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I just gonna TLDR my list:
- Brands
- New Music (Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren)
- Religious fanatics, my parents specifically
- Hookah
- Calculus
Anything outdoors. Like I go on walks for exercise cause I don’t like the gym, but if I wasn’t trying to lose weight I wouldn’t bother. Anytime I talk to someone and they wanna talk about nature, wild animals, plants, or outdoor sports (honestly sports in general can be added here) I just tune out.
Spicy food.
I can’t comprehend how individuals or entire cultures choose to just deal with the pain until they build a tolerance.
Sure it probably made sense when the choice was to starve or to eat something that hurts (even a little), but as soon as non-painful food was available, why continue with the kind containing “Don’t eat me!” chemicals?
it’s not painful to people who have a natural tolerance to it
I like a little spice but don’t get the people who are like “I’m ordering the flaming asshole wings. Boy, my asshole is going to be on fire tomorrow.”
You know what I like? Not having a flaming asshole. We live in a world where food has a neverending variety of flavors. Get one of the many delicious flavors that don’t involve scorching your asshole.
You don’t dive into the deep end of pain. You start with midline uncomfortable and work your way up.
But why though?
Why do you season things you cook? It’s delicious.
In some people it causes the body to releases enough internal happy drugs that it is worth the discomfort.
I’ve never understood that either - Is it different from say stubbing a toe or biting a tongue? (Not hard enough to do permanent damage) Those should release endorphins also, right?
It seems to me like people rarely hurt themselves on purpose except food and sex stuff, and the sex stuff appears to be uncommon.
Every time I put a damn pepper in my mouth I’m like WHY the hell did I just do that? Now my mouth is hot, the food feels so warm I can’t even eat and I hate all of you!! 1!1!! 1
Why people are infatuated with celebrities.
Same reason people like watching TV dramas. It’s escapism. They get to vicariously live someone else’s more colourful life - or are glad they’re not living the celebrity’s real or acted horrible life - for a short while to get away from their own.
And anyone on a screen is usually better-looking as well, which is a big draw.
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I think it’s funnier if I just never attempt to “get it”
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Video games. They were fun as a kid on a rainy day but they’re completely lost on me now
video games have come a long way in the last few decades though. the variety of genre, play style, art style, etc. is absolutely astounding for someone that grew up playing bootleg games on a C64. There are some that are basically like an interactive movie, puzzle games, building games, and then your usual shooters and sports and mario-type platformers. If you ignore the AAA-slop, there’s some really high quality content out there.
It’s not about quality.
Don’t be offended, I realize I’m the weirdo here, but they seem so pointless to be so time consuming. Entertainment in general is pointless, but I don’t spend hundreds of hours watching a movie.
I’m not into TV either though, so maybe it’s sitting still that I don’t like.
I’m the same way.
Put on a movie and I’m asleep before the first scene is done.
I’m a tinkerer, need something to do with my hands and keep my mind occupied or I lose all interest. Video games often fill that but don’t feel useful in any way. They aren’t even a distraction from my real life, they’re just something to do I guess. Which isn’t what I like to do I guess
The need to have a giant house / car / other oversized, impractical status symbol. It just reeks of insecurity and it’s all bullshit, no one needs houses that big it’s just plain fucking stupid.
BUT I NEED A ROOM FOR ALL MY PRECIOUS MOMENTS FIGURINES!!!
It has gotten almost impossible to find a practical pickup truck. they’re all giant penis enhancent vehicles.
Sports culture. Betting, fantasy leagues, statistics. I immediately flatline if the conversation turns to it
Same here. And it used to cripple me during meetings, and basic conversations with coworkers. I’ve worked in sales, construction, and inventory management and the sports convos were inescapable and apparently a huge key to relating to customers and colleagues.
Just could never get into it, and not the type to fake it either. Unless I’m playing the sport, I could give a fuck less about others who I do not and will not ever know playing a sport.
Some folks get deep into D&D and build encyclopedic knowledge on estoric spell combos, some delve deep into trains, and some memorize how many lifetime touchdowns Joe Namath has. Dumb, but I understand it.
Its that reason why I say everyone is a nerd about something.
Yah, you may be talking to the former school jock/football star who was barely handed their diploma, but ask them about their sport/the industries around it. You will likely get a better lesson on statistics and managment that you can get out of most text books. (Assuming you can keep the conversation focused)
People usually like talking about their interests.
Not sure if I can think of any. I love understanding where people are coming from, and why they think something is interesting or important. That doesn’t mean that I myself get into it, or share their opinion but I do like it when people are (happily) passionate about something and it’s interesting to see what happens in their minds that makes it so. Like I don’t care about sports, at all, but if someone is super excited to tell me about whatever sport they’re into, I’ll be happy to listen.
A bit harder if it’s something they are angry about and think that I should be too - but I generally do understand why people work that way so I’ll just draw a boundary if needed.
In general it can be tricky if people think that my interest in the mechanics of their interest must mean interest in the subject of their interest. But I suppose that’s on me to be clearer about.
Interesting question.
Maybe the only thing that borders on something I don’t care to get is straight up hate of anything one doesn’t understand. It’s just that I already sort of understand that but it’s definitely not the angle of discussion I want to get into, it’s usually just depressing.
Golf
American paranoia that everyone cares what they wack off to.
Starbucks specialty coffees, just go to Dairy Queen already and get out of my line.
At first I thought you were talking about whacking off to golf
Furries. No hate, just not even remotely interested.
And anime.
This would have been my top line comment. I wish anime wasn’t such a glaring blind spot for me, because it’s something so many people connect on. But I see it like reality TV. There’s 1000 shows with 1000 episodes each, and some shows are probably great, but I’ve never been interested.
There are plenty with just one or two seasons and that’s it.
Reality TV or Anime? Cause either way, the medium just isn’t my thing.
Yeah it just seems like a random style of cartoon to me, i dont get why ppl are obsessed w this one type. Im probably just too ignorant
I’m kinda in this boat but I have a soft spot for anime that I grew up with in the 90s and early 2000’s.
There’s also some more recent stuff that’s been generally OK, but I can never keep up with conversations about it because I’m just not in that sphere at all really.
Hit me with some Gen 1 Pokémon, Avatar: TLA or old Ghibli stuff and I’m waxing poetic instantly lol
I’m a furry and even I don’t get most furries, haha!
Like, I’m here to be an animal. I heard “people who like to be animals” and went “whoa, sign me up!” and it turns out a lot of furries DON’T like to be animals, they just… pretend to be animals but “oh that’s a character not really me” and they still consider themselves human…?.. also they’re only half-human-half-animals, not actual animal shape either?.. I don’t get it
turns out most of the actual “I’m just an animal” animals are the therians instead (once I found them I decided I’d be both). I’m still a non-character, non-anthropomorphic (the furry jargon for normal animal shape is “feral”) furry though, and the anthro furries can just deal. :3
– Frost
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and it turns out a lot of furries DON’T like to be animals, they just… pretend to be animals but “oh that’s a character not really me” and they still consider themselves human…?
Do you not consider yourself to be human?
Nope! I’m a wolf! :3
I’m trans, but for species instead of gender. Yeah that’s a thing. 🐺
– Frost
Don’t you think this kind of trivializes what transgender people go through? Saying you can be trans for species sounds like some sort of mockery of transgenderism
Owenfromcanada: I dont want to know anything about furrys
Forestbeast: super detailed descriptions of furry culture
This is hilarious. Don’t get me wrong, @[email protected] , I appreciate the details - a fascinating glimpse at something I didn’t know - but it’s funny timing with some of the other threads here
Haha yeah! :3 I uh, misread the critter I replied to as saying “I don’t get it” rather than “I’m not even interested in getting it”. Cue the massive infodump. >,,>
I’m not that sorry, though. It’s still fun to talk about and also kinda hilarious that it happened.
– Frost
Whatever the newest slang is, the only exception is if I want to embarrass some kids by using it wrong
Streamer culture and Vtuber culture.
Oh, looks like I found mine.
I know nothing about both but since I suspect vtubbbing brached from anime subcultures I kinda get why they did.
Streamer though, I weirdly should be their demographic but I’m not.
I’m an avid gamer, I follow youtuber since vlog brother/smosh era, so I witness Pewds rise to fame but never find any joy in watching it live.
Like SovietWomble, his bullshitery series is top notch entertainment, I’ve rewatched the Arma and CS series multiple time, despite never played either one. Still didn’t like watching it live.
I think because it’s similar with the one with celebrities. I just don’t care with the parasocial aspect of it.
I can count the number of streamers I’m a fan of on three fingers, and the number of Vtubers I can even name on one
This is how I know I’m old now; what little I’ve ever seen or read seems utterly stupid and vapid to me. “Oh, just watch Flimdiflub6g for 1 hour, you’ll get it!” No, no I don’t think I will.
Some aspects of streamer culture I get, I do not understand vtuber culture. Youtube started recommending one to me because apparently played a video game I like and watch videos about, and…as far as I can tell her job is to be professionally sexually harassed. Like, men used to whistle at showgirls in saloons, now they throw virtual acorns at anime girls to “nut on” them.
Fun part is her mom apparently found out, and participates.
vtubers are just ugly people. they know they won’t get as many views if they showed their real face, so they use an avatar.
Why are people down voting this?
Because we are all just tubes of meat and, barf.
I usually don’t bring up things I don’t get or care to get because inevitably someone chimes in to start elaborating about the topic anyway. Like they missed the part where I said, “I don’t care.”
One thing I don’t care to get is actors/celebrity stuff. I have a touch of face-blindness as well as ADHD, so I haven’t seen as many films as most people seem to have watched. When people bring up an actor and I tell them, “I don’t know them and I don’t care,” it’s like they feel compelled to start listing things the person was in regardless. Then I’m subject to a list of movies, none of which I’ve ever seen, all while they keep trying to trigger a memory in my brain that doesn’t exist. No matter how many times I say, “I don’t watch a lot of movies” or “I struggle to recognize novel faces,” the same thing seems to happen 10 out of 10 times such a topic arises. It’s so weird. I just want to move onto another topic. I don’t know, I don’t care, and nothing you say is going to spark recognition of some rando celebrity. Just let it go.
The main celebrities I’ll be aware of are those who voice act. I’m an adult, but honestly I prefer animation. I can recognize a voice in a cartoon. Ah but the celebrity-fans don’t usually recognize voice actors. Funny that. Maybe I should turn the tides next time by talking about Frank Welker’s animal voices or something.
I don’t care about anything an actor says unless it’s proceeded by “Action!” and followed by, “Cut!”.
Lifestyle channels and blogs. This type of content is often very consumeristic. Unless it’s in an educational/informative context, I don’t have an interest in watching strangers have experiences that I could be having myself.
Thats why I dont watch porn.
I only watch educational/informative porn
Student: Is there any way I can get an A on my test Professor?? Professor: Take your clothes off.
