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Title: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: il d00d on September 15, 2009, 08:00:49 AM
Or, things that are popular or widely appreciated, much to my confusion and disappointment


Really expensive watches.

Now, I understand that it is conspicuous consumption for some, appreciation of craftsmanship for others, but to me, it is ostentatious, overpriced mechanical jewelry.  I hate wearing jewelry.

Also, Kanye West, Twitter, NASCAR, modern country music, and bottle service, but mostly really expensive watches.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: teddy037.2 on September 15, 2009, 08:21:55 AM
I like some of the modern country music

I'd like to have an expensive watch... but I'm a cheap ass and not big on bling in general, so I don't think I'll ever have one

the watch I do have is a wind-it-yourself, swiss pocket watch. and I appreciate the craftsmanship in it



I don't get kanye, or nascar, either
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: MendoDave on September 15, 2009, 08:22:59 AM
I hate how they can get rid of a totally awesome show like the Unit, but leave a lame ass show like big brother on the air.


What is bottle service?
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: zarn02 on September 15, 2009, 08:38:13 AM
Quote from: MendoDave on September 15, 2009, 08:22:59 AM
What is bottle service?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_service (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_service)
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Bick on September 15, 2009, 01:05:26 PM
Quote from: MendoDave on September 15, 2009, 08:22:59 AM
What is bottle service?

This is all the "bottle service" I need.
(http://onebeer.net/images/IrinaVoronina.jpg)

Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: teddy037.2 on September 15, 2009, 01:11:06 PM
Quote from: zarn02 on September 15, 2009, 08:38:13 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_service (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_service)

ah... that explains why I had no idea what it was, either  [laugh]

I'm not that hip.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: causeofkaos on September 15, 2009, 02:14:05 PM
Bottle service started in the clubs to offer people vip type feeling in a non vip area, the only time it makes sense is if you dont know the promoter of the high end club you are trying to get into and you WILL NOT  because your a nobody. But tell them you want bottle service and you get past the line you get a table, and a $20 bottle of booze for $400. split between 4 friends it sometimes make sense.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: teddy037.2 on September 17, 2009, 08:11:42 AM
got another one!

people who go for walks with their dogs.... but don't let the dogs walk...

WTF?
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: NAKID on September 17, 2009, 08:33:03 AM
Quote from: teddy037.2 on September 17, 2009, 08:11:42 AM
got another one!

people who go for walks with their dogs.... but don't let the dogs walk...

WTF?

Huh?
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: somegirl on September 17, 2009, 08:37:23 AM
Quote from: teddy037.2 on September 17, 2009, 08:11:42 AM
got another one!

people who go for walks with their dogs.... but don't let the dogs walk...

WTF?

What if the dog can't/shouldn't walk for medical reasons?

I had to carry around Grover when he had broken his legs, I'd only put him down to do his business.

(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_grover_casts01.JPG)
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: spolic on September 17, 2009, 09:39:17 AM
A thing that I don't get is...why does the hair stop growing on my head and start growing in my nose and ears?
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: numbskull on September 17, 2009, 09:56:12 AM
Quote from: MendoDave on September 15, 2009, 08:22:59 AM
I hate how they can get rid of a totally awesome show like the Unit, but leave a lame ass show like big brother on the air.


What is bottle service?

The Unit was cancelled? Dammit...
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: metallimonster on September 17, 2009, 11:14:34 AM
I don't get douche bags who pay $80 make the beast with two backsing bucks for an Ed Hardy or Affliction shirt.  They all look ridiculous.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: il d00d on September 17, 2009, 11:29:35 AM
Here's another:  morning radio talk shows.  The ones where some pop music is looped in the background, and they sit around riffing on the day's pop culture news.  Typically, they are 20-30somethings doing their best high school student imitation.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Langanobob on September 17, 2009, 11:46:35 AM
A year or so ago I didn't get how the US could have a strong economy when we don't manufacture or export anything...

Now I don't get why many of us are going through life isolated and drugged by easily obtainable comfort without any hindrance at all from any idealism.

I also don't get why I have friends telling me to lighten up [cheeky]
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Scotzman on September 17, 2009, 11:58:54 AM
Quote from: MendoDave on September 15, 2009, 08:22:59 AM
I hate how they can get rid of a totally awesome show like the Unit, but leave a lame ass show like big brother on the air.


What is bottle service?
They're stopping the Unit? The season finale left it open to continue though. Damn, there goes my Sunday nights.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: il d00d on September 17, 2009, 12:49:36 PM
Quote from: Langanobob on September 17, 2009, 11:46:35 AM
A year or so ago I didn't get how the US could have a strong economy when we don't manufacture or export anything...

"Despite Job Loss, U.S. Manufacturing Still Leads"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102761476 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102761476)

http://seekingalpha.com/article/121881-made-in-usa-is-alive-and-well (http://seekingalpha.com/article/121881-made-in-usa-is-alive-and-well)
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Super T.I.B on September 17, 2009, 01:21:30 PM
I don't get why Ducati riders on a Ducati forum write 'lol'


:-\
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: herm on September 17, 2009, 02:57:33 PM
um,........i dont get it?
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: VisceralReaction on September 17, 2009, 03:13:37 PM
I don't get how my wife of 15 years told me that she doesn't love me anymore.
I'm not perfect but everyone we know is shocked by this revelation.
We were always looked at as the perfect couple by friends and family.
What have I missed? I just don't get it...........
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: brimo on September 17, 2009, 03:43:33 PM
Quote from: VisceralReaction on September 17, 2009, 03:13:37 PM
I don't get how my wife of 15 years told me that she doesn't love me anymore.
I'm not perfect but everyone we know is shocked by this revelation.
We were always looked at as the perfect couple by friends and family.
What have I missed? I just don't get it...........
I'm with you there mate, I feel your pain.
You can go looking for answers, I tried, but that didn't get me anywhere.
4 years later though I'm out the other side and in a wonderful relationship,( in fact we just got married)
I know it's hard to imagine now, but it will get better.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: VisceralReaction on September 17, 2009, 03:58:18 PM
That's what i don't get, I was in a wonderful relationship,
we both were, we were peas in a pod and best friends.
I don't get it and I don't get that the busses in this town
move to slow to step in front of  :-\
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Scotzman on September 17, 2009, 04:02:14 PM
I don't get where your lap goes when you stand up.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: teddy037.2 on September 17, 2009, 04:58:46 PM
Quote from: somegirl on September 17, 2009, 08:37:23 AM
What if the dog can't/shouldn't walk for medical reasons?

I had to carry around Grover when he had broken his legs, I'd only put him down to do his business.

that's not what I meant, paula... there seems to be this disproportionate amount of women in my town with these small, yapper-type dogs that are too pretty to get in the dirt, so they carry them around like flippin' handbags on walks.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: triangleforge on September 17, 2009, 05:55:47 PM
Quote from: teddy037.2 on September 17, 2009, 04:58:46 PM
that's not what I meant, paula... there seems to be this disproportionate amount of women in my town with these small, yapper-type dogs that are too pretty to get in the dirt, so they carry them around like flippin' handbags on walks.

Think: Paris Hilton. Ok, sorry. You can stop thinking that now.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Oldfisti on September 17, 2009, 06:03:35 PM
That's hot.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Langanobob on September 17, 2009, 06:05:21 PM
Quote from: VisceralReaction on September 17, 2009, 03:58:18 PM
That's what i don't get, I was in a wonderful relationship,
we both were, we were peas in a pod and best friends.
I don't get it and I don't get that the busses in this town
move to slow to step in front of  :-\

A couple of things you can be sure of.  It wasn't anything you did or didn't do.  Women, with the notable exception of our Ducati riding forum members,  weren't blessed by their maker with enough clutch disks in their gearboxes.  Nothing we can do about it and it happens to the best of us.

And, the main thing is that time heals all wounds and it will get better.  Lots better.

Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: DoubleEagle on September 17, 2009, 08:07:45 PM
Quote from: VisceralReaction on September 17, 2009, 03:13:37 PM
I don't get how my wife of 15 years told me that she doesn't love me anymore.
I'm not perfect but everyone we know is shocked by this revelation.
We were always looked at as the perfect couple by friends and family.
What have I missed? I just don't get it...........
Some people do grow apart.

They find that the Status Quot is no longer what they find fulfilling in their life .

They look at life from a different perspective.

Things that used to look one way no longer look the same to them anymore.

Something has changed inside them that can't be explained.

At least 50 % of the people who fell in love and got married , one of those people no longer loves the other and in many cases ....hates the other !

Dolph      :)








Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: kopfjäger on September 17, 2009, 08:14:58 PM
Quote from: MendoDave on September 15, 2009, 08:22:59 AM
I hate how they can get rid of a totally awesome show like the Unit

[laugh] [laugh] [roll]
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Fresh Pants on September 17, 2009, 10:48:46 PM
I don't get hipsters.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Big Troubled Bear on September 17, 2009, 11:17:32 PM
Quote from: Fresh Pants on September 17, 2009, 10:48:46 PM
I don't get hipsters.


That`s why they are worn by the Y generation [thumbsup]

I don`t get possesive Ex Wife [evil]
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: herm on September 18, 2009, 05:26:48 AM
Quote from: Big Troubled Bear on September 17, 2009, 11:17:32 PM
That`s why they are worn by the Y generation [thumbsup]

I don`t get possesive Ex Wife [evil]

sounds like the ex is the one who doesnt get it... ;D
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: VisceralReaction on September 18, 2009, 09:20:32 AM
Thanks guys for the support and some insight. I love the lack of clutch plates analogy.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: r_ciao on September 18, 2009, 10:40:23 AM
Quote from: VisceralReaction on September 17, 2009, 03:13:37 PM
I don't get how my wife of 15 years told me that she doesn't love me anymore.
I'm not perfect but everyone we know is shocked by this revelation.
We were always looked at as the perfect couple by friends and family.
What have I missed? I just don't get it...........

Sorry to hear.  That's almost the exact situation as me.  Try counseling.  If that doesn't work, move on sooner than later.  My future ex moved out over the summer, but most people think we are still a family b/c she is still part of our kids' life.  She's crazy.  I got the house AND the kids AND she pays me even though she makes less than me.  There's a silver lining somewhere in there.  Good luck.

Ciao
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: superjohn on September 19, 2009, 06:06:18 AM
I don't get why we have to boil everything down into a cute, TV friendly catch phrase. I was already starting to hate the phrase, "these tough economic times" but I just heard Rachael Ray use it with that big ass grin on her face to promote some cheap eats show.

Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: tlloyd66 on September 19, 2009, 05:58:29 PM
Quote from: superjohn on September 19, 2009, 06:06:18 AM
I just heard Rachael Ray

That's all I needed to see to feel sorry for you...
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: somegirl on September 19, 2009, 06:16:01 PM
Quote from: VisceralReaction on September 17, 2009, 03:13:37 PM
I don't get how my wife of 15 years told me that she doesn't love me anymore.
I'm not perfect but everyone we know is shocked by this revelation.
We were always looked at as the perfect couple by friends and family.
What have I missed? I just don't get it...........

Sorry to hear :(, I don't have any good answers for you but just wanted to send you some ((hugs)).
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: somegirl on September 19, 2009, 06:17:10 PM
Quote from: teddy037.2 on September 17, 2009, 04:58:46 PM
that's not what I meant, paula... there seems to be this disproportionate amount of women in my town with these small, yapper-type dogs that are too pretty to get in the dirt, so they carry them around like flippin' handbags on walks.

Hmm, we don't have any like that around here but I have seen those in Central Park and I don't get it either. ???
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: superjohn on September 19, 2009, 06:21:30 PM
Quote from: tlloyd66 on September 19, 2009, 05:58:29 PM
That's all I needed to see to feel sorry for you...

Yeah, I couldn't lunge for the remote fast enough after Chef's vs. City. :(
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: brimo on September 21, 2009, 04:45:30 PM
I understand how scissors can beat paper, and i get how a rock can beat scissors, but theres no make the beast with two backsing way paper can beat rock. is paper supposed to magically wrap around a rock and leave it immobile? why the hell cant paper do this to scissors? screw scissors, why cant paper do this to people? why arent sheets of college ruled notebook paper constantly suffocating students as they take notes in class? I’ll tell you why, because paper cant beat anybody. a rock would tear that shit up in 2 seconds. when I play rock, paper scissors, I always choose rock. then when somebody claims to have beaten me with their paper I can punch them in the face with my already clenched fist and say, "oh shit im sorry, I thought paper would protect you, you asshole."
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: herm on September 21, 2009, 05:06:24 PM
why isnt there a water option? water beats them all.
water erodes rock, turns paper to soggy pulpy goo, and rusts scissors so they dont work.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: herm on September 21, 2009, 05:06:44 PM
and fire.
fire would beat them all too.
even water.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Langanobob on September 21, 2009, 05:35:44 PM
^  Well, we have to play fair.  If fire or water beat everything then each player would show fire  or water each time (how do you make a fire symbol?) and each game would be a tie.  Like trying to tie both shoes at once with one hand.  Like most serious players I'm very disappointed in the lack of mature thought behind this question.



Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: herm on September 21, 2009, 06:01:54 PM
all professional players of ro sham bo know better than to let maturity get in the way of victory

besides, if you do the math...,

R(1) = 0        n-1   C(n,k)*R(k)
R(n) = 1/p(n) + Sum( ------------- )
                k=1     (2^n-2)

                          n!
       where  C(n,k) = --------
                       k!(n-k)!


clearly fire should be included
8)
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Langanobob on September 21, 2009, 07:00:17 PM
 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [clap]
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: teddy037.2 on September 22, 2009, 01:16:10 PM
what about spock?
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: Autostrada Pilot on September 22, 2009, 03:15:21 PM
Thanks Herm,


That cracks me up.  A friend of mine was playing rock-paper-scissors with a 3 year old and that little kid was busting out hurricanes and all kinds of crazy stuff.  Let's not stop with fire.
Title: Re: These Are Things I Don't Get
Post by: il d00d on September 22, 2009, 04:56:29 PM
Now you know:

(http://dontclickthis.whatingods.name/rps25_outcomes.jpg)