Things you see, that dont make sense, and leave your head aching?

[kf5eqv]

*Politics

*Mainstream News Media

*Entertainment Industry

*Women Drivers

But more than anything else, what REALLY makes me shake my head and ask WTF is the various crap they teach kids in Public Schools.

1. The "Civil War" was about slavery

2. WW2 was about anti-semitism

3. The founding father's were all bigoted slave owners.

4. Tobacco and Marijuana are drugs, but Ritalin and whatever else is perfectly ok if you don't fit into the concept of the perfect student.

5. You should trust your teachers and principal more than your own parents, and report "suspicious" acts at home to your school.

6. Turning off lights will save baby penguins.

7. You need to eat only healthy foods, but here is some pizza and cookies as a reward for selling candy to raise money for the school.

8. ect.

 

[jayhp]

Braille on drive thru ATM's

 

[bigvan]

@kf5eqv
Just curious, why is Civil War in quotation marks?

 

[marmal4de]

The popularity of tattoos utterly perplexes me. Why someone would want to adorn themselves with ugly artwork that only looks worse as you age, like some bizarre reverse Dorian Grey And what's with all the flames, skulls and devils out there? OK, we get it, you're evil, you're tough, enough all ready - stop wearing your insecurities on your arm. And you there, the white kids from the over privileged suburbs, stop getting the tribal tattoos. The only appropriate tribal symbol you should wear is of a guy on a polo horse.

I agree drew! Of all the things to throw your belief or support behind, Veganism just seems like one of sillist. From time to time I'll find a Vegan message board and leave a Veal recipe of the day on it just for fun.

Maybe it's because I am a pipe smoker, or maybe its because I'm Canadian, but I find I am very tolerant of other peoples shortcomings, and very respectful of their choices as well. With all the hubbub about smokers rights and wanting people to respect our choices, doesn't it seem hypocritical to be so hard on others rights and decisions?

 

[lyst36]

Fat doctors or sport coaches

 

[kf5eqv]

@BigVan,

civil war

 –noun

a war between political factions or regions within the same country.

The War of Northern Aggression was fought between two separate nations, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. The Confederate states had already seceded from the USA and declared themselves to be an independent nation, as was legal at the time before the USA declared war. Therefore, it was not a "civil war" but a war of occupation and conquest.
But you know, that's a whole other thread's worth of discussion. I probably shouldn't have even brought it up.

 

[lyst36]

I love when people use alternative names for the American Civil War. kf5eqv just used my favorite.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Maybe it's because I am a pipe smoker, or maybe its because I'm Canadian, but I find I am very tolerant of other peoples shortcomings, and very respectful of their choices as well. With all the hubbub about smokers rights and wanting people to respect our choices, doesn't it seem hypocritical to be so hard on others rights and decisions?

It might just be that I am a pipe smoker or it might be that I am Chicagoan or it might just be that I bothered to read the topic of this thread and answered with things that boggle my mind since the over abundance of tattoos and veganism these days strike me as mind boggling. Its not hypocritical. I find it odd that of all the posts you highlighted mine so I have to assume I struck a nerve and you are a tattooed vegan. Fire up a bowl and enjoy your ink and plant based products!

 

[yoru]

About the civil war thing -- a requirement of sovereignty (nationhood) is recognition by at least one government (usually France, Britian, Spain, Austria, or in a few cases Russia, China or Japan), nobody legally gave that to the South, nor did the Constitution of the existing governance allow secession.
Just tossing in my two pence on that, if you don't agree that's fine and I get why.
Things that headache me and such. . .
1) attaching "-phoebic" to things that people hate rather than fear

2) intolerance of intolerance

3) people who mother strangers ("Don't you know how bad that is for you!?")

4) people who you can talk to about any topic at all, and they are -always- against the topic, and go so far that you can (and I have) literally say "Name one thing you support, support one thing right now" and they have absolutely nothing. Being against things is fine, natural, and necessary -- but you have to stand up for something at some point or your just . . .a headache.

5) people who are almost, or completely paranoid, about everything

6) University required reading that is more or less just propaganda. . .

7) Public schools

8) private schools

9) the curriculum of k-8, particularly 'social studies' and math, which in those years teach things that are often blatantly wrong.

10) anachronisms in history books --- i.e. this statement: "Rousseau was a Humanist" or this statement: "The Persians considered the Greeks barbarians." -- which is particularly bad, because at that time barbarian literally meant 'not Greek', how much more backwards can you get?

11) anthropology
12) I should just stop here, it just goes on and on in this manner until we get to some number that makes me a hypocrite by hyperbole because it says "people who hate everything" -- heh heh.
Interestingly enough (to me anyway) "hypocrites" isn't on my list, because we all are. It is possible to believe in an ideal you simply lack the willpower, or ability, to measure up to. On the other hand, when people go on massive rants (like intolerance of intolerance) without even realizing the irony of their argument, even tossing a slight nod in the direction of hypocrisy. . .yeah that gives me a headache to listen to. . .. Like in that case I have to admit the irony of me being intolerant of intolerance of intolerance (which at this point just sounds silly).

 

[ohin3]

I'm with Marmalade here. As I was reading this thread I was thinking the very same thing and was pleased when I landed on Marmalade's post. We all seem to be quick to defend our life style choice as pipe smokers but also quick to judge everyone else's life style choices. I think that tatooing and piercing has gotten way out of hand, I think that people in general are looking for anything to be rather than themselves, but I can't sit back and judge them for being who they are. I think it's sad that most people don't really know who they are or that they learn to hide everything that they are through socialization until they wake up one day and have no idea who they are other than a good boy or girl so they decide to latch on to any passing fad to identify themselves. Still, I can't judge them for their choices. I don't want people to judge me so I can't judge them...that is just plain hypocritical. Keep your mind open folks. We all need to be friends.

 

[bigvan]

Marmalade and ohin3,
You bring up good points; points that I've been thinking about lately. It's not that I'm "judging" (or at least I don't mean to), but I just can't wrap my head around why someone would do the multiple piercings and/or mega-tattoos.
I was having drinks with friends the other day, and the subject of tattoos came up. Of the 5 people at the table (3 women, 2 guys) I was the only one WITHOUT a tattoo. I was also the only veteran, a group that used to be considered "tattoo-friendly". But we were able to discuss it openly, and though I still think it's a trendy "hey look at me!" choice, I'm trying to make less of a deal about it.

 

[ohin3]

I'm waiting for someone to really get "extreme" and drive a 10" carriage bolt through their shoulder or something as a piercing. All seems like an attention getter to me, but that's my opinion and why I dont have tatoos or piercings...not my way. But I do have lots of friends who are into tatoos and piercings. Some seem to be sincere and have good reasoning for having such adornments and others just seem to be following the herd. I'm too busy just being me to worry that much about how others present themselves to tell you the truth so I don't think that much about it. I still judge someone for who they are once I get to know them. I never liked to be the book judged only by its cover so I make a conscious effort not to judge other books by their covers alone.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

One thing that doesn't make much sense to me, and I've yet to have it explained to me, is why some tourists take pictures of the street signs. There's dozens of uniquely built massive casinos and these tourists are taking pictures of street signs. Now I can see taking a picture of a portalet toilet being crane lifted to the top of an unifinished construction project. A crane lifting a portable toilet is a pretty funny sight. But street signs? Someone please explain that one to me.

 

[marmal4de]

There are famous intersections, and infamous intersections, as well as well known streets that may or may not have significance to the particular person.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I should have clarified it. They take pictures of street signs like stop signs and yield signs and so forth. I guess I could understand a picture of you next to the "Frank Sinatra Way" sign, but a random picture of a stop sign?
I like Chris Rocks bit about insurance, "It should be called Just In Case and if you don't have an accident that year you should get some of that money back."

 

[kf5eqv]

And what's the deal with airline peanuts?..

lol

 

[hauntedmyst]

When did we move from things that we find mind boggling were equalled to judging them for it? Isn't this just a tab bit of a narrow minded overly reactive political correctness response? I find it utterly mind boggling that my friends (ex-hippies) kept their babies placenta in a jar but that doesn't mean I judge them for it.

 

[bigvan]

hauntedmyst, if one finds something "mind boggling" there is an intrinsic judgement being made. You can't have one without the other.
Besides, there's nothing wrong with judgement; we make them everyday. What to eat, what to drink, what to smoke... you get the point. But if a friend of mine kept their afterbirth in a jar, I'd think that was pretty weird. It doesn't make them bad people, but what you call "mind boggling" others may call "weird". It's just semantics.

 

[sockmonkey]

Well this guy's head is going to ache...
(Slightly NSFW.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WLGeKGNVDM

 

[eaglerico]

How about the government that is doing it's best to rid the world of terrible tobacco is working it's way to increasing the limits a person can have of "medical" marijuana, including legal plants to grow your self
http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881