Things you just "don't get"?

JustAThought · 15-01-2020 2:32am

Baked beans.
Bovril eaters.
Fried tomatoes.
People who lovingly keep birds in cages and never let them out :.o
Spiteful bitter women.

dubstarr · 15-01-2020 9:03am

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I don’t get “ renewal of marriage vows “
Now I know some people might have had difficulties and make a decision to renew their vows . But this new trend of ordinary people a few years down the line renewing vows is mad
Did they forget what they said or think they were out of date or what ?

That usually happens if one of the partners has been up to no good

JustAThought · 15-01-2020 9:56am

dubstarr wrote: »

That usually happens if one of the partners has been up to no good

oe the brode feels she meeds another day out. Dont mind if in her first one she was whale sized & wants better pics or if there had been poor family circumstances for the first ( sadness/sickness, etc) but the whole second expense for anither big day out plus gifts... Im turning mean in my old age.

Another thing I dont get.People who have Im pregnant lunches (gifts), baby showers ( more gifts), and huge catered /restaurant for a hundred christenings. Its lovely that they’re excited but its an endless expectation on their family/friends.

sbsquarepants · 15-01-2020 10:11am

JustAThought wrote: »

Another thing I dont get.People who have Im pregnant lunches (gifts), baby showers ( more gifts), and huge catered /restaurant for a hundred christenings. Its lovely that they’re excited but its an endless expectation on their family/friends.

I think this is largely a female thing. My missus has a friend who got in a big huff with her a while back because she didn't go away with her for her 40th. She was going for a week in Vegas ffs.

Sure, i'll just put the kids in kennels for the week will I and spend thousands of euros just because it's your fúcking birthday. That's not at all self centered it's a lovely idea, thanks for the invite!

Some people really need a good kick up the hole! Whatever happened to a night in the pub?

Antares35 · 15-01-2020 4:47pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

I can kind of see that attraction there, but what I really don't get is the fake tan. Also fake nails and fake eye brows. It's like there's no appreciation for natural beauty anymore.

This so much! Then there's the obsession with contouring and massive bushy eyebrows with a life of their own. Add the insta-filters or whatever the f*ck they're called and the end result is that everyone looks the same!

pgj2015 · 15-01-2020 4:57pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I don’t get “ renewal of marriage vows “
Now I know some people might have had difficulties and make a decision to renew their vows . But this new trend of ordinary people a few years down the line renewing vows is mad
Did they forget what they said or think they were out of date or what ?

didnt vogue williams get married two years in a row to the same guy.:pac:

Pawwed Rig · 15-01-2020 5:03pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

didnt vogue williams get married two years in a row to the same guy.:pac:

Ha Vogue Williams. I have a little project going where I read every article about her on the MSN newsfeed. I had never heard of her before. 3 or 4 months in I am still not entirely sure what she does for a living or shy she is featured in articles. I get that her hubby was a reality TV participant but cannot get why there are 'news' articles about them. They both seem equally vacuous.

Reminds me of Brian O'Driscoll's wife. Never heard of her and then there was loads of news stories then she disappeared again. Amy something?

Antares35 · 15-01-2020 5:06pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Ha Vogue Williams. I have a little project going where I read every article about her on the MSN newsfeed. I had never heard of her before. 3 or 4 months in I am still not entirely sure what she does for a living or shy she is featured in articles. I get that her hubby was a reality TV participant but cannot get why there are 'news' articles about them. They both seem equally vacuous.

Reminds me of Brian O'Driscoll's wife. Never heard of her and then there was loads of news stories then she disappeared again. Amy something?

Hooverman?

I used to get annoyed by the media coverage of these bints but in reality, the media are only supplying a demand. It's the vacuous idiots who "follow" them that should be exterminated*

* this might be a bit extreme

the beer revolu · 15-01-2020 5:09pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Reminds me of Brian O'Driscoll's wife. Never heard of her and then there was loads of news stories then she disappeared again. Amy something?

Amy had an acting career back in 2000.
She's also a comedian.
She's as well known as he is.

dubstarr · 15-01-2020 5:18pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Ha Vogue Williams. I have a little project going where I read every article about her on the MSN newsfeed. I had never heard of her before. 3 or 4 months in I am still not entirely sure what she does for a living or shy she is featured in articles. I get that her hubby was a reality TV participant but cannot get why there are 'news' articles about them. They both seem equally vacuous.

Reminds me of Brian O'Driscoll's wife. Never heard of her and then there was loads of news stories then she disappeared again. Amy something?

She was married to Brian McFadden as well.I have watched her shows before,shes actually a really good presenter.

Her sis in law now is one of the Middletons

pgj2015 · 15-01-2020 5:23pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Amy had an acting career back in 2000.
She's also a comedian.
She's as well known as he is.

comedian? never knew that. cant find any of her stand up on youtube,

Pawwed Rig · 15-01-2020 5:26pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Amy had an acting career back in 2000.
She's also a comedian.
She's as well known as he is.

Never heard of her outside of BOD.

Are you sure you're not thinking of Amy Schumer?

the beer revolu · 15-01-2020 5:33pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Never heard of her outside of BOD.

Are you sure you're not thinking of Amy Schumer?

Nope.
Maybe more an actor that had done comedy than a comedian.

Raconteuse · 15-01-2020 5:41pm

Amy Huberman is an actress on TV and minor films - since before meeting Brian O'Driscoll. She also has her own fashion brand. Being married to him doubtless helped in this regard but that's the way of the world. She seems all right.

Vogue is part of that vacuous world indeed but she has surprisingly done some documentary presenting. Inoffensive.

It's people fawning over the likes of them that's a head scratcher all right though.

pgj2015 · 15-01-2020 6:55pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ18TBefhIw

Nevin Parsnipp · 15-01-2020 7:14pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Nope.
Maybe more an actor that had done comedy than a comedian.

Gotta call you out on this one ! Amy Huberman was never a comedian..or indeed an actor that has done comedy ..

Where has she done comedy ??

Raconteuse · 15-01-2020 11:38pm

Nevin Parsnipp wrote: »

Gotta call you out on this one ! Amy Huberman was never a comedian..or indeed an actor that has done comedy ..

Where has she done comedy ??

Yeah it was a recent show she did all right but not anything before it.

igCorcaigh · 16-01-2020 7:48am

Breaking Bad.

Just, doesn't do it for me.

retalivity · 16-01-2020 7:55am

Nevin Parsnipp wrote: »

Gotta call you out on this one ! Amy Huberman was never a comedian..or indeed an actor that has done comedy ..

Where has she done comedy ??

Striking Out and Finding Joy were laughably bad, if that counts?

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 16-01-2020 8:26am

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Breaking Bad.

Just, doesn't do it for me.

Same.

I watched the whole thing, with Hal from Malcolm in the middle in my head... to me he was just never believable as a serious criminal. It seemed like satire the whole time to me. I guess that's the power of typecasting for you in a nutshell!

whisky_galore · 16-01-2020 11:52am

People getting fierce worked up about century old RIC/DMP history, meanwhile back in the 21st cent., someone gets crushed in a tent with a utility vehicle and some kid gets chopped into pieces. Where's the outrage for that?

dubstarr · 16-01-2020 12:06pm

Gemma Collins

Pawwed Rig · 16-01-2020 6:02pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

People getting fierce worked up about century old RIC/DMP history, meanwhile back in the 21st cent., someone gets crushed in a tent with a utility vehicle and some kid gets chopped into pieces. Where's the outrage for that?

Have you read the news today?

whisky_galore · 16-01-2020 6:19pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Have you read the news today?

Fairly fcuking muted public reaction in comparison.

Bobblehats · 16-01-2020 6:23pm

“Unfortunately the backend returned an error”

That wasn’t an error I farted.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 16-01-2020 9:02pm

Fake tan. It always looks bad. It's like bad CGI, it just takes you out of the film.
Cake faces. The average make-up wearing person here in Ireland wears too much make-up, in my opinion. It's not subtle, to compliment features, it's gone full-on pantomime or like a transvestite/alternative miss world levels.
I also don't get why people think it's now acceptable to watch videos on their phone with no earphones. Earphones and never before been in such abundance, and so cheap! They're included with phones FFS.
Smelly old men. What's the story there? They just give up and smell spicey af.
People that hoof smokes in to them and then get on bus. Don't sit beside me. You smell horrible.

Antares35 · 17-01-2020 12:03am

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

Fake tan. It always looks bad. It's like bad CGI, it just takes you out of the film.

Cake faces. The average make-up wearing person here in Ireland wears too much make-up, in my opinion. It's not subtle, to compliment features, it's gone full-on pantomime or like a transvestite/alternative miss world levels.

I also don't get why people think it's now acceptable to watch videos on their phone with no earphones. Earphones and never before been in such abundance, and so cheap! They're included with phones FFS.

Smelly old men. What's the story there? They just give up and smell spicey af.

People that hoof smokes in to them and then get on bus. Don't sit beside me. You smell horrible.

Are you me?

Raconteuse · 17-01-2020 12:59am

JustAThought wrote: »

Spiteful bitter women.

I doubt anyone "gets" spiteful bitter people (apart from their fellow spiteful and bitter folk)!

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I think this is largely a female thing. My missus has a friend who got in a big huff with her a while back because she didn't go away with her for her 40th. She was going for a week in Vegas ffs.

Sure, i'll just put the kids in kennels for the week will I and spend thousands of euros just because it's your fúcking birthday. That's not at all self centered it's a lovely idea, thanks for the invite!

Some people really need a good kick up the hole! Whatever happened to a night in the pub?

And the hen plus the kitchen party, let alone the wedding! Or the baby shower plus the christening. Now sometimes the kitchen party can be like a smaller event for people who couldn't make the hen (might be e.g. for mothers, grandmothers etc) and the hen might just be a night in town or a night away but just Ireland. Or the baby shower might be a surprise arranged by friends. And there's no obligation to attend these or give gifts for all of them. But a minority expect attendance and gifts for all, along with the hen or wedding abroad. No shame!

17-01-2020 1:06am

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I think this is largely a female thing. My missus has a friend who got in a big huff with her a while back because she didn't go away with her for her 40th. She was going for a week in Vegas ffs.

Sure, i'll just put the kids in kennels for the week will I and spend thousands of euros just because it's your fúcking birthday. That's not at all self centered it's a lovely idea, thanks for the invite!

Some people really need a good kick up the hole! Whatever happened to a night in the pub?

Some would be over the moon at the offer of an excuse of a week away in Vegas with friends, a break from the kids etc

Raconteuse · 17-01-2020 1:27am

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

Some would be over the moon at the offer of an excuse of a week away in Vegas with friends, a break from the kids etc

Of course, if there was no issue with a babysitter for a week, or money, or another holiday already planned and sufficient annual leave.

17-01-2020 1:39am

Raconteuse wrote: »

Of course, if there was no issue with a babysitter for a week, or money, or another holiday already planned and sufficient annual leave.

What’s stopping the husband minding the kids?

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 17-01-2020 2:00am

Maybe the husband and wife actually like each other and want to save their holiday time for each other?

A friend of mine told me he was disowned by a childhood friend recently because he wouldn't travel across two continents (at an expense of +€5k) to the guy's wedding after not seeing him for several years. He was apologetic and everything, couldn't take the time off work and couldn't afford it. When the guy blocked him, he said he was surprised at first but ultimately, given the fact that they had stopped contact years before, he really didn't care. I thought it was the definition of petty.

Raconteuse · 17-01-2020 2:04am

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

What’s stopping the husband minding the kids?

Work?

JupiterKid · 17-01-2020 2:20am

Adults (including my eldest sister) being into the Harry Potter books and films
Game of Thrones
Most forms of gambling, excepting poker
Taking endless selfies and posting them up on social media
Stress and insecurity over planning over the top weddings
All this extreme guff over transgender, gender “fluid”, non-binary, etc etc...
Memes and hashtags
The term “woke”

17-01-2020 3:20am

ITT: People confusing "don't get" with "don't like".

Squeeonline · 17-01-2020 12:18pm

JupiterKid wrote: »

All this extreme guff over transgender, gender “fluid”, non-binary, etc etc...
Memes and hashtags
The term “woke”

Coming from the user with the rainbow avatar...

17-01-2020 1:12pm

Raconteuse wrote: »

Work?

Well assuming the wife works too? I would say most if not all people I know with kids would have gone on separate trips away with friends abroad and/or in Ireland. People travel a lot for work too so they have no issue managing with one of the couple away for a few days up to a few weeks.

I’m not really questioning someone not going it’s the post which made it sound like why would anyone ever what to go on a trip away with friends (and a list of easily discounted excuses as to why not) that I’m challenging.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 17-01-2020 2:08pm

Raconteuse wrote: »

Amy Huberman is an actress on TV and minor films - since before meeting Brian O'Driscoll. She also has her own fashion brand. Being married to him doubtless helped in this regard but that's the way of the world. She seems all right.

Vogue is part of that vacuous world indeed but she has surprisingly done some documentary presenting. Inoffensive.

It's people fawning over the likes of them that's a head scratcher all right though.

Aaaaah, she got those documentaries after becoming prominent for, as mentioned before, fuck knows what.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 17-01-2020 2:09pm

Nevin Parsnipp wrote: »

Gotta call you out on this one ! Amy Huberman was never a comedian..or indeed an actor that has done comedy ..

Where has she done comedy ??

She did a dreadful sitcom on Comedy Central six or seven years ago. But was never a comedian.

Rothko · 17-01-2020 2:14pm

I never got the whole appeal with Las Vegas. Spending any amount of time there sounds like my idea of hell.

Fireball81 · 17-01-2020 2:27pm

Walking (and I use the term loosely) whilst on facebook etc or stopping in a door way of a shop to take out phone to text etc.

Can it not wait, it can't be THAT important....

Marty Xavier · 17-01-2020 4:38pm

Pegging, what is that about?

Jamsiek · 17-01-2020 4:46pm

Marty Xavier wrote: »

Pegging, what is that about?

What’s pegging?

Pawwed Rig · 17-01-2020 4:50pm

Jamsiek wrote: »

What’s pegging?

I use the tumble dryer this time of year

Sgt Hartman · 17-01-2020 4:52pm

Marty Xavier wrote: »

Pegging, what is that about?

You don't know what you're missing

Antares35 · 17-01-2020 4:54pm

Adult pyjamas with kids cartoons on them.

Hager · 17-01-2020 7:17pm

Adult pyjamas

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 17-01-2020 7:18pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I think this is largely a female thing. My missus has a friend who got in a big huff with her a while back because she didn't go away with her for her 40th. She was going for a week in Vegas ffs.

No way. Hubs and I have gone to a lot of stags and hens respectively over the last few years and the stags have been consistently way more extravagant. On my end, the hens have generally made a great effort to make it affordable for everyone and it’ll be a night or two or sometimes just an evening with no overnight stay.

Hubs, on the other hand, has had to travel out of the country for every single stag party and they’ve been two nights usually or even three. A friend of his is getting married in the US this summer (missus-to-be is American) and he is having his stag in Spain. I just can’t get over that. So much expense.

Definitely not just a female thing.

MoashoaM · 17-01-2020 9:09pm

I don't get the "share" option on p0rn websites. Who shares!?

Not that I've ever been on one.

igCorcaigh · 17-01-2020 9:50pm

Porn websites.

I just don't get why people use them.

That's what tumblr is for.

Things you just "don't get"?

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