Things you just "don't get"?

the beer revolu · 05-04-2020 10:08am

the purple tin wrote: »

The amount of casual drink driving shown on tv shows and films.
Keep an eye out for it and you will notice it loads.

In Friday Night Dinner on C4 for instance, every time Auntie Val calls over she goes straight for the wine, then she drives back home.

Perhaps she has a small amount of wine and waits an appropriate amount of time before driving?

whisky_galore · 05-04-2020 10:10am

Things with "as seen on TV" on the box/label.

I've never seen them in tv.

the purple tin · 05-04-2020 10:12am

the beer revolu wrote: »

Perhaps she has a small amount of wine and waits an appropriate amount of time before driving?

Last week she had a big glass and she only stayed about 10 minutes. Adam is at the same craic most weeks too.

the beer revolu · 05-04-2020 10:14am

the purple tin wrote: »

Last week she had a big glass and she only stayed about 10 minutes. Adam is at the same craic most weeks too.

Fair enough.
Not on.

the beer revolu · 05-04-2020 10:29am

People who say stuff like :

I tell it like it is
I don't take no sh1t
People can't handle me
I probably freak you out
You can't handle the truth
I don't care if people like me

Really, you're just an ass hole, J C D

the beer revolu · 05-04-2020 11:10am

Baked beans.

I've enjoyed pretty much every variety of bean that I've eaten as an adult but, for some reason, haricot beans in a tin in a commercial tomato sauce,turns my stomach.

Possibly a childhood food aversion that I've never gotten over.

secondrowgal · 05-04-2020 11:53am

Brooklyn 99.

A more unfunny, pile of unmitigated ****e I’ve seen in a long time.

El_Duderino 09 · 05-04-2020 2:19pm

secondrowgal wrote: »

Brooklyn 99.

A more unfunny, pile of unmitigated ****e I’ve seen in a long time.

I second that. It's so formulaic and bland but, obviously it works and some people watch it or else it wouldn't be on.

Ultrflat · 05-04-2020 7:10pm

Women with giant eye brows!

05-04-2020 7:24pm

secondrowgal wrote: »

Brooklyn 99.

A more unfunny, pile of unmitigated ****e I’ve seen in a long time.

Right up there with The Big Bang Theory as a laugh-free zone. Although both are eclipsed by the sizzling intensity of my hatred for Impractical Jokers.

05-04-2020 7:35pm

secondrowgal wrote: »

Brooklyn 99.

A more unfunny, pile of unmitigated ****e I’ve seen in a long time.

its taken over the mantle from Big Bang Theory and Friends, mediocre bland comedy, which for some people rave about....on about 60 times a day and painfully average

micar · 05-04-2020 7:47pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

Watches

+1

Haven't worn a watch in about 10 years.

If I need to know the time, just look at the phone.

I do have a Garmin but only used when I run.

El_Duderino 09 · 05-04-2020 9:00pm

Milena Howling Matchmaking wrote: »

its taken over the mantle from Big Bang Theory and Friends, mediocre bland comedy, which for some people rave about....on about 60 times a day and painfully average

Friends is absolutely brutal. My mrs watches it now and again. The laughter track would cut through your head. Same with Big Bang Theory but at least it isn’t put on in the house.

The big laughs after every line FFS. Ever trey watching the versions on YouTube without the laughter track? Without the laughter track, nobody would be laughing.

whisky_galore · 05-04-2020 9:39pm

War of the Buttons on Easter Weekend, never understood the love for it.
Shouty squabbling kids.

foxy farmer · 05-04-2020 9:48pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

War of the Buttons on Easter Weekend, never understood the love for it.
Shouty squabbling kids.

No way would they get away with the nude scenes today either.

whisky_galore · 06-04-2020 7:47am

foxy farmer wrote: »

No way would they get away with the nude scenes today either.

Ha. Can't imagine many parents being ok with that now.

mikemac2 · 06-04-2020 7:58am

People paying big money for the latest Gillette Mach 3 formula 1 super turbo 2020 razor or whatever they are called these days.

I used to do this and when I was a broke student it was a large chunk of money to be paying. After a few uses the razor was no good anyway. The power of marketing and hey it worked on me too

Go thee to the Gentlemans club forum and learn about old skool stuff. A luxurious shave I tell ya! Sure you have to lay out a bit of money in advance on various things like a brush, double edged razor, soap and other stuff but it works out cheaper in the end. A blade costs about 5cent sure

Mister Vain · 06-04-2020 9:13am

Disney+

the beer revolu · 06-04-2020 9:54am

BBQ/Smoking.

Pulled pork.
Smoked brisket.
Ribs.
Smoked chicken.
BBQ sauce.
Coleslaw.

I'm a keen cook and plan to replace my gas grill for cooking steaks, fish etc but I just don't get the love of these long, slow, smoky cooks.

I do love long slow cooks - did braised pig cheeks yesterday - I just don't get the whole BBQ thing.

Tell me how · 06-04-2020 12:19pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

BBQ/Smoking.

Pulled pork.
Smoked brisket.
Ribs.
Smoked chicken.
BBQ sauce.
Coleslaw.

I'm a keen cook and plan to replace my gas grill for cooking steaks, fish etc but I just don't get the love of these long, slow, smoky cooks.

I do love long slow cooks - did braised pig cheeks yesterday - I just don't get the whole BBQ thing.

the beer revolu · 06-04-2020 12:31pm

Tell me how wrote: »

Long slow, moist cooks in the oven.

Not long, slow, smoky, dry cooks.
Big difference.

One is BBQ
The other is just cooking.

The Nal · 06-04-2020 1:25pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Long slow, moist cooks in the oven.

Not long, slow, smoky, dry cooks.
Big difference.

One is BBQ
The other is just cooking.

You've had some bad BBQ then. It doesn't have to be too smokey and certainly not dry. Try a whole chicken or turkey on a smoker. Juiciest poultry you'll ever eat.

the beer revolu · 06-04-2020 1:41pm

The Nal wrote: »

You've had some bad BBQ then. It doesn't have to be too smokey and certainly not dry. Try a whole chicken or turkey on a smoker. Juiciest poultry you'll ever eat.

I'm not doing it wrong, I'm not doing it at all.

I've read up on it a lot, watched many videos and TV programmes, eaten in BBQ restaurants and I've just decided that it's not for me.

I realise that lots of people really enjoy the experience but it's just not my kind of food.
I can cook a super juicy chicken with amazing crispy skin in the my oven.

And don't start me on whole hog roasts.
All that beautiful meat consisting of so many diverse cuts, cooked together and all mushed up as one homogeneous pile of "pulled" meat in BBQ sauce - waste of a pig!

BTW, I described the cooking method as a dry method, not the meat. I realise that if it's dry, it's been badly cooked.

The Nal · 06-04-2020 1:48pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'm not doing it wrong, I'm not doing it at all.

I've read up on it a lot, watched many videos and TV programmes, eaten in BBQ restaurants and I've just decided that it's not for me.

I realise that lots of people really enjoy the experience but it's just not my kind of food.
I can cook a super juicy chicken with amazing crispy skin in the my oven.

And don't start me on whole hog roasts.
All that beautiful meat consisting of so many diverse cuts, cooked together and all mushed up as one homogeneous pile of "pulled" meat in BBQ sauce - waste of a pig!

BTW, I described the cooking method as a dry method, not the meat. I realise that if it's dry, it's been badly cooked.

Fair enough, agree with you on hog roasts.

Widdershins · 06-04-2020 2:10pm

Where the dirt comes from.
Even in barely used rooms.

W123-80's · 06-04-2020 2:27pm

Keith Lemon

Rothko · 06-04-2020 3:23pm

W123-80's wrote: »

Keith Lemon

The celebrity juice show is the worst thing to ever exist.

Pawwed Rig · 06-04-2020 3:32pm

I see your Keith Lemon and raise you Bo Selecta

Mister Vain · 06-04-2020 8:29pm

Russel Brand. I've never seen a man to use so many big words in a sentence without actually saying anything.

El_Duderino 09 · 06-04-2020 8:47pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

Russel Brand. I've never seen a man to use so many big words in a sentence without actually saying anything.

I think it’s the fact that he speaks in the cadence of a junkie but has profound sounding things to say. I sometimes think I’m going to agree with him but actually find out he’s just saying words.

Nevin Parsnipp · 07-04-2020 9:29am

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I think it’s the fact that he speaks in the cadence of a junkie but has profound sounding things to say. I sometimes think I’m going to agree with him but actually find out he’s just saying words.

Yesterday's man Dude .....lad has shot his bolt.....one trick pony...probably going bald.....heading for the slippers and combover.........irrelevant

Don't be moitherin......

Addmagnet · 07-04-2020 9:44am

Widdershins wrote: »

Where the dirt comes from.
Even in barely used rooms.

Dead skin cells. Those motes you see dancing and twinkling prettily in a sunbeam. You're breathing them in, too!

Imagine if we shed a whole layer all at once, like a snake.

It would at least stop me having to dust all the time *grumble*

the purple tin · 08-04-2020 6:47pm

Popularity of Waterford Whispers. Most of it tries way too hard to be funny and falls short.

Mehaffey1 · 08-04-2020 7:00pm

I don't get how an actor as formidable as Al Pacino has only had one good role in a movie since Donnie Brasco in 1997 and that was in You Don't Know Jack.

micar · 08-04-2020 8:48pm

W123-80's wrote: »

Keith Lemon

This +10000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I know it's a character he's created but why the slight speech impediment

dubstarr · 08-04-2020 8:51pm

Mehaffey1 wrote: »

I don't get how an actor as formidable as Al Pacino has only had one good role in a movie since Donnie Brasco in 1997 and that was in You Don't Know Jack.

I raise you Robert De Niro,he just seems to be in ****e lately as well.

El_Duderino 09 · 08-04-2020 10:18pm

dubstarr wrote: »

I raise you Robert De Niro,he just seems to be in ****e lately as well.

He's become a parody of himself. He really only has the deadpan, lone wolf character. Great for Travis in Taxi Driver but actually very boring in modern films.

Widdershins · 09-04-2020 5:01am

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I love Terry Pratchett's books but I don't think they are for everyone. You would need at least a passing interest in fantasy

Hmm. Ive just bought "The narrows" by James Brogden because the introduction on Amazon grabbed me.
Some types of fantasy, I don't get.

Ultrflat · 09-04-2020 9:53am

I'm not kink shaming. I believe as long as its consensual and everyone's enjoying them selves and there's nothing illegal going on knock your self out.

But I just don't get, The practice known as: Cock Ball Torture!

The few times in my life where I've been kicked or accidentally hit there has made me curl up in a ball and sometimes close to puking. How do people get into this as a fetish? Just is beyond me.

storker · 09-04-2020 9:59am

Ultrflat wrote: »

I'm not kink shaming. I believe as long as its consensual and everyone's enjoying them selves and there's nothing illegal going on knock your self out.

But I just don't get, The practice known as: Cock Ball Torture!

The few times in my life where I've been kicked or accidentally hit there has made me curl up in a ball and sometimes close to puking. How do people get into this as a fetish? Just is beyond me.

I don't get any sexual kink involving pain of any kind. Like yourself I'm not judging at all, but for me pain and pleasure are mutually exclusive.

storker · 09-04-2020 10:08am

Widdershins wrote: »

Hmm. Ive just bought "The narrows" by James Brogden because the introduction on Amazon grabbed me.
Some types of fantasy, I don't get.

When I first read Stephen King's Danse Macabre (his thesis-like look at the horror genre) many years ago, I was surprised to see him frequently refer to horror fiction as "fantasy fiction", lumping it in with things like the Conan stories, and of course Lord of the Rings. I'd always seen horror (or to be more exact, supernatural horror) as a genre itself rather than a subset of another gentre. Of course, it makes sense when you think about it; it's all about stuff that doesn't/can't really exist, so a vampire or werewolf is no less fantastic than a hobbit or an orc.

That said, while I love a good vampire story and have read works like Dracula and Salem's Lot, I couldn't see myself wading through the LOTR trilogy, even though I enjoyed the movies.

the beer revolu · 09-04-2020 12:39pm

I don't get why there isn't a porn Internet domain, dot cum.

Omackeral · 09-04-2020 1:59pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

I don't get why there isn't a porn Internet domain, dot cum.

Ha ha we used to say that back school.

Yourma@mygaff.cum

dubstarr · 09-04-2020 11:50pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

I don't get why there isn't a porn Internet domain, dot cum.

There probably was,it just didnt last long:D

Chancer3001 · 12-04-2020 12:05pm

cook islands businesses use .co.ck domain if that'll do ye

the purple tin · 12-04-2020 4:57pm

The bald men in towels mystery. What the hell is going on down that street

js35 · 16-04-2020 12:00am

Lip fillers...they look awful

the purple tin · 16-04-2020 2:02pm

Remember before lockdown if you walked arond on a weekend morning you would see discarded clothes, male and female all over the place.
Shoes, t shirts, jeans, underwear, hanging from trees sometimes.

One time I saw a full set of male clothing, shoes and all at the side of the road.
What does the chung wuns be at at all?

Salvation Tambourine · 16-04-2020 2:07pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Popularity of Waterford Whispers. Most of it tries way too hard to be funny and falls short.

But then there are gems like this

Husband Enquires When His Wife Will Have Time for His Bull****

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/09/09/husband-enquires-when-his-wife-will-have-time-for-his-bull****/

Rothko · 16-04-2020 10:23pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Remember before lockdown if you walked arond on a weekend morning you would see discarded clothes, male and female all over the place.
Shoes, t shirts, jeans, underwear, hanging from trees sometimes.

No, can't say that I do.

Things you just "don't get"?

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