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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThings you've learned here on DU.
I have to admit after seeing the Narwhals thread earlier today I remember learning that Narwhals are actually REAL! I thought it was an internet funny!
Yes... yes. I had no idea.
What weird things have you learned here on DU?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Texasgal
(17,049 posts)Right? What kind of messed up recipe is THAT?
Renew Deal
(81,894 posts)Texasgal
(17,049 posts)Please refresh my memory here...
Renew Deal
(81,894 posts)Someone accused Wesley Clark of being involved with some weapons that caused Haitian men to grow boobs.
It was one of the more amusing claims during that primary season.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Texasgal
(17,049 posts)LOL! Thank you!
antiquie
(4,299 posts)Learned from Skinner.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)-Everyone is not what they claim to be.
-The way to become popular on DU is either by posting cat threads, or by getting into a bunch of arguments.
-Wal-Mart and McDonald's underpay their workers.
-There are other people on the Internet besides me who aren't wingnuts.
-News anchors are referred to as "talking heads", while Congressmen/women are referred to as "critters."
-That there are 2 categories of domestic issues: social and economic.
-That there are intolerant people on both sides of the spectrum, but more on the Right.
-The opinions of DU don't necessarily mirror the opinions of Democrats and progressives in the outside world.
-MSNBC is not as LW as FOX News is RW, and CNN is like FOX News Jr.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)loves you more.
She's wrong, it's me.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)YES INDEED
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i wish i'd remember to ask you to remind me to remember things.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)but we only have one bag. i'm proposing a boxing match with my husband over who gets to have one dry foot.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)be dissing Joni (Ernst) the phony with her bread bags on her feet trekking to school uphill both ways with the bread bags on her feet. She truly is a step - ford wife.
Stepbread wife? She's just so damned odd. She has that weird reptilian stare like she's smiling at you and thinking about how to serve your various body parts in a cold appetizer.
underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)I just remembered that! I can only assume it's because we were endowed with Kmart brands, not known for top quality. It also helped with heavy socks slipping our feet in, etc. FLASHBACK!!
I hate winter. I hate snow. I like to look at it for about 20 minutes and let the doggy play in it to amuse me of course. Other than that, I REALLY hate snow. Growing up, way upstate NY outside Syracuse will instill that in ya.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...which of course, I do at every opportunity...I've learned that the Moon has to be bombed, that Karl Rove has been indicted, that I need to eat at the Olive Garden every Friday, and that George W Bush was a dubious individual...though I confess, I had already guessed that before I discovered this wonderful place...
Aerows
(39,961 posts)in cooking and baking alone in techniques, spices and general knowledge could be a culinary arts degree.
There are some *seriously* talented folks that visit that forum, and they are more than willing to impart their knowledge if you just ASK. I'm probably a 300% better cook than I was before I joined DU.
And thanks to pinboy3niner, I'm better at making puns, too!
Dr. Strange
(25,928 posts)Words to live by.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,381 posts)and if they go and bomb it, all hell will break loose.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)Tapirs have impressive...qualities.
If you're Southern you are going to have to either fight or hold your tongue a lot.
No piece of info is so esoteric that someone on DU doesn't know something about it...really!
There are people here who will go a very long way to help others.
Robb is a dingbat.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)...but yes...generally overrated.
murielm99
(30,780 posts)traveling expense money, kudzu is going places and Skittles will kick your ass.
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)Wherever he is, I hope he's having many experiences.
olddots
(10,237 posts)with weak chin and to avoid general discussion if in a good mood .
orleans
(34,093 posts)even when it's late at night and NO ONE IS POSTING BUT ME i have to keep reminding myself that i am not really alone (and keep myself from calling all of you to just WAKE YOU UP and tell you to post something!)
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Another night owl here and I love it that I can come here and find people like you still awake and engaged.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)EASY BECAUSE I AM A NIGHT OWL MYSELF; yes INDEED
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)adamwalkner
(13 posts)So if you really want to know my thinking about things i have Learned here on DU, then i will tell you that i just join this DU Yesterday, so i have no Answer of your this Question yet. I want some time to understand this Forum Website. Then after i can Answer your this Question.
DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)Paper Roses
(7,475 posts)You can hang many things with it. Just takes a little imagination.
yewberry
(6,530 posts)Not with a ten foot pole.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Stuart G
(38,454 posts)a chart of extreme importance, one we all need to know...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018698139
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)has always been out of his mind.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Because even if a post is just a copy paste of an article somewhere, there are important things posted I probably wouldn't have seen if not a DUer
That there are some very knowledgeable people that are happy to share their knowledge. Most of whom are kind people who really want you to understand.
That there are some talented writers here
That many of the people who I respected and were here from the beginning, have left.
That some people go to posts just to dump on the post.
That the alert button is used mostly to stop people from sharing ideas others don't agree with.
I just learned, here, tonight, that Skittles will kick some ass!