What dumb thing do you not understand...

[pixy0stix]

What dumb thing do you not understand people doing/having that is completely fine in all ways except your personal preference?

If someone says making dumb polls, you're going on the spreadsheet.

Mine: People crocheting temperature blankets. I don't see the point, but I think they're ok.

[meganew]

Expensive purses. I cannot fathom dropping a car payment or more on a purse, especially since my bags seem to collect nothing but old receipts, broken crayons, hair ties, rogue pieces of gum that fall out of their wrapper, etc. It’s nasty in there, lol.

[circa1978]

Disney adults.

[cjcouple]

Stanley's 40oz quencher 😂

[noodleoo]

LOL: I had to google a temperature blanket and they sound cool! Completely unnecessary, but they look pretty.

Mine is collecting things, like baseball cards, coins, figurines, etc. Maybe it is because I have a small house and limited money, but I don’t get it. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Also watching sports, like football. Why are people so obsessed with it? I work in a male dominated field and man, the number of boring conversations I’ve been stuck in about the local sports teams is overwhelming. Another reason I love WFH LOL.

[lolalolalola]

I have only heard about Stanley’s in here. So those.

I don’t understand how cryptocurrency works. Like it’s been explained to me and I still don’t get it.



ETA-I have never heard of a temperature blanket so off to google.

[pixy0stix]

I'm going to be disappointed in myself if I inspired people to make temperature blankets. LOL!

[tiki]

Luxury car interiors. My eyes will be on the road, not on the quilted leather dashboard. I'm buying transportation, not "lines and curves to eye-catching, minimalist effect".

[nsl]

Dec 29, 2023 18:29:28 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm going to be disappointed in myself if I inspired people to make temperature blankets. LOL!

Well you reminded me that I haven't worked on mine in a couple of months, so when I pick it up again tomorrow I'll think of you!

I don't understand the appeal of 99.9% of video games. Maybe it's because when I've tried playing them I tend to die a lot/quickly, but the repetitive nature of a lot of them just bores me.

[meanie]

$$$ vacations to just sit on a beach. I can totally get behind spending money to see a cool destination, though.

[joy]

Dec 29, 2023 18:22:36 GMT -5 cjcouple said:

Stanley's 40oz quencher 😂

I actually don’t understand water bottles in general. I hate carrying something around in my hands. I’m never so thirsty that I need water at a moment’s notice.

I’m an 80s kid who went all day without water, though. I was bred to be a camel.

[elefun]

Dec 29, 2023 18:14:35 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

What dumb thing do you not understand people doing/having that is completely fine in all ways except your personal preference?

If someone says making dumb polls, you're going on the spreadsheet.

Mine: People crocheting temperature blankets. I don't see the point, but I think they're ok.

Damn called me right out with my temp blanket. The colors are gorgeous so I love it. It's been quite an undertaking though. But I also love crochet.

[tacokick]

You don’t want to track climate change via yarn each year?? I almost would think you’d be into it.

I don’t understand when people make temperature blankets and do the average temperature of the day! That drives me bonkers.

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

Dec 29, 2023 18:20:31 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

Disney adults.

Shots fired. I want tears and "let people like what they like" by page 3.

[SusanBAnthony]

Disney for adults

Stanley cups (stop falling for influencer hype people!)

Collecting things

Obsessively watching sports and then talking about them

Gambling at casinos

[pixy0stix]

Dec 29, 2023 18:42:14 GMT -5 tacokick said:

You don’t want to track climate change via yarn each year?? I almost would think you’d be into it.

I don’t understand when people make temperature blankets and do the average temperature of the day! That drives me bonkers.

I think that's why I *don't* want to do it, because climate change means it will mostly be the hotter colors. Although using acrylic yarn to track climate change temperatures has an absurd irony.

I didn't realize there was a subcategory to these blankets, and that people aren't just using the high temperature. I'm getting in too deep now.

[SusanBAnthony]

Dec 29, 2023 18:44:10 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

Dec 29, 2023 18:20:31 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

Disney adults.

Shots fired. I want tears and "let people like what they like" by page 3.

Epcot is not cool. It's overpriced and gimmicky.

[CurlyQ284]

People with zero color in their house/neutrals everywhere.

If it's a child's room, it moves into the "it's not fine" category for me.

[elefun]

Dec 29, 2023 18:42:14 GMT -5 tacokick said:

You don’t want to track climate change via yarn each year?? I almost would think you’d be into it.

I don’t understand when people make temperature blankets and do the average temperature of the day! That drives me bonkers.

I have seen some seriously cool ones in FB groups. I agree the average doesn't make sense to me. I saw someone do a rug, a snake, a blanket that looked like a literal calendar, and someone who did a color change each day for the high and low (my gosh at the work).

I'm still in August on mine 🫣

[SusanBAnthony]

Dec 29, 2023 18:45:52 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Dec 29, 2023 18:42:14 GMT -5 tacokick said:

You don’t want to track climate change via yarn each year?? I almost would think you’d be into it.

I don’t understand when people make temperature blankets and do the average temperature of the day! That drives me bonkers.

I think that's why I *don't* want to do it, because climate change means it will mostly be the hotter colors. Although using acrylic yarn to track climate change temperatures has an absurd irony.

I didn't realize there was a subcategory to these blankets, and that people aren't just using the high temperature. I'm getting in too deep now.

I just got an ad for a temperature quilt! Because blankets aren't enough.

[elefun]

Dec 29, 2023 18:45:52 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Dec 29, 2023 18:42:14 GMT -5 tacokick said:

You don’t want to track climate change via yarn each year?? I almost would think you’d be into it.

I don’t understand when people make temperature blankets and do the average temperature of the day! That drives me bonkers.

I think that's why I *don't* want to do it, because climate change means it will mostly be the hotter colors. Although using acrylic yarn to track climate change temperatures has an absurd irony.

I didn't realize there was a subcategory to these blankets, and that people aren't just using the high temperature. I'm getting in too deep now.

I did 16 different colors (each 5 degrees is a new color) plus glow yarn for snow and a special sparkle yarn for special birthdays. Mine has a lot of variation. I did a lot of secondary and tertiary colors so it's not just blue/red. Like greens, purples, pinks, orange.

[Jalapeñomel]

Expensive jeans, like >$85 jeans

[tacokick]

Dec 29, 2023 18:45:52 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Dec 29, 2023 18:42:14 GMT -5 tacokick said:

You don’t want to track climate change via yarn each year?? I almost would think you’d be into it.

I don’t understand when people make temperature blankets and do the average temperature of the day! That drives me bonkers.

I think that's why I *don't* want to do it, because climate change means it will mostly be the hotter colors. Although using acrylic yarn to track climate change temperatures has an absurd irony.

I didn't realize there was a subcategory to these blankets, and that people aren't just using the high temperature. I'm getting in too deep now.

Real fiber artists use wool lol

Some people make a square a day with the lowest and highest represented and that makes sense. A lot of people do the average though! That makes my temperature rise.

[tacokick]

Dec 29, 2023 18:50:07 GMT -5 elefun said:

Dec 29, 2023 18:45:52 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I think that's why I *don't* want to do it, because climate change means it will mostly be the hotter colors. Although using acrylic yarn to track climate change temperatures has an absurd irony.

I didn't realize there was a subcategory to these blankets, and that people aren't just using the high temperature. I'm getting in too deep now.

I did 16 different colors (each 5 degrees is a new color) plus glow yarn for snow and a special sparkle yarn for special birthdays. Mine has a lot of variation. I did a lot of secondary and tertiary colors so it's not just blue/red. Like greens, purples, pinks, orange.

I think that is the way! I see some that have even used the same color for a 20 degree range and that is so boring.

[quesyrah]

Dec 29, 2023 18:45:06 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

Disney for adults

Stanley cups (stop falling for influencer hype people!)

Collecting things

Obsessively watching sports and then talking about them

Gambling at casinos

Checking in 🙋🏻‍♀️

JK I don’t care what people think.

[scm1011]

Dec 29, 2023 18:31:23 GMT -5 tiki said:

Luxury car interiors. My eyes will be on the road, not on the quilted leather dashboard. I'm buying transportation, not "lines and curves to eye-catching, minimalist effect".

I feel like this about luxury cars in general. My Honda is perfectly comfortable and efficient. My sister has a $$$ Land Rover and i don't understand why it cost 4x my car. We live in Massachusetts, not the Scottish Highlands.

[tacokick]

I’m a hater for a lot of things.

Off the top of my head: sports, Taylor Swift, beige/greige, fridges you can’t stick magnets to, blinking/white Christmas lights, fake plants.

[UMaineTeach]

Game shows

[underwaterrhymes]

- Expensive jewelry, purses, etc.
- Period dramas, The Bachelor, true crime, or Real Housewives
- NFL football, hockey, or Nascar
- Over scheduling your kids so your entire lives revolve around their extracurricular activities

[TR]

Most reality TV