Meghan Confused: Things Meghan is Confused About
Life is confusing. Have you ever been confused? I sure have, and many of the people who responded to the Wind-Up survey can agree. Together, hand in hand, let’s explore the common confusions our student body has.
Vinyls: Vinyls always confused me: How can a piece of plastic play music? Although I understand the “workings” of sound waves, how did the words get onto the vinyl? Why is it an actual recording of the artists? It doesn’t make sense. So, I watched a YouTube video explaining how vinyls are created and how they play sound and sounds waves and what not: it still doesn’t make sense.
Mirrors: If I’m standing by a mirror but can see a wall on the other side of the room I’m quite confused. It’s honestly ominous. Additionally, if you put a piece of paper against a mirror and then press a small object against the paper, you can still see the object! This doesn’t make sense. The workings of reflections are puzzling.
Bluetooth: Just what. Just how and what and why. How did someone discover that an electronic could connect to another electronic? How do the waves specifically become bluetooth waves? And, how did they know that bluetooth was bluetooth? Turns out, we can thank a man named Jaap Haartsen, who invented Bluetooth technology in 1994. Bluetooth uses short range radio frequencies to connect devices. Interesting! However, it is confusing.
Why is yawning contagious: Apparently, yawning may be contagious because of a phenomenon called social mirroring: mimicking one’s actions or behaviors. Mirroring is more common around someone you enjoy, emphasize with, or are attracted to. Interesting. So, next time the person across the room yawns, and then you yawn, you’re probably in love with them.
Brain Rot: Erm, I don't remember.
How does gasoline work? Pondering about the functions of gasoline can put the mind in quite a pickle. Why is gasoline, gasoline? Why didn’t they use tar or paper or start out by using electricity? Well, gasoline comes from the ground, but it wasn't used for cars until a man named Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant Benz.
How does traffic start? Just keep driving. It only makes sense if there’s an accident.
Why haven’t I seen my neighbor carrying groceries in? Now this is a mind-boggling question. Personally, I’ve only seen my neighbors mowing their lawn or trimming their bushes.
Any time someone explains a card game: Card games are confusing; but they become more perplexing when someone tries to walk you through them. Go fish? More like go bye bye.
Why are flavors, flavors? Flavors are confusing. How do flavors become flavors and why does everything taste differently? Take blue raspberry for example: I know what blue raspberry is and what it tastes like, but blue raspberries don’t even exist. Obviously, it’s an artificial flavor, but why was that specific flavor created as blue raspberry; and why does raspberry have a “p” in it?