Things you'll never understand?

[Martianinvader]

The following things I will Never Understand the Appeal Of, as I have failed to understand them since I first saw or heard of them. And in case you're not picking up on the title's cue, this is where you mention what YOU will never understand the appeal of as well. But you can comment on others' too, naturally.

FORENSIC SCIENCE PROGRAMS
The only way I can explain the appeal of these is this way: when I was a kid, I hated gross unnecessary gore, and slimy blood and guts in my face. It made me want to puke. Everybody else in my entire school, however, couldn't get enough of that stuff and I could never figure out why. Now everybody else has grown up, and they're still demanding the same thing, so they watch all the forensic science they can take, and it gets high ratings.
A forensic program is not the least bit watchable if guts are not your "thing." In most cases they not only show the whole mangled corpse, but zoom into it via CGI. Ick! Why would anyone watch this stuff? Un....pleasant....

THOSE OLD-FASHIONED GIRLY NOVELS
Sarah Plain and Tall, Jane Austen's books, and the American Girls Series have all been adapted and re-adapted into more television and theatrical versions than I can count, and as far as I can tell they are NOTHING but a bunch of stuffy ladies standing around in frilly olde-style dresses, fanning themselves with big equally-frilly fans and discussing boring events. What do women see in this ^%$#?? There is nothing in these things that even remotely takes the form of entertainment. If they like Jane Austen, they should LOVE the phone book!

More things to come.....

[Artimus Gigan]

How the hell Douglas Adams came up with the number 42 being related to the meaining of life

[Mek]

Martianinvader, I could kiss you for that!

I'm in the same boat with CSI and other forensic stuff. Honestly, what on earth is the appeal of that stuff? =/ It doesn't help that the characters come off as highly unlikeable, well... to me, at least.

I also don't get "Lost" at all. I've tried watching it a couple of times and I still walk away with strong feelings of apathy, confusion and the frustration that I wasted an hour of my life when I should have been doing something productive instead.

Also, I don't get the appeal of flip flops. Those things hurt my big (read: size 12) feet like the dickens! ;_;

[silverwings]

Men. :)

Honestly, you members of the opposite sex are extremely confusing. Or dense, I'm not really sure. :p But I just don't get "men." :sweat:

[Pupmon 4.0]

How I can understand things that most people can't.

[PRdude]

Men. :)

Honestly, you members of the opposite sex are extremely confusing. Or dense, I'm not really sure. :p But I just don't get "men." :sweat:*headDESK*

I don't appreciate you considering us men "dense" on account of the simple reason you claim to not understand us. That's just very ignorant. Any woman who claims that men are dense just because she doesn't understand them might as well be the one who's dense. I don't quite understand women myself sometimes, but I could never hold that against them. I don't expect any male (including myself) to ever understand women to the fullest, or vice-versa. Any male who claims to understand women to the fullest is either a liar or delusional.

Since I've accepted I'll never fully understand women, I still highly appreciate it when a female friend or a girlfriend is at least willing to HELP me understand her as much as I possibly can. I especially appreicate it when she's not doing it a condescending manner, and also being patient about it (even though I personally don't think I'm so hard to deal with). So if she's patient with me, I'll be more inclined to be patient with her idiosyncrasies, and in return, I'll also help her understand me along the way. It's only fair, yes? She scratches my back, and I'll scratch hers.

[Kury Wagner]

I'll side with Mek on Lost, for the same reasons as her.

And, though I've still got much love for it, I cannot understand how wrestling is popular. When you get down to it, it's just a couple of men groping each other.

While on the subject of dumb sports, I must mention Racing. The cars go round and round and round and round... Am I missing something, or is that it?! I just can't understand it at all.

men "dense" on account of the simple reason you claim to not understand us.Perhaps she was referring to something different, but I believe it's harder to understand you men because of your density. Men are dense. =P They're all a bunch of oblivious fools. If they're not, they sure put on a good act. Thus adding confusion. Please note, I'm not saying women are not fools or that all men are. I've got many more problems with women than men, actually.

[Kuja's Light]

Oh thanks a bunch Kury...Although I am not dense.

Oh, and I don't think I'll ever understand why people can care about cars so much, or drinking...I mean, come on. I admit, I do drink some alcohol, but I'm not crazy about it.

[Mary_mari]

I'll never understand why the M&M's slogan is "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand". That is entirely inaccurate. I'm sueing for false advertising now!

Mary vs M&M's.

[PRdude]

Perhaps she was referring to something different, but I believe it's harder to understand you men because of your density. Men are dense. They're all a bunch of oblivious fools. If they're not, they sure put on a good act. Thus adding confusion. Please note, I'm not saying women are not fools. I've got many more problems with women than men, actually.Now you're just contradicting yourself. First you say men are oblivous fools, and then you go and say that women aren't perfect either. So what if there are things we don't understand? That's still no cause for the hostility. Plus after all the things you said (especially "They're [men] all a bunch of oblivous fools.") it no longer matters that you claim to have more problems with men than women. It also undercuts your statement of "Please note, I'm not saying women are not fools." Also, what's so bad about helping us understand things that we might not undersatnd (about women)? I mean, really. One wrong move, and you all throw up your arms in disgust and resort to name calling and what not. So you're no better than even the most dense man. Now if you can't even grasp THAT concept, then I pity you.

[The Wolverine]

[quote]And, though I've still got much love for it, I cannot understand how wrestling is popular. When you get down to it, it's just a couple of men groping each other.

Some of those guys actually are very athletic, not to mention well-conditioned.

While on the subject of dumb sports, I must mention Racing. The cars go round and round and round and round... Am I missing something, or is that it?! I just can't understand it at all.


NASCAR sucks. Watch Formula 1 or any rally event instead.

[silverwings]

*headDESK*

I don't appreciate you considering us men "dense" on account of the simple reason you claim to not understand us. That's just very ignorant. Any woman who claims that men are dense just because she doesn't understand them might as well be the one who's dense. I don't quite understand women myself sometimes, but I could never hold that against them. I don't expect any male (including myself) to ever understand women to the fullest, or vice-versa. Any male who claims to understand women to the fullest is either a liar or delusional.

Since I've accepted I'll never fully understand women, I still highly appreciate it when a female friend or a girlfriend is at least willing to HELP me understand her as much as I possibly can. I especially appreicate it when she's not doing it a condescending manner, and also being patient about it (even though I personally don't think I'm so hard to deal with). So if she's patient with me, I'll be more inclined to be patient with her idiosyncrasies, and in return, I'll also help her understand me along the way. It's only fair, yes? She scratches my back, and I'll scratch hers.
Now, don't get me wrong. I had hoped the :p would have hinted that I wasn't being 100% serious about the statement that men are dense.

I just don't get guys. I've tried, honestly. Maybe I read too much between the lines of everything they say (when they don't mean anything at all) or don't read into something when I should be... Because I don't understand how guys think, I find them confusing. I wouldn't be surprised if it works both ways (with men finding women confusing as well).

Didn't mean to make you upset anyways, I didn't mean to say anything offensive. :sad:

[PRdude]

Now, don't get me wrong. I had hoped the :p would have hinted that I wasn't being 100% serious about the statement that men are dense.


Yeah because emoticons can only say so much.

I'm probably being considered dense just for simply overlooking the emoticon. Anyway I just have hang-ups about having my intellect attacked just because something goes over my head. For Christ's sake, nobody's perfect. I also don't believe in attacking an entire group on account of the negative actions of one or a few from that group. I also have ZERO tolerance for prejudice and ignorance.


I just don't get guys. I've tried, honestly. Maybe I read too much between the lines of everything they say (when they don't mean anything at all) or don't read into something when I should be... Because I don't understand how guys think, I find them confusing. I wouldn't be surprised if it works both ways (with men finding women confusing as well).


Yes it DOES work both ways. I should know. I've been accused of being too serious about girls in the exact same way. That's why I could never look down upon a female just because she may not understand something about me. Also, this is probably not even a wise idea, but has it ever occured to you to even ASK the guy about what he says, if you think there could be more to what he's telling you?



Didn't mean to make you upset anyways, I didn't mean to say anything offensive. :sad:
Well I just personally don't get why anyone would call me stupid and actually expect me to be happy about it.

[Stewie]

But I just don't get "men." :sweat:On behalf of all men everywhere. Please, don't "get" us. Just "have" us.

[Delthayre]

Pat Buchanan

[Mary_mari]

For Christ's sake, nobody's perfect. I also don't believe in attacking an entire group on account of the negative actions of one or a few from that group. I also have ZERO tolerance for prejudice and ignorance.
Exactly. Human beings as a whole are hard to understand. Equally, they're all as easy to read as an Idiot's Guide To. It's not a person's sex that determines whether or not they're enigmas. Look at your parents! What do they both say to you when one of them isn't present??

Dad -- "I'll never understand your mother."

Mom -- "I just don't understand what goes through your father's head sometimes."

Ka-BLAM. People aren't dense. We're all just freakishly concerned with what others perceive us as and situations get misinterpreted easily. Hmm...can that be translated as dense?? Your call. But PRdude is right on. Rock on wich ya bad self~

:anime:

[Stewie]

Pat BuchananPat Robertson.

[Wanted]

Why I haven't changed my username yet.

No, seriously.

Nevertheless, I don't understand... art. I mean, I get art, but everyone has their own perception of art. Graffiti, some may call it art. Some may call it graphic design. Others may call it wrong. Just like animation. Some call it art, some call it "kids' stuff," and others may call it... well, it might not interest them.

Why television sucks nowadays. It's not that hard to hire people with degrees and visions for how good television could be. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the industry, and at least one-eighth of them must have good ideas. Was it really that hard for Turner to look for someone other than Jim Samples to take care of Cartoon Network? After all, all he did was work on the network's website.

Why a number of the good shows aren't released on DVD. The studios just don't realize what revenue a show like Dexter's Laboratory could rake in... put it out there, and a number of people will buy it. I guarantee you, it'd sell better than Samurai Jack.

Why people who have debt and have money can't pay it off. Always get your deals on paper, folks.

[I.R Joey]

THOSE OLD-FASHIONED GIRLY NOVELS
Sarah Plain and Tall, Jane Austen's books, and the American Girls Series have all been adapted and re-adapted into more television and theatrical versions than I can count, and as far as I can tell they are NOTHING but a bunch of stuffy ladies standing around in frilly olde-style dresses, fanning themselves with big equally-frilly fans and discussing boring events. What do women see in this ^%$#?? There is nothing in these things that even remotely takes the form of entertainment. If they like Jane Austen, they should LOVE the phone book!

More things to come.....I usually look from side to side before I say this, but I have to admit that I absolutely love Jane Austen...and I'm a guy. She's one of my favorite novelist of all time, and I think she was a really good social commentator. She wrote the inter personal relationships between her charecters so well, that often times I cared for their well being more than I did in some "dramatic" stories, even though she often wrote more satirical. She also was really good at painting an image of her times with just her words.

Anyway things I don't understand.

-Why people get hung up over others dating/marrying outside of their race.
We're all people.
-Student/Faculty parking: I can't tell you how many times I (and others with me) circled around my college parking lot looking for a parking space, when the faculty parking had plenty of spots open.
-Why some people don't want to talk about relationship problems, when it's the best thing to do (had this happen to me recently).
-Why the media only seems to go into extensive coverage of natural disasters when they happen in 1st world nations (with the exception of the Tsunami).

I could probably think of more later.

[Conekiller]

Depressed people: I just don't get it. I know this may sound insensitive (and I realise that it is) but I don't know why people simply don't choose to stop wallowing in ther unfounded misery.

Yes there are people who do deserve to be depressed. These people have horrid home-lives, are abused, mentally, physically, emotionally or sexualy by others close to them. Compared to these kind of problems, the people I see on a usual basis who are knee deep in self pity are none of these, but beleive themselves to be for one reason or another.

And then what do they do?! They listen to depressing/angry music. They read sad depressing books, the watch depressing movies, they carry depressive looks (heh, that sounds Seussian ^__^ )

and I just want to grab and shake them and shout " STOP FEELING SO BAD FOR YOURSELF. YOU'RE NOT A BAD PERSON. GET HAPPY!"

(Disclaimer: this post is not directed toward ANYONE at TZ, I have many friends that act this way as well and this is a general observation on my part, do not take it personally. Unless you wanna "get happy", then by all means, take that personally and be happy)

[Kury Wagner]

I don't understand why the only place I can find Peach Smints is at Jewel-Osco. I could live off of those things... if I could find them easier. >_<

[Bearpod91]

I don't understand spanish. I've had the class and I suck. I'm going to go down in the records for being the stupidous kid in my spanish class...:sad:

Also what's with the plastic thingy I have to put when microwaving my pizza? I don't get why I have to put it there.

[Fone Bone]

On the understanding men and women thing it really isn't that complicated. What most people forget is that EVERY SINGLE MAN AND WOMAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH IS DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. Some men are clueless, some are classy, some are manipulative, some are pigs. some are sweet, some are funny, and some are them are all of those things at the same time. Personality varies from person to person and the same thing goes for women as well. I know a bunch of women who aren't complicated emo-machines and I have a feeling some women ARE they way because they are treated that way. Same thing with clueless guys. It is true that our experiences color the way we see people. But we have to acknowledge that our experiences do not define every single person on the face of the earth and are more likely than not are limited at best.

Want to understand women? Talk to them. Want to understand men? Ask them. It's not as complicated as people would have you think.

I'm moving the things I don't understand over to my blog because most of them are too depressing.

[Gatomon41]

Insane Conspiracy Theorists
The Left
Gundam SEED Destiney and Enterprise's Endings
Why Command and Conquer 3 isn't made yet.
Fandoms (Why we exist, I just don't know)
The Dark side of Fandoms
Humanity's foolishness
Azumanga Daioh
Excel saga
FLCL
Cthuhlu Mythos

[Lucky Bob]

Pat Robertson.Pat Sajak

EDIT: Never mind...

http://www.jerzbear.com/media/music/images/959f.jpg

[Agent S7]

Men. :)

Honestly, you members of the opposite sex are extremely confusing. Or dense, I'm not really sure. :p But I just don't get "men." :sweat:Yeah, and we don't "get" women. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

Seriously, a man and a woman should get together and write a book about how to understand the other sex. That would solve a whoooole lot of my problems.

Also,

REALITY TELEVISION

How does ANYONE like ANY OF IT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!!?


And last...

The LeftAHEM! :sad: :( ;) :p ;) :evil:
~s7

(Us evil Democrats. :D )

[Gatomon41]

Why they moved Gundam SEED to 5 in the Morning.
Transformation scenes
L33tsp34k

Oh, I forgot:

Why the Eugenics War didn't happen yet. Adam Sessler is still waiting for it. :p

[Space Chief]

I'll never understand why some atheists want to remove "under God" from the pledge. I am an atheist myself and could not possibly care less. And you can keep the manger scenes, too. Unless it's a hurricane, in which Baby Jesus could get loose and really do some damage.

I'll also never understand the appeal of Crazy Frog and why anybody would want a singing Meow Mix clock in their house.

And I also don't get the ending to Wolf's Rain and the movies Overdrawn at the Memory Bank and Laserblast. I have no idea what the vast majority of Yes songs are about, or why anyone would name a character 'Zap Rowsdower'.

[guinaevere]

While on the subject of dumb sports, I must mention Racing. The cars go round and round and round and round... Am I missing something, or is that it?! I just can't understand it at all. I enjoy rally racing. That's totally cool. But as for Nascar (and I'm taking my life in my hands criticizing it down here!), it bores the teeth right outta my head. It's nothing but left turns (or is it right?). I'm totally for the technology that comes about for consumer vehicles because of it. But for sports, I'd rather watch professional knitting.

On behalf of all men everywhere. Please, don't "get" us. Just "have" us. I can't refuse. Consider this request granted.

Depressed people: I just don't get it. I know this may sound insensitive (and I realise that it is) but I don't know why people simply don't choose to stop wallowing in ther unfounded misery. Though I'm cutting the rest of your post out of this quote for brevity, I do know that you've got an idea about the answer to your own question.

But you do have to realize that some people find a bizarre comfort in allowing their own self-pity and depression. It is or it becomes where they are used to being and feeling, and the idea of being happy or satisified (or whatever the specifics of each particular instance) is as foreign to them as subjecting yourself to unending misery is to you.

Make sense? No. But when have emotions made total sense?

[Stewie]

Pat Sajak

EDIT: Never mind...I'm with you on Sajak in that I don't understand his appeal.

And while I'm at it: Regis (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000ASDG8K/qid=1132027813/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6058850-8279964?v=glance&s=music).

I can't refuse. Consider this request granted.Now find this girl I know and convince her.

[90'sCartoonMan]

THOSE OLD-FASHIONED GIRLY NOVELS
::GASP:: I liked Jane Eyre. Actually, I got worked up over it (I had to have my professor point that out to me), so I appreciate the fact that a work of fiction can get such a response out of me (although granted, I'm not exactly a stone when it comes to some things).

Sports I don't get - Nascar, Tennis, Volleyball, and Golf. I get people who like playing them, but why watch them?

As far as men and women, I agree with what Fone said. It's just easier to find a specific trait you don't like in members of the opposite sex and then feel that you don't get them. Personally, I don't get homosexual males (homosexual females, I understand). I'm not saying I'm against homosexuality or anything, but seriously, women are hot! How any man can reject every single woman on Earth is beyond me.

Oh, and who's with me on not getting the slowing down/stopping to look at an accident thing? I mean, okay, SOMETIMES I do like to see the rear of a car smashed up, that's kinda cool, but I can't look at anyone who is hurt...why does that fascinate people?!

[guinaevere]

Now find this girl I know and convince her. Thanks Stewie. You have officially broken my heart.


And I have to fall in with the fact that I love Jane Austin. Her novels are brilliant. Funny Funny Funny!

[Temple Fugate]

-Why anyone would point a gun out of a moving vehicle and shoot random people. WHAT IS THE POINT!?! If you're going to END SOMEONE'S LIFE, at least have a GOOD REASON! (A drive-by happened late one night a few weeks ago a block from my building and it rattled me a bit. Fortunately the only casualty was a busted arm.)
-y sum ppl thnk that just cuz its teh intarnet they dun hav 2 spel proprly
-Zell Miller
-Why we're constructing humanoid robots and artificial intelligence. Have none of you seen the movies? Don't you know intelligent robots are a BAD IDEA?
-Why we're cloning. See above.
-Why we're still polluting. See above. Geez, you'd think with the sweeping power of cinema these days, people would at least learn a lesson or two from it.

[ToOn~g@l]

Math: I really don't understand why people think its so much fun to solve with all those numbers and letters that don't really go anywhere. My GPA would be so much higher if math was not involved.

Why some girls love to show off their figure: Yeah I know its a way to attract guys but geeze do you really have to show that much. It makes some girls look like total sluts. I sometimes show my stomach when wearing a really small shirt but I don't feel very comfortable doing that, I actually feel naked. Yeah I'm very shy and I am proud of it too.

I thought I had more but I guess I don't :shrug:

[Juu-kuchi]

-Why Nintendo didn't release the Fire Emblem series earlier in its life in the US.
-Why Final Fantasy III took a long time to finally come to the United States. (the real III)
-Why there is a Chicken Little promotion at McDonald's as why would a chicken promote a restaurant chain whose food products are also chicken.
-The ending to Gundam SEED Destiny.
-Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, I'll never understand it, but I have a damn good time with it.
-Reality television.
-The appeal of Punk'd.
-The all too wanton use of cell phones. I'm just irked at times about the amount of time my peers just TALK and TALK on their cell phones.
-Why there are so many pundits and people showcased on television news networks. I'm sick and tired of being told what those people think.
-The so-called 'evils' of secularism.
-Michael Moore's existence. Sure maybe his older movies may not have been bad, but he's overstaying his welcome.
-Cartoon Network airing live-action movies.
-People who chew with their mouth open.
-Cosplay... I have my reasons.
-Political parties

[mookie75]

I don't understand "the left" either....

and while I'm at it....

I don't understand "the right" either.... :p



Now, going back to the whole men are dense thing. I think some of us appear dense merely because men often don't get so deeply involved (especially emotionally) in what's going on around them. The office in which I work is a perfect example. It's mostly women in the entire building (in fact it's all women except for me in my department). Every so often we'll have staff meetings and the manager will talk about how we have to work out various issues that are going on among the employees. The funny part is that every time something like this comes up I always sit there and think, "There are issues going on among the employees?" I just work data entry, so every day I go in, sit down in my cubicle, put on my headphones and totally zone out everything around me. I couldn't care less about the soap operas that are office politics. Not to sound snobby or anything, but I feel I have more important things to focus my mind on. I leave the office behind every day at 4:30 and don't think about it again until I arrive a 8:00 the next morning. Meanwhile, the ladies of the office go through a complicated daily routine of love/hate relationships, gossip, backstabbing, etc etc etc... It makes me glad I'm male sometimes. :shrug:

For the record though, I don't really understand women either. I think that's just how it's meant to be. lol

[PRdude]

Exactly. Human beings as a whole are hard to understand. Equally, they're all as easy to read as an Idiot's Guide To. It's not a person's sex that determines whether or not they're enigmas. Look at your parents! What do they both say to you when one of them isn't present??

Dad -- "I'll never understand your mother."

Mom -- "I just don't understand what goes through your father's head sometimes."

Ka-BLAM. People aren't dense. We're all just freakishly concerned with what others perceive us as and situations get misinterpreted easily. Hmm...can that be translated as dense?? Your call. But PRdude is right on. Rock on wich ya bad self~

:anime:
Thank you.

[randomguy]

-Zell MillerThat guy's got a lot of kutzpah. I think I understand him OK.

Pats Boone, Robertson and Buchanan, on the other hand... well, they're just insane in the membrane, as the kids these days would say.

[Kuja's Light]

On the understanding men and women thing it really isn't that complicated. What most people forget is that EVERY SINGLE MAN AND WOMAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH IS DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. Some men are clueless, some are classy, some are manipulative, some are pigs. some are sweet, some are funny, and some are them are all of those things at the same time. Personality varies from person to person and the same thing goes for women as well. I know a bunch of women who aren't complicated emo-machines and I have a feeling some women ARE they way because they are treated that way. Same thing with clueless guys. It is true that our experiences color the way we see people. But we have to acknowledge that our experiences do not define every single person on the face of the earth and are more likely than not are limited at best.

Want to understand women? Talk to them. Want to understand men? Ask them. It's not as complicated as people would have you think
THANK YOU!!!! Intelligence and wisdom, indeed. Too many people look at the gender of a person, and base all things on that. Or don't understand that person, but really it's only cause they don't say a thing to them.

Infact, you know what, I tend to prefer the company of women, since..*Gasp* I understand them better then fellow men alot of times.

[Stewie]

Thanks Stewie. You have officially broken my heart.I'm sorry. There is someone else.
But on the internet, you're the only girl for me.

[Delthayre]

The Left
Yeah, I don't get this guy to the left of me either. He's got a goatee, long hair, and a T-Shirt that says, "Download This," but the arrow's faded away, so I don't know what the, "this," refers too. He smells like a trash can too.

*pause*

Upon further inspection, it is my trashcan, I just hallucinated the rest.

And what is the big deal with NASCAR, I get confused and move around in circles quickly all the time, but nobody gets drunk and watches me. Sure people get drunk, but that's unrelated to what I'm doing, as near as I can tell.

There, that's another. I don't get why people get drunk.

And lastly, hippies. Why are there still hippies?

[Bubblegum Girl]

Things I'll Probaby Never Understand:

Why can't God be a woman?

Why do some comic book creators never finish certain comics?(Example Battle Chasers and Out There)

Why is Disney is trying to replace 2D animation with 3D animation?

Why am I so addicted to fast food even though I have an idea what is in the stuff?

Why haven't we gone into space yet?(As in living in Space Colonies)

[Kuja's Light]

I'm not religious anymore, but..

God is neither male or female, yet both at once, etc,. At least, that's the religious belief, with believing in God.

[Elven Moon]

-Reality TV
-Drinkers - If it makes you sick and vomity and causes you to do stupid things, WHY then, do you drink? I'll never get clubbers, either
-Wrestling and other "manly" sports
-Friends and Seinfield
-People who think they're above spell check and proper grammar
-Desperate Housewives

[Punisher]

Why if I don't show the exact right work in math but wind up with the right answer I get in trouble for it.

I don't understand the lyrics in Rhapsody or Luca Turili and why my brother loves them so much. Sure, they have awesome beats but the songs make no sense at all. They ramble on about snow kings and dragons and the flaming rain.

And why everybody seems to think baseball is the easiest of the major sports. I've got some news for you, it isn't. I've played football, hockey, tennis, basketball, and volleyball, and all are easier then baseball. When you can hit a slider, then you can tell me baseball is easy. Oh, and the pressure in baseball is much greater then in other sports. Having to catch a pass is easier then coming up to bat with the basses loaded with two outs and the game on the line. And when the pitcher throws a junk pitch, it sucks to be the batter.

[Stewie]

Everything by David Lynch.
Almost everything by Terry Gilliam.

[G. Wen]

Jane Austin: I'm w/ Martian Invader on this one. I do like women writers (i.e. Dickenson, the Bronte sisters), but why people consider Austin the ultimate women writer is beyond me. There are female writers before her who made more daring social commentaries (i.e. Wollstonecraft), but Austin gets the prize. Her social commentaries are sooooooooo watered down. Take Pride and Prejudice for an example: Elizabeth says she'll marry who she wants to marry, regardless of his class or money. So she marries Mr. Darcy, who's rich and from the upper class. What's the point of making that statement when she marries off well, like all the other women? And I swear, Elizabeth came off as such a knucklehead to me. She sits around all day at home and gets giddy over parties. Wow, what a trailblazer.:shrug:

reality T.V.: Why are people so fascinated w/ watching the lowest of society cheat, backstab, and betray one another? This behavior shouldn't be glorified.

Friends: When I can see the joke coming from miles away, it ain't funny.

Desperate Housewives: O.K., if you're from the nice suburbs, and you are bored, then get an education and get a damn job!!!!!!!!!!! Do not plague me w/ your drama!

chick flicks: Jokes aren't funny, women need to stop w/ their poor me self obsession, male characters are poorly written, sexist against males...

getting drunk: When I hang out w/ my friends, I want to remember clearly and fondly the good times I had w/ them. I don't want to wake up in a stupor, wondering what the hell happened the night before, w/ the world's worst headache.

getting stoned: Similar to above, minus the hangover.

[Martianinvader]

I'm with all those who have pointed out "getting drunk." Though I think I've gathered the general point: ignorance is still bliss. When you're drunk, you're stupid, and being stupid feeeeeels gooooood......

....Okay, what I'm about to say I'm sure I'll get yelled at for, but I honestly have never understood what I'm going to mention. I'm sorry, but it had to come out someday. I don't understand....

The Beatles.

"Greatest Band of All Time"? How? I saw Paul McCartney's halftime show and spent most of it bored. I just can't get into their music or see why it has remained so popular for 40 years. All their songs are weird. How does writing something as nonsensical as "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" make you impossible to top? Of course, I've never been into any sixties music at all, so that might explain it.
I just shrug and say, "whatever." After all, there are certainly worse bands that could be considered "best of all time."

And....Toongal's sig is the best that's been on the site in a while. Before she changes it:
I have been to Magic Kingdoms tunnel and I have seen two Mickeys at once, I have seen Belle throw a hissy fit and Cinderella on the computer looking for her Prince Charming at eHarmony (not really). I think it is safe to say that I have now seen everything.

*shoots herself*
I really hope the Cinderella was using a webcam. :D

[Mr. Pedro]

-Women
-Men
-Why birds pretend my bedroom window isn't there
-Health examinations given to Death Row inmates
-Torn jeans priced at $100 a pair
-Martianinvader
-How Country songs about drinkin', fightin', smokin', chewin' tabaccy, cousin lovin' and hatin' on them brown folk is considered "family friendly".
-The FDA
-The appeal of Sarah Jessica Parker
-"Crunk" Rap
-NASCAR
-Jack Thompson
-The prevalence of blonde-haired bimbos that sound like dudes on cable news

[90'sCartoonMan]

Math: I really don't understand why people think its so much fun to solve with all those numbers and letters that don't really go anywhere. My GPA would be so much higher if math was not involved.
Yeah because without math, no one would be able to accurately calculate your GPA ::drumshot::

As for The Beatles, I think they may be a bit overrated, but I like their music. Of course, I prefer The Monkees.

[Wounded_Dragon]

Professional wrestling fans: I just can't see the attraction.
Reality-TV in general: It's even farther away from reality than scripted shows people. Why do so many like it?
Fanfic authors who twist the sexual orientation of characters for no reason other than to have cute couplings.

[I.R Joey]

On the understanding men and women thing it really isn't that complicated. What most people forget is that EVERY SINGLE MAN AND WOMAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH IS DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. Some men are clueless, some are classy, some are manipulative, some are pigs. some are sweet, some are funny, and some are them are all of those things at the same time. Personality varies from person to person and the same thing goes for women as well. I know a bunch of women who aren't complicated emo-machines and I have a feeling some women ARE they way because they are treated that way. Same thing with clueless guys. It is true that our experiences color the way we see people. But we have to acknowledge that our experiences do not define every single person on the face of the earth and are more likely than not are limited at best.

Want to understand women? Talk to them. Want to understand men? Ask them. It's not as complicated as people would have you think.

I'm moving the things I don't understand over to my blog because most of them are too depressing.

Kuja's Light beat me to it, but I gotta say that Fone Bone hit the target dead center on that one.

I'd also like to apply that standard to interaction with people of diffrent ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, religons, and countries.

[mookie75]

Of course, I prefer The Monkees.
Woot! Monkees all the way!! :D


I still love that Simpsons episode where the child Marge has the Monkees lunchbox:

"Eww, you like the Monkees? You know they don't write their own music."
"That's not true!"
"They don't play their own insturments either."
"They do so!"
"That's not even Michael Nesmith's real hat!"
"Ahhhhh!"

(ok, that might not be the exact wording, but it's the general gyst of it...)

[Artimus Gigan]

The Dianetic Concept of Antarctica

Sauripod Sex and reproduction(I just don't see how they coulda done it)

The origins of the word "crunk"

Why none of the Atlantien ruins have been found yet

Why many books(non-text books) are so damn expensive

The Left-Wing Library conspiracy that is being kept under wraps by the libral media

People who proudly admit(rather than being ashamed) that they havn't read a book in years

Those damn Yeti that refuse to show themselves

Why no one ever preforms any plays by Euripides anymore

The probability that there are surviving copies of scrolls that survived the destruction of the Alexandrian Library and yet no-one has re-printed them because they are in private collections.

[Squall]

On the understanding men and women thing it really isn't that complicated. What most people forget is that EVERY SINGLE MAN AND WOMAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH IS DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.
Actually, that just makes everything even more complicated. :sweat:

Insane Conspiracy Theorists
You mean like this guy? http://www.infowars.com/

Seriously, a man and a woman should get together and write a book about how to understand the other sex. That would solve a whoooole lot of my problems.

Also,

REALITY TELEVISION

How does ANYONE like ANY OF IT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!!?
Have you ever read Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus? Also, I don't understand the idea behind reality shows either. Let's get some strangers together, make them compete against each and/or be forced to betray each other, to win noteriety or some prize. It's basically an excuse to get strangers in the same room to argue.

Wrestling and other "manly" sports
I've always thought it was ironic that a 'sport' meant to advertise to the stereotypical Southerner, who stereotypically is anti-homosexual, would be so stereotypically... homoerotic. :p

[Startrekman700]

Court shows, Dating Shows and Makeover shows

MTV post 1995

Saturday Morning TV post 1999 ( All that Anime)

people who think just because they watch anime they know about Japanese culture

fanboys

WTTG-TV during the November and February Sweeps dragging out and exaggerating minor issues with flashy graphics and dramatic music.

Soap Operas

Ghetto Movies like Hot Boys, Nelly, Boyz in the hood and Menace to Society

L33tSp3@k

M0r0ntaLk like ( THat BoY HE Is SOOOO HaWWTT!!)

[Pupmon 4.0]

The Beatles.

"Greatest Band of All Time"? How? I saw Paul McCartney's halftime show and spent most of it bored. I just can't get into their music or see why it has remained so popular for 40 years. All their songs are weird. How does writing something as nonsensical as "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" make you impossible to top? Of course, I've never been into any sixties music at all, so that might explain it.
I just shrug and say, "whatever." After all, there are certainly worse bands that could be considered "best of all time."
And all this time I thought I was the only person in America
who didn't like the Beatles music.:sweat:



Fanfic authors who twist the sexual orientation of characters for no reason other than to have cute couplings.
They're fanfic writers, and fanfic writers do what they want to do.



Why none of the Atlantien ruins have been found yet
Because there're aren't any Atlantien ruins.:p


Health examinations given to Death Row inmates
Well, if they're going to die from an illness before they get executed,
what good is it for them to be on Death Row?

[Gatomon41]

Recently, why Humanity seems to mess up all the time.

People who don't believe in evil.

People who are apathic.

Why all aliens in Star Trek seem humanoid.

Technobabble plot devices

Throwing whole Galaxies at the speed of light

The Star Wars Transformers

[sKorpia]

Why all aliens in Star Trek seem humanoid
Crystalline Entity, silicon-based lifeforms, Wesley's nanites, the jellyfish-looking things at Farpoint, various energy beings that take over the crew, the Q, the Prophets, the Pah-Wraiths, the insect race that Picard has to communicate with (first time we see Dixon Hill), whatever Janeway and Paris evolved into after they broke warp 10, Species 8472

Jane Austen novels bear the most commentary-laden fruit if you learn about the basic structure of British society at that time along with its social mores, especially with regards to the role of women. Her commentary is subtle, in service of her stories and not the other way around.

What I don't understand is how humans have made it this far. Must mean there has to be hope somewhere.

[Humble]

What I don't understand is how humans have made it this far. Must mean there has to be hope somewhere.I'll second that comment. :p

I also have trouble understanding why some people feel the need to be misunderstood and lash out at those who try to understand them. It makes social interaction so much harder than it already is. :shrug:

-Humble

[No Idea]

-Getting drunk
-Getting drunk at a club and making an ass of yourself. Because of course that's the only way to have fun.
-People who want to "live life to the full" by shortening it.
-People who won't accept I'm the awesomest guy ever.
-Why people insist on doing what others do because it's "cool"
-The 70s
-Mainland Europeans.
-What girls find appealing about some jackass who looks exactly the same as his friends, dances around like an idiot and is probably going to end up on a factory line.
-Tatoos. They're not cool, okay? They do not make you "hard", they're just plain stupid.
-Piercings (see above)
-Smoking. Why? Just...why?
-Suiting up your car so it looks like a moving light show.
-Watching two people pummel each other. "Oh wow look! A fight! Lets crowd around and watch!" get a life.
-Why people like Rap music. It's a guy talking fast with some machine repeating the same beat over and over, whoop di friggin do.
-Putting a stupid amount of gel in your hair so it's like a rock.


Theres plenty more, but I'm sure you're all either offended/bored/annoyed by now.


~Mr. Bad Boy~

[Kury Wagner]

I, too, don't understand people who do stupid stunts to get attention.

I also don't get why people feel the need to reject labels. Society labels everything, it just makes things simpler. Unless you are a vacant entity, you will fit labels. Take them, be proud of them, shut the heck up. >_<

And I don't get why they think the local news needs to be jazzed up.
Why many books(non-text books) are so damn expensive Because booksellers are evil.
-People who won't accept I'm the awesomest guy ever. Hah, I love it.

[Wanted]

Why do people don't type the way they were meant to? Sure, there's the gripe that "my school didn't teach that to me when I was there," but a good sum of us have had or have the chance to learn typewriting. I had the chance in elementary school and let it pass me by, and then came back in middle school and took the course seriously. Sure, my skills have degraded since then, but I'm still very able. No offense to anyone, but pecking on a keyboard is... very archaic.

Why are acronyms are used heavily? I mean, enough with the LOLs and the MLAATRs. It's just as easy to type out, "That was hilarious," or "My Life as a Teenage Robot."

[Gatomon41]

Crystalline Entity, silicon-based lifeforms, Wesley's nanites, the jellyfish-looking things at Farpoint, various energy beings that take over the crew, the Q, the Prophets, the Pah-Wraiths, the insect race that Picard has to communicate with (first time we see Dixon Hill), whatever Janeway and Paris evolved into after they broke warp 10, Species 8472


Ok, Why most aliens in Star Trek look humanoid. :sweat:

[JohnCrichton]

"How you could just kill a man!" O_O
-House of Pain

;)

[Tienshin]

"How you could just kill a man!" O_O
-Cypress Hill



Fixed. ;)

[Startrekman700]

Ok, Why most aliens in Star Trek look humanoid. :sweat:
About 5,000,000,000 years ago, An alien species who remarkably look like he founders saw our galaxy as being empty. It was unanomously decided that the galaxy would be seeded and the aliens planted life forms on the planets. These life forms werent life forms as we know it. They were protein chains and organic molecules. These organic molecules then evolved into the humanoid life forms we all know and love. You know, the Cardassians, Klingons, Romulans, Jem'Hadar, and Borg.


Watch The Episode "The Chase" from TNG.

[mikestorm]

Two words: PAX TV

[Temple Fugate]

Why are acronyms are used heavily? I mean, enough with the LOLs and the MLAATRs. It's just as easy to type out, "That was hilarious," or "My Life as a Teenage Robot."Just as easy? 6 letters comparred to 21 letters and 5 spaces. That's a 77% reduction in typing energy. I type A LOT, and my fingers hurt because of it. Any way I find to reduce the strain, I take. This does not, however, excuse the people who throw in a "lol" every seven words. This is annoying. Do these people actually laugh that much in real life?

That's another thing. People who find everything and their mother funny. I have a relatively keen sense of humor, and I don't even laugh that often. And these people tend to have THE most IRRITATING laugh you've ever heard. Cooincidence?

Hmm...it's clear I've been having a very irritating day. I think I'll log off and cool off.

[ToOn~g@l]

I really hope the Cinderella was using a webcam. :D
sadly no, they don't have any webcams in any of the learning centers.

Okay i have more.

-Why no one knows how to spell my username. :(
-Why some people don't like cartoons
-the idea of partying every night (I don't know how some people do it)
-naked mole rats
-How any one can stand going into Its A Small World without going crazy

Yeah I think thats all.

[Martianinvader]

-Why no one knows how to spell my username. :(
Shouldn't that one be kind of obvious?

I also don't understand how in so many instances, the only people who DON'T know what's going on or how to fix problems....are the very people in charge. Nine times out of ten this is the case. Everyone complains about something, and the ONE man who is NOT annoyed by it...is the man in charge. ALWAYS!

[Wanted]

I also don't understand how in so many instances, the only people who DON'T know what's going on or how to fix problems....are the very people in charge. Nine times out of ten this is the case. Everyone complains about something, and the ONE man who is NOT annoyed by it...is the man in charge. ALWAYS!Like... Jim Samples, for instance.

[Pupmon 4.0]

-Why no one knows how to spell my username. :(
I know how to spell your username. ToOn~g@l, see?

[90'sCartoonMan]

Sauripod Sex and reproduction(I just don't see how they coulda done it)

People who proudly admit(rather than being ashamed) that they havn't read a book in years

Why no one ever preforms any plays by Euripides anymore
That's why Sauripods went extinct.
Ignorance is bliss, hence, the less you read, the happier you are.
Because Medea is too depressing.

fanboys
Sure you don't, "Startrekman"

I also don't understand how in so many instances, the only people who DON'T know what's going on or how to fix problems....are the very people in charge. Nine times out of ten this is the case. Everyone complains about something, and the ONE man who is NOT annoyed by it...is the man in charge. ALWAYS!
That annoys me to no end. I figure either A) I can take solace in the fact that this only happens in America and most of the world is competant or B) Success just makes you dumb, no matter what your job is

[No Idea]

Oh, I forgot one

-New big fansy flashy "bling bling" mobile phones with a camera/internet/filming/recording and music. "Yes lets buy this phone which is more likely to get stolen but I need to show off to my friends" Nah I'll just stick with my Nokia 3410 and use it for what it was made for...phoning people when I'm not at home!!!!!

Also:

-How some people haven't seen Die Hard.
-How some people don't like Die Hard.
-The Welsh language.
-Why so many people like Elves.
-How I prevented myself from reeping my revenge on the world by going on a glove wide mass rampage. (hey if you're going down, you may as well do it with style)


~Mr. Bad Boy~

[Startrekman700]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Startrekman700
fanboys


Sure you don't, "Startrekman"
Theres a Difference between being a "Fan" and a "Fanboy"

[Rover_Wow]

Let me try to answer some of your questions.

Also what's with the plastic thingy I have to put when microwaving my pizza? I don't get why I have to put it there.

If you're talking about the small plastic stool thing that comes with delivered pizza, I think this is to prevent the cheese and topping from sliding off the pizza during the delivery.

Why can't God be a woman?

What, haven't seen Dogma?

Why do some comic book creators never finish certain comics?(Example Battle Chasers and Out There)

Either no time, or no support from their syndicate.

Why is Disney is trying to replace 2D animation with 3D animation?

They see that most 2D animation has failed recently, and much 3D animation is a hit.

Why am I so addicted to fast food even though I have an idea what is in the stuff?

Because it tastes so dang good.

Why haven't we gone into space yet?(As in living in Space Colonies)

Space travel is complex and expensive, man.

Professional wrestling fans: I just can't see the attraction.

I'm guessing it's not just the stories that play out in the ring, it's the stories that play out backstage.

Why all aliens in Star Trek seem humanoid.

Budget constraints (and wasn't there an Enterprise ep that explained how Worf's people "evolved", i.e., the differences between the original, TNG, and Enterprise series looks?)

ETA: Three animation related things I don't understand:

1. Why 4Kids has been giving Winx the One Piece treatment. They rearrange scenes and sometimes re-script scenes into a completely different meaning. Sure they don't cut whole eps out, but 4Kids still makes Winx an inferior product to the original.
2. I asked this in the Nicktoons forum a while ago, but it still haunts me: Hey Arnold!: Arnold is not okay with Dino Spumoni's refusal to apologize to his songwriter, but is okay with Stinky's refusal to sign an ad contract, even though their reasoning is just about the same ("Sure I'll be poor and penniless but I'll still have my pride"). It'd be nice to get a better reason than "Status quo is god".
3. What the heck was Doug Langdale thinking when he decided to make The Weekenders episode-title less? Virtually every other (daytime) cartoon at the time had ep titles onscreen. These days, titlelessness is a majority now.

[Wounded_Dragon]

Shouldn't that one be kind of obvious?

I also don't understand how in so many instances, the only people who DON'T know what's going on or how to fix problems....are the very people in charge. Nine times out of ten this is the case. Everyone complains about something, and the ONE man who is NOT annoyed by it...is the man in charge. ALWAYS!
They get promoted to get them out of the way of the people who do the real work.

[g_UnIt_GaNsTa]

I will never understand why I spent $30 on this: http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-toot.gif

You jerks had better like it, especially with your stupid GBS birthday posts. :mad: Birthday posts do not belong in GBS. Cafe Toonzone is another story.


no, seriously. I did.

:toot:

[Temple Fugate]

If you're talking about the small plastic stool thing that comes with delivered pizza, I think this is to prevent the cheese and topping from sliding off the pizza during the delivery.I thought that was to keep the middle of the box from dropping into the pizza?

3. What the heck was Doug Langdale thinking when he decided to make The Weekenders episode-title less? Virtually every other (daytime) cartoon at the time had ep titles onscreen. These days, titlelessness is a majority now.I've never heard of The Weekenders, but I've always viewed cartoons that don't display their titles to be "more professional" or "more grown-up." If you don't see a title, you have to figure out the point of the episode yourself. Also, perhaps it's a way to keep people watching longer. If they see the title, they will know if they've seen it before or if it's new to them. Without a title, a viewer has to work harder and watch longer (especially a younger one) to verify it's a rerun before changing the channel.

[Mittenz]

I'll never understand the behavior from people in my hometown.

:crying:

[Space Chief]

Why the internet is practically crawling with Linkin Park fans.

[Anniemaniac]

some of the things i dont understand and probably never will are -

Being "cool" - why is it that in high school if i want to get along with people i have to be "cool" ? what exactly does being "cool" mean anyways?

50 cent (and similar rappers) - whats the big deal with him? what is so appealing about some guy talking really fast about being shot, taking drugs, killing people, disrespecting women and being a thug? i fail to see the attraction in that

teenage girls -why do most (not all) teenage girls feel like they have to be sluts? wearing their skirts so high they could be belts, with the make-up plastered on their faces so thick, youd need dynamite to take it off, stuffing their bras with way too much toilet roll and drowning themselfs in their mums best expensive perfume, whats the big rush to grow up? ive seen kids as young as 8 wearing make up on regular occasions. im almost 17 and i never wear make-up, i dont see the need.

maths - ive always had trouble with maths, probably always will, although i am improving, but maths still confuses me greatly

theres more stuff i dont understand but i cant think of any more.

[Saiko]

Why the internet is practically crawling with Linkin Park fans.
Hey what's wrong with Linkin Park or their fans?

I don't get why all the really good shows on tv get canceled or the series ends and they don't get constant reruns like all the bad shows do. Then these forever shown reruns never have new episodes to air or the series is done and they just keep starting the crap over from beginning to end. Its taking up time slots that could be filled with new programs and better ones. I just don't get the whole network/television station thing in general. I think the way things are being run really suck.

[Lazyboi13]

Why anybody would want to watch football. Its not that I don't like football. I must play at least 5 hours of it a week at college. But watching it is just boring as ****.

guess the same aplies to all sports really..

[atf487]

Why anybody would want to watch football. Its not that I don't like football. I must play at least 5 hours of it a week at college. But watching it is just boring as ****.

guess the same aplies to all sports really..Ok, if you think the Premier league is boring, watch MLS. I love watching foreign games compared to the crap that the USA churns out. Our world cup team is great, but mls/a league is pathetic.


___

I don't understand the need for SUVs. They should be marketed to special cases only.

[HumanoidTyphoon]

Why Calvinball, the only good sport, isn't played professionally.:(

Girls
Dudes
Rocket science
How horrible music is mainstream and good music is mostly limited to internet fandoms
The letter y
bubble gum
This video http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-218.htm
Why people post the most horrible pictures of themselves on the internet
13 years olds on the internet

[Bonfire]

Anniemaniac182, I don't think some girls can help the way they dress. Have you seen what designers are making these days? It's a wonder the whole world hasn't been sexually abused yet. But yeah, I agree. I don't get why girls that naturally act sluty act that way.

I think the thing I'll never get is how people can go around calling you this and that and you know they're doing it. You can quote them! When you bring it up they deny it to the hills. I just don't understand.

[Scythemantis]

Men. :)

Honestly, you members of the opposite sex are extremely confusing. Or dense, I'm not really sure. :p But I just don't get "men." :sweat:That's exactly what most MEN think about WOMEN.

But not me. I find both of them confusing, and extremely obnoxious. Especially the ones who gripe about the opposite sex being hard to understand. What's to understand? Average men are childish, average women are selfish.

But only about 40% of people fall into gender stereotypes.

[sun]

How randomguy can use the word kutzpah,

and expect everyone to understand what that means. Mel Brooks uses that word in a film Blazing Saddles. Is that where randomguy got it?

Stuart, very little
kutzpah.

[Kury Wagner]

I don't understand why poking myself with sharp things makes blood come out.

On a more serious note:
-Why I always lose my chapstick. I don't think I've ever gotten to finish a tube.
-How it can be too cold for snow.
-How people can not like the rain or the wind or any of nature that feels so pure.
-How people can like to keep fish as pets.
-Why tea doesn't come in little packets like Capri Sun.

[Space Chief]

Why TV Guide Channel has made the TV display screen smaller in order to focus on their original programming. NOBODY watches TV Guide for the original programming.

[Duke]

Why TV Guide Channel has made the TV display screen smaller in order to focus on their original programming. NOBODY watches TV Guide for the original programming.I rather like the "Seeing Stars" stuff. And they had a fun documentary on Wheel of Fortune a few weeks ago. I am getting sick of seeing Ken Taylor dress up for Enterprise though. It's been playing off and on for years now.

-Why tea doesn't come in little packets like Capri Sun.Actually, Capri Sun does make Iced Tea.

[Mary_mari]

-How people can like to keep fish as pets.
Does that creep you out, too? When I was 12, I used to have guppies and tetras but when we were moving, they got left outside and froze (it was around this time of year). The only reason I felt bad, though, was because I wasn't too attached to them.

Fish just aren't mutual pets, you know?

[Duke]

Another thing I don't understand:

Why my college re-opens after a long break on Monday at noon instead of Sunday (when, you know, people are actually off and not working). It's friggin annoying.

I'm in the same boat with CSI and other forensic stuff. Honestly, what on earth is the appeal of that stuff? =/ It doesn't help that the characters come off as highly unlikeable, well... to me, at least.Hence why I watch NCIS instead. ;)