The Hallway: 10 things I still don't under stand after 28 years of living

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

10 things I still don't under stand after 28 years of living

1) boys/men. They claim they are easy to understand. They are lying, they make no sense. They all claim they only want sex booze and food, but they are lying about that too.
2) cruelty I can't bring myself to kill a fly let alone pull of it's wings or try and burn it with a magnifying glass
3) the need to kill something and keep its head as a trophy. This just makes no sense
4)People who don't like chocolate. Something is wrong with these people (those with allergy excluded).
5) why anyone would want a dog over a cat. Cats can be so mean as a part of their personality, you can train a dog to be mean but they so loving and they tend to be happier cuddling than plotting.
6) Racism
7) not wanting to go to France, if the trip is free. (okay his is new, a guy at work is not willing to I just don't get turning down free travel.
8) Hatred. There are lots of people in this world that I dislike, and even more that I cannot understand their basic logic, but hating is something different.
9)The point between life and death. I know what life is, I know what death is, but its the transision that gets me. I don't try to explain this, cause I do understand what the science is behind it. But the loss of conscience.
10)Romance novels (the sappy ones, this maybe the result of never truly being in love can't say for sure.)

By Sabrina - 9:23 p.m. |

Comments:

Re: Men - Men are, on either a conscious or subconscious level, very competitive with each other. This explains quite a lot beyond what they think their own desires are.

Re: Cats - Cats are to dogs as real humans with deep personalities are to simple-minded affection robots.

Re: Romance Novels - Just word porn. Nothing wrong with it, it's just kind of banal.

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al : 6:50 a.m., February 23, 2006

1. I think guys are "easier" to understand. In general, guys aren't as manpulative and usually pretty straight-forward. While I won't say the part about sex, booze, and food is an outright lie... I think it's rather a really bad generalization. I think everyone is driven by their interests and desires. If you understand that, people and their actions usually start to make sense.

4. Now, I'm not one of them, but then again, personal tastes. Some people just don't like sweets or overly sugary stuff.

5. I assume you mean "why anyone would want a cat over a dog?" I'm a cat person. I appreciate a cat's independance and it's ability to think for itself. I don't consider the fact it has a mind of it's own "plotting". I guess if you're looking for a pet to look up to you, dogs are probably your thing.

7. I have a friend that's absolutely terrified to leave his space (apartment). When he leaves, he feels insecure (even when he's just going to my house). Some people need it, they have to be around familiar things. The unknown scares the hell out of them. Going to France, even for free, is scary for some people too.

9. I don't think about it. When it's my time, I'll find out :-p

10. I second Al's sentiments on this one.

# Posted by

Ming : 12:24 p.m., February 23, 2006

Standing on the female side, woman are easier to understan. No one woman wants the same thing. However I have heard several men say they all want the same thing. Ihave determined this to be myth. But I have found that men often want things that are oposite to what women want. For instance, not all but most woman want someone to listen to them, not judge what they are talking about, and advice is not always what they are looking for, just an ear. Men on the other hand always want advice or to give advice. I am sure this is frustrating on both sides. THis again comes from my own experience with men.

And Dogs rock...cats are deadly (seriously though they are)

# Posted by

Sabrina : 7:42 p.m., February 23, 2006

I suspect the talking for the sake of it is what women have female friends for ;)

# Posted by

al : 8:04 p.m., February 23, 2006

1. I'm a believer that society defines roles of men and women and those who follow those roles are predictable and those who don't take a bit of thought to break the shell of understanding

5. I'm a cat person. I tend to like their independence better. Some cats are actually very happy. Also, I tend to think that they are more clever than dogs usually.

7. I'd probably do something dumb like this. Even if it's free it still costs time and a change of climate which some people just can't stand.

9. I always think of this as the feeling you get when you black out or drift into sleep but without any dreaming... just nothingness.

10. I agree... word porn.

# Posted by

Trey : 3:39 a.m., February 24, 2006

cats are incredibly intelligent. but so are dogs.
i've had both most of my life, and every single day my dog would surprise me with how smart she was.

anyone who tries to say they aren't intelligent has never actually tried to understand them. it's really all in how you interact with them. give them a chance to prove their cleverness. you'll be surprised, i assure you.

even my hampster was friggen smart.

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