Five things you don't understand?

KellyAssauer

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There are things I like, and there are things I don't like... and those are easy enough for me to understand - and then there's this other list!!

The list of things I can't comprehend. It's not a matter of like or dislike - I just don't understand them! Say for instance, theoretical physics, or some spoken languages, many of us might not understand these things!

However... I've found here lately that there are far less 'complicated' things that I just can't wrap my head around.

So I wanna know! Name 5 things that you just don't "get" that might be way more common place than brain surgery?

Here's my top 5 right now:

1. Hemmingway
2. Golf
3. Threesomes
4. Business people
5. Television talent shows

*please -no passing judgment!- save opinions for TIO* ;)
 

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Lady Gaga
Adults on ATV's (kids, I get)
The Rolling Stones
Organ meats
Comic book superhero movies
 

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Y'all have no idea what you're missing out on. Threesomes on moving ATVs are awesome! :D

1. Team sports
2. Camping
3. Popular music of all types
4. "Reality" television
5. Windows computers
6. Cell phones, at least for anything other than emergencies (I know how to use them, I just don't understand why people like them, lol)
 

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1. People trying to collect "title" for themselves. Example: "I'm bipolar, my doctor said so".
2. What rich people think of when they think of happiness.
3. The old man down the street who owns a Z4, with all the bells and whistles and can't actually get into it and never looks at it nonetheless drive it.
4. The old lady outside who waters the plants that have a underground watering system and are desert plants that don't need water.
5. If my mother's best friend is a psychopath. (it's been on my mind lately).

Not to say I know everything, but I don't have much to not understand. Hmm... this was a great question. It was kind of like "What do you fear?"
 

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What I don't understand?

1. Dating rituals. Should I call her? When do I call her? Is she actually interested? BAH!
2. Phones. (Yes, I'm stealing someone else's.) I despise phones.
3. Facebook! What is the point of that site, anyway?
4. Babies. I don't think they're cute, but everyone else seems to.
5. "Kid" musical instruments, like xylophones and maracas. They're never used in adult bands (or hardly ever) so why not give kids something useful to play?

:)
 

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  1. Free jazz
  2. Smooth jazz
  3. Karaoke
  4. Scat singing
  5. People who like any of the above
 

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Can I add 5 more?

6. People who stand around outside shopping centres asking people for cigarettes. Buy your own or quit!
7. Raw food.
8. Food that is harder than teeth.
9. Food that is hot enough to burn your mouth.
10. Gender roles.

There's a lot I don't understand, it seems.
 

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1. White chocolate
(I mean, what is the freakin' point? Why does this stuff even exist?)

2. Removing all your pubic hair
(Sexually-active adults with pre-pubescent-looking genitals. Gross.)


3. The Fahrenheit system
(Why don't the nice round numbers correspond to anything that makes sense?)

4. Thong underwear
(Wedgies = discomfort. This isn't difficult, people.)

5. Panhandlers with signs admitting they want booze money
(Thanks, but I'll finance my own bad habits first. Talk to me when you need food or shelter.)
 

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5) The Stock Market
 

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gravity (why IS it so weak? are there really gravitons? etc.)
america's paper currency being the ugliest in the world.
book-banning, particularly of sweet little kid books
why they dye pistachios red
 

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I'll probably get lynched for a couple of these, but here goes:

1.) Why everyone thinks Lady Gaga is so original
2.) Reality TV shows
3.) Why women read fashion magazines that are designed to make them feel bad about themselves
4.) People who are rude to others for no apparent reason
5.) Vampires
 

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5. the appeal of vegetables
 

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1. Calculus (any advance mathematics for that instance)
2. why some people make it and others don't (pretty open and loaded, but still)
3. monopolizing
4. the love of arguing
5. uber popular trends
 

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2. Progressive Flo and her robot-look alike.
3. People who don't like chocolate.
4. Neighbors who don't wave hello when they see you.
5. People who take their frustration out on others.


Had to add one. Bein' locked out of fb for 24 hours 'cuz I forgot my password, durn it...
 
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