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 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???
Taylor Swift. She’s cute I guess but her music is the audio equivalent of a lukewarm stale glass of milk.
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.
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.
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Isn’t that true for almost all of pop music? It’s intended to be aggressively meh.
Sex.
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
Probably Twitter.
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.
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
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.
Voting for Trump.
It’s all the rage over in the USA or so I heard.
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.
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.
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.
Dating.
I don’t see the point to it, faking that you like someone so your friends and family approve.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
That isn’t why you date. You date until you find someone you genuinely like.
I feel like you might have some things to work out if you think that’s what dating is supposed to be.
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.
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.
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.
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.
