Things you don't get

[Kevinicus]

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.

Agree with all but 3.

McDonald's has the worst fries. Soggy, half-cooked, and just plain nasty. BK for the win. McDonald's is good for decent nuggets, and pancakes (though I'd go for whataburger if they had them here, midnight pancake runs are the best).

Ketchup on steak is great. A1 and other steak sauces don't appeal to me at all.

Ignoring the racism aspect, I do think some people are born stupid...very, very stupid.

 

[Mash]

Things I dont get....

Someone ordering fast food like Burgers and Fries and then they order a diet drink.....

Being Italian...Its a sin putting ketchup on Pasta....not after I spent time making a great sauce....

Reality shows....I just have no interest. None what so ever.

People driving in the fast lane going slower then the speed limit because they have to make a left turn sometime in the future.

Kids nowadays not being accountable for their actions......too many excuses now.

Why do white people stay out in the sun or go to sun tanning places to darken their skin so much that they look like leather.

People that refuse to eat Thai food because they think its too spicy.....or for that matter...someone refusing to eat anything they think is too exotic....some great food out there.

People who talk sports and basically regurgitate what they heard from some mediot on tv or radio and basically has no knowledge about the sports

How some people have issues with mixed marriages.

In my city....I dont understand why there has to be traffic lights every 100 yards

I dont understand how someone can watch a poker game on TV.....why is it there?

Why do we have to wear funny looking shoes when bowling?

Why do Parents have to yell at their kids...the coaches or refs at a soccer game...etc....when these 8 yr old kids should be out there just to have fun.

Why do some women wear so much makeup? Dont they know it looks pathetic.

Seeeing how Ive lost alot of hair....why is it so hard to grow hair? It never stops gowing from your nose and.... as you get older....it comes out of your ears...I dont understand.....

 

[SALADIN]

Why Cheez-it so good? I keep reading the ingredients and it says nothing about morphine or cocaine...but I just can't stop.

Loud a** mufflers on itty bitty cars Thanks for the wakeup call Sergio but I had my alarm clock set for 2 hours from now.


Women No need to elaborate.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Someone ordering fast food like Burgers and Fries and then they order a diet drink.....

Some people don't like the taste of regular soda or can't drink them

 

[theogt]

What causes gravity.

 

[theogt]

Oh hell no. I will die a man who has never sent a text message. I am fine with that. I have a damned phone, call me. I have e-mail, write me. I don't want to read phonetic messages on my phone.

My e-mail goes to my phone, so often there's no distinction for me between texting and e-mailing.

 

[SALADIN]

What causes gravity.

S.O.B. !
In late Feb I had this all explained to my nephew before his 7th grade Science project but now..I forgot.

I bet anyone $10 (and I don't usually bet) that I can't figure this out by training camp.

its right on the tip of my tongue/prescription

 

[SALADIN]

Religious people...

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[DallasCowpoke]

What causes gravity.

Someone ordering fast food like Burgers and Fries and then they order a diet drink.....

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[bbgun]

Why pregnant chicks are allowed to wait tables at Hooters.

 

[SALADIN]

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not that

 

[dargonking999]

I don't get why people spend hundreds of dollars on a phone, knowing there going to go out the very next month, and buy the next "hot" phone on the block.

 

[The30YardSlant]

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.

I felt the same way until I saw ConAir.

List of things I never and still don't "get"...

1: The Beatles (And I'm not just indifferent, all their music is second rate at best IMO. The only song I enjoy of theirs is "Helter Skelter" and even then Motley Crue did it much better)

2: Boy Bands...Backstreet Boys, NSync, Jonas Brothers, etc.

3: Soccer

4: The Summer Olympics

5: Titanic

6: No Country for Old Men

7: The hate for Charles Barkley (I find him hilarious)

8: Liquid soap

9: Designer clothing

10: The democratic party

 

[The30YardSlant]

Oh, one more...

11: Teenagers/Young adults who do everything in their power to pull off the "thug" image, including disrespecting all forms of authority and wearing clothes 3 sizes too big, then complain when they are pulled over by the cops for apparently no reason.

 

[Yeagermeister]

The 30 yard slant

 

[The30YardSlant]

The 30 yard slant

The Memphis Grizzlies

And by that I mean I don't get how they are still an NBA franchise

 

[Yeagermeister]

The Memphis Grizzlies

And by that I mean I don't get how they are still an NBA franchise

Me either

 

[Chief]

I felt the same way until I saw ConAir.

List of things I never and still don't "get"...

1: The Beatles (And I'm not just indifferent, all their music is second rate at best IMO. The only song I enjoy of theirs is "Helter Skelter" and even then Motley Crue did it much better)

2: Boy Bands...Backstreet Boys, NSync, Jonas Brothers, etc.

3: Soccer

4: The Summer Olympics

5: Titanic

6: No Country for Old Men

7: The hate for Charles Barkley (I find him hilarious)

8: Liquid soap

9: Designer clothing

10: The democratic party

Good list.

You have the right idea. These aren't pet peeves. These are things that many people find very popular, but you/we don't get.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

1: The Beatles (And I'm not just indifferent, all their music is second rate at best IMO. The only song I enjoy of theirs is "Helter Skelter" and even then Motley Crue did it much better)

2: Boy Bands...Backstreet Boys, NSync, Jonas Brothers, etc.

3: Soccer

4: The Summer Olympics

5: Titanic

6: No Country for Old Men

7: The hate for Charles Barkley (I find him hilarious)

8: Liquid soap

9: Designer clothing

10: The democratic party

1. I am the same way with the Beatles... not a big deal to me... but to say they are 2nd rate... it doesnt make sense. While the songs werent the greatest songs in the world.... like a great composer... they were great melody makers. Very distinct songs. Really cant confuse one with the other.

2. Fad stuff
3. Play for 7 hours and the score is 1-0.. drives me nuts
7. He really is an arse... what, so you can speak your mind... big deal... everyone can do that... he never won jack because he didnt have heart
10. Either party is a joke.

 

[joseephuss]

Some people don't like the taste of regular soda or can't drink them

If someone doesn't like regular soda, how is a diet soda a better alternative as far as taste? I have tried them and they taste worse than regular sodas in my opinion. I understand that some people can't drink them.

My list is very long, but I think I can summarize it in one word. Everything. There are times that I often feel that I just don't get anything that happens in this world. I read all these lists so far and agree with a great many of them for many of the same reasons.