Posted on 02/22/2010 7:10:20 PM PST by marktwain
In a recent conversation, I confessed to ignorance of popular culture. With a little introspection, I realized that I was proud of this ignorance.
I suspect that most of us are proud of ignorance of some form or another. It seems that many liberals are proud of their ignorance of firearms, for example. A person only has so much time to learn and experience, so choices need to be made. I chose to learn woodcraft and primitive survival skills instead of pop music.
I am curious what other Freepers are proud to be ignorant of.
I had to explain to my boys tonight why I call Zero “the bumper sticker president”. It’s because I think many, many people voted for him because they were persuade by a sound bite on television.
Then I had to further explain that many, many people (and families) watch television every night after dinner and then go to bed.
The boys were flabbergasted. I realized a few days ago that they will be 18 and can vote in the next presidential election. My husband and I are not wasting any time making sure they are aware of the current issues. There are so many of them that I hope some of them are favorably resolved before the next election, but I’m not holding my breath.
I don’t think my boys will be voting on the basis of bumper stickers, much of that because of the way they’ve been raised, and I’m proud of that. (My daughter won’t either, but she won’t be old enough to vote next time around.)
Anyway, I’m proud that our family isn’t glued to the t.v. (except during Red Sox baseball games).
As for the rest of it, there are many things I’m not familiar with, but it isn’t a matter of pride, just disinterest.
Oh sorry.
I guess you could add that you are proud you didn’t see my post BEFORE i edited it then.
LOL.
Not knowing who the Saints played against in the Super Bowl.
Anything about Lady Gaga other than she’s a weird-dressing singer. ...assuming she’s even a she.
Darn near anything having to do with TV (though my wife is about to drag me kicking & screaming back to the world of TV).
The effects of recreational drugs. All I know is dilauded makes me dizzy in kinda a fun way - but not administered for fun reasons (of late pertaining to prolonged hospitalization).
Oh that’s fun stuff.
ranks right up there with morphine and oxycontin. I had oxycontin for an eye injury once. And dilaudid for surgery once. Oh those whacky whacky doctors. They got way better stuff than any 2 bit dope pusher.
TMI
Proud I don’t have clue who the latest celebs are. From movies to music to pop culture. If I hear about somebody involved in a scandal, I might read the headline.
Politics, international affairs, and business, however, I will take the time to see what is up.
I don’t know anything about Twitter, and I have absolutely no interest in ever sending anyone a Tweet. But then, I’ve never been the type to jump on every new fad that comes along.
At the top of Yahoo home page it says “Trending:. . .” with a hot link. Proud I don’t have any urge to click on it.
Those who write in Twitter's halls
scroll their tweets in little scrawls.
Those who read those little twits,
all must be moronic halfwits.
Tnks!
Normally I have my suspicions — which I can’t quite put my finger on — about those who protest so fervently. But not in your case.
I’ve only had a TV two years in the last - well, since I lived in a house with a TV, which must have been 1967. And those two years were more than 10 years ago.
So I know nothing of TV. Yay!
I am totally ignorant of what’s on television. I gave up on broadcast almost twenty years ago. Once in a while, I watch House on Hulu.com. I found that show by accident, and I try fairly hard to prevent further accidents.
too...much...info...8^}
Facebook, modern music, modern sitcoms, football, and most modern Hollywood stars. I DO know Angelina Jolie has tattoos.
I am totally and completely ignorant of Sex in the City, Modern Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy (the show, not the book - I’ve read the book) and Oprah’s book club.
How to text and how to do anything but talk on a cell phone. (Not sure I’m actually proud of that, just sort of relieved not to know it.)
That Rock guitar game they play on video game systems.
I am proud of the fact that, even though I am a Boomer, the only Rock band I can identify by name upon hearing them is the Beatles. And there are lots of Beatles tracks I don’t recognize as the Beatles.
Rap and the urban culture
Morphine sucked. Worked fast, but the hallucinations were staggeringly boring (was watching a nurse putter around the room, doing mundane things - except my eyes were closed, and she wasn’t there). Percocet was far better: just plain wiped the pain away (took 15 minutes though) with no other discernible effects.
FWIW: that was for coming out of heart surgery, having had ribcage spread open with a car jack. Dang straight strong stuff was used.
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