Politics. 90% of political talk, whether it’s randos online, politicians themselves, or media talking heads, is either full blown bs, horribly framed, or ginormous lies of omission.
For most people, economics and politics. The only people who really have a clue how things actually work are the ones playing with billions of dollars or who actually hold office and are privy to the government that the media doesn’t get to see.
This isn’t a “you’re just stupid” issue it’s a “we don’t want you to know anything so we can make ourselves richer” problem.
People have one mandatory class on ethics in their engineering program, and think they know what’s up.
Edgy centrist debate bros love to talk about moral relativism, thinking they sound smart. Yet none of their other judgements or actions actually reflect them believing in moral relativism. They clearly don’t grasp the implications.
Their body and health. People think they know a lot, and they are certainly the only authority on their experience, but man people don’t understand the first thing about their anatomy or chemistry.
Why so many businesses are open monday-friday but not the weekend so anyone that has a full time job mon-fri can never go to any other businesses that are also only open mon-fri. There are enough people out there looking for part time jobs to take on the weekends that the full timers are taking off to rest.
How microwaves actually heat up food… like I get that they excite the particles in the food which causes it to get hot but I don’t understand how a microwave physically does that
The Dunning Kruger Effect, or the idea that people who don’t know about something don’t know enough to know they don’t know about it, and nothing else. No other nuance.
EVERYTHING. There are so few reliable experts out there conducting their own research and work. Everyone else is just reading it or watching it somewhere and regurgitating it like they understand/know.
That PowerPoint presentation in your office. They are just saying a bunch of jargon that means absolutely nothing in the hopes people don’t catch on that they really don’t have anything to say.
And everyone in the meeting nods along because they don’t want to seem like they don’t really understand what the presenter is talking about, which they don’t.
Oh, and the 2 hour meeting could have been a 2 minute email, but if you speak corporate jargon for 2 hours in front of a bunch of other people, it will seem like you know what you are doing.
weights/sizes/volumes. i work in a deli and every person is SO confused about the sizes of the 12-16oz containers, what a pound “looks” like, etc. most people ask for a number and have no idea what that actually looks like, and then get upset when it’s too much/too little.
Where they think is inefficiency in the federal workforce. Literally everyone I’ve ever talked to on the subject (whether left or right) just doesn’t want the government spending money on whatever policy position they don’t want money spent on, but no one can articulate exactly where there is inefficiency.
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How computers work.
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Blockchain and quant investing.
Blockchain and quant investing.
Write offs
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A for real answer?
Ohms.
Especially relating to guitar stuff, but really, yeah, all of it.
I’ve read stuff a hundred times. It won’t sink in.
Reddit bots.
Stem bolts which you must seal manually.
Mental health causes, diagnoses, treatment, etc.
The word irony
Politics.
Politics. 90% of political talk, whether it’s randos online, politicians themselves, or media talking heads, is either full blown bs, horribly framed, or ginormous lies of omission.
Pensions
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How to spell the word lose
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grief
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the limit of their intellectual abilities…
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For most people, economics and politics. The only people who really have a clue how things actually work are the ones playing with billions of dollars or who actually hold office and are privy to the government that the media doesn’t get to see.
This isn’t a “you’re just stupid” issue it’s a “we don’t want you to know anything so we can make ourselves richer” problem.
Options trading
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Uno rules
JD Power & Associates
Quantum physics
Annuities
Geopolitics
Seeing the color blue.
Escrow
Farting
Politics
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Bonds
Parenting. I strongly feel nobody knows exactly what they’re doing. They just do what they gotta do hoping it works out fine in the end
Me
Stock market
Themselves.
Methaethics.
People have one mandatory class on ethics in their engineering program, and think they know what’s up.
Edgy centrist debate bros love to talk about moral relativism, thinking they sound smart. Yet none of their other judgements or actions actually reflect them believing in moral relativism. They clearly don’t grasp the implications.
Consent.
The cloud.
Sports teams and their strategy
Offside in football
The g spot
Soccer
Statistics
Politics
It’s simple economics – I don’t understand it, but god do I love it
Inflation.
Their body and health. People think they know a lot, and they are certainly the only authority on their experience, but man people don’t understand the first thing about their anatomy or chemistry.
Timezones, daylight savings
Literally everything that their “tribe” on social media does.
Algorithms.
Crypto
Why so many businesses are open monday-friday but not the weekend so anyone that has a full time job mon-fri can never go to any other businesses that are also only open mon-fri. There are enough people out there looking for part time jobs to take on the weekends that the full timers are taking off to rest.
How to actually have a conversation with someone and listen. Like really listen.
Gremmar
The nuances of “fine” wine, talking about tobacco, cherry, and oaky. They’re all just guessing.
Tarrifs apparently
How microwaves actually heat up food… like I get that they excite the particles in the food which causes it to get hot but I don’t understand how a microwave physically does that
Catholic theology and doctrines.
Their own jobs
Each other
The Dunning Kruger Effect, or the idea that people who don’t know about something don’t know enough to know they don’t know about it, and nothing else. No other nuance.
Life
The off side rule.
Daylight savings
Politics
Severance!
Too many put Excel on their resume without knowing any formulas to do the most basic tasks.
The economy
Religion
Cursive writing at first glance.
Banding
Politics and religion and that’s all I’m saying on the issue!
EVERYTHING. There are so few reliable experts out there conducting their own research and work. Everyone else is just reading it or watching it somewhere and regurgitating it like they understand/know.
Crypto
What “gaslighting” means.
That PowerPoint presentation in your office. They are just saying a bunch of jargon that means absolutely nothing in the hopes people don’t catch on that they really don’t have anything to say.
And everyone in the meeting nods along because they don’t want to seem like they don’t really understand what the presenter is talking about, which they don’t.
Oh, and the 2 hour meeting could have been a 2 minute email, but if you speak corporate jargon for 2 hours in front of a bunch of other people, it will seem like you know what you are doing.
Law
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people
The Constitution.
Parenting.
Bitcoin
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How an automatic transmission works.
Long division / long multiplication
The plight of any demographic that you yourself don’t belong to.
The Cloud
weights/sizes/volumes. i work in a deli and every person is SO confused about the sizes of the 12-16oz containers, what a pound “looks” like, etc. most people ask for a number and have no idea what that actually looks like, and then get upset when it’s too much/too little.
Math ig
The cloud….. NOBODY understands the fucking Cloud
Using a MacBook..still
Escrow
Politics.
The Israel/Gaza thing.
Socialism
The third law of thermodynamics
Where they think is inefficiency in the federal workforce. Literally everyone I’ve ever talked to on the subject (whether left or right) just doesn’t want the government spending money on whatever policy position they don’t want money spent on, but no one can articulate exactly where there is inefficiency.
Quantum physics
Their politics.