Why can't you do it? Things you just don't understand.

[ZacOfTheZombies]

I get the same feeling while try to show someone how to play a game. I sit there and wonder," How do you not get it, its so easy!"

 

[Khedive Rex]

Oh, and just for the record, the longest word in the english language in pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and yes, I know that from memory.

But what does it mean?

Its a lung disease. As for the chemical compound posted a little later (triton I think) It may be longer but it's not in any dictionary, I gaurantee it. There are longer words than pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis but none that appear in any major dictionary.

 

[Erana]

Guitar Hero and Grilled cheeze sandwiches. I can make souflee, but not those demonic slabs of fat and bread.

 

[Erana]

Its a lung disease. As for the chemical compound posted a little later (triton I think) It may be longer but it's not in any dictionary, I gaurantee it. There are longer words than pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis but none that appear in any major dictionary.

Yeah. Just take a look at the label on what half of America is eating.

(Oh, my. I didn't realise that I double-posted...
Sorry.)

 

[zirnitra]

not really a skill. but I have an overly flexible right leg and I tend to absent mindedly bring my foot up to about my chest (I can put both behind my head but that's aside from the point) and I sleep with it sort of resting against my abdomen. I thought this was perfectly natural but apparently it isen't and I've been getting a lot of "how the hell are you doing that's" over the last few months but I always thought it was normal.

 

[aRealGuitarHero707]

not really a skill. but I have an overly flexible right leg and I tend to absent mindedly bring my foot up to about my chest (I can put both behind my head but that's aside from the point) and I sleep with it sort of resting against my abdomen. I thought this was perfectly natural but apparently it isen't and I've been getting a lot of "how the hell are you doing that's" over the last few months but I always thought it was normal.

i bet that's a great ice breaker

 

[cheesemanxl]

im not amazingly good at guitar hero/rock band but i can play and beat most songs on expert (cult of personality, green grass and high tides guitar)but i dont see how ppl cant play it on hard i mean come on

 

[siege_1302]

I can't get my head around the tones in Chinese.

See, Chinese only has about 12/13 different syllables for their entire language, but there are 4 tones for each syllable to distinguish between words. Different word combos, different meanings, etc.

Thing is, I've been learning Chinese for four years and I STILL cannot hear tones accurately. Nor can I pronounce them.

It's really irritating.

 

[the-loopy]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think antidisestablishmentarianism means (in it's most basic terms) sticking it to the man. I had to do an essay once and that came up.

If my rather fuzzy memory serves me correctly, antidisestablishmentarianism is the argument against the separation of Church and State.

Now, back on to the topic...

I've always wondered why people couldn't seem to spell correctly. I mean, the words always came naturally to me, why not to others?

 

[mark_n_b]

Oh, and just for the record, the longest word in the english language in pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and yes, I know that from memory.

Wrong again.

[link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titin[/link]

That soooooo does not count. I don't care what all the lab-coat wearing sorts say.

It is more a general thing for me. I am smarter than a lot of people I know, I don't come from a huge community so sometimes I get flummoxed when I do meet people who follow what my thought process. What I'm used to is people not following things that make perfect sense to me, and having to break them down into more rudimentary steps of logic.

Probably why I am so awful in job interviews.

 

[Railu]

Here's a few:

Using your turn signal while driving.
Being able to decide on what you want to order before you get to the counter at a restaurant.
Reading a book.
Realizing that when something goes wrong, there is a chance that it IS my fault.

 

[Birras]

Here's something I hardly ever see outside the Escapist. People who don't rape the English language. Many of my conversations on YouTube comments include "Retard:lol, u r suk at gaim. Meude, I played IWTBTG, it's incredibly hard. Retard:lol u sayd hard lololrofl". I also can't understand why people can't play inverted in FPSes.

 

[defcon 1]

I can't spll(intentional) or use proper grammar to save my life. Spell checkers, the Google search, I just can't get it right!

 

[Lord Krunk]

A lot of people mention that they can't draw. I can... badly.

 

[puffbro1]

Anyway, as one of my friends stated recently, "[Cyclomega] knows all, and when he doesn't, he invents". I'm usually the guy you ask for obscure cultural references, subculture cesspool extracts and genuine questions that made your day, and when I don't know, I point out to the usual suspects (dictionary, wikipedo, the interwebs, or a profesionnal I happen to know).[/quote]

I do that with everyone i know, but maybe that's due to the fact I hang out with idiots 24/7.

As for skills, I have the same one with telling everyone how to spell and what words mean

I also seem to be only person on earth who can manage their money. Everywhere I go there's a mate saying he owes someone money or he needs more cash, but this rarely ever happens to me.

 

[puffbro1]

Reading a book.
Realizing that when something goes wrong, there is a chance that it IS my fault.[/quote]

I feel your pain.

 

[Wisey]

Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest word in Oxford English Dicitionary. A quick wiki search reveals that the Guinness Book of World Records has Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (some kind of lung disease) as the longest word in the English language.

Antidisestablishmentarianism is indeed spefic to a political postion in 19th century Britian, but if you break the word down you can understand what it means:
Anti - dis (agianst agianst, a double negative) - establishment - arianism
So basicly means people who are agianst people who are agianst the establisment. In context that is people who were agianst the removal of The Church of England as the state church in England in the 19th Century, it can also apply to Scotland, Wales and Ireland too.


Anyway, with your History lesson over, back on topic:

I really don't understand people who can seem to use proper grammer in text messages, and why they can't just use predecitive text?

I also don't understand, why, no matter how many times I tell them, my perants can't seem to do certian things on a computer.

 

[kordan11]

Using search engines on the internet... I do have a computer science degree (something which seems that for most people means i know every little detail about how windows works... I learned how to friggin design and code programs, not Microsoft Word 101!!!!! AAAAAARGH /endrant), but instead of asking me why something doesn't work or where to download this or that etc etc, why don't people just google it?

Simple math problems... I love math and always had a knack for it, and I can't for the life of me understand how some people can't solve simple problems.

Spelling is also something that just comes to me but many people just can't get. I mean...it's like I write the word down and if it's spelled wrong it actually bothers me, and I can see the mistake. You know what I mean...

On the other hand... I absolutely suck at drawing either by imagination or copying. My fingers can only be used for basic functions(to explain, i can't for example do the Spock salute thingy or other weird gestures). And I suck suck SUCK when it comes to playing RTSs against friends, although I'm above average to very good when it comes to other genres.

 

[Limasol]

"a role-model is not often followed but rebels against the rebellion" - T3h Camp3r T3rr0r1st 22:00 6/08/08


(i.e. conforming with what's good)

It uses a self negating double prefix. Anti and dis cancel each other, leaving you with merely establishmentarianism. You could chop off the rian and ism as well because they aren't necessary for understanding the root words meaning.

Any way: I can make origami cranes, flapping birds and balls. It only took me about an hours practice but when i try to teach someone else, going step by step they just end up with a scrunch. I can't be teaching it wrong because i'm just doing it how i learnt; step by step demonstration.

 

[snuffler]

I can't wrap my head around the concept that my parents and brother have no clue how to notice malware, viruses, etc.. on their computers. Take for example recently my parents could not get on to the internet because of a piece of malware calling itself something along the lines of antivirus 2009 cleverly disguised with the logo for the windows firewall. My dad asks me why he can't get on the internet I look at it for ONE second and KNOW for a FACT that it's malware, a virus, or other type of malicious program.

I tell him to call someone to fix it for him, because I have no patience left for my family. They are so computer illiterate that it makes me furious to TRY and help them. Of course he asks my brother. So my brother looks at it and the first thing he tells my dad is to throw his credit card at it. I TOLD my dad and my brother that it was malicious programming and even though I spend the MAJORITY of my day on computers my brother still didn't believe me.

So, so dumb. It hurts that people don't have common sense as well. About 2 weeks ago now I hit by a car, and since then in the past week I've almost been hit by different cars each day except today. The closest call was I was crossing at the corner when I had a walk signal, and a Semi truck BLEW through the red light with me literally being to the point that if I had reached out I would have touched the side of the truck. Yesterday I was about to be crossing in yet another cross walk and some old lady saw me so she sped up to try and beat me through the sidewalk. Here's the kicker: she rear ended the guy in front of her.

Mainly for myself I just don't get dancing. I can't do it. I can stand on a dance floor at a club and be a grind pole but that's about it (which works out quite nicely).

But all in all:

I can't stand dumb people, they infuriate me.