Things you take for granted that others find weird

FinnLizzy

I was at a wedding and got talking to one of my cousins (standard bogger) and he started talking about when the groom (other cousin) had long hair in a 'that was so silly of him' tone.
I remember him having hair down to his earlobes, and I said that it wasn't that long, I have friends with hair grown down to below their nipples (which suits some lads, Jesus included). He was shocked by the idea of boys having long hair.

It's the same story with some people that find my indifference to pop music (in the least hipster way) weird.

So basically, have you ever met someone that was completely amazed at what you find normal?

NothingMan

I had long hjair for about 5 years. I was on holidays when I was 16 in The Algrave, the last family holiday I would ever participate in, and some scrote from Dublin asked me "If at your rocker raves everyone has long hair, how do you know who's a boy and a girl." I told him it's a conversation he should really have with his parents.

amacachi

I have an ability to do simple tasks without getting distracted 15 times. Recently I've learned what a rare gift that is.

Birneybau

NothingMan wrote: »

I had long hjair for about 5 years. I was on holidays when I was 16 in The Algrave, the last family holiday I would ever participate in, and some scrote from Dublin asked me "If at your rocker raves everyone has long hair, how do you know who's a boy and a girl." I told him it's a conversation he should really have with his parents.

Deus Ex Machina

Autoerotique asphyxiation.

John Doe1

FinnLizzy wrote: »

I was at a wedding and got talking to one of my cousins (standard bogger) and he started talking about when the groom (other cousin) had long hair in a 'that was so silly of him' tone.
I remember him having hair down to his earlobes, and I said that it wasn't that long, I have friends with hair grown down to below their nipples (which suits some lads, Jesus included). He was shocked by the idea of boys having long hair.

It's the same story with some people that find my indifference to pop music (in the least hipster way) weird.

So basically, have you ever met someone that was completely amazed at what you find normal?

Nice anti bogger beginning. I met this lad (standard dubliner) who thought because i read joyce and hemingway, i was a fan of penis.

AnonoBoy

I knew a guy that would just write people off with the single phrase 'standard bogger'.

I found that pretty odd.

NothingMan

Birneybau wrote: »

Rocker Raves?

My thoughts exactly, but when there's so much wrong with what someone is spewing out there face arse, you let some things slide.

FinnLizzy

Birneybau wrote: »

Rocker Raves?

Only the best, and everyone's fair game with their long hair, .

FinnLizzy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I knew a guy that would just write people off with the single phrase 'standard bogger'.

I found that pretty odd.

I'm a culchie myself, but he fits the stereotype (massive GAA fan, wants to be a Garda when he grows up, lives in the middle of nowhere).

blackalicious

me and most of my social circle would find recrrational drug use normal.. a lot of people don't

The King of Moo

Reading books, specifically fiction, and liking The Beatles.

As two of my threads will bear testament to, I take these things so much for granted that I still find it difficult to comprehend the surprising numbers of people who don't do either, even though I've been given fairly reasonable explanations for both.

Snakeblood

FinnLizzy wrote: »

So basically, have you ever met someone that was completely amazed at what you find normal?

any radio show on the topic finds the concept that grown men and women can play videogames without ruining their lives unbelievable. Ditto with many people I know.

binxeo

Nobody gets me when I tell them I have a motorbike or I am involved in biking, nobody understands the way bikers work. Things I would take for granted and see as normal, many people have looked curiously at me and thought I was odd!! :pac:

PseudoFamous

The King of Moo wrote: »

Reading books, specifically fiction

That's not very specific.

The King of Moo

PseudoFamous wrote: »

That's not very specific.

fiction/non-fiction (including newspapers, websites, backs of cereal boxes and all genres of non-fiction books, among others)

Specific enough.

Funglegunk

Having a bit of basic courtesy, particularly in retail/service situations. There's a gigantic thread in Ranting & Raving about it.

doncarlos

That football actually exists outside the English premier league

Jess16

I said the word superfluous in a niteclub before and everybody looked at me like I'd eaten their last Rolo

Sky King

3 to 4 plump logs a day.

IdidIt

I'm a one pump wonder... chicks seem to find it weird

phasers

I have an electricity box in my hall, as do my neighbours. It was only recently that I discovered that not everyone calls it the "White yoke"

Chuck Stone

My crumpetometer goes doo-lally at the sight of the exposed ankle of a lady.

ToddyDoody

I like to put the fajhita spices on tomatoes, the drink of choice is a whole orange, a whole lemon squashed in a pint glass, topped up with gin, orange cordial and water. 2500 songs on my ipod, vocals on none of them. I have no computer at home. Not averse to wearing 4 pairs of pants during the cold season. (at home)