More things I just don't understand:

[JimmyJazz]

1. Why someone would risk getting hit from behind rather than use their turn signal

2. Why people have "In Memory" of someone stickers on their backwindshield. What's "In Memory"? The rear windshield? The gas guzzling SUV?

3. Aaron Carter.

4. And once again, I still don't get the "Power Ballad."

What are things you don't understand? (I would say "get" but that's just too obvious :P)

[Shell Beau]

1. Aaron Carter for sure!

WTF?

[wildhorses]

2. I just don't understand

why does love got to be so sad?

[GOPisEvil]

3. Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

:silly:

[WCGreen]

4. Boy Bands......

Naming a big truck like car after a blow job.....

Speaking of Blow Jobs, Paris Hilton.....

Arrested Development.....

Curb your enthusiasm.....

Sienfeld......

Lost.....

Shana Twain.....

Intelligent Design....

[JimmyJazz]

5. You forgot "Celebreality" - WTF is that?

:wtf:

[LaraMN]

6. I caught one of those shows when I was folding laundry.

I can officially say that I hate Janice Dickinson (washed up old supermodel.) The celebs were bowling against a team of mentally disabled people and she got mad and called them "retards," loud enough for their families (who were observing) to hear. I wanted to jump throught the TV and rip her hair out. It actually ruined my night, I was so sick to my stomach and angry.

[JimmyJazz]

7. How horrible! I watch very little television, but caught

"Being Bobby Brown" while on vacation - OMG, what a fucking train wreck! Oh, and I did catch a little of the rich kids on the cattle drive. Now THAT was a little amusing. :)

Janice Dickinson? That isn't familiar. Is she one of those former models with so many face lifts her bellybutton is between her breasts?

[WCGreen]

13. Now I would pay a buck...

To see that....

I have never watched a realitiy show.......

[miss_kitty]

14. train Wreck. that's exactly how my best friend in CA described

'Being Bobby Brown'

And I hate to tell you, i DO know who Janice Dickinson is. She claims to be the world's 'First Top Model' through her collagen-puffed lips over her silicone pumped bosom, and yes I would wager she's had a face lift or two, since she's a damn sight older than me and partied and whored around way longer than I did. (I BTW, am not wrinkly). And she is not the 'world's first Top Model. There was Lillie Langtry, in the 1870s-1880s, Suzy Parker, in the 1950s and I am sure many more

How do I know about JD? I watch 'America's Next Top Model' and she is a 'judge' on that show. A total bitch who needs her meds adjusted. And a little reality check

[no name no slogan]

8. nipples on men (nt)

[tjwmason]

19. I don't want to get this thread locked

but they certainly do have a purpose. :evilgrin:

[WCGreen]

51. I agree.......

[asthmaticeog]

9. Power ballads exist because

even heshers need to get laid sometimes.

[JimmyJazz]

10. Which brings up something else that I never understood:

on edit: I haven't had a post deleted in ages - let's not start now :D

[asthmaticeog]

12. There are PMs, you know.

Don't leave me waiting for the other shoe to drop, here, c'mon!

[miss_kitty]

16. What's a hesher?

And WTF is a power ballad?

is that he-she?

[JimmyJazz]

17. you are too cute! Here you go:

Definition, found at www.urbandictionary.com: “Long-haired, usually mulleted person who listens and rocks out to metal or thrash music. Generally seen wearing acid-washed jeans, leather motorcycle or denim jacket covered with band and skull patches. Will often have a molester mustache.”) A hesher is the kind of savage beast that will not be mollified by sitting quietly in a room packed with static listeners who are hanging on every carefully chosen word, every whispered syllable and every discomforting silence. It’s the kind of beast that would rather heckle said folksinger, bounce off a few walls and maybe stumble outside for a breather or a smoke.

(I had to look that up, too).

A "power ballad" is a love song sung badly by men wearing spandex and way too much aquanet. I would provide examples, but I don't really know any...oh wait...What's that one by Guns 'n Roses? Um..."Sweet Child O' Mine" (I googled)

[miss_kitty]

21. I'm thinking I might actually know OF a power ballad

And it's earworming me right now, but I don't know the name of the song or the band. They were 90s guys. And they were more natural looking and had abs and shit. But they were mostly metal...

Thanks..I found wikipedia has a phd disertation on the power ballad :silly:

[billyskank]

22. Hey!

There are a great many crap power ballads in the world, but leave Sweet Child Of Mine out of this! :grr:

Now, November Rain, that was crap... :)

[JimmyJazz]

25. It was the ONLY one I could name!

What I know about heavy metal, I learned from watching Behind the Music. :)

[billyskank]

46. You got me thinking about power ballads

Most of them are about the usual thing; i.e. My Girl/Boyfriend Is So Great, or I've Lost My Girl/Boyfriend And I'm Really Cut Up About It.

Then there's Poison by Alice Cooper. Thank God for Alice Cooper to do a power ballad about how truly awful someone is. :D

[asthmaticeog]

20. Definitions:

A hesher (der: "hessian") is a lower income strata causacian who favors heavy metal and/or southern boogie-rock. Often seen sportin' a mullet haircut, though this has changed since the mid-'90s advent of rap-metal.

This young man is a classic hesher:


This fellow is a more new-school hesher:


A power ballad is a type of song that combines hard rock with romantic pop balladry (ground zero for this form is "Dream On" by Aerosmith; "Lady" by Styx and "Keep On Lovin' You" by REO Speedwagon would further the form). The form took off when bands realized that pandering to women so as to increase their female fan bases would ensure them more and more varied options in re getting laid. Hit power ballads include "Every Rose Has its Thorn" by Poison, "Sill Loving You" by the Scorpions, and "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger. Power ballads, without exception, suck.

[JimmyJazz]

23. You forgot "Babe" by Styx!

Babe, I’m leaving, I must be on my way
The time is drawing near
My train is going, I see it in your eyes
The love, the need, your tears
But I’ll be lonely without you
And I’ll need your love to see me through
Please believe me, my heart is in your hands
And I’ll be missing you.

*****

Crap! That was quite a jaunt down memory lane! :crazy:

[miss_kitty]

24. I didn't think guys in bands had to do much of anything to get laid

-Oh but I see what you mean-getting more than just one kind of female to the front row of their 'concerts'.
And you know, I have no idea of any of the bands' songs you mentioned...I think I was way too high when they were out strutting their stuff. I HATED that look-and sound. And posturing. I would never lay ANY of those guys. Ewwwww.:puke:

Thanks! :hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. Why Howie wears his ball cap sideways

what a dork!

[Misunderestimator]

32. Oh no... I have seriously ruined you....

haven't I? :rofl:

[terrya]

15. Why Jimmy Kimmel has a career.

:shrug:

[kwassa]

42. and why Adam Carolla has one, either ... The (dumb) Man Show!

[Mutley]

18. The International Phonetic Alphabet

I just don't understand this stuff! Why oh why did I take a linguistics class? :cry:

[RedCloud]

26. Why do they have "slow children" signs in my community?

Doesn't that embarrass them?

[LynneSin]

27. I swear that Memorial on the back of your car is a Delaware thing

Seriously, I've never seen it in another state ever and yet in DE if someone in your family dies, you put a Memorial of them on your back windowshield. I just don't get it!

[JimmyJazz]

29. I really don't mean to be insensitive to someone's loss

and I know we all grieve in our own ways, but I JUST DON'T GET IT! :wtf:

[LynneSin]

31. Yep, like I want to rearend someone elses car just so I can read...

..the memorial on the back of their cars.

I think it's nuts and it's another one of the quirky things about Delaware

[toey]

28. if goofy and pluto are both dogs, why can't pluto talk too?

[rbnyc]

30. Who's Aaron Carter?

I don't understand how I'm almost always oblivious to pop culture. I never know who anyone's talking about--usually turns out to be someone from a TV show or the "music" BUSINESS.

[JimmyJazz]

43. Some talentless male-pop tart - please don't ask how I know!

[Redstone]

33. Uh, what's a "power ballad?" You have to remember that my

cultural radar is set awfully low. While I'm asking, who the devil is Aaron Carter? Must be somebody from TV.

Redstone

[JimmyJazz]

34. From asthmaticeog:

A power ballad is a type of song that combines hard rock with romantic pop balladry (ground zero for this form is "Dream On" by Aerosmith; "Lady" by Styx and "Keep On Lovin' You" by REO Speedwagon would further the form). The form took off when bands realized that pandering to women so as to increase their female fan bases would ensure them more and more varied options in re getting laid. Hit power ballads include "Every Rose Has its Thorn" by Poison, "Sill Loving You" by the Scorpions, and "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger. Power ballads, without exception, suck.

Aaron Carter is the brother of someone in some boy band - a talentless hack. I don't even know why I know his name. I must have caught it while I was surfing E!

[Redstone]

37. Aha. The operative word being "pandering." Now I understand, and

the examples helped (I've actually two or three of them).

And I love the description "brother of someone in some boy band." That'sll look great in futured edtitions of "Who's Who," won't it?

Redstone

[SOteric]

35. I don't get why it is that

when I'm almost late and rushing to work, I always get stuck behind a convoy of truckers doing 45 mph on the freeway. Yet when I've plenty of time, the trucks are always behind me, barreling down my back bumper at 75 mph, even when the roads are wide open and they've plenty of room to zip past me at whatever speed they like.

I don't get it at all. How do they know my schedule?

[JimmyJazz]

41. I know exactly how you feel! That happens to me, too!

:crazy:

[southlandshari]

36. People who change their smilies

after someone else has already responded to their post so that the reply looks silly!

:spank:

[JimmyJazz]

39. It doesn't look silly! Everyone knows we are both angels!

:7

[southlandshari]

40. Oh, ok!

In that case:

O8)

[LynneSin]

38. Sneakers thrown over powerlines

Why?

:shrug:

SOmeone said it was gang related and yet I've been in upcrust neighborhoods and seen sneakers hanging over the powerlines

[Maine Mary]

48. Or a naked Barbi straddling power lines...

Actually that was my fault though. My sister and I were fighting over her (she was Maryanne and mine was Ginger)so I grabbed Maryanne and threw her out the window. That's how she landed. :evilgrin:

Hi Lynnesin, long time no see! :hi:

[JimmyJazz]

49. LOL!

:rofl: That's the funniest story I've heard in a while!

[Maine Mary]

44. What is the "permalink" thingy next to "reply"?

I've been away from DU too long I guess. :dunce:

[DS1]

45. I saw this today

Ground floor of my building - In Case of Fire, DO NOT USE THIS ELEVATOR - Use the Stairwell to get to the nearest fire exit

Am I supposed to go up?

[last_texas_dem]

47. Definitely agree on the "In Memory" window stickers

The first time I saw one it was for this guy from my school who died in a car wreck, so there was at least a little connection even if I didn't quite see the point. But later I saw one for a guy in my high school class who had died from a drug overdose, so its placement on the back windshield of a car truly did make no sense at all.

As for the power ballad, it's a mixed bag in my book. There are the awesome ("Dream on" by Aerosmith), the guilty pleasures ("Don't Know What You've Got (Until It's Gone)" by Cinderella) and the just not very good ("Forever" by Kiss). Still, whether I understand the purpose of their existence or not I can't say!

[Wapsie B]

50. Attraction and love

are at the top of my list.