Things you really just don't get...

[immortal13 4059]

Add something that some people are into that you just don't fucking understand.

 

I'll start with Comic-book movies

[ABSR 5321]

Women

[workswithseed 2109]

6 minutes ago, ABSR said:

Women

I didn't know you were gay.

[Clintonaldo 2576]

Satisfaction 

[Guest]

6 hours ago, ABSR said:

Women

even pecans have shells around them...

[deadshank 24653]

Tattoo laden skin.  I can see one to a few small to almost medium sized tattoos.  Heck, I’ve had a small one now for 36 years. 
 

I understand military and biker types getting inked up.  But some schmuck getting all inked up to the nth degree and then working part time at Petsmart seems rather silly. 

Tattoos are expensive and time consuming, too.

What do I know?

[52-80 19224]

everything that has to do with popular culture for people <30

 

like their fashion, music, etc

[wd40 1976]

25 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

Satisfaction 

you're welcome

 

[idigTexas 2289]

Smoking.  "Hey, I think I'll light something on fire and try to breathe through it."  I understand the addiction.  I don't understand the desire to try it in the first place.

[immortal13 4059]

1 hour ago, idigTexas said:

Smoking.  "Hey, I think I'll light something on fire and try to breathe through it."  I understand the addiction.  I don't understand the desire to try it in the first place.

You are excluding weed, right?

[Parliament 14283]

Brown shoes with a suit. Come on.

[Guest Lobo]

Golf.  

Played it several times.  A complete and total waste of time, money, and land.  I've tried to get into it a few times but I just really don't get it.  

I feel like the Ben character on "Parks and Rec" when they keep prodding him to finally give in and understand why Li'l Sebastian is so awesome.  And he nodingly agrees and then looks back at the camera like "I have no idea why they think that little horse is so awesome."  

[Saint Austin 745]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

Brown shoes with a suit. Come on.

What do you wear with a navy suit?

[Vic Mackey 47112]

2 hours ago, idigTexas said:

Smoking.  "Hey, I think I'll light something on fire and try to breathe through it."  I understand the addiction.  I don't understand the desire to try it in the first place.

I get weed. It's natural and from the Earth (as long as it has not been cut with other chemicals) and you get a feeling from it. I don't smoke weed but I do get it.

But I absolutely do not get cigarettes. I mean the reason they do it so often is because they are dependent and addicted. But what drew them to a nasty ass cigarette in the first place?

[Pescado_Rojo 19427]

35 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Golf.  

Played it several times.  A complete and total waste of time, money, and land.  I've tried to get into it a few times but I just really don't get it.  

I feel like the Ben character on "Parks and Rec" when they keep prodding him to finally give in and understand why Li'l Sebastian is so awesome.  And he nodingly agrees and then looks back at the camera like "I have no idea why they think that little horse is so awesome."  

I don't mind playing golf. I play a couple times a year with my FIL. I'm no good, but it's an okay way to spend an afternoon in rural Texas on an uncrowded course where you don't have to stand around and wait 15 minutes between holes. What I can't stand are golf bros. 

[Steamboat1874 4075]

Eating something so fucking hot that you cannot feel the inside of your mouth for hours.

Stupid.

[Underdog 28765]

Mountain Climbing

Off Roading

Getting high/drunk - I think it's rather childish behavior.  

3 hours ago, idigTexas said:

Smoking.  "Hey, I think I'll light something on fire and try to breathe through it."  I understand the addiction.  I don't understand the desire to try it in the first place.

Heartbreaking to see a gorgeous young lady with a heater.  

[deadshank 24653]

1 hour ago, Saint Austin said:

What do you wear with a navy suit?

flip flops w/ socks

[Underdog 28765]

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 hours ago, immortal13 said:

You are excluding weed, right?

And good cigars.

[deadshank 24653]

Architects that design houses with chimneys placed smack dab in the middle of valleys.  

For the love of Pete, why?

@Onboard 2.0

[RDCanecutter 26462]

The desire to own an SUV. I could see buying one if you needed it for a job, same as a wheelbarrow or a weedeater, but there are people who desire SUVs?

Any club/church/organization with a precise rule-defined hierarchy. That pecking-order shit is for baboons.

Probably my biggest dead-zone of understanding is why anybody checks social media for any reason other than to sell something.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Architects that design houses with chimneys placed smack dab in the middle of valleys.  

For the love of Pete, why?

@Onboard 2.0

2 reasons:

It looks good, and pisses off roofers something fierce.

[Saint Austin 745]

15 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

The desire to own an SUV. I could see buying one if you needed it for a job, same as a wheelbarrow or a weedeater, but there are people who desire SUVs?

Any club/church/organization with a precise rule-defined hierarchy. That pecking-order shit is for baboons.

Probably my biggest dead-zone of understanding is why anybody checks social media for any reason other than to sell something.

I like sitting up higher and having room for all my kids' junk.

[Al Czervik 1229]

Cosplay for anyone over the age of 14.

Grow the fuck up already.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21920]

24 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

The desire to own an SUV. I could see buying one if you needed it for a job, same as a wheelbarrow or a weedeater, but there are people who desire SUVs?

You sit up a little higher

Great flexibility - 3rd row seats/fold down the rear seat for more storage

Any club/church/organization with a precise rule-defined hierarchy. That pecking-order shit is for baboons.

Probably my biggest dead-zone of understanding is why anybody checks social media for any reason other than to sell something.

Tits/Sluts

 

[immortal13 4059]

9 minutes ago, Al Czervik said:

Cosplay for anyone over the age of 14.

Grow the fuck up already.

This is why

 

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by immortal13

[orange dream 1255]

endurance sports (I'm good with the 5k or sprint tri but why does anyone need to do an ironman or ultramarathon, hell even a regular marathon for that matter)

second the mountain climbing vote from above

high fashion ...

 

Driving with earbuds in (seems very dangerous)

ASMR

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21920]

Fantasy football/baseball/basketball/hockey.  If you have to follow professional sports pick a team.  Who has time for all that other nonsense that goes along with fantasy sports.

[davidg 4038]

44 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Probably my biggest dead-zone of understanding is why anybody checks social media for any reason other than to sell something.

I don't get why people bitch about social media on social media.

[TKthunder2 4997]

Chip and Joanna Gaines (sp, dgaf)

Seriously before COVID had friends come into town from California and offered to do anything they wanted thinking they’d pick something in Austin, San Antonio (where in-laws live) or one of the little tourist cities in between like Fredericksburg and they just wanted to go to fucking Waco where we stood in line for like 2 hours to get in this stupid little store where dumbass shit was overpriced.  We had to talk them out of going to the bakery which would have been another hour in line.  I can understand liking a home improvement show but why the fuck do people go crazy for this cult of personality shit is beyond me.

Edited July 10, 2020 by TKthunder2

[immortal13 4059]

Avocados....they're mushy and flavorless. Keep that shit out of my salad please

[Helobious 9464]

Podcasts, the city of Austin, BBQ, beer. And porn. It’s not like they’re gonna jump off the screen and fuck you. Always felt kind of empty to me.

[Guest Lobo]

You don't get why people are into BBQ, beer, nor porn?  What the fuck?  That's best left to "Unpopular Opinions"  

I took this thread to be more like, stuff that's fairly mainstream, fairly popular across all sectors, and you don't hate it, you just never understood why it go so big.  

And porn is supposed to feel empty.  That's the whole point.  If it was spiritually fulfilling, it would be considered cheating.  

[deadshank 24653]

6 minutes ago, Helobious said:

 And porn. It’s not like they’re gonna jump off the screen and fuck you. Always felt kind of empty to me.

Yep.  And if they did jump off the screen for you would you want  them to?

[Helobious 9464]

2 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Yep.  And if they did jump off the screen for you would you want  them to?

Of course. But that will never happen. Therefore I don’t really get why people are into it so much.

[immortal13 4059]

15 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Podcasts, the city of Austin, BBQ, beer. And porn. It’s not like they’re gonna jump off the screen and fuck you. Always felt kind of empty to me.

The fuq?

[deadshank 24653]

7 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Of course. But that will never happen. Therefore I don’t really get why people are into it so much.

Uh....no thanks. 

[El Diablo 4232]

13 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Of course. But that will never happen. Therefore I don’t really get why people are into it so much.

Eh, for adults it's fairly harmless. Unless you're a dude wanting to watch a chick shove her fist up some dudes ass.

[SHOOTER12 8819]

44 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

Avocados....they're mushy and flavorless. Keep that shit out of my salad please

Boooooo this man booooo

[Underdog 28765]

Agree with the podcasts, same with audiobooks.  Hell, I can't even listen to talk radio anymore, would rather listen to Lynrd Skynrd on loop than either of that shit. 

[TKthunder2 4997]

28 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Podcasts, the city of Austin, BBQ, beer. And porn. It’s not like they’re gonna jump off the screen and fuck you. Always felt kind of empty to me.

What do you jerk off too?  Your imagination?  Pictures of your wife or girlfriend?  That’s some fucking psycho shit man.

[deadshank 24653]

7 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Eh, for adults it's fairly harmless. Unless you're a dude wanting to watch a chick shove her fist up some dudes ass.

Oh, OK, NowThis.  

[deadshank 24653]

So this just happened.  Wha??

there’s a coin shortage??

Edited July 10, 2020 by deadshank

[Classic Rock 276]

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

[RDCanecutter 26462]

1 hour ago, davidg said:

I don't get why people bitch about social media on social media.

Fair point. I alway think of Surly as Anti-Social Old Man Media.

What I meant was whatever women and children are using to enforce compliance with the Hive Mind.

[RDCanecutter 26462]

Harley Davidson motorcycles.

Sure, they're beautiful pieces of garage sculpture. If you're going to ride anywhere, you paid double in order to conform to the preferences of strangers in some mythical biker bar who'd really rather you not hang out with them while they're trying to talk business. And yes, they see your Harley doo-rag and your Harley Stripper-from-Castro-circa-1981 leather vest. Just go away.

[UTPhil2006 3809]

2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Fantasy football/baseball/basketball/hockey.  If you have to follow professional sports pick a team.  Who has time for all that other nonsense that goes along with fantasy sports.

$$$$$$$$

[RDCanecutter 26462]

Chik-fil-A.

Yes, it is a clean and predictable experience. So is opening up a package of new socks, with similar taste.

No, that Chik-fil-A taste is not a taste. That is a pickle. Every grocery store sells jars of pickles. You can get a jar, and eat them while someone is polite to you.

[52-80 19224]

4 hours ago, Saint Austin said:

What do you wear with a navy suit?

Blue suede come on man