Your recollection matches mine, which is at about the same level of knowledge as yours.

Its partially sarcastic. Like a joke at how they'd have to "get used to" something that is better and more enjoyable in every way.

As far as I know, it's just bubbles of Nitrogen gas. When you crack your knuckles, the bubble bursts into tiny bubbles, making a cracking noise. The gas is still there in the joints, but because it's in the form of many tiny bubbles, your knuckles don't crack. If you sit around for a while, those many bubbles reform back into a big bubble and you can crack your knuckles again.

Don't take my word for it though - I'm not an expert. I have read about it and this is what I remember off the top of my head.

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Exactly that happened to me when I did my first tandem. I still skydive 14 years later. Best life decision ever.

Thank you!

Turns out I do have an award after all lol

Ohh okay! Thanks so much! I wish I had a free reward for you

Right. It's an understatement. It's like saying, "Not bad," when something extremely awesome happens.

Ohh! This is the first comment I’ve read that makes it make sense (I think.) so basically it’s sarcasm? Or being ironic

It’s another way of saying “I am not used to this experience, but it is really good”. The phrase normally used when people try something beyond the level of luxury they are accustomed to for the first time (nice hotels, a fancy car, massage).

Usually, getting used to something means that a situation seems unpleasant at first, but you will adjust and it won't bother you eventually. "The weather here is really hot, but you get used to it."

So, when you find yourself in a very nice, comfortable situation, saying, "I could get used to this," is a little joke. It's a way of acknowledging that the situation is very nice without stating the obvious.

To me, the vibe is something like "I'd like to get used to this" as in, I'd like for this to become my new lifestyle. That if you had it consistently, it would become part of your life and you wouldn't be able to live without it afterwards.

The first time you try the finer things in life. You were fine with an 02 Corolla and then you borrowed a friends new car with heated and ventilated seats...

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It's a bit of understatement/sarcasm said to humorous effect. Something is very nice indeed, but instead of gushing, you offhandedly say, "well, it's not so bad I couldn't get used to it if I tried really hard" while luxuriating in the pleasure.

If someone slept in a comfy bed they can say "I could get used to this." Sure it loses "novelty" but it's better than what they were sleeping in before.

It means the person hasn't tried it before, but they enjoyed it, and would do it again.

For instance, if a person never went skydiving and then they went skydiving and really liked it, "they could get used to it" - they would do it again in the future, perhaps even as a hobby.

Electric doesn’t need to shift gears so your saving shift time too

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Ooh damn I didn’t know the thing about Jesus. That is kinda spooky. I feel like something similar was done with 999/666 being the inverses of each other.

Personally never seen it haha, just remember the saying from childhood every night when I’m up around 3 am. Thank you for your explanation though, makes sense!

In early Catholic tradition Jesus was believed to have died between 3:00pm and 4:00pm. The inversion of that, 3:00am and 4:00pm was called the "Devil's Hour". The "witching hour" is developed from that. Many cultures have other hours of early morning after midnight with similar superstitions. This is probably due in large part to the hours between midnight and 4:00am being the quietest time where almost all life, or life that we are accustomed to dealing with, is asleep. Indeed very few people ever are commonly awake at those hours. Societally, if you know that almost every single person in a village or city was asleep at those hours and if they're awake they are probably tired, that would make it the best time to do anything disagreeable like thieving, harming others, or anything else socially unacceptable like "witchcraft". You'd be a lot more likely to get away with it. Makes sense that someone in charge might like to keep people inside at those hours. Makes security a lot easier.

Wikipedia has the origins and probably links to more info, but says 'witching hour' has its origins in a poem from 1775 called "Night, an Ode".. but it could go further back to 1535 when the catholic church banned activities between 3-4am due to fear of witchcraft spreading and using 3am as its the inverse of when Jesus supposedly died (3pm)

Another folklore thing with it is the hour after midnight and it's sometimes called the "devils hour"

I guess someone watched The Devil's Hour?

The phrase "witching hour" began at least as early as 1775, in the poem "Night, an Ode." by Rev. Matthew West, though its origins may go further back to 1535 when the Catholic Church prohibited activities during the 3:00 am and 4:00 am timeframe due to emerging fears about witchcraft in Europe.

During the time in which this term originated, many people had sleeping schedules that meant they were awake during the middle of the night. Nonetheless, there is psychological literature suggesting that apparitional experiences and sensed presences are most common between the hours of 2:00 am and 4:00 am, corresponding with a 3:00 am peak in the amount of melatonin in the body.