You know what I don’t understand?
1. Instant mashed potatoes. Like they make no sense to me. Are the little flakes just flakes of potatoes? But if they are, then how do they fluff up when they hit the water? Is there some sort of physics involved that I need to understand in order to understand the creation of instant mashed potatoes? I mean, I’m not concerned enough to stop eating them until I find out. In fact, I’m eating instant mashed potatoes right now. Even though they are formed through some indiscernible witchcraft of some sort, they’re quite delicious and I appreciate them very much.
2. 100% Apple Juice. Or really any juice that claims to be “100% juice.” The ingredients section on the back of my apple juice label says, “Filtered water, apple juice concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C)”. That is not 100% apple juice! Even if it’s only .05% filtered water and .000005% ascorbic acid, that is still not pure apple juice! Why can they claim this? It makes me very upset! If I am buying something that says 100% apple juice on it, I want the container to be filled with liquid that is literally a bunch of squeezed apples in a bottle. Is that too much to ask?
3. Stretch marks. I was born at 6 pounds 11 ounces and 19” long. At 12 years old, I was 95 pounds and 60” tall. My height increased 41” and my weight increased by about 88 pounds and guess what? I didn’t have a single stretch mark. But somehow between being 12 years old and being 14, growing by 3” and 30 pounds, my skin decided it just couldn't handle that and put all these god-forsaken stretch marks on me. You could handle 88 pounds but not 30? How? Why? It just simply doesn’t make sense.
4. How to defrost a dang windshield. Let me set up a little scenario for you. I live in Rexburg, ID, where winter temperatures often reach below zero degrees fahrenheit. I leave for work at 6:15am. I live in an apartment complex without covered parking. As you can probably assume, when I get to my car, my windshield is usually icy and foggy. I’ve been using the “trial and error” method to try to figure out how to get rid of the ice and fog, and I swear it’s a different answer every day. Sometimes the cold air works, and sometimes it makes it worse. Sometimes the heat melts the ice but it makes the fog worse. It’s as if I need to have a different combination of air temperatures every day in order to be able to see. I just don’t understand why it’s so difficult!
5. Subway Sandwiches. I work at Subway and I feel like I spend every waking moment of my life in that place. Despite that, there’s still something I don’t understand. Why does a footlong Chicken Bacon Ranch Melt cost $8.00 and a six-inch of the same sandwich costs $5.50? I feel like if the footlong is $8.00, then a 6-inch, which is half the size, should be half the cost, right? I mean, I’m sure someone could tell me some economic reason why this is the case, but honestly, I probably wouldn’t understand that either. So for me, it just doesn't make sense.
