"The Shit Just Doesn't Make Sense!"

[Oneironaut]

Ok...we all experience things that just don't seem logical. It could be because we are missing the point, or because the answer we suspect to be most logical is either ignored by (or shrouded from) popular awareness. No matter what, there is always some shit that just doesn't make sense.

So let us know what really makes you stop, scratch your head, and go "WTF??" Who knows...maybe someone else reading your post knows the answers which you seek. Maybe not. Either way; should be good times. :chuckle:

Just to start off: (And mostly for an example. I already realize the answer to this one, but it just hit me last night while I was watching t.v. and it's still just something that makes me go "that's so obviously ass-backwards is not even funny...")

Why is it that every commercial fed to the masses that has to do with marijuana (a relatively harmless drug) is written with the purpose of making all weed smokers look like idiotic, lethargic, useless and dangerous members of society...and then you see every single alcoholic drink commercial glorifying drinking, when alcohol is easily a much more dangerous substance?

Ugh...makes me sick.

Anyway...GO!

[Man of Steel]

Why the heck do television networks think we want to watch commercials about genital herpes?

[Oneironaut]

Why the heck do television networks think we want to watch commercials about genital herpes?

Lmfao. Seriously. I mean, when people have something like genital herpes, they are going to seek the information on their own. No need to ruin everyone else's dinnertime tube-watching with commercials about genital herpes, erectile dysfunction and whatnot. Lol.

[Abra]

Yeah. Another commercial thing. They always try to create false needs. Here was this one RLS kick, with the same comercial for at least a week. RLS is rarer than schizophrenia...

Also, I think commercials may play a role in the "increase" of clinical depression within the last decade.

[Universal Mind]

Why is it that every commercial fed to the masses that has to do with marijuana (a relatively harmless drug) is written with the purpose of making all weed smokers look like idiotic, lethargic, useless and dangerous members of society...and then you see every single alcoholic drink commercial glorifying drinking, when alcohol is easily a much more dangerous substance?

Ugh...makes me sick.


That is exactly what I was going to bring up. There is no bigger social WTF than what you are talking about. I have never gotten past the shock of learning about that blatantly hypocritical social phenomenon.

In second place is the proposed Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. Just how absurd can popular proposals get?

[Howie]

That is exactly what I was going to bring up. There is no bigger social WTF than what you are talking about. I have never gotten past the shock of learning about that blatantly hypocritical social phenomenon.

In second place is the proposed Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. Just how absurd can popular proposals get?

I'm scared that we are going to find that out!

[AmazeO XD]

Why is it, when someone asks you a question at your place of work (usually if it's retail or sales), do they immediatley think you're either bullshitting them or trying to fuck them over? Is society on a whole that un-trustworthy?

[Oneironaut]

That is exactly what I was going to bring up. There is no bigger social WTF than what you are talking about. I have never gotten past the shock of learning about that blatantly hypocritical social phenomenon.

Great minds think alike. :cheers:


In second place is the proposed Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. Just how absurd can popular proposals get?

Agreed, once again.

Why is it, when someone asks you a question at your place of work (usually if it's retail or sales), do they immediatley think you're either bullshitting them or trying to fuck them over? Is society on a whole that un-trustworthy?

Well, I can't blame the consumers on this one. As someone that works in sales, I can only honestly state that a majority of the salesmen you will ever meet in your lifetime are trying to fuck you over. Salesmen thrive on the concept of "gray area." It is basically an arbitrary concept that means "I can lie to you up until the point where I, personally, feel like I'm telling you a bald-faced lie (a lie which many don't mind crossing). My objective is actually to confuse you to the point of compliance."

All I can say is that salesmen should expect this kind of reaction, as many to most salesmen are scumbags that will tell you what you what you want to hear, because they are in a line of business where (in many cases) every dollar in their pocket is based upon getting you to buy something, whether you actually want it or not.

But yeah...being one of the salesmen (in this case, telemarketers) that isn't down with blatantly lying for a living to make a buck, that paranoid stigma of the consumer makes my job that much harder.

[dylanshmai]

Ok...we all experience things that just don't seem logical. It could be because we are missing the point, or because the answer we suspect to be most logical is either ignored by (or shrouded from) popular awareness. No matter what, there is always some shit that just doesn't make sense.

So let us know what really makes you stop, scratch your head, and go "WTF??" Who knows...maybe someone else reading your post knows the answers which you seek. Maybe not. Either way; should be good times. :chuckle:

Just to start off: (And mostly for an example. I already realize the answer to this one, but it just hit me last night while I was watching t.v. and it's still just something that makes me go "that's so obviously ass-backwards is not even funny...")

Why is it that every commercial fed to the masses that has to do with marijuana (a relatively harmless drug) is written with the purpose of making all weed smokers look like idiotic, lethargic, useless and dangerous members of society...and then you see every single alcoholic drink commercial glorifying drinking, when alcohol is easily a much more dangerous substance?

Ugh...makes me sick.

Anyway...GO!

I completely agree and all it really does is end up hurting people like me who try and go for something as simple as a walk around my own neighborhood. Cars stop, people look and the whole time I'm feeling this mountain of pressure while I'm just trying to enjoy the view and be friendly.

[Man of Steel]

But yeah...being one of the salesmen (in this case, telemarketers) that isn't down with blatantly lying for a living to make a buck, that paranoid stigma of the consumer makes my job that much harder.

You're . . . a telemarketer? :shock:

Damn, what if you were one of those poor guys that called my house...


I'm going to have to start being nice to telemarketers now; it might be you! Shit, my one joy in life: :poof:



:(

[Carôusoul]

Quantum Physics.

Fuck.

[Oneironaut]

You're . . . a telemarketer? :shock:

Damn, what if you were one of those poor guys that called my house...


I'm going to have to start being nice to telemarketers now; it might be you! Shit, my one joy in life: :poof:



:(

Heh. I'd hate to be the one to rob you of your favorite past time, MoSman. :chuckle:

[DuB]

The American custom of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. That shit just doesn't make sense!! I mean, first off, we can't exactly just go out and buy the stuff; we have to get a script from our doctor. And the idea of us telling a doctor what medication we need is absurd.

[OpheliaBlue]

Lmfao. Seriously. I mean, when people have something like genital herpes, they are going to seek the information on their own. No need to ruin everyone else's dinnertime tube-watching with commercials about genital herpes, erectile dysfunction and whatnot. Lol.
HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.

Sucked.

SO.

Hard.

[Man of Steel]

HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.

Sucked.

SO.

Hard.

That post made me burst out laughing so hard I almost choked, Ophie. Especially the last two lines... :laughhard:

[Black_Eagle]

If any of you have played it...

In Castle Risk, when you lie down more than one reinforcement card in one turn, do you get two sets of reinforcements, or do the cards laid down simply stack?

Ex. 2 reinforcement cards are already on the board.

1st card=1 army.
2nd card=2 armies plus the value of the preceding cards. So basically 2 armies plus one. 3 Armies

My sister lays down 2 reinforcement cards. Does she get simply 4+3+2+1 OR does she get (3+2+1) + (4+3+2+1) for both of the reinforcement cards?

When I brought this up, my three other family members who I was playing Castle Risk with swore up and down she only received 4+3+2+1 armies, but seeing as one of them was drunk, one of them was 8 years old and the last one would bend the rules of board games to win, I wasn't happy with their line of reasoning.

Luckily, in the end it didn't matter as I stabbed my brother and sister in the backs after they stabbed my father in the back, so it was all good.

Don't know if anyone will know what I'm talking about, but meh.

[Oneironaut]

HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.

Sucked.

SO.

Hard.

That post made me burst out laughing so hard I almost choked, Ophie. Especially the last two lines... :laughhard:

Lmfao. No shit. I haven't genuinely laughed at a post like that in a long time. :rolllaugh:

That must have been so awkward. LOL.

[Kael Seoras]

...Progressive insurance commercials...

does anyone find them funny? I think they're annoying :?

[dylanshmai]

yeah, but I actually did see a good car insurance one just today that made me laugh.

[Oneironaut]

...Progressive insurance commercials...

does anyone find them funny? I think they're annoying :?

I actually don't mind those. I think the main chick they have doing them has got a whole funny/cute/ditzy thing going for her, which usually makes me smile.

But, in keeping with the same point: GEICO commercials. I mean seriously. WTF? You mean to tell me that someone is paid to write that shit? They went from completely over-killing the cavemen, to a stack of money with eyes... I can't believe that such a huge corporation would even air half of the crap they put on their commercials.

[Kael Seoras]

Yea, Geico seems to have a problem with not knowing when they've over done something. The Caveman was funny for awhile, but it got old, fast. And just when you think they've finished, there's yet another Caveman commercial.

And yea, I don't know what's up with the money with eyes.

[dylanshmai]

Nah, Gieco wasn't good for me. It was a new online company and the guy is looking out the window at his car as it gets totaled in a chain affect and two guys almost fall off a window cleaning thing over the side of a building.

[Kael Seoras]

It was a new online company and the guy is looking out the window at his car as it gets totaled in a chain affect and two guys almost fall off a window cleaning thing over the side of a building.

Those commercials are pretty funny :lol: If a little cheesy.

[Barbizzle]

People's interests in celebrities confuse the fuck out of me. People are always complaining how hard their lives are, and how full of drama it is. Why would anyone EVER want to read about people we dont know personally. Why get caught up in their shit and care about it? I have far better things to do :P

[guerilla]

Here is what makes no sense to me: Why do people say what? after you told them something, and 2 seconds later they answer the question after saying, what?

its like, why say what if you heard what I just said?!?!?!

[Oneironaut]

Here is what makes no sense to me: Why do people say what? after you told them something, and 2 seconds later they answer the question after saying, what?

its like, why say what if you heard what I just said?!?!?!

I may be able to answer that, only because I do it so much. Haha.

For me, sometimes it just takes a second for what was said to process. My mind might have been wandering, when the words were spoken, and I involuntarily felt the impulse to respond, before what was said really sank it. So, I end up saying "what?" as the sentence I'd just heard is piecing itself together in my head.

That's just me, though. :)

I've always wondered what people thought about that, though. No one's ever said anything about it, but I do it a lot. Lol.

[guerilla]

hmm thats interesting, I guess I seem to notice things most people overlook, My mind is quite unusual :)

[Omnis Dei]

Yeah I do that too, your mind has that part of it, I don't remember what its called cause it's been 4 years since I took psychology, but it's like a constant instant replay we can use to replay everything our senses just picked up, whether we were paying attention or not. Someone will say something, I didn't listen, then instant replay comes in and I realize what they said.

Okay I have one, why the fuck can't people just inform other people without being assholes about it? If someone is wrong, why does someone who knows what's "right" have to correct them in the most obnoxious way possible? Why do people have to act like everything they know is supposed to be painfully obvious to the rest of the world?

[Oneironaut]

Okay I have one, why the fuck can't people just inform other people without being assholes about it? If someone is wrong, why does someone who knows what's "right" have to correct them in the most obnoxious way possible? Why do people have to act like everything they know is supposed to be painfully obvious to the rest of the world?

Heh. Good one. Seconded.

[Serkat]

When people think that mob rule is a form of democracy or that democracy is more important than an ethical grounding for politics... so it's like "OK, we have more than 50% who think that gays can't marry... so they can't. We have more than 50% who think that people can't smoke pot in their private homes... so they can't. We have more than 50% who think that Intelligent Design is an alternative to Evolution in schools, so it is. We have more than 50% who think black people should have no rights so they don't." ????!! Wat

[Man of Steel]

Yeah I do that too, your mind has that part of it, I don't remember what its called cause it's been 4 years since I took psychology, but it's like a constant instant replay we can use to replay everything our senses just picked up, whether we were paying attention or not. Someone will say something, I didn't listen, then instant replay comes in and I realize what they said.

Okay I have one, why the fuck can't people just inform other people without being assholes about it? If someone is wrong, why does someone who knows what's "right" have to correct them in the most obnoxious way possible? Why do people have to act like everything they know is supposed to be painfully obvious to the rest of the world?

Sorry.

Where do my socks go when I put them in the dryer? Seriously. One always disappears...

[Serkat]

Sorry.

Where do my socks go when I put them in the dryer? Seriously. One always disappears...
I once bought like 7 pairs of socks that had the weekdays on them but I don't remember a single instance where I actually wore 2 corresponding socks at the same time. You would think that by chance I'd get it right at least once, alas, not a single time. Not even talking about wearing them on the correct day either, that would be overkill.

That definitely doesn't make sense. It's like they're struggling against being worn as correct pairs.

[Universal Mind]

I'm scared that we are going to find that out!

I've been worried about that insane flag burning amendment possibility for 20 years now. I don't think we will ever have it, but way too many people want it because the flag represents the freedom to speak out against the government. :?

Is society on a whole that un-trustworthy?

Yes.
Great minds think alike. :cheers:


:cheers:

HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.


You're no longer married? :wink:

Here is what makes no sense to me: Why do people say what? after you told them something, and 2 seconds later they answer the question after saying, what?

its like, why say what if you heard what I just said?!?!?!

A lot of times, people know what I said and then say, "What?" and don't go ahead and answer. They just keep acting like they didn't hear me, and I feel the need to ask the question again.

That reminds me of something else. I will be in a conversation about ONE person for a while, and then I will ask a question about that person like, "Where is he living these days?" and the person I am talking to will go, "Who?" My response is always, "The person we are talking about."

Also, I will be talking to the only other person in the room for a few minutes and be talking only about that person and then ask that person a question and get the response of, "Who, me?" Who else???????

Okay I have one, why the fuck can't people just inform other people without being assholes about it? If someone is wrong, why does someone who knows what's "right" have to correct them in the most obnoxious way possible? Why do people have to act like everything they know is supposed to be painfully obvious to the rest of the world?

Amen.

[kichu]

HAHA yeah.. I'm seeing this guy with ED right now, and a fucking Viagra commercial comes on while we're watching TV.

Sucked.

SO.

Hard.


Oh sweet mother. Awesome.

[Xaqaria]

Here is what makes no sense to me: Why do people say what? after you told them something, and 2 seconds later they answer the question after saying, what?

its like, why say what if you heard what I just said?!?!?!

I can answer this one pretty easily.

I have a hearing problem, which exacerbates this by a whole bunch. There are two reasons why I say what and then answer as if I heard.

1) I say what out of habit sometimes since my hearing is so bad that what is almost always how I have to answer

2) My hearing is bad, but good enough that most of the time it just takes me more time to process what people say. This means that at first I don't hear them, but after a few seconds of sub-conscious processing, I remember it as if I had heard them and then know what they said.

[kichu]

I may be able to answer that, only because I do it so much. Haha.

For me, sometimes it just takes a second for what was said to process. My mind might have been wandering, when the words were spoken, and I involuntarily felt the impulse to respond, before what was said really sank it. So, I end up saying "what?" as the sentence I'd just heard is piecing itself together in my head.

That's just me, though. :)

I've always wondered what people thought about that, though. No one's ever said anything about it, but I do it a lot. Lol.


Yup, that's EXACTLY what it is. You're brain is really hearing the words and understanding them JUST as the word "what?" is coming out of your mouth.

[Serkat]

Here is what makes no sense to me: Why do people say what? after you told them something, and 2 seconds later they answer the question after saying, what?

its like, why say what if you heard what I just said?!?!?!
A lot of times, people know what I said and then say, "What?" and don't go ahead and answer. They just keep acting like they didn't hear me, and I feel the need to ask the question again.
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[DuB]

I can answer this one pretty easily.

I have a hearing problem, which exacerbates this by a whole bunch. There are two reasons why I say what and then answer as if I heard.

1) I say what out of habit sometimes since my hearing is so bad that what is almost always how I have to answer

2) My hearing is bad, but good enough that most of the time it just takes me more time to process what people say. This means that at first I don't hear them, but after a few seconds of sub-conscious processing, I remember it as if I had heard them and then know what they said.This is true for me as well. Bad hearing runs in my family, for the men anyway. I have to pay close attention to people's inflections and various context clues. A lot of times I just nod my head and pretend that I heard what someone said - people can get pretty annoyed when asked to repeat themselves (as we've seen in this thread :P thanks guys).

[Xaqaria]

This is true for me as well. Bad hearing runs in my family, for the men anyway. I have to pay close attention to people's inflections and various context clues. A lot of times I just nod my head and pretend that I heard what someone said - people can get pretty annoyed when asked to repeat themselves (as we've seen in this thread :P thanks guys).

Yes! Its amazing at how good I am at picking out when someone is asking a question and when they are just expecting me to smile and nod. Unless I'm talking with someone that I am pretty comfortable with, I only ask them to repeat themselves when they ask a question that I don't hear and can't infer from the rest of the conversation.

[Oneironaut]

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I fucking love that scene.

"Say what again! SAY WHAT AGAIN!!!" :rolllaugh:

[OpheliaBlue]

haHAAA

first time I fell in love with QT

[Oneironaut]

Ok...

TV Court Judges...

...is it just me or are their bailiffs always - and I mean always - of the opposite* race, regardless of the race of the judge?

If it's not just me...why do you think it's that way?





* opposites in relation to white and black

[OpheliaBlue]

Wait, you mean if it's a white judge then it's a black bailiff and vice versa?

I guess it's because everybody knows that chocolate and vanilla go good together. It's the law.

[Oneironaut]

Wait, you mean if it's a white judge then it's a black bailiff and vice versa?

I guess it's because everybody knows that chocolate and vanilla go good together. It's the law.

ROFL!


Hmm. You make a strong point. :ohyahbaby:

[OpheliaBlue]

oh +purrrrrrrrr+

[slayer]

The ending of FEAR 2.

Anyone else get what I'm saying?

[Robot_Butler]

With all the unbelievable technology we have, all the miraculous medicine and robotic laser surgery, why do I still need to clean my teeth with a piece of string?

[acatalephobic]

With all the unbelievable technology we have, all the miraculous medicine and robotic laser surgery, why do I still need to clean my teeth with a piece of string?
Good question.
I wish I knew, but I'm not even sure there's an even remotely satisfying answer to that one. It's like how there's no cure for the common cold...I guess it's just low on the list of priorities, what with cancer and AIDS and whatnot.


And the idea of us telling a doctor what medication we need is absurd.

This one's always baffled me.
Especially considering the number of hypochondriacs out there.
Maybe this could account for people fatally mixing drugs.
I blame the drug commercials as well, and the fact that doctors are encouraged to prescribe the newest drugs on the market.


Another thing:
Why is it that controlled substances like cocain, lsd, and methamphetamines have a higher scheduling than marijuana and psilocybes? The first two are extremely addictive, potent, and sythetic. The other two are much more mild, much less addictive, and grow naturally. Also, I've never heard of anyone dying from the last two either....I'm not sure where crack and--in my mind the scariest of all--prescription pills fall on that spectrum, but I probably don't want to know...

And:
Why is it that nurses/other hospital staff seem so incredibly inept at inserting IV's and taking blood? I've had to point out my own veins to more than one, only to have them still miss them...just thinking, shouldn't you have more experience with this sort of thing than I do?


:whyme:

[OpheliaBlue]

the made a Fear sequel?

[slayer]

the made a Fear sequel?

There's 4 Fear games :P

The newest one, which came out on the 11th, is Fear 2: Project Origin, and it's ending is really weird...

Good game though...

[[SomeGuy]]

I got so WTF'd today, I couldn't move. Seriously.

My mom went ape shit on something on the wall and beat it to pieces. It was so random, I almost laughed my ass off. I just kinda stood there like...wh-what the---what the fuck.

[AirRick101]

When I used to be hella into weed, I used to hate all those Above-The-Influence commercials. I thought they were ignorant, stupid, biased, and....man, I just hated those commercials, and the people who made them.

Now, I rarely smoke because I hit the gym on a regular basis and couldn't care less about such commercials (working out is my new release instead of getting high) plus I realized I was like, basically wealthy after I stopped burning on a regular basis, hahahaha.

what makes me really go WTF now is.....when a guy uses a totally obscene pick-up line or attempt that actually works, but shouldn't, hahaha.

makes me realize that you don't always have to be so conventional ;)

[Invader]

1. Police officers who don't know the law.

2. With all of the incredible technology being developed today, why am I still using gasoline? It burns at what, 26% (give or take) efficiency for the average car, right? This question is rhetorical. I know why we still use gasoline. I wish we, as a corporate society, could move past that. It still makes me go WTF.

3. I don't get this particular commercial. It brings out every ounce of insanity inside me, and makes me want to do terrible things. Are these things selling? How are they selling? Do people really not know how to use a blanket now to the point that they feel compelled to order a cultist robe that comes with a free book light as a gimmick (the book light is another WTF in itself)?

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Seriously, W T F IS THIS SHIT!

[acatalephobic]

hah!

i've seen that before.
my mind immediately went to cultist robe as well, oddly enough.
people will buy anything if you offer them free sh_t, evidently.

[Kael Seoras]

I would wear that in public.

I don't get why the commercial for "Symbacort" (sp?) has the person talking whose face we never see...they're in shadow the whole time...trying to be artistic? :?
Also, "Abilify" is a horrible name for a medicine. Sounds more like a verb than a noun. "Hold on, I gotta go abilify this thing really quick."

[Oneironaut]

Also, "Abilify" is a horrible name for a medicine. Sounds more like a verb than a noun. "Hold on, I gotta go abilify this thing really quick."

I laughed pretty hard at that one. :chuckle:

[Demon Parasite]

Apple. Apple just baffles me. Why do they sell computers for twice the price with the same parts? Why do people BUY computers for twice the price with the same parts?

[Odd_Nonposter]

Why does Monsanto insist upon butt raping farmers? Mosanto buys out all of the smaller seed and chemical companies so that farmers have no option but to use their overpriced product. I thought that the US had anti-trust laws for this sort of thing?

Why do people spoil landscapes by building new houses when there are more than enough of them sitting empty?

[dajo]

Why does Monsanto insist upon butt raping farmers? Mosanto buys out all of the smaller seed and chemical companies so that farmers have no option but to use their overpriced product. I thought that the US had anti-trust laws for this sort of thing?

Why do people spoil landscapes by building new houses when there are more than enough of them sitting empty?

One word: Profit! :)

[capoopy]

One thing that I wonder is why people watch those stupid shows where people renovate their houses. I honestly want to throw up whenever I one. They have zero entertainment value, use cheesy humor, and are downright boring and stupid. There are shows SO much better than this crap.

[OpheliaBlue]

I got so WTF'd today, I couldn't move. Seriously.

My mom went ape shit on something on the wall and beat it to pieces. It was so random, I almost laughed my ass off. I just kinda stood there like...wh-what the---what the fuck.
HAahaa seriously? What did she destroy?

Probably good you didn't laugh your ass off at her.. sounds like she had a psycho moment there.