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There are multiple layers...of merchandise.What complexity?
Hobbies and passions you don't like/understand but put up with for your friends and family - Self inclusion permitted
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What complexity?
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My parents watch nothing on Netflix but Norwegian and Danish detective shows.
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I do not now nor ever have I had a hobby. I don't understand any of them; why would I work at something that doesn't pay? You can't retire on speshul memories.
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You can literally sell hobby related items or sell hobby works.
People sell resin charms and novelty pokemon hats.
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I've never been that interested in anime. I like some of the old standbys like Cowboy BeBop, but not much else. My friend loves anime and if I'm hanging out with him, I'll watch an episode or two of some random anime if it's something he wants me to check out or see for himself.
He's not big on horror movies like I am, but will watch the occasional one if he's hanging out with me. Fair trade-off.
He's not big on horror movies like I am, but will watch the occasional one if he's hanging out with me. Fair trade-off.
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Media worship. This "consoomer" stuff has gone too far. Find a god or a cause to devote yourself to.
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My mom really enjoys telling me the whole plot of the tv shows she's watching. I just listen to her even though I'm not really interested.
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I don't really have issues with these, but some hobbies of friends/family that I don't care for myself:
Two of my friends from college were pretty into nerd culture, but not like my history-type nerd stuff, I mean like anime and certain kinds of vidya and stuff. They weren't weeaboos, in the sense that they didn't base their lives around it, and moreso the one guy, but they were definitely more pop culture nerds than me. One of them was also real into Warhammer, and I got banned from playing because I'd fling the dice at the table with great vigor. (I didn't realize at the time that those figurines are rather expensive, or I wouldn't have done it; honestly, I really owe it to him he didn't get rightfully pissed at me.) But I didn't really mind talking to them about their stuff. For some reason, even though I'm not into weeb shit and stuff like that, I'd rather listen to someone talk about that than make conversation about something like a football game.
My Pa does jigsaw puzzles as an old retiree.
Both Mom and Pa watch obscene amounts of TV like lots of boomers (who don't actively keep hobbies) do, Mom's crime is tons of cooking shows. (She does at least cook very well/very diverse food.) I wish they'd spend more of their time on things like woodworking, pottery, and painting - stuff they did when they were younger - but I think if people don't actively maintain their hobbies they don't keep the energy level it takes.
One of my other college friends was a huge news junkie. I've consumed more and less news over the course of my life, but he specifically liked entertainment outrage-bait schlock like Alex Jones, Watson, and Shapiro.
That's all within reason, of course. And it's not fun when you listen to other people but they don't extend the same generosity back.
A large draw for forums, for me, is that I can talk about anything I want, I might not actually have a conversation but people can engage, and often I find forum users have a much, MUCH wider range of interests than the people I meet in real life.
Two of my friends from college were pretty into nerd culture, but not like my history-type nerd stuff, I mean like anime and certain kinds of vidya and stuff. They weren't weeaboos, in the sense that they didn't base their lives around it, and moreso the one guy, but they were definitely more pop culture nerds than me. One of them was also real into Warhammer, and I got banned from playing because I'd fling the dice at the table with great vigor. (I didn't realize at the time that those figurines are rather expensive, or I wouldn't have done it; honestly, I really owe it to him he didn't get rightfully pissed at me.) But I didn't really mind talking to them about their stuff. For some reason, even though I'm not into weeb shit and stuff like that, I'd rather listen to someone talk about that than make conversation about something like a football game.
My Pa does jigsaw puzzles as an old retiree.
Both Mom and Pa watch obscene amounts of TV like lots of boomers (who don't actively keep hobbies) do, Mom's crime is tons of cooking shows. (She does at least cook very well/very diverse food.) I wish they'd spend more of their time on things like woodworking, pottery, and painting - stuff they did when they were younger - but I think if people don't actively maintain their hobbies they don't keep the energy level it takes.
One of my other college friends was a huge news junkie. I've consumed more and less news over the course of my life, but he specifically liked entertainment outrage-bait schlock like Alex Jones, Watson, and Shapiro.
I think that, to an extent, it's a good thing to listen to other people even when they're being boring. In some sense we could live more efficiently if we knew exactly what other people care about, shut down their shit when they talk about stuff we don't care about, and basically only make talk about joint interests. But, such a mercenary attitude towards socializing, so utilitarian, I think would cost us. There's a virtue in being a bit generous in your time to listen to another person talk about an enthusiasm of theirs, and you potentially gain from it (their interest will become yours, in enough time).
That's all within reason, of course. And it's not fun when you listen to other people but they don't extend the same generosity back.
A large draw for forums, for me, is that I can talk about anything I want, I might not actually have a conversation but people can engage, and often I find forum users have a much, MUCH wider range of interests than the people I meet in real life.