Things you don't understand

sbsquarepants

Yourself isit wrote: »

The uniform issue is really kicking off. As a kid I liked them. Most elite schools have them.

What I don't understand is quantum physics

Uniform should be replaced with a suit of armour - that shít is built to last and has the added benefit of providing protection from the dreaded bully.

Solomon Pleasant

Why people vote for Fianna Fáil.

sbsquarepants

Bitcoin in particular and crypto currencies in general.

I was going to buy some bitcoin a few years back for a punt, but never did because I didn't understand it. It has since skyrocketed in value and would have made me a gazzillionaire. I still don't understand it - but I do understand not having an arse in your trousers and feel i would very much have enjoyed the gazzilionaire lifestyle.:mad:

eamonnq

Chinese Handwriting

Yourself isit

Fanny **** wrote: »

Overuse (and often incorrect use) of the word "literally"

I literally thought....

It's literally about 5 miles away

Quite often I don't understand boards posts mainly due to use of Americanisms, acronyms, stupid buzz phrases etc

Already mentioned but "celebrity". Who cares what some z list clown does on Friday night. Maybe bring back Bo Selecta

Why people get so upset about ****e like new age feminism etc. Tbh that rubbish would probably annoy me too if I paid even an iota of attention to it. However I don't.

Literally is fine in those cases.

WHIP IT!

rawn wrote: »

I guarantee it does exist. I went to a school with uniforms but we wore our own clothes for PE once a week. Once a week was enough for me to get hell for my mismatched hand-me-downs. But it might be more common among girls

Would agree with that. We had a uniform in primary school but we were allowed to wear runners with it. I can still remember the pressure to have a "decent" pair of runners. God forbid you'd stroll in in a pair of Ben Dunne's finest - slated!

Lorelli!

Rab.C. Nesbitt. Could never understand him

Fanny Wank

Yourself isit wrote: »

Literally is fine in those cases.

In the first case (overuse) the word is completely unnessicary/redundant

In the 2nd it contradicts the meaning of literally (in a literal manner or sense; exactly)

However literally is used more and more these days - which is what I do not understand. Not long ago nobody would ever have contemplated using literally in the examples I gave

Cina

Snapchat.

I just don't get it.

MagicIRL

I don't understand why everyone is in such a rush all the time.

Every time I take the Luas from Jervis there are people ready to rush through the open doors of the arriving Luas long before people have even disembarked the fecking thing to make room for them!

What makes it worse is that it's a 5/10min wait for the next one.

Relax.

King George VI

I fed you, I played with you, I let you out and back in again at least 5 times in the last 20 mins. I've given you unconditional love. What the **** are you meowing for, you stupid bastard cat?

diomed

Soaps.

Der Stier

_Brian wrote: »

I just can't get my head around why people litter, either small wrappers or people who flytip their waste.

Really it's just destroying our environment, makes everywhere look dirty, shows a complete utter disrespect for themselves and all of the rest of us.

People who litter are just the scum of society, I really just don't understand how an individual can reconcile it in their head.

Always amazed how people that just gently place an empty coke can on a wall think it's not littering, so for it to be litter you have to crush it and just chuck it on the ground carelessly ?

Guy:Incognito

diomed wrote: »

Soaps.

The trick is to wet your hands first, then pick it up. Get the lather going properly.

Yester

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

The trick is to wet your hands first, then pick it up. Get the lather going properly.

It makes it very easy to drop the soap if you do it that way. I find it better to pick up the soap with dry hands and then run them under the tap.

Diemos

I never understood the Irish necessity to talk up the dead. I mean everybody at a funeral knows the person, and understands any of the euphemisms that get thrown about:

she loved a tipple – raging alcoholic
he had a short fuse – beat the crap outta his wife
He’d give you the shirt off his back – then steal everything you have.
And so on…..

Why not just tell the truth or say nothing.

Plus it waters down any nice thinks you say about nice people who pass.

TPD

Fanny **** wrote: »

In the first case (overuse) the word is completely unnessicary/redundant

In the 2nd it contradicts the meaning of literally (in a literal manner or sense; exactly)

However literally is used more and more these days - which is what I do not understand. Not long ago nobody would ever have contemplated using literally in the examples I gave

The definition of "literally" was amended recently to include use as emphasis in non literal situations. Language gone mad.

pickarooney

Fanny **** wrote: »

In the first case (overuse) the word is completely unnessicary/redundant

In the 2nd it contradicts the meaning of literally (in a literal manner or sense; exactly)

However literally is used more and more these days - which is what I do not understand. Not long ago nobody would ever have contemplated using literally in the examples I gave

I literally don't have a clue what point you're trying to make.

bodhrandude

Couples at gigs, the way one gets on the others shoulders and blocks a good chunk of the main stage for the people behind. A good case in point, Outkast at Electric Picnic in 2014. Crowds of people blethering to each other on their boyfriends shoulders possibly about five of them blocking a good view of the stage. Did you not take enough selfies or something and do you not have cop on that you are ruining it for a whole bunch of others. No wonder people throw pints of piss, where to aim, thats quite easy.

Yourself isit

TPD wrote: »

The definition of "literally" was amended recently to include use as emphasis in non literal situations. Language gone mad.

Dickens used literally to mean the opposite. In hyperbole. Goes way back.

gw80

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Would agree with that. We had a uniform in primary school but we were allowed to wear runners with it. I can still remember the pressure to have a "decent" pair of runners. God forbid you'd stroll in in a pair of Ben Dunne's finest - slated!

In my day it was LA Gear or go home, maybe those pumpy type runners, puma i think would be acceptable

Burial.

Offering to buy a stranger you've just spoken to a drink. Have you such little self worth that you feel you need to buy someone's time with a drink.

RhubarbCrumble

People who use 'of' instead of 'have'.

bodhrandude

gw80 wrote: »

In my day it was LA Gear or go home, maybe those pumpy type runners, puma i think would be acceptable

Wrong thread methinks.

Gremlinertia

Why someone hasn't said tracker mortgage already.

gw80

bodhrandude wrote: »

Wrong thread methinks.

Why wrong thread,
Someone was talking about having decent runners or face ridicule,
In my day it was la gear

Ray Palmer

Graffiti tags. Do you really think I care you were near a electrical box? Doing a larger one on roof is not impressive either. Get some proper skills

bodhrandude

gw80 wrote: »

Why wrong thread,
Someone was talking about having decent runners or face ridicule,
In my day it was la gear

Sorry I was sure this was mentioned in the other thread too, my mistake.

supersonic21

chinese writing

LordSutch

thelad95 wrote: »

Things you don't understand.

Twitter ,,,

I just don't understand it.