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> I don't understand how anyone likes the stuff. i can see how someone wouldn't want to eat bacon (for a variety of reasons, health, veganism, sodium intake,
by beachstartup 13y ago
> I don't understand how anyone likes the stuff.
i can see how someone wouldn't want to eat bacon (for a variety of reasons, health, veganism, sodium intake, religion.... lots of things), but i can't see how they "don't understand" how anyone likes bacon.
it's primarily fat and salt. how is this a huge mystery to you? you REALLY don't undersatnd how a fatty, salty pork product is popular?
_REALLY_?
- jl6 13y ago"I don't understand" is an idiom in which the user feigns ignorance in order to paint an opinion as so irrational that the only explanation for it being held must be some unknown mitigating factor. With the holder of the opinion typically absent, no such mitigating factor is offered, and through a kind of proof by contradiction, the user hopes to score a victory for his opposing viewpoint without having to actually come up with any arguments.
- beachstartup 13y agoyou generally don't say "i don't understand why..." for things that are obviously understandable. you usually use it for things that are inexplicably broken in some way. "i don't understand why they can't move these things 2 inches to the left" "i don't understand why the entrance to this parking garage is blocked by trash cans every tuesday" "i don't understand why they can't make this app remember your login" "i don't understand why you can't change the temperature on this thermostat" "i don't understand why anyone likes bacon" hmm.. which of these is not like the others?