Things you don't understand

Guy:Incognito · 15-07-2017 12:10AM

......why anyone would wear sandals to work.

Junkyard Tom · 15-07-2017 12:18AM

Quantum Mechanics.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-07-2017 12:33AM

Cina wrote: »

Snapchat.

I just don't get it.

It's like facebook , you've no control most of the content in your feed or when stuff disappears off it and it's even harder to find old posts.

worded · 15-07-2017 01:06AM

Quantum physics

Alcoheda · 15-07-2017 01:07AM

ladders

Tell me how · 15-07-2017 01:17AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote:

Why with the capacity to build circa 1 million homes within Dublin that homes are built outside with brutal transport infrastructure because people are hoarding land within and it's allowed to happen.

Where in Gods name is there capacity for 1 million homes within Dublin?

Tell me how · 15-07-2017 01:23AM

Gremlinertia wrote:

Why someone hasn't said tracker mortgage already.

Because since the arse fell out of world financial institutions in 2008, the concept of a tracker has all but disappeared for most people.

KKkitty · 15-07-2017 01:31AM

People recording stuff on their phones while at concerts. The quality isn't great at the best of times and it ruins the look of the concert when you see nothing but a sea of screens at a gig.

Mountainsandh · 15-07-2017 01:32AM

I don't get why girls and even grown women do the "pursed lips" thing. Is this something to do with porn that I don't know about ? in what realm does a cat's arse mouth look good ? And why are they looking away then ? are the whites of your eyes a good thing to show off with ?
I just really don't get what they're trying to achieve

Is it something that a particular celebrity started and now it's cool for them to do ?
What if the celebrity stuck a finger up their nose ?
http://www.stylishwife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pouty-face-selfie-1.jpg

On the topic of uniforms, I grew up without having to wear one. Hate them, and I don't think they teach the children anything but to be sheep, to accept arbitrary rules for no particular reason, and that every challenge will be taken off their hands if they only conform.
It is much harder for kids to find their own style at a young age, to assume their choices, and sometimes to cope with whatever home situation they have been dealt with.
But these are all good things.
Childhood is not necessarily always daisy chains and roses, and it is good to let children experience these growing milestones as they come.

You get stronger children, with a better sense of who they are in the end, and children who understand that adults and other kids alike will and should learn to respect you regardless of financial means, attire, or appearance.

French kids of the same age as Irish kids often seem so much more mature, and they look so much more grown up at the same age. That's completely anecdotal, but I don't think there is such a high proportion of children in France having tattos and piercing, or fancy coloured hair. Looking at my own 3 nephews who would all be in age of doing the above, none of them has a tattoo or piercings. One might have one earring alright, not sure.

They learn that you make do with what you have, become someone you're happy with even if your parents can't afford the Superdry hoodie you wanted, and that guess what, for every bullying child there will be 5 friends who won't care a jot about what clothes you wear, and fcuk the bully by the way.

I speak from experience.
I think there was this little hump in 2nd year, when there could be little instances of teasing, or silent judging about clothes, then we all got over the hump and couldn't care less that our best friend turned out to be a goth, or a nerdy looking kid, or a fashionista.
Of course we all longed for showy offy brands whenever possible. But we mostly had little, and we all did well on what we did have.

Beanntraigheach · 15-07-2017 01:46AM

Dancing.
I don't understand why it exists. I look at people doing it - obviously deriving great pleasure from it - in utter bewilderment.
I love music, but have never felt any impulse to move my body around in response to it.

Junkyard Tom · 15-07-2017 02:00AM

Irony.

Mountainsandh · 15-07-2017 02:02AM

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

Dancing.
I don't understand why it exists. I look at people doing it - obviously deriving great pleasure from it - in utter bewilderment.
I love music, but have never felt any impulse to move my body around in response to it.

I understand dancing because I get the enjoyment, but similar to you, I don't get the thrill seeking of rollercoaster, bungee jumps and such. I tried rollercoasters, but it's all discomfort, extreme stress and anger for me, I don't experience the adrenaline high like others it seems.

Different physical responses I guess ?

AllForIt · 15-07-2017 02:13AM

Tell me how wrote: »

Where in Gods name is there capacity for 1 million homes within Dublin?

Look up.

AllForIt · 15-07-2017 02:16AM

British Premiership football, supporting 'teams' when you don't even live or have any connection with the city the football team represents.

Strictly Come Dancing. Most ppl are not into ballroom dancing so I don't see the popularity of that TV show, unlike XFactor where most ppl are actually into music/singing.

languagenerd · 15-07-2017 02:26AM

Kardashians. Just the whole concept of Kardashians.

People going to gigs with the intention of getting sh*tfaced. Just go to the pub and drink there! Why pay €60 for a ticket & barely remember any of it??

American football. It's so stop-start I get bored and zone out.

KungPao · 15-07-2017 02:38AM

How the human brain operates. Just a meaty mass with electric pulses or some ****. Hurts my own brain just thinking about it.

Tell me how · 15-07-2017 06:58AM

AllForIt wrote:

Look up.

That's space. Capacity is different.

15-07-2017 07:11AM

Magnets.

How do they work?

eviltwin · 15-07-2017 07:32AM

The obsession with selfies

pickarooney · 15-07-2017 08:00AM

Lapdancing. Paying someone who doesn't like you to tease you.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-07-2017 10:03AM

KKkitty wrote: »

People recording stuff on their phones while at concerts. The quality isn't great at the best of times and it ruins the look of the concert when you see nothing but a sea of screens at a gig.

People recording stuff with a vertical phone.

WHIP IT! · 15-07-2017 10:22AM

KKkitty wrote: »

People recording stuff on their phones while at concerts. The quality isn't great at the best of times and it ruins the look of the concert when you see nothing but a sea of screens at a gig.

Absolutely 1000% agree... does anyone - ANYONE - look back at the sh*tty, wobbly, grainy videos they take at concerts and actually watch them with interest??

That recent Coldplay gig was a nightmare the next day for social media - I had a friend who posted about 20 (TWENTY!!) short videos from f*cking miles away in the stands... why??

Do these people realise that, while they're scrambling for their phones and jostling for camera position, they're missing the very thing they paid to see?!

Paddy Cow · 15-07-2017 10:27AM

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Absolutely 1000% agree... does anyone - ANYONE - look back at the sh*tty, wobbly, grainy videos they take at concerts and actually watch them with interest??

That recent Coldplay gig was a nightmare the next day for social media - I had a friend who posted about 20 (TWENTY!!) short videos from f*cking miles away in the stands... why??

Do these people realise that, while they're scrambling for their phones and jostling for camera position, they're missing the very thing they paid to see?!

If they really wanted to watch the concert, why don't they just buy the DVD?

dr.fuzzenstein · 15-07-2017 01:50PM

con___manx1 wrote: »

Also saves money for parents as it prevents ware and tare of the kids own clothes .

Surely that argument only makes sense if either the school uniforms were free or didn't suffer wear and tear.

NIMAN · 15-07-2017 01:55PM

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Absolutely 1000% agree... does anyone - ANYONE - look back at the sh*tty, wobbly, grainy videos they take at concerts and actually watch them with interest??

That recent Coldplay gig was a nightmare the next day for social media - I had a friend who posted about 20 (TWENTY!!) short videos from f*cking miles away in the stands... why??

Do these people realise that, while they're scrambling for their phones and jostling for camera position, they're missing the very thing they paid to see?!

It didn't happen if they don't record it on their phones.:rolleyes:

dr.fuzzenstein · 15-07-2017 02:09PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Because since the arse fell out of world financial institutions in 2008, the concept of a tracker has all but disappeared for most people.

I once asked my German bank if they ever heard of a tracker. "What's that?" they asked and I explained that it's a mortgage where the interest rate is tied to to ECB rate.
"But that's just a flexible mortgage" they said.
"No, a flexible mortgage is where the bank charges you whatever interest rate they feel like, if they want to hike it up by 1-2% they just do that".
My bank ".......". After a while ".... but....but that doesn't make any sense!"
Me: "Welcome to Irish banking".
Also, when I ask " can I pay interest only?", the answer is "sure, just tell us when you want to pay more again" and if I want to fix at the present rate "sure, 5 or 10 years?".
I don't understand Irish banking. It's like 6 year olds who play banking and haven't got a grasp of the purpose of rules, just total lack of understanding.
When I want to open an account in Germany I just bring along my credit card sized ID, all done Mr Fuzzenstein, thanks for doing business with us.
Irish banking is obtuse, obstinate, frustrating and a monumental rip off. Not only do I not understand it, I hate it.
And it's nothing compared to the Irish insurance market, that exist for two purposes, ripping you off and pissing you off
I don't understand how people put up with it.
And what I REALLY don't understand is the brainless and probably mostly unemployed people who would ignore everything else and dedicate their their lives to fighting water charges, it's a good and you have to pay for it.
"but, but, but, but!"
No but, what are you, an outboard motor? Water ain't free and if you think it is, borrow a brain and think again. So you don't "pay" for water, what tax would you like jacked up? VRT, VAT, fags, alcohol, petrol, diesel, property? Take you pick.
And if it's not metered you're paying for the neighbour who is a total waster. If you now start to waste water in return, you pay even more.
I live in a tiny farming village in Bavaria and has there been a boil notice up for years? No, the water is top notch. You get what you pay for, but a lot if Irish people don't understand stuff you just have to pay for, like roads and hospitals.

Yourself isit · 15-07-2017 02:21PM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I once asked my German bank if they ever heard of a tracker. "What's that?" they asked and I explained that it's a mortgage where the interest rate is tied to to ECB rate.
"But that's just a flexible mortgage" they said.
"No, a flexible mortgage is where the bank charges you whatever interest rate they feel like, if they want to hike it up by 1-2% they just do that".
My bank ".......". After a while ".... but....but that doesn't make any sense!"
Me: "Welcome to Irish banking".
Also, when I ask " can I pay interest only?", the answer is "sure, just tell us when you want to pay more again" and if I want to fix at the present rate "sure, 5 or 10 years?".
I don't understand Irish banking. It's like 6 year olds who play banking and haven't got a grasp of the purpose of rules, just total lack of understanding.
When I want to open an account in Germany I just bring along my credit card sized ID, all done Mr Fuzzenstein, thanks for doing business with us.
Irish banking is obtuse, obstinate, frustrating and a monumental rip off. Not only do I not understand it, I hate it.
And it's nothing compared to the Irish insurance market, that exist for two purposes, ripping you off and pissing you off
I don't understand how people put up with it.
And what I REALLY don't understand is the brainless and probably mostly unemployed people who would ignore everything else and dedicate their their lives to fighting water charges, it's a good and you have to pay for it.
"but, but, but, but!"
No but, what are you, an outboard motor? Water ain't free and if you think it is, borrow a brain and think again. So you don't "pay" for water, what tax would you like jacked up? VRT, VAT, fags, alcohol, petrol, diesel, property? Take you pick.
And if it's not metered you're paying for the neighbour who is a total waster. If you now start to waste water in return, you pay even more.
I live in a tiny farming village in Bavaria and has there been a boil notice up for years? No, the water is top notch. You get what you pay for, but a lot if Irish people don't understand stuff you just have to pay for, like roads and hospitals.

I don't get why I can't in fact get a German mortgage for an Irish property. Or German insurance. There EU doesn't seem to be interested in fixing that.

WHIP IT! · 15-07-2017 02:42PM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I once asked my German bank if they ever heard of a tracker. "What's that?" they asked and I explained that it's a mortgage where the interest rate is tied to to ECB rate.
"But that's just a flexible mortgage" they said.
"No, a flexible mortgage is where the bank charges you whatever interest rate they feel like, if they want to hike it up by 1-2% they just do that".
My bank ".......". After a while ".... but....but that doesn't make any sense!"
Me: "Welcome to Irish banking".
Also, when I ask " can I pay interest only?", the answer is "sure, just tell us when you want to pay more again" and if I want to fix at the present rate "sure, 5 or 10 years?".
I don't understand Irish banking. It's like 6 year olds who play banking and haven't got a grasp of the purpose of rules, just total lack of understanding.
When I want to open an account in Germany I just bring along my credit card sized ID, all done Mr Fuzzenstein, thanks for doing business with us.
Irish banking is obtuse, obstinate, frustrating and a monumental rip off. Not only do I not understand it, I hate it.
And it's nothing compared to the Irish insurance market, that exist for two purposes, ripping you off and pissing you off
I don't understand how people put up with it.
And what I REALLY don't understand is the brainless and probably mostly unemployed people who would ignore everything else and dedicate their their lives to fighting water charges, it's a good and you have to pay for it.
"but, but, but, but!"
No but, what are you, an outboard motor? Water ain't free and if you think it is, borrow a brain and think again. So you don't "pay" for water, what tax would you like jacked up? VRT, VAT, fags, alcohol, petrol, diesel, property? Take you pick.
And if it's not metered you're paying for the neighbour who is a total waster. If you now start to waste water in return, you pay even more.
I live in a tiny farming village in Bavaria and has there been a boil notice up for years? No, the water is top notch. You get what you pay for, but a lot if Irish people don't understand stuff you just have to pay for, like roads and hospitals.

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"DOCTOR Fuzzenstein, thank you - I didn't spend 4 years at Fuzzy School to be called 'Mr'..."

myshirt · 15-07-2017 02:44PM

I don't understand why people watch the Kardashians. Laugh, turn your nose up at it, etc, but these guys are millionaires from it, and no matter how hard I try I just don't get it. It's painful stuff.

Afroshack · 15-07-2017 02:53PM

Gender-reveal parties.

What's that about?

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