Things you don't get

Shenshen

Sleepy wrote: »

Religious Belief, or more particularly, those who can't acknowledge that their faith is a choice to disregard a complete lack of evidence and logical reasoning in favour of a "good" story.

The thing I always found the most puzzling about this is actually how people of faith can be so sure theirs is the one and only true and right one, given the myriads of different flavours and shades of religions a would-be believer gets to choose from.

Sleepy

na1 wrote: »

Most Indian/Thai  girls want to make their skin lighter, most European girls want their skin tanned.
I'd say if our bodies tend to loose weight, and gaining weight would be a challenge, then most of the girls would take weight gaining pills.

I get that, and understand the origins of the societal difference. What I don't get, is how anyone can delude themselves that their fake tan looks anything like a suntan.

Malari

Cycling fans who spend hours, often days on the side of an Alp or a Pyrenee, waiting for the Tour/Vuelta/Giro to go by...but then proceed to watch the whole thing through the screen of their phone while they record it.

WHYYYY!? You have this rare opportunity to see the race as it goes by in actual size, hundreds of professionals will have captured the footage which you can access later on. Is it in the hope that you'll get the money shot of someone crashing?

pgj2015

Malari wrote: »

Cycling fans who spend hours, often days on the side of an Alp or a Pyrenee, waiting for the Tour/Vuelta/Giro to go by...but then proceed to watch the whole thing through the screen of their phone while they record it.

WHYYYY!? You have this rare opportunity to see the race as it goes by in actual size, hundreds of professionals will have captured the footage which you can access later on. Is it in the hope that you'll get the money shot of someone crashing?

its so they can upload it to their facebook account, as a brag, look I was at this event, aren't you jealous of me? even though no one gives a $hit about their badly recorded video.

Malari

pgj2015 wrote: »

its so they can upload it to their facebook account, as a brag, look I was at this event, aren't you jealous of me? even though no one gives a $hit about their badly recorded video.

But they could film it anywhere if that was the case. Why go to such an awkward spot to capture footage. Baffles me.

Bambi985

Snapchat. I really don't get snapchat. Do we not have enough social media channels without another chance to live-video our lives and be surgically attached to our phones all day? How is there even a market for people to hear about other people's ordinary day-to-day activities? What's with all the weird filters like Face Swap and that bloody "dog" one? Just don't get how it's become normal to "snap" someone as opposed to sending them a text or giving them a call. It's all so daft to me.

Ashbourne hoop

GAA "football". Awful game.

fxotoole

People who get sucked in by hyperbolic tabloid headlines / facebook posts / fake news

storker

Gogglebox

gormdubhgorm

Ashbourne hoop wrote: »

GAA "football". Awful game.

In fairness Meath have given up on it a long time ago. Your antipathy towards it is understandable....

partyguinness

1. Brexit voters
2. People who eat crap
3. Smokers
4. Fat people
5. People who do not use their initiative and need to be spoon fed everything
6. People who buy tabloids

partyguinness

Widdershins wrote: »

Why people come down on the side of cats or dogs and ask if you're a ''cat or dog person''. Nobody asks if I'm an elephant or tiger person, is it because cats and dogs are seen as natural enemies and we're all taking sides? You can like both. Sometimes cats irritate me and I prefer dogs, and vice versa.

Elephants and tigers are not generally household pets.

Pac1Man

Current affairs globally and nationally. I don't watch or read the news. I can think of a thousand things I'd rather do.

I literally have no idea what's going on beyond a terrorist attack headline on After Hours.

partyguinness

Pac1Man wrote: »

Current affairs globally and nationally. I don't watch or read the news. I can think of a thousand things I'd rather do.

I literally have no idea what's going on beyond a terrorist attack headline on After Hours.

and this attitude....:rolleyes:

Cervantes2

Why are Drug Cartels called cartels? They are always fighting and killing each other and trying to capture their rivals territory.

Surely it would make sense too carve up territory and regulate the supply and price of drugs?

Cortina_MK_IV

Going on holiday and ending up in an Irish bar. Bloke on the radio this morning saying his mate sent him a picture from Florida having a pint.... in an Irish bar. :rolleyes:

endacl

Wilful stupidity. As in any fluffyheaded non thinking. A belief in psychics. 'Alternative' medicine. Antivaxxers. Angel healing. I could fill pages.

Basically, I don't understand why anybody would, in the face of overwhelming evidence that they're talking through their collective hoops, make a conscious decision to be an idiot.

partyguinness

The incessant need for Irish emigrants living in Australia to send pictures of themselves on the beach Christmas Day...every year. It was novel in 2003 the first year you went but now it is ****ing beyond tedious.

Ashbourne hoop

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

In fairness Meath have given on it a long time ago. Your antipathy towards it is understandable....

I'm a "blow-in", as most of Ashbourne is to be honest. I'm a Dub, so I should love it now, seeing how dominant are and will be for many years (or so I'm told). Just don't get the fascination at all.

jamesbere

pauliebdub wrote: »

A fancy chipper in Dundrum. The milkshakes are gorgeous but the food is ordinary.

Their milkshakes apparently brings all the boys to the yard

Wibbs

endacl wrote: »

Wilful stupidity. As in any fluffyheaded non thinking. A belief in psychics. 'Alternative' medicine. Antivaxxers. Angel healing. I could fill pages.

Basically, I don't understand why anybody would, in the face of overwhelming evidence that they're talking through their collective hoops, make a conscious decision to be an idiot.

Oh I agree and I really wonder myself sometimes too, though given that it seems in any population over time we have people who don't for whatever reason go along with the mainstream of What We Currently Know™ it may be a positive in some sense? Maybe that pool of usually fluffy headed non mainstream type thinking occasionally in a small minority throws up real insight and progress that eventually becomes What We Currently Know™(the majority of leaps forward in humanity's thinking has come from outside, sometimes way outside the mainstream)? And that's why it seems to be a longterm and pervasive trait in humanity. It's occasionally advantageous so we hang onto it, even though it's mostly daftness.

Oh and My Little Pony for adults? Da fuq?

Widdershins

partyguinness wrote: »

Elephants and tigers are not generally household pets.

No, of course, I understand why its dogs and cats in question but I don't see why people assume others will have such a distinct preference for one over the other, enough to prompt a question about ''cat person'' or 'dog person''. I'd have thought very few people feel THAT strongly in favour of one and dislike the other just as much.
If you prefer, rabbits, guinea pigs and goldfish don't come into it either.

Tell me how

endacl wrote:

Wilful stupidity. As in any fluffyheaded non thinking. A belief in psychics. 'Alternative' medicine. Antivaxxers. Angel healing. I could fill pages.

Basically, I don't understand why anybody would, in the face of overwhelming evidence that they're talking through their collective hoops, make a conscious decision to be an idiot.

Wibbs wrote:

Oh I agree and I really wonder myself sometimes too, though given that it seems in any population over time we have people who don't for whatever reason go along with the mainstream of What We Currently Knowâ„¢ it may be a positive in some sense? Maybe that pool of usually fluffy headed non mainstream type thinking occasionally in a small minority throws up real insight and progress that eventually becomes What We Currently Knowâ„¢(the majority of leaps forward in humanity's thinking has come from outside, sometimes way outside the mainstream)? And that's why it seems to be a longterm and pervasive trait in humanity. It's occasionally advantageous so we hang onto it, even though it's mostly daftness.

Placebo effect.

Also, can suspend responsibility meaning the mind relaxes even though problem/illness is still there.
This can reduce stress which does help the body.

I don't believe in it (particularly horoscopes) but can understand why some do.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I started smoking about 10 years ago. Knew all the health risks but my curiosity got the better of me.

I remember being told around the time that I would be the type of person who would get hooked on them.Highly strung personality, short temper, prone to worrying and over reacting.

So I took to them like a duck to water and was up to a pack a day within a year or two. When I'd go on benders I'd go through 2 or more packs a day.

Went through hell this year trying to quit, insane meltdown. Bloody vape thing didn't really help at all.

It's one of the worst addictions you'll find. Never ever ever ever ever begin smoking.

andekwarhola

Stand up comedy.

I like comedic cinema, TV or writing but I can think of about 2-3 times I've been amused by a stand up comedian in the last 30 years.

Sleepy

Wibbs wrote: »

Oh and My Little Pony for adults? Da fuq?

QFT. My 8 year old daughter has grown out of My Little Pony. WTF are adults doing watching it?!

Wibbs

Tell me how wrote: »

Placebo effect.

Also, can suspend responsibility meaning the mind relaxes even though problem/illness is still there.
This can reduce stress which does help the body.

Indeed. The placebo effect is huge, or can be. More and more we're beginning to understand the link between the mind and many illnesses and how we recover or not from them. Plus I think - at least in the past, we're getting better at it now - medicine tended towards the top down, doctor knows best abdicate all health responsibility to the doctors and medical science. It wasn't always like that. Pre the modern medicine age it was much more a collaborative effort between doctor and patient. often the patient would tell the doctor what they were suffering from and the doc would prescribe treatments on the basis of that. This all changed with the coming of modern medicine which came along on the back of the military and military doctors. They came from a regimented hierarchical system where the doctor was a man of rank and the patient(and other staff) took orders as it were. That was the start of seeing doctors as higher up professionals, whereas previously it was a dubious enough trade at best. Then with the scientific method applied to medicine it got more and more specialised and closed off, which alienated the patient more again. As I say we're getting better nowadays as medicine sees more and more the value of engaging with the patient in a holistic fashion.

"Alternative medicine" tends to be more a holistic, collaborative approach like the old days of leeches and balancing humours(and about as effective), so that could be one of its greatest draws for people. They feel treated more as a person rather than Patient in Bed 5.

Pac1Man

Sleepy wrote: »

QFT. My 8 year old daughter has grown out of My Little Pony. WTF are adults doing watching it?!

There are a few instances of returning soldiers getting into it, specifically those suffering from PTSD.

The overwhelming positivity of the show supposedly acts as a mental lubricant. That's probably the 'best' or most plausible reason for adults watching it though.

Wanderer2010

People caring about the likes of talentless nobodies like the Kardashians. A whole new generation of people have been raised to think that a woman who flashes her arse on Instagram is somehow the ultimate in achievement and that you need to match her on every level to be successful.

With all that's going on with the world and people who are starving, fighting wars etc we are in danger of creating a completely artificial life for young people growing up nowadays who rely on clickbait, social media and snapchat to learn about the world around them. Scary.

ToddyDoody

Why some people treat you badly if you treat them well.

Then you treat them badly... and they treat you well... and you treat them badly.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Omackeral wrote: »

How come I've never ever seen an ad for a Chinese takeaway on TV?

Or anywhere for that matter.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Cervantes2 wrote: »

Why are Drug Cartels called cartels? They are always fighting and killing each other and trying to capture their rivals territory.

Surely it would make sense too carve up territory and regulate the supply and price of drugs?

Because the original cartels in Colombia were formed by several individuals grouping together to gain tighter control of the market.

Wibbs

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Why some people treat you badly if you treat them well.

Have wondered about that myself from time to time. Maybe it's because man is a social animal? As social animals we try to "socialise" other people into the community of ourselves and others. Bring them into the fold. Those who treat us well are already socialised, so they're kind of a job done, but people who may treat you badly aren't, so we make an extra effort to socialise them. Might be why we tend to like villains in our stories too. They're often more interesting and we might fantasise how we might thwart them, but also there's a part within us that thinks maybe they'd not be a villain in our company.

Benjamin Buttons

andekwarhola wrote: »

Stand up comedy.

I like comedic cinema, TV or writing but I can think of about 2-3 times I've been amused by a stand up comedian in the last 30 years.

I do agree that most of what passes for stand-up comedy these days is laughably unfunny.
All a matter of personal taste of course, but could I recommend Stewart Lee, or have you already given him the thumbs-down?

Wibbs

Benjamin Buttons wrote: »

could I recommend Stewart Lee

Speaking of things I don't get... Though I find Lee an intelligent and interesting man in interviews I find his "stand up" about as funny as puppy cancer. I see what he's trying to do but find it a rolling dull diatribe of the anthropology of the British class system and student politics he never quite grew out of, where his humour is like outer space, areas of interest are separated by vast tracts of emptiness.

Benjamin Buttons

Wibbs wrote: »

Speaking of things I don't get... Though I find Lee an intelligent and interesting man in interviews I find his "stand up" about as funny as puppy cancer. I see what he's trying to do but find it a rolling dull diatribe of the anthropology of the British class system and student politics he never quite grew out of, where his humour is like outer space, areas of interest are separated by vast tracts of emptiness.

Fair enough.
Do you have a favourite stand-up?

Tell me how

Naked Attraction - Channel 4

WTF would compel you to go on it.

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Me Hole, haven't got it in ages

topper75

Donald Trump wrote: »

Yeah......I'm not sure what you are trying to say about maths. It's a legal issue.
If you are saying that the probability of getting away with it over the long term is small then, ironically, you are completely wrong as the opposite is true. If it were not, then there wouldn't be 50,000 odd illegal Irish over there for decades.The issue is that in order to make sure they aren't caught, they can't/don't do things.

If those 50,000 were some of the hypothetical maths-illiterate people you are talking about and took risks, they wouldn't still be there

I think in your passion for defending illegals you conflated the two separate points in my post. I was talking about turf accountants, betting shops. We call them bookies - what do they call them down your way?

Widdershins

I don't get it when men cheat on their very pretty girlfriends with either someone less attractive or someone almost identical to her. I doubt it's a personality thing.

zcorpian88

I don't get flaky women. Met this girl 3 months ago, had a date, she lives a bit far from me, further than I'd like really. But became fond of her.

Fair bit of texting done, messages are hot and cold, keep initiating meet-ups, always busy and has plans. Goes on like she's interested, becomes all nice and tells me what I'd like to hear but if I want a meet-up, forget about it.

Text her there on Friday asking how was work and was she feeling better, she had a cold last week.....and nothing....and nothing on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Text her Monday evening saying "A text back would be nice" and I told her that it's incredibly annoying coming from someone who apparently is into me. Still no reply, and this was on whatsapp now, so I can see when she see's the messages.

This morning I plain and simply told her to f**k off and not to bother contacting me, complete waste of 3 months.

After one date you texted her repeatedly every day 3 mths later being passive aggressive then swore at her
Maybe that's why she left it

Tell me how

zcorpian88 wrote:

This morning I plain and simply told her to f**k off and not to bother contacting me, complete waste of 3 months.

I'm no expert but if you're ever texting someone other than, recognized partner, long term friend or family member with "A text back would be nice", it's not going to end well.

She probably read the text this morning and felt she dodged a bullet.

If they're not responding, give your head a break and walk away. Onwards and upwards zcorpion88.

Tell me how

I don't get what LEIN is posting in the You Laugh, You Lose threads. I use the boards App on my mobile and whatever image he/she posts is not supported.

I picture them laughing every time they post something, thinking Tell me how is going lose his sh*t over this some day.

I wouldn't be surprised if they don't put images in to half the posts. :mad:

I don't get why I have such a craving for a can of coke right now (second one) that I'm contemplating leaving bed to go to the shop

Wibbs

Widdershins wrote: »

I don't get it when men cheat on their very pretty girlfriends with either someone less attractive or someone almost identical to her. I doubt it's a personality thing.

Novelty. That's pretty much it. Most of the time. The rest of the time it's for the same reason women cheat on otherwise "ideal" men, they get something from the affair they're not getting at home and it's almost never the obvious.

Colser

Wibbs wrote: »

Novelty. That's [pretty much it.

Ego maybe?

Tell me how

Widdershins wrote:

I don't get it when men cheat on their very pretty girlfriends with either someone less attractive or someone almost identical to her. I doubt it's a personality thing.

Wibbs wrote:

Novelty. That's pretty much it. Most of the time. The rest of the time it's for the same reason women cheat on otherwise "ideal" men, they get something from the affair they're not getting at home and it's almost never the obvious.

Colser wrote:

Ego maybe?

Agree with Wibbs.

Also;
A - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
B - There's way more to relationships that the aesthetics

Personally, I think the "forbidden fruit" element is responsible for a lot of infidelity.

A Battered Mars Bar

alberto67 wrote: »

Speed limit is 120km/h on the motorway and still humans are building cars capable of 200-250 km/h...

What if you had to get to a hospital in a rush or flee a gun maniac on your tail?

gormdubhgorm

zcorpian88 wrote: »

I don't get flaky women. Met this girl 3 months ago, had a date, she lives a bit far from me, further than I'd like really. But became fond of her.

Fair bit of texting done, messages are hot and cold, keep initiating meet-ups, always busy and has plans. Goes on like she's interested, becomes all nice and tells me what I'd like to hear but if I want a meet-up, forget about it.

Text her there on Friday asking how was work and was she feeling better, she had a cold last week.....and nothing....and nothing on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Text her Monday evening saying "A text back would be nice" and I told her that it's incredibly annoying coming from someone who apparently is into me. Still no reply, and this was on whatsapp now, so I can see when she see's the messages.

This morning I plain and simply told her to f**k off and not to bother contacting me, complete waste of 3 months.

Which would have been worse her ignoring you, or her saying 'it's not you it's me' !?
I don't get the latter phrase by the way it makes no sense.
It is not a 'let down gently thing' as it is portrayed.
But it is an emotional equivalent of a disguised punch to the stomach, because it is so cliched and faked.


As for yourself.
You sound like you were on a bit on the clingy obsessed side of the spectrum about her, without realising it.
So I do get, why you didn't get it.

Move on-wards and upwards lesson learnt