Most of mine have been hit already, I'll throw in straight up normal Bars though.
I don't drink to begin with, but even when I did or if I still did, I can't grasp why I'd pay oft-exorbitant amounts extra to go sit on uncomfortable furniture, eat generally terrible food, watch someone elses choice of tv (or music, whatever), and trying to converse in a noise-polluted room. All with the added issue of having to figure out transportation back to home.
Also;
The common venue of dating being "dinner and a movie". Neither activity really lends itself to social interaction (assuming you like to enjoy your food while its still fresh-pepared, and aren't a jerk chatting up in the theater". Which seems counter-productive to the entire idea of getting to know a person better.
I think I might be able to explain the bar one. It's a different location, people often go there to clear their heads or think about things that troubles them. Yes, like in the movies, but for me personally, there's just SOMETHING nice about sitting at a bar nursing an expensive beer while just quietly watching things. People go to clubs for a loud, crowded atmosphere right? A bar is basically the opposite, a place to have a quiet drink in a place away from the norm.
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Another thing I don't get is Polygamy/'Polyamory'; Is it some sort of ego stroking. I don't see the appeal in multiple romantic partners, or even multiple partners. I mean, I can understand open relationships or group sex as a kind of fetish. But why want multiple people? Or how can you even be romantically attracted to several people? I'm kinda old fashioned, but still, it simply boggles my mind.
This states that all of the factors that helped make life are so unimaginably improbable, that the mere fact that life even exists on Earth is excruciatingly rare.
I don't agree with it, but it makes some good points.
Tyler Trahan said:
sammysoso said:
Cigarettes, Drugs, Alcohol.
I need to be in complete control of my mental and physical states. Nor do I get why they're "cool" in the first place.
The positives (if there are any) just simply do not outweigh the negatives.
This is how I feel about myself when it comes to drugs, alcohol and the like. While I can totally understand people partaking somewhat in drugs and alcohol I have absolutely zero understanding as to why people smoke cigarettes or do drugs and alcohol to excess. I mean why take a good thing (drinking to a buzz, smoking weed to relax or something) and take it to an extreme where you're puking in a gutter or essentially in a marijuana-coma? I dont understand at all. I also don't understand why people take certain drugs like heroin or angeldust; you know, the crap you never hear anything good about. To me it's just like "Where did you even get the IDEA to try this? Haven't you seen goddamn Trainspotting?!"
It's the idea that just a little bit more will make the effect even stronger. Soon enough we forget how much we've drank, and boom, you're vomiting and waking up to a splitting headache.
Seth Carter said:
Most of mine have been hit already, I'll throw in straight up normal Bars though.
I don't drink to begin with, but even when I did or if I still did, I can't grasp why I'd pay oft-exorbitant amounts extra to go sit on uncomfortable furniture, eat generally terrible food, watch someone elses choice of tv (or music, whatever), and trying to converse in a noise-polluted room. All with the added issue of having to figure out transportation back to home.
It's both the social interactions, and also a place of easy individuals to pick up for a night of sex. But even if you go without sex in mind, it's just the fact that you'll have some company that draws people to bars.
Drinking alone can be very depressing for some people, even if it's cheaper.
Fashion and brand clothes
I mean, buying quality clothes is always smart choice
Why buy clothes that are obviously inferior with inflated price tag, that is somehow justified by "status" is beyond me
And don't even mention "high" fashion :/
Edit: I must admit, they sometimes look good, but only SOMETIMES
hazabaza1 said:
Agreed on the stripclubs.
Also furries.
It's like... either fuck animals or fuck humans. Don't mix dat shit together, yo.
I don't get people being wilfully ignorant. About anything, really. Like those fundies that claim Goddidit just because an old book says so, even in the face of mountains of opposing evidence. Or the Chris Brown fangirls that keep on trying to demonise Rhianna, the woman he put in hospitial, a fact that he bassically brags about to this day. Or all those rich assholes clinging to their tax loopholes and offshore banks to save money when their pocket change could probably get rid of the economic crisis overnight.
I'm with you on that. Smoking has always repulsed me, I'm not sure exactly what the pro's are to balance the kind of con list that includes cancer of many kinds, awful breath, awful smelling abodes & cars, and a deep financial drain if you're quite a serious smoker. It just doesn't sit with me, at all. It's also an instant deal breaker as far as relationships are concerned. Fortunately, I'm with a lovely girl who shares my views, so it's all good.
I managed to convince my mum to quit many years ago, I dread to think what her health would be like if she'd have continued.
I have always had trouble with any art form that requires minute hand motions (Writing, drawing, etc). At the same time I have always had trouble with viewing things in a certain way that allows for the capacity of creation. Straight Lines for example are rudimentary, but understanding the technique in drawing a curve or circular object is something that takes me forever to 'get'.
I never got the whole U.N imposing martial law on the U.S conspiracy.
Seriously, NONE of it makes sense, yet it has, despite all logic, garnered a following.
I don't get "dubstep" (the popular stuff that crams wub-wub into perfectly great music)
I REALLY don't get why people care if "their" team wins some sporting event. It makes no sense. "We kicked your ass." No, a group of people wearing one color beat a group of people wearing another color during at a virtually useless skill. The ownership just boggles my mind. What, does their victory validate your community's awesomeness, even though the players are from all over?
Even with the Olympics, the national pride kinda sickens me when it's based around athletic prowess instead of standard of living.
Anal sex. Don't get it, never have, doubt I ever will. It seems unhygenic and just generally gross. I mean, why would you want to stick your dick in that anyway? It'd be like having sex with a dry tube smeared with crap. I don't understand how it could ever seem appealing. If you like it great, but I don't see why
I also don't get why so many guys are into lesbians? i can understand that more than one woman would obviously be attractive to men but two woman that aren't attracted to you? that makes zero sense!
For me, it was a good teacher and lots of practice. Motivation is very important too.
The thing I don't get? Why on earth it's apparently fashionable for men to wear their trousers so low their underwear's on show. I mean, come on! No one wants to see that, pull your damn trousers up man! And use a damn belt as well while you're at it!
Actually, I don't get rape jokes. Sometimes they're funny, right? I mean, in the very rare cases. What makes those rare gems funny? Doesn't matter, even the good ones aren't that funny.
I got a good one for you. Just in case you don't think rape is funny. Imagine Porky pig raping Elmer Fudd. Honestly, that's why his name is Porky. - George Carlin
On a more serious note. I don't get the rape jokes either, or the dumbass defenses they keep coming up with to try to get out of the trouble.
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