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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things The love some people have for watching sports.

To edit/elaborate, I went to a Big 10 school. I honestly had no idea how much of a religion sports were to people when I first started; I was truly there for, well, my education. After 4 years of trying to pretend my way into understanding, I couldn't will myself to get into it.

KittenTitterBums , Zetong Li Report

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The United States Government.

hatheaven , Natalia FaLon Report

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Sleep.

I’ve been doing it for over 30 years but I still for the life of me can’t figure out how it works.

One second I’m totally conscious on my bed with my eyes closed, and the next moment I’m awake.

Like wtf is going on.

lasteclipse , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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12welf , https://www.pexels.com/photo/starry-sky-998641/ Report

Space, time, and gravity, and their relationship with each other.

Also, gravitational lenses (I think?), where gravity of a massive or dense planet bends light around it so that the planet becomes a magnifying glass to see objects even further into space that would otherwise be blocked from line of sight by the massive planet.

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50points

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The Electoral College.

It's not even a real college!

Tracyannk28 , cottonbro studio Report

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The capillary effect

So here's a narrow tube - ok

Here's water - ok

Water goes up against gravity - WHAT THE F**K IS THIS BLACK MAGIC FUCKERY

Edit: woah this blew up.

anon , MesserWoland Report

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44points

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My job, fake it till you make it. I didn't know over half of my job when I got hired. I researched most of it the weekend before and ask a lot of questions.

Vlaed , Anna Tarazevich Report

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44points

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#10

Baking. I'm in my last semester of culinary school and I'm taking a baking class. I swear, it's like f*****g voodoo and witchcraft in there. I'm pretty sure we sacrificed a virgin the other day to make the foccacia proof properly. I'll stick to regular cooking.

twitchy_taco , Nathan Dumlao Report

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38points

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Marianne 3 weeks ago

I've heard people say that cooking is art and baking is chemistry. Often, a person is not both an artist and a scientist, so they prefer one over the other.

28points

Lady Miss Pie Premium 3 weeks ago (edited)

As a professional chef and a baker I only partly agree. The science of baking is found mostly in the ratio of wet-to-dry. Cooking is chemistry too. One must understand the chemistry of sauteeing, reducing, etc. I put it this way: Cooking is jazz, baking is classical. There is absolutely room for improvisation in baking if you know the ratio of wet to dry—that is why there are so many variations (I can make you corn fritters, apple fritters, berry fritters, etc, I can add more vanilla and more cinnamon, etc). I do both at my job and I love both. Making a perfect pie is as satisfying as making a great risotto.

11points

Robert Beveridge 3 weeks ago

Did you sacrifice a virgin...or an extra-virgin?

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Matt Du 3 weeks ago

My support worker encouraged me to bake. Being severely mentally ill it grounded me and the routine and structure then helped me in my everyday life. She started with very easy recipes(I expanded from there), telling me it would relaxes my mind and slow everything down, and it did. Baking is precise, it all lines up in an order, it only goes wrong if you do it wrong. I know what's coming next and it takes all of the stress out of it. Cooking is way to much about taste and adjusting on the fly, chaotic and triggering, I find it very stressful.

3points

Robert T 3 weeks ago

Baking is all about getting the right proportions of ingredients and heating them so that they react to form a cake etc. It is very much a science.

2points

Lady Miss Pie Premium 3 weeks ago

All cooking is science

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Kristal 3 weeks ago

Voodoo and Witchcraft do not sacrifice people, that's Christian propaganda to villify Pagans. I'm not kidding, people get their kids taken away from these ridiculous accusations. Please do not normalize murder with Witchcraft. On another note, why is baking so different from cooking? Both use recipes. I'm good at both so I'm not sure why people fine one over the other more difficult. Could anyone explain?

2points

Bored Trash Panda 2 weeks ago

Also, with baking vs cooking; cooking the recipe is more of a general guideline to go by as far as spices and stuff, as for baking it needs to be exact. At least that's how I see it.

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Bored Trash Panda 2 weeks ago (edited)

Ancient Pagans did actually sacrifice people, but it hasn't been done in hundreds of years. Examples are Ancient Israel, the Vikings, Aztecs, Mayans, Phoenicians, and Carthaginians. But again, hasn't been done for a really long time. Calm down. As an Eclectic Pagan, I have done research of the histories of a lot of different religions.

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nottheactualphoto 2 weeks ago

They're not so different at all. In fact, all baking is cooking. In both, certain actions will produce certain results. The key is knowing the relationship, and being able to execute those actions.

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Fellfromthemoon 3 weeks ago

First, when it comes to human sacrifices, early modern Europe was quite prolific (8-11 million victims). Second, when it comes to baking, we have to make sure to use the exact number of flour grains, the temperature must be set with an accuracy of one hundredth of a degree IF the oven bakes evenly.

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Puppy Dancing! 2 weeks ago

Baking is easier when you understand the biology of the yeast, and the effect of kneading, oils, fibre, and sugar on the gluten formation

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G A 3 weeks ago

Apparently I am a decent baker as I have cold fingertips....

1point

keyboardtek 3 weeks ago

My daughter has a friend who spent a ton of money going to a culinary school only to find out most kitchen staff, even the chef, only make minimum wage.

1point

Colleen Glim 2 weeks ago

Chefs hours are ridiculous hours for not nearly enough pay. Reasons why I decided that I didn’t want to work in one anymore

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Robin Roper 2 weeks ago

Baking is chemistry.

0points

Bamamom2boys 3 weeks ago

i"m just the opposite. I would much rather bake than cook. Baking needs to be exact, so I understand it a lot more.

0points

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How computers work, on the most fundamental level.

Pays_in_snakes , Eduardo Rosas Report

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eat_my_cannoli , cottonbro studio Report

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When people try to talk to me quietly and I don't want to make them repeat is for the 5th time.

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35points

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#13

Cryptocurrency I know enough to get about 25% of the way there but then I just don't get it... Something about computers doing complicated math for ... something... or someone ... then that being a block... using that block to make money... that might not actually be money but it is money to someone so I guess that's what makes it money

**EDIT**

I got so much info from this comment maybe I should have said something about my research paper.

InItsTeeth , Behnam Norouzi Report

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34points

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#14

30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things People are commending my wife and me on raising our kid (10 months now). Truth is we are totally winging it and she's just been really pleasant so far ... too pleasant.

notsofastandy , Daria Obymaha Report

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34points

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#15

30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things I just don't understand how people are happy to work 9-5 for decades for a mere 2 weeks off.

SweetLucid , Vojtech Okenka Report

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34points

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#16

My job. I'm a software developer but my true job title should be "Creative Googler".

ZestyWalrus , Nathana Rebouças Report

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34points

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#17

Magnets. I mean, day to day I walk around in my lab coat with a clip board, pretending I know all sorts of things. Yet, for all my scientific know-how one question continues to plague me: *Magnets; how do they work?*.

anon , Jametlene Reskp Report

Final score:

33points

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#18

How air conditioning works.

Every time I try and research it, I get a lot of smug answers about "you know it doesnt actually MAKE cold, it just PULLS heat from the air..."

OK great. How does it do that?

mr_feenys_car , Kévin JINER Report

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33points

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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things I got near perfect scores in my physics classes for engineering and literally nothing about our universe makes sense to me. I just treat it like a religion and have faith in it. I'm just an engineer and not a scientist so it should work out, I think.

4827335772991 , CVSV Report

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30points

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#20

30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things Confidence. I don't know how the f**k you become confident but I pretend like I am and it seems to work.

anon , Emmy E Report

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30points

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#21

3D printers. Like, I can't even wrap my head around the concept, but then I'm just over here like, if it works why can't we just 3D print everything??

pizzanotpineapples , FOX Report

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26points

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#22

30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things Anyone who says they understand quantum mechanics are liars.

anon , Bozhin Karaivanov Report

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25points

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GorillaS0up , Christina @ wocintechchat.com Report

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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things When people talk for to long I pretend like I understand what they're saying but in reality I wasn't paying attention.

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25points

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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things Having children. I have two stepkids and so far I just don't think the time, money and stress is worth "it". Then I think what is "It". I've asked several people why they had kids and mostly they say to continue their line. ??? I still don't get it.

chartito , Emma Bauso Report

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25points

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TotallyADalek , Christopher Gower Report

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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things Computers and software. Plot twist - I am a software developer.

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23points

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#26

30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things The stock market.

hello_friend_ , CardMapr.nl Report

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23points

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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things My job. I’m very new there; my co-workers tell me to not hesitate to ask questions. When I do, they’re b****y. When I figure it out on my own and end up doing something wrong they jump down my throat “Why did you do this that way!?”, “Why would you do that!?”. I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t. Whatever.

eearthling , Unseen Studio Report

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21points

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#28

SEO. My company is at the top of nearly every search involving one of the keywords that should direct you to it. I spend like $10 a day on AdWords and everyone thinks I'm a god-tier advertising hacker. I have no idea how or why things have worked so well in my favor.

trophylies , Valeri Mak Report

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19points

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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things The Monty Hall problem. I'm convinced I'm a lost cause so there's not really any point trying to explain further. I've heard the "think of it as a hundred doors" or "a million doors" thing dozens of times.

I've sometimes felt like I'm on the very brink of an epiphany in understanding but when it comes down to it I can't avoid the idea that if Monty was an alien and the car was a speedboat and the goat was a centaur and there were 3017 doors to begin with and Monty only opened a door ever 4.6 hours and it's in Mozambique and I don't know, whatever the f**k happened *before your choice*... when you have the two doors in front of you and one is the prize and one is the bogey, 'sticking' is just choosing door A and 'changing' is just choosing door B. There's a 50/50 chance.

I 'know' (perhaps 'believe' is the word) it isn't 50/50 because greater mathematical minds (obviously) than mine have proven that it's more beneficial to 'swap' doors. In the real gameshow scenario I would swap in the knowledge that clever people say that I should... But I just don't get why it's not 50/50. Regardless of what happened before, there are two doors to choose from, one is a prize, one isn't. 50/50.

I just pretend I understand because 1. I trust that it's true. 2. I hear the same "imagine it's 100 doors" every time someone tries to explain and it never gets through.

I take some small solace in the fact that the very *reason* it's famous is because it's so incredibly counter-intuitive.

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17points

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30 Times People Were Very Confused And Pretended To Understand Basic Things That unerring sense of rightness in their actions.

There are so many people who just **do** things without taking time to properly scare themselves out of it by thinking of all the anxiety-inducing repercussions. Look for another job? I'll need to change my morning routine, my commute, no more lunch hour at home, all these new people to deal with, getting as depressed in the new job as at the old job. I just thought myself into inaction.

Yet, I've seen people who just take that leap and I don't know how to do it without feeling like I'll fail or interpreting the landing as a failure and not a stepping stone.

You never learned proper fear and shame and self-loathing!

I hear what you're saying, the only way to get over it is to continue failing. To embrace it, revel in it, become the failure before exiting, triumphant, at the end! I guess I just don't *get* it or understand how I *haven't* been doing that but most of the advice says I have to keep trying until I get it so I will continue persevering.

Nose_to_the_Wind , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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14points

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#31

Directions. I listen to you giving directions because it makes you feel good. It's 2018, I'm always going to follow my space phone to your house.

Dicktremain , Priscilla Du Preez Report

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11points

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#32

Physics, I understand the concepts, just not the math.

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10points

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#33

Football.

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10points

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#34

Politics. Anything politics. It's all just a jumble to me.

anon , Marius Oprea Report

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10points

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#35

When I'm buying a car and the dealer starts spouting a bunch of car lingo at me. I nod my head like I'm impressed. We both know he's just making things up, but we both also know that I can't call him out on it. So I continue to nod, and he continues to b******t me with a straight face.

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9points

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#36

Everything about relationships. I don't understand when a guy likes likes me...

Final score:

9points

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#37

Everything, my dude.

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9points

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#38

I'm not sure how people form interpersonal relationships. I have to try SO HARD to care about people beyond my wife and son, to the point that it's physically exhausting 'faking' pleasantries. I understand "yeah, make friends. Have friends. Blah blah" ... But I just dont understand the DESIRE to do so.

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9points

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#39

I'm currently living in Brazil, I have to talk Portuguese all day and have important work conversations day long, they think I understand, the fact is that I don’t.

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8points

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#40

How microwaves work. It's wizardry to me.

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8points

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#41

My fiancee's mental health issues. Nothing major, but she has some panic disorder I don't remember the exact name of. I don't get it, but I try to be understanding.

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8points

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#42

Taxes, stocks, investing. I’m very financially uneducated and have tried several general finance books but if anyone knows of any that could best educate me please let me know. Google Amazon and YouTube haven’t given the best suggestions. I’m sure I could just learn it on YouTube actually.

DrDreidel82 , Anna Nekrashevich Report

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7points

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#43

Politics.

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7points

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#44

My father is a "Scrum Master" for "Agile."

He has explained to me on I think two separate occasions what that means, but I have never been able to commit it to memory. If it ever comes up in conversation with company, I just smile and nod.

Edit: Thank you, kind Redditors, for the explanations!

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7points

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#45

Life.

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