Originally Posted By ecdc <----Also not a pin collector/trader and doesn't get it. Then, I do enjoy other Disneyland memorabilia that my friends don't get, so to each his own.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, absolutely, to each his own. I mean, a couple of miscreants here don't get CHEESECAKE (!!). Just goes to show. Takes all kinds. That's what makes the world go round. You can't please everyone. But seriously.... don't like cheesecake? Blows my mind, man.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost As I was reading the Pin Trading one I happened to glance up at the wall in front of my desk and hanging there is the Lanyard and the Pin that I got when I visited Disneyland during the 50th Celebration. That, my friends, other than the small one that they give out when you do the "behind the magic" tour, is the full extent of my collection.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I enjoy buying a pin here and there. Something to remind me of a trip. I don't get the pin trading though. I don't think it's weird, just not something I'd ever stand in line to do. -It's popular but I don't get the character autograph collecting in the parks. -Jersey Shore. I've learned to switch the TV to mute if those ding dongs show up on a talk show that I'm watching.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Okay, okay. I tried to make myself stop reading this thread right at the beginning so that I could think of my own entries without influence from other posts. But I've only now just been able to make myself stop reading at post #110. Before I get sucked back in, here are some of my nominations that I haven't seen posted so far. "It's Really Popular, But I Don't Get It..." ..."Blackened" food. Why would you take a perfectly good cut of fish or meat and then season it such that its original flavor is completely undetectable? ...Shark Week. I get it already: They're prehistoric killing machines. Same as they were during last year's big repetitive hype-fest. (And can I be the only one who notices that 95% of the footage is shot in tanks?) ...Wanting to have sex with women. I know a lot of men get all enthusiastic about this one, but the appeal has always just gone right over my head. ...TIE! Jam Bands/Drum Solos. You know what, musicians? The drugs that make your self-absorbed wanking seem so profound to you don't have a contact effect on the rest of us. ...Sagging. The look doesn't bother me, per se. But don't most self-respecting fashion fads burn out within a couple of years? C'mon, gansta-wanna-be's. Sagging is SO ten-years-ago. Time for a new stilo. Might I suggest the "compressed testicles" look? ...Insult comics. Why has no-one ever stood up to say that Don Rickles, Joan Rivers and their more recent ilk are just nasty, cheap bullies? I get why the industry would push this lowest-common-denominator trash. I get that double-digit America would eat it up. I don't get why more smarter people haven't denounced this brand of humor more roundly. ...Camping. If God meant for us to wake up covered in dew, a half-mile from the bathroom, and a half-hour away from the day's first blast of caffeine, he wouldn't have given us the Motel 6. ...Kelly Clarkston. UGH.
Originally Posted By ecdc Love most of your list, Inspector (sex...we'll...agree to disagree ). I'm especially baffled at camping. I did it as a kid (I'm an Eagle Scout, after all) and it was fine then. Now, I can't think of something I'd rather do less than burn a couple of vacation days to sleep in a bag outside with bugs on the ground (to steal slightly from Jim Gaffigan's routine). And what's more, when I talk to people who do love camping, it really seems to not be about the actually camping. It seems to be an excuse to hang out, cook over the fire, and get drunk. All of which I can do at home with far less of the hassle. If all that makes me a snob or an elitist, I will wear those badges with pride if it means I don't have to go camping ever again
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Blows my mind, man.<< Ditto! I LOVE me some good cheesecake. Creamy deliciousness.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I have to agree on the camping thing. When I was a kid my Father was a camping freak. I don't mean the tent on the ground either. I mean the RV route. I was without choice so I tried not to think about it but it always seemed like such a hassle. The money he spent on travel trailers, hitches and accessories would have put us in some pretty nice rooms with unlimited running water and flush toilets that didn't have to be emptied. Also without beds that were, just moments before, the dinner table. Home was so much more comfortable and easy. When I got married, or I should say, just before I got married I decided to quiz my fiance about her thoughts on the matter. The consensus of opinion turned out to be...if we couldn't afford a hotel room, we couldn't afford to go. Simple and it worked. We eventually divorced but it had nothing to do with semi-roughing it. As for the "sex" part...as you get older the appeal, male or female, diminishes a lot and the entire process seems kind of silly, at least to watch.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I'll agree with camping 1000%. But I'm afraid of bugs, soooooo it doesn't suit me well.
Originally Posted By Labuda "...Wanting to have sex with women. I know a lot of men get all enthusiastic about this one, but the appeal has always just gone right over my head." I'm with ya here, Heinz. I don't get the whole wanting to have sex with women thing, either! Oh, but a friend of mine who works in a gay bar has told me I'd make a wonderful gay man! lol
Originally Posted By Labuda Oh, did I say having kids yet? Yeah, I get the biological urge to make sure your line doens't die out, but... really... I just don't see why you'd WANT to keep your line alive with the way society is - we're at war, we're in a recession, the country (US) is soooo divided. Just not a nice time to grow up right now. Oh, and in places like India, or Japan, or the UK - aren't y'all already crowded enough? Why crowd more? No thank you!
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I don't understand camping but our large group of friends go so I grin & bear it!! I do enjoy hiking, biking & 4 wheeling!! Which are usually included on our excurions. Oh well, give & take. I agree with the no kid issue & I have 2. I truely fear the world they will live in as adults. And now as well!!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss ^^On that note, I don't know if they are popular, but I don't like cantaloupe or grapefruit either. And what the deal with Pomegranate?!
Originally Posted By alexbook This could get me in trouble around here, but... Piercings and tattoos. I generally run far away from people who want to poke me with sharp things, yet some people pay to be poked. I don't get it.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "Yeah, I get the biological urge to make sure your line doens't die out, but... really... I just don't see why you'd WANT to keep your line alive with the way society is - we're at war, we're in a recession, the country (US) is soooo divided. Just not a nice time to grow up right now." Sure the world is messed up now, always has been, and always probably will be, but looking into the face of your kids takes all of that crap and stress and makes it go away, if only temporarily. And really when you think about it, has there ever been a time in society when you'd think would be a good time to grow up? How about the 50s when the best you could hope for your daughter is that when she grows up she will meet a nice man she can serve for the rest of her life, or the 1800s/early 1900s when you had to worry your child would catch any one of the billion contractible diseases that would kill them in a day. Or if you're black and growing up anytime in history, knowing your child was already at a disadvantage in society just based on color. When you think about it, things are a lot better now than they have been in any other time in history.
