gestures broadly

Why so many people make decisions based on emotion only, willfully disregarding scientific reasoning.

The obsession with what other people do with their lives. I like to be left alone, mind my own business, not bother others. But there seems to be some part of the population that is the opposite and just can't help but poke and pry at others.

There are people that destroy things with no benefit to themselves or do things that hurt themselves just because it hurt who they consider to be "the right people."

Why people hurt others / rip others off. I don't understand that lack of empathy.

whys it gotta be like that

There's parts you understand?

Our inability to learn from other people's mistakes is staggering and bizarre.

Or more poetically, I think the thing I understand least about humanity, is why it understands itself so poorly.

WHAT IS SO FUCKING HARD ABOUT THE ZIPPER MERGE?!?

Do you motherfuckers REALLY think you're a defender of traffic justice when you're attempting to run people off the road for using a designated lane?

That so many people feel the need to force other well-functioning people under their own religious or non-religious moral code.

The way we destroy everything in the long term for short term gains. If our goal is to not die out, we are doing it wrong. Its like we're speed running extinction.

The broad commitment to obsolete ideas.

How is it that some people are completely unable to look beyond their own perspective

Why do so many folks carry so much hatred inside... it's so self-destructive and detrimental to society.

The cruelty.

Everyone seems to need instant gratification in every aspect of life. No one seems capable of thinking for more than 25 seconds into the future. The pervasive culture of "Fuck you, got mine", and the rat race to the almighty dollar. I don't get it, it's sad, and it's the driving force behind not wanting children. The world sucks, and I want to reduce suffering.

Why "human nature" takes a higher priority than "common sense".

Human history is rife with people fueling vicious cycles, most notably surrounding conflicts between certain groups of people like we see today. These cycles are excused under the crutch of "human nature" but wouldn't exist if those people stepped back and thought "wait a minute".

When I was little, me and my siblings were taught that our outcomes are our responsibility and that our physical/neurological/psychological shortcomings are no excuse for a member of society, so when I see someone talk about someone having done something wrong and say "it's only human nature", I just want to say "dude, I'm a woman with several medical conditions and yet you're worse than I am if you use the plain fact that someone is human to justify their behavior".

Well...there are a lot of things I don't understand, but maybe I'm just weird in that way :)) I don't understand why some people accept that what they know at this moment is enough and don't try to learn new stuff and be better tomorrow than they are now. I don't understand why some people choose to ignore creativity and event think that creative people are childish or even stupid. And also, I don't understand why lots of people choose to be jackasses and act accordingly to others when it would be so easy do not do this.

I was thinking last night how weird it is that we can suspend disbelief while watching a movie. Like, we see Tom Cruise on screen and know he's the most famous person in the world and we saw him alive on TV today, yet we get worried that he's gonna die in a ten year old movie?

Greed

One of the many myriad things I don't understand is why humans don't think of themselves as organisms. Like they know they can train dogs to do things with positive reinforcement but don't think other people do that to them. Or if someone did it's some kind of insult.

People that sit in air conditioned offices and do 3 hours of work all day get paid more than people who work on the factory floor for 12 hours with minimal breaks. Makes no sense.

Why do people insert fragile glass objects into holes?

The urge to conquer-war

"The current American imagination seems utterly unable to understand acts of kindness require greater heroism than acts of violence." -Sarah Manvel

fear of the unknown.

the superman-paranoia effect. something like if there's a being out there that has super abilities and uses it to help others, governments would still reign this person in just-in-case he goes rogue.

everything

humans like putting body parts inside each other

Yes.