Taylor Swift. She’s cute I guess but her music is the audio equivalent of a lukewarm stale glass of milk.
Isn't that true for almost all of pop music? It's intended to be aggressively meh.
Comment of the day award
My coworkers love her because "She's a storyteller!"
I can think of many bands that do the same thing without making aggressively mid music while doing so.
I think she’s definitely a cut above your average pop singer just from sheer popularity, and most of her stuff isn’t bad but she definitely isn’t a super strong songwriter.
Watching sports/sports fandom. I just dont give a fuck about sportsball in any way shape or form.
On a similar note, video game streams
Watching sports of any kind.
I get made fun of for playing video games and shit meanwhile millions of people lose their shit over grown ass men chasing a ball.
I'd be less insulting about it if I wasn't ridiculed every time I bring up not liking sports.
I remember an old reddit post about what it's like to not like football by replacing it with archeology. I felt that in my soul.
Honestly that's why I hate sports. It started out as just disliking it but after working food service my whole life I've grown to hate sports due to how much it affects my job.
But who doesn’t like archeology????
Going to bars. I can't drink with my medications and I don't like going to loud, social places unless there's some other reason to be there.
You would like pubs.
Really depends on the pub, probably? I've never been to one that I liked they were all super noisy.
Instagram. I have no interest in taking pictures or sharing things regularly. All the content looks so boring I don't get the appeal. Even on an interesting post the comments are borderline spam fire emojis and people saying let's go.
It's used to be just a way to share photos with family and friends, those days are long gone, it's just ads and fuckwits.
Live tv. I just can't watch with all the stupid pop culture commercials.
Live TV is great. I have a live feed of a stork nest in the background, and you get to see it feed its chicks, teach them to fly, and murder a few depending on mood.
Oh inmeant like daily tv channels.. where people watch need sitcoms and such. Just your average tv stuff..abc, cbs, Fox etc.
oh I know, I was just cheekily misconstruing your comment
Hahah ! ahhhh... parents, right ? 🤗
I hate commercials but sometimes still put on the live TV because I get really bad choice paralysis with streaming. Tv gives me a handful of options to narrow down. Even if i don’t love what I’m watching I don’t have to manually decide to pick it
Any social media platform where you follow people instead of topics.
I have to just sort of flail about in the void looking for people in my same niche to follow, and by the exact same token, no one will ever look at anything I post unless one of the Popular Accounts™ re-shares it. What's worse, a re-share from a person with a lot of followers has more value than a re-share from an average Joe. That never sat right with me -- the idea that one person's opinions on what was and wasn't good were more valuable than everyone else's, and that everyone therefore competed for that person's attention.
That does make me miss how Facebook and Twitter used to be utilized with friends following each other and posting content that they made and not simply reposting everything that comes their way.
I do value the opinion of people I know but I want hear them say it not some larger personality.
Watching tiktok. I do not get the addiction it provide, but people around me, young and old, has been glued to it.
It really was excellent in its infancy, once you'd honed your algorithm. Some of the funniest, sharpest content on the internet at the time, with a really tight knit in-joke machine - reminiscent of early internet communities. It boomered up and burnt out, but there was certainly a spark there.
Going to loud parties with more than 5 people. 1) loud things hurt my ears and give me a headache. 2) can't hear the person you're talking to anyways bc of loud. 3) why are there 50 people here? Past 5 ppl, you can't really talk to people well and the space gets crowded.
Great for you if that's your thing but not me.
Probably Twitter.
Dating myself here but, DOTA.
Found a fan of Big Game Hunters, have we?
Sex.
Driving. If it's far enough away, I can ask for a ride. If it's any closer, I can walk. Most things I can walk to. I don't trust myself behind the wheel and don't feel comfortable contributing to the damage done by vehicles.
I don't think driving's really an activity that people get into, except in a small percentage of enthusiasts. Most people just drive because it's less inconvenient than the alternatives.
I'm going to be honest. I'd be really annoyed if somebody kept asking me for a ride because they don't want to be a driver. I also hate driving but it's necessary where I live for most cases.
Hopefully you're taking the inconvenience to others into account when asking for a ride to places.
Well yeah, that and I wouldn't be outside of paying for it.
Literally every sport.
Frisbee is surprisingly fun and aerobic. I'm with you on the rest.
Watching TV series's. As a maker, I really just went to be making stuff all the time, and having to sit and dedicate my time to watching a show really does not interest me. I do like watching longform Nebula content while I'm doing other things though, like Philosophy Tube or Jet Lag: The Game. I also like reading books, just not tv or movies most of the time
Same for me and gaming. Thing is, I love games and always will, but I just don't have time in my day for it. Solution? Wait a year, read reviews of 1 or 2 best games of the year and then binge them 3 days straight without sleep and trainers (to level past the grindy aspects) until I'm sick of them.
Same with binge TV for me. Its just easier on my schedule if I can dedicate a one off time to it. It keeps me up to date with social trends, whilst not being a dominating factor in my life.
Minecraft
There's still time...
Smoking cigarettes, and these days “vaping.” Never tried.
When I was a kid, an older kid peer-pressured me into smoking a cigarette. I smoked the whole thing and quickly noped out of that. Can't believe I made the best decision of my life at the age of 6.
do you like drugs? nicotine isnt the worst.
If anybody is reading this and thinking of trying vaping/smoking, do not.
If you never start, you never have to stop, and stopping is the hardest thing I have ever had to do.
Sure it gets me through the day but I have probably wiped 10 years off my lifespan.
I used the nicotine pouches for a year then went could turkey. habit was totally broken.
This is a factually accurate statement, but it reads like you're encouraging someone to get into smoking cigarettes, which is (I thought) a myth invented by DARE types. Hey OP, speaking as someone with a 15 year off and on addiction to nicotine, steady on your course, bud.
i quit, too. it wasn't easy. but that doesn't mean i won't use nicotine, i just broke the habit.
A lot of social media sites. Twitter, 4Chan, Tumblr, TikTok, Facebook, Discord, and so on.
There are various reasons for each but it frequently comes down to how much of it is people mindlessly reposting soulless clickbait and how hard it can be to find and track content relative to me.
Also idolizing and following celebrities. I mean I like Jake Gyllenhaal but I would be indifferent if they disappeared off the face of the Earth tomorrow.
If someone dances around the concept of Jake Gyllenhaal disappearing, I will immediately assume they are a swifty.
Is there a thing between swiftys and Jake Gyllenhaal?
Yeah, Taylor Swift used to date him, and she wrote a song about it. The fans don't exactly like her exes much after she does a song about one of them. Most of the time she kinda sounds like the victim in the lyrics but I think she's written some 'I fucked up' songs. But this is all hear say through my wife, so take the necessary grains of salt.
I love that your cited source is your wife.
Drinking
Why would anyone want to drink something that tastes awful, so they can have a night of fun they probably won't remember, and wake up feeling awful?
If I'm gonna have a fun night, I want to remember it, not hear about it from others. And the risks are too great. Risk of doing something stupid I would never normally consider that could embarrass, injure, or kill myself or others.
If that's your idea of fun, more power to you, but I'll pass.
That's how Alcoholism or movies works, not a night out with some social drinks. I rarely drink but I've never not remembered stuff. I'm introverted, so a few drinks does actually help me losen up a little and have a better time. But it's not healthy, so it's rare that I do.
I think a lot of sweet things taste awful. But that doesn't mean I watch people drinking Coke and can't understand why they like it.
That's because taste is subjective. I only drink things I like. Do you really think people, other than teenagers experimenting, are drinking things they don't like?
And getting black out drunk, again young people aside, is not the aim.
I think you might be a bit sheltered. Not liking alcohol or drinking is fine and normal and should be encouraged for health reasons, but you've made some big assumptions about people.
Personally, I enjoy the drinks I'm drinking. And no, I'm not saying where it tastes like candy but I drink in the manner of responding "I don't understand the question." when I'm asked "What would you like with your gin?"
Part of what I drink helps because slamming it hurts, but I like that slight burn when sipping (Why yes I like spicy food too but I digress), that burn is a nice speed limiter so it takes a while to even get a buzz. There at the slight the term "social lubricant" shines. I'm not deep in my head, all the worries, anxieties, etc I can actually set aside and enjoy my time rather than going through the list of shit I need to get done a thirtieth time.
If you don't like it, it's perfectly fine, getting drunk is not something necessary to live life.
Ha! I like drinks so much (obviously) but as part of food culture more than drinking culture - I make delicious drinks, not awful ones, and hate being drunk so usually just have one and enjoy it. I think it's like coffee or complicated food flavors, not immediately enjoyable like cake might be, but once you appreciate the complexity, it is so very enjoyable.
Dating
Football (soccer for Muricans), both as a participant and as a spectator.
I don't understand how you pick a team if you werent born in an area with a team. Like, as a New Zealander, how can I get excited for a premiere league team that I essentially pick at random?
Just pick one. Or don’t. It’s okay to be a fan of the sport. Formula One is a good example. A lot do people have a favorite driver or team, I generally just enjoy the whole thing.
destruction/"rage" rooms
they're an awesome concept and I can see why they're enjoyable and therapeutic even for many people, but I just don't like breaking stuff it makes me anxious haha
Same. I like fixing broken things. Also, if a handle breaks off a mug it becomes a pen holder etc. We're drowning in our own rubbish so I don't understand making more being fun?
Like seeing food fights in movies (which I think is the only place this ever happens), it just looks like wasteful stupidity to me.
I totally get it but I would rather just buy some old crap to break in my backyard than pay like $50 to do it under black lights
Fortnite
Watching 2 girls 1 cup
it's an acquired taste
It's a bit nutty...
Alcohol, I just dont like the taste
I smoke weed occasionally but even that I have been trying to cut out cus I abused it for years
It's an acquired taste. Back when I was a starving student and everyone was drinking cheap alcohol and living off 2-minute noodles, I acquired the taste
video games after the PS1 era. I grew up with the NES - PS1 then got tired of video games in college and never really get into games since and I find them to be a chore when I try, even the old ones I used to like. Strangely though I do enjoy repairing them and I've been slowly fixing the old stuff I had in boxes in my closet like an old Game Gear by replacing the capacitors updating the screen. I never once used it since LOL. I'll probably end up selling it or giving it to the kids
Karaoke.
Jogging/Running outside and even indoors using a treadmill. Instead, i like walking outside and hiking, and within the gym, I like the crosstrainer and rower.
Not everyone has the ability to do that. It’s unhealthy to exercise near roadways, and a lot of people don’t have the means or ability to go to a nature space.
I'm no runner, I was always terrible at it since childhood. Anything above 100 meters was too long and I couldn't breath through it properly, which was quite a thing at school. I'm ordinary sized person, no (serious) health problem, just lack stamina for running.
But lately I found running to be quite "fun". Or better world would be "relaxing". I still suck terribly at it, but as I'm older, long gone from high school, I don't care. I live right at the edge of town so literally hundred steps to the nature, so once I feel like I need to empty my head, I go running. While I slowly choo choo around I can turn the brain completely off and just relax. And feel like dying later because I still lack the stamina past first kilometre lol.
Renting
Football. It’s like you’re supposed to run and kick a ball, but at the same time somehow without just falling in your face. Ridiculous.
Voting for Trump.
It's all the rage over in the USA or so I heard.
Music
I am not good at watching TV. I like it once a week or so but reading is so much more enjoyable for me than videos.
I'm not antisocial but quite socially lazy, I have never lived alone and grew up in a large family so not good at going out and partying, getting together, keeping up with friends. Reasonably good at hosting parties but that's different, it's like a puzzle to solve and is fun.
What about Tiananmen Square…?!?
That was kinda cool for the CCP!
I wasn’t there but maybe someone here was.
Oh wait.
No.
They were all killed and then turned to mush by tanks repeatedly driving over the bodies and then hosed dune the drains.
GLORY TO THE CCP AND HOW WONDERFUL THEY ARE TO ALL THE PEOPLE.
Dating.
I don't see the point to it, faking that you like someone so your friends and family approve.
I feel like you might have some things to work out if you think that's what dating is supposed to be.
That isn't why you date. You date until you find someone you genuinely like.
Watching TV with someone with your head in their lap. Someone to laugh at your bad jokes. Someone to steal your arm at night and use you as an extra blanket. Making breakfast in bed, travelling and bickering over minor things, watching a sunset together.
I miss you Eli
It's a good concentrate of the good things. I'm sorry you lost your Eli
Taylor Swift. She’s cute I guess but her music is the audio equivalent of a lukewarm stale glass of milk.
Isn't that true for almost all of pop music? It's intended to be aggressively meh.
Comment of the day award
My coworkers love her because "She's a storyteller!"
I can think of many bands that do the same thing without making aggressively mid music while doing so.
I think she’s definitely a cut above your average pop singer just from sheer popularity, and most of her stuff isn’t bad but she definitely isn’t a super strong songwriter.
Watching sports/sports fandom. I just dont give a fuck about sportsball in any way shape or form.
On a similar note, video game streams
Watching sports of any kind.
I get made fun of for playing video games and shit meanwhile millions of people lose their shit over grown ass men chasing a ball.
I'd be less insulting about it if I wasn't ridiculed every time I bring up not liking sports.
I remember an old reddit post about what it's like to not like football by replacing it with archeology. I felt that in my soul.
Honestly that's why I hate sports. It started out as just disliking it but after working food service my whole life I've grown to hate sports due to how much it affects my job.
But who doesn’t like archeology????
Going to bars. I can't drink with my medications and I don't like going to loud, social places unless there's some other reason to be there.
You would like pubs.
Really depends on the pub, probably? I've never been to one that I liked they were all super noisy.
Instagram. I have no interest in taking pictures or sharing things regularly. All the content looks so boring I don't get the appeal. Even on an interesting post the comments are borderline spam fire emojis and people saying let's go.
It's used to be just a way to share photos with family and friends, those days are long gone, it's just ads and fuckwits.
Live tv. I just can't watch with all the stupid pop culture commercials.
Live TV is great. I have a live feed of a stork nest in the background, and you get to see it feed its chicks, teach them to fly, and murder a few depending on mood.
Oh inmeant like daily tv channels.. where people watch need sitcoms and such. Just your average tv stuff..abc, cbs, Fox etc.
oh I know, I was just cheekily misconstruing your comment
Hahah ! ahhhh... parents, right ? 🤗
I hate commercials but sometimes still put on the live TV because I get really bad choice paralysis with streaming. Tv gives me a handful of options to narrow down. Even if i don’t love what I’m watching I don’t have to manually decide to pick it
Any social media platform where you follow people instead of topics.
I have to just sort of flail about in the void looking for people in my same niche to follow, and by the exact same token, no one will ever look at anything I post unless one of the Popular Accounts™ re-shares it. What's worse, a re-share from a person with a lot of followers has more value than a re-share from an average Joe. That never sat right with me -- the idea that one person's opinions on what was and wasn't good were more valuable than everyone else's, and that everyone therefore competed for that person's attention.
That does make me miss how Facebook and Twitter used to be utilized with friends following each other and posting content that they made and not simply reposting everything that comes their way.
I do value the opinion of people I know but I want hear them say it not some larger personality.
Watching tiktok. I do not get the addiction it provide, but people around me, young and old, has been glued to it.
It really was excellent in its infancy, once you'd honed your algorithm. Some of the funniest, sharpest content on the internet at the time, with a really tight knit in-joke machine - reminiscent of early internet communities. It boomered up and burnt out, but there was certainly a spark there.
Going to loud parties with more than 5 people. 1) loud things hurt my ears and give me a headache. 2) can't hear the person you're talking to anyways bc of loud. 3) why are there 50 people here? Past 5 ppl, you can't really talk to people well and the space gets crowded.
Great for you if that's your thing but not me.
Probably Twitter.
Dating myself here but, DOTA.
Found a fan of Big Game Hunters, have we?
Sex.
Driving. If it's far enough away, I can ask for a ride. If it's any closer, I can walk. Most things I can walk to. I don't trust myself behind the wheel and don't feel comfortable contributing to the damage done by vehicles.
I don't think driving's really an activity that people get into, except in a small percentage of enthusiasts. Most people just drive because it's less inconvenient than the alternatives.
I'm going to be honest. I'd be really annoyed if somebody kept asking me for a ride because they don't want to be a driver. I also hate driving but it's necessary where I live for most cases.
Hopefully you're taking the inconvenience to others into account when asking for a ride to places.
Well yeah, that and I wouldn't be outside of paying for it.
Literally every sport.
Frisbee is surprisingly fun and aerobic. I'm with you on the rest.
Watching TV series's. As a maker, I really just went to be making stuff all the time, and having to sit and dedicate my time to watching a show really does not interest me. I do like watching longform Nebula content while I'm doing other things though, like Philosophy Tube or Jet Lag: The Game. I also like reading books, just not tv or movies most of the time
Same for me and gaming. Thing is, I love games and always will, but I just don't have time in my day for it. Solution? Wait a year, read reviews of 1 or 2 best games of the year and then binge them 3 days straight without sleep and trainers (to level past the grindy aspects) until I'm sick of them.
Same with binge TV for me. Its just easier on my schedule if I can dedicate a one off time to it. It keeps me up to date with social trends, whilst not being a dominating factor in my life.
Minecraft
There's still time...
Smoking cigarettes, and these days “vaping.” Never tried.
When I was a kid, an older kid peer-pressured me into smoking a cigarette. I smoked the whole thing and quickly noped out of that. Can't believe I made the best decision of my life at the age of 6.
do you like drugs? nicotine isnt the worst.
If anybody is reading this and thinking of trying vaping/smoking, do not.
If you never start, you never have to stop, and stopping is the hardest thing I have ever had to do.
Sure it gets me through the day but I have probably wiped 10 years off my lifespan.
I used the nicotine pouches for a year then went could turkey. habit was totally broken.
This is a factually accurate statement, but it reads like you're encouraging someone to get into smoking cigarettes, which is (I thought) a myth invented by DARE types. Hey OP, speaking as someone with a 15 year off and on addiction to nicotine, steady on your course, bud.
i quit, too. it wasn't easy. but that doesn't mean i won't use nicotine, i just broke the habit.
A lot of social media sites. Twitter, 4Chan, Tumblr, TikTok, Facebook, Discord, and so on.
There are various reasons for each but it frequently comes down to how much of it is people mindlessly reposting soulless clickbait and how hard it can be to find and track content relative to me.
Also idolizing and following celebrities. I mean I like Jake Gyllenhaal but I would be indifferent if they disappeared off the face of the Earth tomorrow.
If someone dances around the concept of Jake Gyllenhaal disappearing, I will immediately assume they are a swifty.
Is there a thing between swiftys and Jake Gyllenhaal?
Yeah, Taylor Swift used to date him, and she wrote a song about it. The fans don't exactly like her exes much after she does a song about one of them. Most of the time she kinda sounds like the victim in the lyrics but I think she's written some 'I fucked up' songs. But this is all hear say through my wife, so take the necessary grains of salt.
I love that your cited source is your wife.
Drinking
Why would anyone want to drink something that tastes awful, so they can have a night of fun they probably won't remember, and wake up feeling awful?
If I'm gonna have a fun night, I want to remember it, not hear about it from others. And the risks are too great. Risk of doing something stupid I would never normally consider that could embarrass, injure, or kill myself or others.
If that's your idea of fun, more power to you, but I'll pass.
That's how Alcoholism or movies works, not a night out with some social drinks. I rarely drink but I've never not remembered stuff. I'm introverted, so a few drinks does actually help me losen up a little and have a better time. But it's not healthy, so it's rare that I do.
I think a lot of sweet things taste awful. But that doesn't mean I watch people drinking Coke and can't understand why they like it.
That's because taste is subjective. I only drink things I like. Do you really think people, other than teenagers experimenting, are drinking things they don't like?
And getting black out drunk, again young people aside, is not the aim.
I think you might be a bit sheltered. Not liking alcohol or drinking is fine and normal and should be encouraged for health reasons, but you've made some big assumptions about people.
Personally, I enjoy the drinks I'm drinking. And no, I'm not saying where it tastes like candy but I drink in the manner of responding "I don't understand the question." when I'm asked "What would you like with your gin?"
Part of what I drink helps because slamming it hurts, but I like that slight burn when sipping (Why yes I like spicy food too but I digress), that burn is a nice speed limiter so it takes a while to even get a buzz. There at the slight the term "social lubricant" shines. I'm not deep in my head, all the worries, anxieties, etc I can actually set aside and enjoy my time rather than going through the list of shit I need to get done a thirtieth time.
If you don't like it, it's perfectly fine, getting drunk is not something necessary to live life.
Ha! I like drinks so much (obviously) but as part of food culture more than drinking culture - I make delicious drinks, not awful ones, and hate being drunk so usually just have one and enjoy it. I think it's like coffee or complicated food flavors, not immediately enjoyable like cake might be, but once you appreciate the complexity, it is so very enjoyable.
Dating
Football (soccer for Muricans), both as a participant and as a spectator.
I don't understand how you pick a team if you werent born in an area with a team. Like, as a New Zealander, how can I get excited for a premiere league team that I essentially pick at random?
Just pick one. Or don’t. It’s okay to be a fan of the sport. Formula One is a good example. A lot do people have a favorite driver or team, I generally just enjoy the whole thing.
destruction/"rage" rooms
they're an awesome concept and I can see why they're enjoyable and therapeutic even for many people, but I just don't like breaking stuff it makes me anxious haha
Same. I like fixing broken things. Also, if a handle breaks off a mug it becomes a pen holder etc. We're drowning in our own rubbish so I don't understand making more being fun?
Like seeing food fights in movies (which I think is the only place this ever happens), it just looks like wasteful stupidity to me.
I totally get it but I would rather just buy some old crap to break in my backyard than pay like $50 to do it under black lights
Fortnite
Watching 2 girls 1 cup
it's an acquired taste
It's a bit nutty...
Alcohol, I just dont like the taste
I smoke weed occasionally but even that I have been trying to cut out cus I abused it for years
It's an acquired taste. Back when I was a starving student and everyone was drinking cheap alcohol and living off 2-minute noodles, I acquired the taste
video games after the PS1 era. I grew up with the NES - PS1 then got tired of video games in college and never really get into games since and I find them to be a chore when I try, even the old ones I used to like. Strangely though I do enjoy repairing them and I've been slowly fixing the old stuff I had in boxes in my closet like an old Game Gear by replacing the capacitors updating the screen. I never once used it since LOL. I'll probably end up selling it or giving it to the kids
Karaoke.
Jogging/Running outside and even indoors using a treadmill. Instead, i like walking outside and hiking, and within the gym, I like the crosstrainer and rower.
Not everyone has the ability to do that. It’s unhealthy to exercise near roadways, and a lot of people don’t have the means or ability to go to a nature space.
I'm no runner, I was always terrible at it since childhood. Anything above 100 meters was too long and I couldn't breath through it properly, which was quite a thing at school. I'm ordinary sized person, no (serious) health problem, just lack stamina for running.
But lately I found running to be quite "fun". Or better world would be "relaxing". I still suck terribly at it, but as I'm older, long gone from high school, I don't care. I live right at the edge of town so literally hundred steps to the nature, so once I feel like I need to empty my head, I go running. While I slowly choo choo around I can turn the brain completely off and just relax. And feel like dying later because I still lack the stamina past first kilometre lol.
Renting
Football. It’s like you’re supposed to run and kick a ball, but at the same time somehow without just falling in your face. Ridiculous.
Voting for Trump.
It's all the rage over in the USA or so I heard.
Music
I am not good at watching TV. I like it once a week or so but reading is so much more enjoyable for me than videos.
I'm not antisocial but quite socially lazy, I have never lived alone and grew up in a large family so not good at going out and partying, getting together, keeping up with friends. Reasonably good at hosting parties but that's different, it's like a puzzle to solve and is fun.
What about Tiananmen Square…?!? That was kinda cool for the CCP!
I wasn’t there but maybe someone here was.
Oh wait.
No.
They were all killed and then turned to mush by tanks repeatedly driving over the bodies and then hosed dune the drains.
GLORY TO THE CCP AND HOW WONDERFUL THEY ARE TO ALL THE PEOPLE.
Dating.
I don't see the point to it, faking that you like someone so your friends and family approve.
I feel like you might have some things to work out if you think that's what dating is supposed to be.
That isn't why you date. You date until you find someone you genuinely like.
Watching TV with someone with your head in their lap. Someone to laugh at your bad jokes. Someone to steal your arm at night and use you as an extra blanket. Making breakfast in bed, travelling and bickering over minor things, watching a sunset together.
I miss you Eli
It's a good concentrate of the good things. I'm sorry you lost your Eli