I Just Don't Get It

Me$$iah · Post by **Me$$iah** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:02 pm

I just dont get it

The local daily paper
I just dont get it cos its rubbish
HAHAHAAHAHAH

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:07 pm

A thread for listing things that everybody else (seemingly) likes, but that you just don't get the appeal of.

Here is something that everybody else seemingly likes (to do), but I don't get the appeal of: Complaining when there is any discrepancy between the nominees for the Golden Globes and the nominees for the Academy Awards. Also, when people complain that the nominees for Best Director are not the same people who directed the films being nominated for Best Picture.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:33 pm

Well I'm sick and tired of people who are sick and tired!

Gazelles · Post by **Gazelles** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:12 pm

15-16 puzzle wrote:
A thread for listing things that everybody else (seemingly) likes, but that you just don't get the appeal of.
Here is something that everybody else seemingly likes (to do), but I don't get the appeal of: Complaining when there is any discrepancy between the nominees for the Golden Globes and the nominees for the Academy Awards. Also, when people complain that the nominees for Best Director are not the same people who directed the films being nominated for Best Picture.

People complain about that stuff? How lame.

Mac · Post by **Mac** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:13 am

Kill Bill.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:44 am

bill mightn't be too pleased about it, though...

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:06 pm

i don't get people expecting everyone to fit into particular stereotypes...

Post by jb » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:32 pm

Poor June wrote:i don't get people expecting everyone to fit into particular stereotypes...

I don't get people who don't realize that stereotypes are often true and actually embraced by the stereotypee. (Not that Poor June is doing that. I'm just contrasting this "don't get" with his.)

I fit within a certain group. Lots of things I do and attitudes I have will fit within that stereotype. I like Postal Service, for example. You can figure out a lot of stuff about me based on that preference. Other things won't fit. My affection for System of a Down, for example, crossed with a similar taste for The Mountaingoats and let's not even discuss how many ABBA songs are on my hard drive. Nobody is a perfect stereotype, but it only reflects an inability to self-examine when you insist that there are no stereotypes or that you don't have any traits that fit within one.

Advertisers stick you into groups all the time, and they do that because it's empirically proven to sell products. Even the individuals among us are marketed to based upon that very insistence upon our individualism. Ad companies that handle automobiles are always telling us that buying a particular automobile will display our uniqueness to the world, at the same time that the design of that automobile is preying on our need for sameness, security, and safety.

JB

Southwest_Statistic · Post by **Southwest_Statistic** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:42 pm

I don't understand <a href="http://www.cyberpunkx.com/ftp/store/sws_art_1.jpg" target="_blank">Goth crap</a>.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:23 pm

The more adamantly people insist that they do not adhere to stereotypes, the more likely they are to confirm to a stereotype that they refuse to accept as real.

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:45 pm

15-16 puzzle wrote:The more adamantly people insist that they do not adhere to stereotypes, the more likely they are to confirm to a stereotype that they refuse to accept as real.

Bing! I don't believe you!

erik · Post by **erik** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:17 pm

Conspiracy-theorist stereotype, check.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:30 pm

so if one does not adhere to stereotypes, does that make one a monotype of sorts?

fuck. just passed erik's post count. must go outside.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:31 pm

15-16 puzzle wrote:The more adamantly people insist that they do not adhere to stereotypes, the more likely they are to confirm to a stereotype that they refuse to accept as real.

so true. I'm can honestly say I have no clue what I would be stereotyped as...

I do think that stereotyping is contextual...

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:32 pm

15-16 puzzle wrote:The more adamantly people insist that they do not adhere to stereotypes, the more likely they are to confirm to a stereotype that they refuse to accept as real.

i'm not saying i don't fit in anywhere... i just don't like the whole catagorizing people into certain areas... like cattle...
to me it's degrading

but jb does have some good points...
i'm not saying that not everyone fits in... to there stereotype...
God knows a lot of people try to fit into a particular group
it's all cool... i just don't like the whole idea...
i don't like pre-judgement...
people see me... and they expect me to be things i'm not...
and it's all just cause i 'look' a certain way... or 'act' a certain way
supposed to make me 'these' people... or somethin'...
just something that gets on my nerves...

but i get what you mean... i wasn't really talking about the advertising/corporate motives behind it...
which i can completely understand why they'd do it...
cause it works...

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:13 am

15-16 puzzle wrote:The more adamantly people insist that they do not adhere to stereotypes, the more likely they are to confirm [sic] to a stereotype that they refuse to accept as real.

I always maintained that I do not fit any stereotypes, but then I realized I've been an eskimo-ski-ninja all this time.

Actually I've embraced the "angry nerd" stereotype with open arms.

I don't get: Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:13 am

Whoa, this is a long thread I just noticed. I will play now.

The White Stripes.

Florida.

Pretty Woman (the movie, not the song).

Van Morrison.

Sandra Bullock.

Video Games.

Whistling.

The Clarinet.

Horses.

Skiing.

Chicken Wings.

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:17 am

frankie big face wrote:Horses..

Um, what's not to get about horses? Four legs, run fast, flowing manes. Or do you mean some people's obsession with them?

j$

c.layne · Post by **c.layne** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:32 am

i don't get people's obsessions over:

Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie

don't stab me.

Post by jb » Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:39 am

frankie big face wrote:Chicken Wings.

Man, I TOTALLY don't get chicken wings. I second this one.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:28 am

Mmm, tasty wings. But then again, I'm from Buffalo.

I don't get Chardonnay. Can't stand the taste of that grape.
-bill

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:59 am

HeuristicsInc wrote: I don't get Chardonnay.
-bill

Whoa, deja-vu. Haven't we already been through this?