What in the name of God's lavatorial throne is this RSS crap I keep seeing on other people's blogs?

Ok, wait. I know what it is... I just fail to understand it and how it works.

Kind of like central cooling/heating -- it makes me warm during winter and cool during summer but I haven't the foggiest clue what the hell makes it tick. It could be run by little hot-pink-coloured-hair transvestite elves with degrees in Electrical Engineering dressed in the latest Barbie doll fashions driving back and forth in their scale model Beamers that they outfitted with nuclear powered engines.

*sigh*

RSS is my current Everest that I apparently must overcome. There is a tiny little OCD-plagued fairy that carved a home out in the back of my brain that has threatened to chip away at my cerebral cortex with a blunt butter knife until I have mastered the holy mysteries of RSS. Or maybe I am just looking for a hobby.

It is simple really... all I need is to spend several hours/days/years/decades learning computer-techno-gadgetry-lingo and I am ready to start learning about RSS.