Football. Itβs like youβre supposed to run and kick a ball, but at the same time somehow without just falling in your face. Ridiculous.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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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
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.
Dating myself here but, DOTA.
Found a fan of Big Game Hunters, have we?
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.
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Probably Twitter.
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.
Hahah ! ahhhh... parents, right ? π€
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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.
Minecraft
There's still time...
Taylor Swift. Sheβs 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
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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.
Watching sports/sports fandom. I just dont give a fuck about sportsball in any way shape or form.
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