Things you are proud to be ignorant of?
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anonymous said:
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Ah, right. Sorry I misunderstood GetCarter. Yes, I completely understand that. Unless you have a PAYG burn phone specifically for stuff like that. I've had the same mobile number for 15 years and seldom get spam texts, simply because I am careful who I give the number out to and never use it for competitions, votes, etc. So fair enough.
JonRB said:
GetCarter said:
and why on earth people would give out their mobile phone number.
Surely changing mobile numbers and/or acquiring disposable numbers by using a PAYG sim is way easier than changing your home phone number?JonRB said:
Personally I think ignorance of any kind is nothing to be proud of.
Nothing wrong with being disinterested in a subject to the point of having no desire to learn about it - I can understand that. And nothing wrong with knowing enough about a subject that you can say you have no interest in learning more. But I simply can't understand why anyone would proudly proclaim an ignorance of something.
Like football? Nothing wrong with being disinterested in a subject to the point of having no desire to learn about it - I can understand that. And nothing wrong with knowing enough about a subject that you can say you have no interest in learning more. But I simply can't understand why anyone would proudly proclaim an ignorance of something.
Famous Graham said:
Like football?
It's something that has no interest for me, yes. But I don't go around saying I'm proud to be ignorant of it, despite that tongue-in-cheek post I made on Facebook that I assume you're alluding to. 
I guess I'm getting hung up on the word 'proud'. If it was 'happy to be ignorant of' then I'd be fine with that.
tucks said:
im scared to say it as it seems to irritate some people(already proved in this thread!) but, facebook. i literally have never signed up, i actively refuse to look at other peoples when they try and show me something. i plan to keep living my full and active life without it or any true understanding of it. being poked, putting "like" or throwing a sheep is something that i feel i have no need to ever use. im not saying that 100000000s of people dont find it usefull or enjoyable but i genuinly have seen, even in my small-ish social circle, gargantuan rows over it.
im not 100% honest to 100% of the people ive ever met, all of the time. maybe its just my sneaky side that despises it!
Spot on Tucks. Glad there are others who feel like this. Even though I want to stay ignorant about FB, it's too big now. Everyone seems to know about it, even those who don't belong on it. What a money spinning waste of time. Clever though, you wish you'd thought of it!im not 100% honest to 100% of the people ive ever met, all of the time. maybe its just my sneaky side that despises it!
Zwolf said:
I don't think "proud to be ignorant about..." applies, but I'm certainly not ashamed to not have much of a clue or any interest about anything to do with any sports, despite being of the male sex.
I don't mind that other people like it and some take that to an obsessional level of knowledge and interest, but it's just not really for me. I'm not at all knowledgeable about oceanography either, but never has an occasion arisen as to where I might need to mention or list all the myriad things I know very little about or have no interest in, but sport it seems I do need to, on a tediously regular basis.
It's always slightly amusing when you simply admit to not being into football when somebody tries to make smalltalk about it and assume because I'm male, that we'll have some form of instant rapport - the response is then to switch to them talking about rugby, then cricket, then F1 and so on at each declaration of "No, I don't really follow sport". "Ah, not into rubgy or football, well you MUST like F1 then..." etc. Err no, I mustn't anything.
You are me and I claim my £5 I don't mind that other people like it and some take that to an obsessional level of knowledge and interest, but it's just not really for me. I'm not at all knowledgeable about oceanography either, but never has an occasion arisen as to where I might need to mention or list all the myriad things I know very little about or have no interest in, but sport it seems I do need to, on a tediously regular basis.
It's always slightly amusing when you simply admit to not being into football when somebody tries to make smalltalk about it and assume because I'm male, that we'll have some form of instant rapport - the response is then to switch to them talking about rugby, then cricket, then F1 and so on at each declaration of "No, I don't really follow sport". "Ah, not into rubgy or football, well you MUST like F1 then..." etc. Err no, I mustn't anything.
Don't think I've ever met anyone who shares my indifference to sport in all its forms. Nice to know I'm not the only one.
JonRB said:
Personally I think ignorance of any kind is nothing to be proud of.
Nothing wrong with being disinterested in a subject to the point of having no desire to learn about it - I can understand that. And nothing wrong with knowing enough about a subject that you can say you have no interest in learning more. But I simply can't understand why anyone would proudly proclaim an ignorance of something.
Far be it from me to be Mr grammar police, but out of interest (as I see it a lot - even newsreaders), you are uninterested in football, it's the ref who is disinterested (unbiased)Nothing wrong with being disinterested in a subject to the point of having no desire to learn about it - I can understand that. And nothing wrong with knowing enough about a subject that you can say you have no interest in learning more. But I simply can't understand why anyone would proudly proclaim an ignorance of something.
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000207.htm
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