.

Your dad and I have a lot in common. Now finish your homework and go to bed.

 

[hairic]

McDonalds. Other than their fries I can't understand why anyone would eat there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEM0T1Ar5Qo

 

[Hostile]

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you remind me of my dad. old school all the way. my dad refuses to get a cell.


dont see how texting is bad, its convienent

a watch is jewelry





you seem like a guy who tells kids to get haircuts

No I don't. I had long hair pretty much all the way through High School except one year for football when we all got mohawks.