and yes, i hope to understand these things someday....
1) the writings of philip pullman- having got away with calling the entire system of the church an attempt at dominating the world in his 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, he then proceeded to write a book called-'the good man jesus, the scoundrel christ'. just what is he trying to prove? that he isnt afraid of the church, the pope etc? or that he does not know the difference between good risks and bad risks? agreed that he does make a point with the things he has written, but just how many people would agree with the point ever? that taken along with the risk of writing what i'm sure is after a fashion a 'heretical' text, makes me wonder, did he really achieve anything? i sure hope he did!
oh and there are parts of the 'his dark materials' trilogy that i dont understand either, but what can i do? maybe i just am ignorant!
2) why advertisements work-
most people know, that the simple theory on which advertisements rely upon is LYING. at least half the facts stated in the advertisements, are either false, partly false, or exaggerated... and in some cases, the ads are purely false. and most sensible people know this. yet miraculously, adverts work!! amazing!! its almost as if people want to be cheated and lied to.
3) the music score of the inception movie-
have you seen the movie? have you heard all the sounds, and the effects? do i need to ask if you understood them all?? while we're on the subject, i also did not understand how i was supposed to interpret the movie. there are a good three or four possible interpretations of the story, and i have no idea which to go with!
4) the human ability to insult their own intelligence-
take for example the insult we sometimes give to people- 'I'd insult you, but you wouldnt get the references'. agreed that this is an insult to the other persons awareness, but think about it this way. you're a smart person, who understands everything. then why the hell would you ever consider insulting someone, when you know he or she wouldnt get the references. isnt the whole point of insulting someone supposed to be that they understand it, and feel humiliated? that said, why would you want to even consider an insult they do not understand?
its only sheer coincidence that the other person does get insulted this way. but the bigger insult is on your own sanity.
5) the female ability to say something pleasant, and yet make you feel like you just did something stupid-
take for example, my mother- i tell her, that i just did well in so and so thing, so she says,'i'm your mother, i know.', and she says it in such a manner, that i'm forced to wonder, if she meant something like- i know, you did that great, but what next? i miss the pride though... ignorant me!
take again for example this recent text from niki- 'i'm sorry, you might not like this, but i had to say it. i so wanna hug you.' this was by the way in reference to a favour i did to her, and so she was really pleased and all. however, look at they way she says it, 'sorry, you might not like this'. as soon as i read those words, i'm wondering,' OH SHIT! what did i do wrong? i thought i had done that thing she asked me to do, so what the hell is this about?!?!' and then i read the next part -'i so wanna hug you.' and i'm like wow, she wants to hug me for whatever? well thts nice then, but why would i not like that?
what can i say? the female brain wasnt meant for me to understand! too bad!
though, i do say that one of these days, i'll tell you exactly what all reasons are prevalent in making women tougher to read than an enigma!
if anyone got answers to these things, do try your luck explaining.
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