Patterns in Everyday Life

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Hey people I was wondering what weird/interesting patterns you have noticed in everyday life. I mean patterns like things you might have noticed in popular entertainment, the news, traffic, and whatever else you can think of.


for example, I noticed that a systematic pattern of mistrust of the french in "Master and Commander; the far side of the world" where it appears to me that the portayal of the french is an attempt to villify all things french. The story is based on the history of the Essex, a famous american frigate in the war of 1812 that was destroyed by the english. in the movie, it is a french frigate during the napoleonic wars (simalar time peroid). The crew of the french ship is portrayed as being treacherous and untrustworthy (a crewmember attempts to take russel crowes life after surrendering, etc) while the british crew is infinately loyal, upstanding and honest.

Another example of a pattern one might pick up in observation is;

most american workers (factory, warehouse, etc) can't type a keyboard properly, have very poor sight (squinters) and are computer illeterate to an apalling degree.

Just curious as to what you might have noticed in everyday life/media/movies etc

I have noticed the patterns between religions in past cultures which were invented to explain the world around them. And I have noticed that religions still do the same today, but people do not want to put themselves at the same level of "primitive" ancient cultures. But no matter how much they deny, I still see it as plain as day.

I've also noticed patterns between humans and animals. I noticed this when I was younger and realized we are animals after all. We are designed and function in similar fashions. We just happen to usually have higher cognitive abilities. But I see this as just another variation in the Evolutionary Process.

I have noticed the patterns of neurochemicals (not first hand of course, hehe) and that humans act accordingly.

I've noticed much more, but too numerous for words.

I completely agree on this. My computer
sales partner PECKS a the keyboard and
stoops to the screen while doing this.

My security guard friend PECKS at the
keyboard, and give the Stooping-Warner
Bros. Vultures look upon the screen.
[one eye squinted and slightly angled
closer to the screen, big nose almost touching
laptop screen, larger eye WIDE open as
he pecks and examines his food! Oops-Keyboard]

This is a not too pecular pattern in NTisms?

Hmmm? Fascinating(as I type will all fingers and
clarity in mind-no vulture need apply)
Ghosthunter

The French are the historical enemies of the Brits and I think Americans probably saw a little bit of why that is recently ...remember 'freedom fries'. French people are often 'sent-up' in British humour. I think Master and Commander was made by an Australian director, but being an ex-British colony, we tend to share some of their humour and traditions. I enjoyed that movie a lot.

I guess it's not politically correct to be almost completely half British and half French. In terms of comedy, I must be a paradox. I'm always making fun of myself.

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-When a new pub appear on TV, they brainwash you with it. Then, after about 2 weeks, they start to show an abreviated form of the same pub, lasting half the time of the original. Then, after another 2 weeks, while continuing to show the abreviated form, they occasionaly show the original.

-In almost all film there is a scene where you'll be scared by.... a cat!

-If your skills at your jobs gets better, they won't raise your salary. They prefer to let you go and hire someone that have that skill and pay him better than you!

-In all American film, you will see, somewhere in the background, even if it's only for a fraction of second, the amercian flag (and you will also probably ear the anthem).

-It's always the non-garantied part that breaks first

"Blancmange" amuses me greatly - the word that is, not the substance, which is perfectly fine and wholesome and reasonably tasty in and of itself, but is hardly a source of exactly unbounded humour, but I digress..... We call it a French name, yet the French call it "English Cream" (Creme d'Anglais") - it seems as though we're both trying to blame each other for it for some reason......

Whenever I hear/read the word "Blancmange" I think of the Monty Python sketch "Blancmanges playing Tennis" Makes me laugh every time

sorry to spoil your fun, but, to me, blancmange is NOT a part of my everyday life. i could say that i have spent many years arranging my life so that this is so (i'd be lying, but it's an amusing thought).

maybe blancmange will be the next food in which one of them miracles will occur - "the face of JP2 in a blancmange!! another two steps towards his beatification! huzzah!" and all that sort of stuff.

i actually like milk puddings in all their myriad forms. let's face it, it's only a small step from rice pudding to those gorgeous indian sweets - barfi, halwa, jalebi, kulfi, ras malai, guleb jamun... drool, dribble.