Things smart, reasonable people believe (or enjoy, or do) that seem totally nonsensical to me: - Professional sports - Expensive weddings (I understanding spending as much as you need to for the number of guests you want; I don’t understand the goal of *making it expensive*) - Fireplaces - TVs mounted over fireplaces (forces you to crane your neck, plus potential heat damage) - Chopper motorcycles - Reclining bikes - Low riders - NASCAR racing - Enjoying the flavor of alcohol or coffee - Saying "bless you" when someone sneezes - Being anti-science (anti-vax, flat Earth, climate change denial) - Drinking straws - The Nutcracker - Non-walkable neighborhoods (apparently, a lot of people prefer them?) - Tournament of Roses Parade (or NYC Thanksgiving Day Parade, or, for that matter, most parades) - Tattoos - Blockchain - “Expert systems” (1980s... but they died, so I guess no one else got them, either...) - “Fixed income” (AFAICT, no one's income is actually *fixed*—even Social Security gets annual COLA increases). - Sun bathing - The use of paper case files in police shows in the 21st century (and don't get me started about "evidence boards"). - Watching other people play video games (e.g. Twitch) - Asking restaurant servers “*is this good?*” about menu items. Or in general, asking them for recommendations—everyone has different tastes, so why think you'll like the same things they like? - Asking people if they want a drink of water when they’re coughing (coughing is a windpipe/lungs problem, not an esophagus problem). - Being "offended" or "insulted" by something someone else says or does. These are *your* emotions. Being "offended" or "insulted" is a choice *you* make, not something someone else does to you. Are you not in control of, and responsible for, your own emotions? Why give someone else that power over you? In the business world: - When people say things like “*I won’t rest until…*”, “*no one goes home until…*”, “*I demand this thing no one controls, immediately…*”… I mean: do the people that say these things really think this will work? Or even help? - Setting specific numerical goals for things you have limited control over (you have no way to guarantee hitting the target, plus, why not shoot for higher?). - Creating artificial/forced/fake ROI analyses to justify strategic initiatives (or even a "real" ROI with guesses at important parameters).