When "Normal" People Know Something That's Not "Normally" Known...

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seoulsearch

seoulsearch

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Hey Everyone,

This is just meant to be a lighthearted thread about the times when people "pull something out of nowhere."

Recently, I was in a chat in which someone posted a gaming meme that said:

"Girls, if a guy asks you to learn how to play his favorite game, it means you are the most important person in the world to him. And, it means he needs a healer."

I then made the joke that, "I guess what guys are REALLY looking for are Dru-ish girls!" (Get it? Apparently in gaming, Druids can be healer class, so I was making a play on "Dru-ish" girls vs. say, "Jewish" girls.)

This prompted one of the chat members to respond with, "How does a 'normal' person know about druids!?", and in such a way that I was beginning to wonder if I'd unknowingly landed into Area 51 Classified Territory. :cool: ("That Which Should Not Be Known -- Or Spoken Of.")

What can I say... I was never a gamer, but I dated a few guys who liked games -- and, due to my somewhat annoying level of curiosity :), asked a lot of questions. I also had an ex who taught me to play Magic (the card game,) but JUST the basics, and the only thing I ever "mastered" was the art of knocking on the table twice to signify that my (probably one and only) turn was over.

I can also assure you that this person in chat is probably the ONLY person I've ever met who regularly accuses me of being "normal" (as if it's some kind of affliction,) which I find amusing. :D

What about the rest of you?

* What are some times when you or someone you know has just seemingly just randomly pulled out some piece of completely unexpected information?

* What made it so unusual for you or that person to say or do what they did?

* Where did you or this other person pick up this "normally not known" piece of information? Or did you know something about the subject matter all along, but just chose not to say anything until then?

I'm looking forward to hearing other stories of "Sharing What Should Not Apparently Be Shared." :alien::eek::geek:

Hope everyone has a blessed day! :)
 
Lynx

Lynx

Folksy yet erudite
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This one is easy. Our pastor showed up with a ThinkPad (corporate-class laptop, durable, effective, lives forever) without asking me what kind of laptop he should get. When you see a ThinkPad you know either this person knows something about computers or this person has a good nerd friend who steered him right. In this case I knew for certain it wasn't because our pastor knows something about computers.

It's not so much "Sharing What Apparently Should Not Be Shared" as it is "How in the world did you stumble across very niche-specific information that normal people never have a reason to seek out?" I was glad our pastor apparently has a nerd friend who can recommend ThinkPads. I would have expected him to get a cheap HP from Walmart that would probably break in a year and a half.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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To rephrase: It's not so much, "How would a lowly commoner like YOU know high level information like THIS?" as it is "Wow, that's neat that you know this... but it's puzzling the crap outta me how a person-not-into-this-stuff could have found it out."
 
phil36

phil36

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seoulsearch said:
This prompted one of the chat members to respond with, "How does a 'normal' person know about druids!?", and in such a way that I was beginning to wonder if I'd unknowingly landed into Area 51 Classified Territory. :cool: ("That Which Should Not Be Known -- Or Spoken Of.")
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Yep, you definitely landed into area 51 lol... :ROFL::ROFL::LOL:
 
Lynx

Lynx

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Hardly. Druids are at LEAST Area 54 level.
 
cinder

cinder

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Well since I'm usually the person showing knowledge of more information than is normal. I'm just going to say that a couple years ago I went back to my high school for an annual event and ran into one of my old teachers ( and since I'm old almost old enough to have kids in high school it's been a while) who looked at me for a minute and then said " oh yeah, the girl who knew what an aglet was" which was a reference to a seminar field trip we (and I think another student or two, maybe the whole advanaced Biology class) went to where they were comparing telomeres to aglets, but when they asked who knew what an aglet was I was the only one in the room who knew.

I knew that because it was in some our daily bread (I think, it was a long time ago) devotional about "Can you tell an aglet from a tang? Would you know duff if you walked on it?"

Anyway for those who are curious and don't want to google: Aglets are the little plastic things on the end of your shoelaces that keep them from unraveling. And telomeres are like the same thing, but for your DNA (and if I remember right they shorten a tiny bit with each replication until they signal the body that this bit of DNA can no longer be replicated so they have a lot of significance in the realm of aging and longevity research).

But don't show me pictures of celebrities and ask me to identify them or ask about current TV shows because I know practically nothing in those realms.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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Huh... I know what an aglet, tang and duff are, but I can't imagine walking on my own duff and you keep that tang away from me. Somebody gonna get hurt.

Didn't know what a telomere is though.
 
Lanolin

Lanolin

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? What about when you feign knowledge in dire emergencies. When in actual fact, you should have remained ignorant...cos it will get you slapped.

I dont know nothin' bout birthin' babies. Ma would never let me around when folks was having em!

Only 'windies' will know what this quote means.
 
K

Kojikun

Well-known member
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seoulsearch said:
Hey Everyone,

This is just meant to be a lighthearted thread about the times when people "pull something out of nowhere."

Recently, I was in a chat in which someone posted a gaming meme that said:

"Girls, if a guy asks you to learn how to play his favorite game, it means you are the most important person in the world to him. And, it means he needs a healer."

I then made the joke that, "I guess what guys are REALLY looking for are Dru-ish girls!" (Get it? Apparently in gaming, Druids can be healer class, so I was making a play on "Dru-ish" girls vs. say, "Jewish" girls.)

This prompted one of the chat members to respond with, "How does a 'normal' person know about druids!?", and in such a way that I was beginning to wonder if I'd unknowingly landed into Area 51 Classified Territory. :cool: ("That Which Should Not Be Known -- Or Spoken Of.")

What can I say... I was never a gamer, but I dated a few guys who liked games -- and, due to my somewhat annoying level of curiosity :), asked a lot of questions. I also had an ex who taught me to play Magic (the card game,) but JUST the basics, and the only thing I ever "mastered" was the art of knocking on the table twice to signify that my (probably one and only) turn was over.

I can also assure you that this person in chat is probably the ONLY person I've ever met who regularly accuses me of being "normal" (as if it's some kind of affliction,) which I find amusing. :D

What about the rest of you?

* What are some times when you or someone you know has just seemingly just randomly pulled out some piece of completely unexpected information?

* What made it so unusual for you or that person to say or do what they did?

* Where did you or this other person pick up this "normally not known" piece of information? Or did you know something about the subject matter all along, but just chose not to say anything until then?

I'm looking forward to hearing other stories of "Sharing What Should Not Apparently Be Shared." :alien::eek::geek:

Hope everyone has a blessed day! :)
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It happened here once. A female member was talking about anime and dropped an obscure anime from the early 00s called "Midori Days" I surprised her as I not only what it was but I have it on dvd lol.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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She must have been new here. Or maybe you were new here. Anybody who has read more than three of your posts would not have been surprised by that. You otaku.
 
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Kojikun

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Lynx said:
She must have been new here. Or maybe you were new here. Anybody who has read more than three of your posts would not have been surprised by that. You otaku.
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Indeed lol unfortunately I believe she was banned :/ its a shame ...
 
Lanolin

Lanolin

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I was coming back to this topic, as I read this book called Tikanga
its about About Maori custom. To anybody that is not Maori, they dont have a clue about it. Actually Maori literally means 'ordinary or normal' and everyone who isnt Maori (which is pretty much the rest of the world) I guess would not be normal.

So it really surprises Maori when someone who looks totally foreign and has no blood connection with Maoridom does the haka for example.

(you can actually copy off you tube these days)

ok on another note, librarians know all the secret codes and passwords to do with cataloguing books. If you are NORMAL you dont have a clue about the dewey decimal system. And if you are normal you probably dont have time to read books either, and prefer to watch tv.

Then librarians get together, form exclusive book clubs and laugh at other patrons cluelessness who dont read books.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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I read all the time. A lot of people I know read. Who says "normal" people don't read?

I also know good ole Dewey. The school library used it and I learned what it was so I could find the books I wanted. (I read every single Black Stallion book they had, and everything by Anne McCaffery.)

But yeah, that kind of club sounds about right for you... getting together with a group of other people who like to make assumptions about people and then laugh at them based on your assumptions. :cautious:
 
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