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Kind of a hard question to word, but is there anything in your life you have recommended to other people but no one's ever gotten into?

I love podcasts and have friends who still thank me for getting them into this one or that one. But I've never gotten anyone to listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me. I don't know if the name is unappealing or the concept but people seem to bounce off immediately.

So what can't you get people into and why should we check it out?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Chipotle tobasco is some of the best hot sauce I've ever had. I honestly have no idea if they even sell outside of Louisiana, but if you ever get the chance, try it.

The denizens of Louisiana have such an elevated taste for spice that any time I even mention it to anyone here they say "oh that shit sounds basic, try this one" and I can't get anyone to actually try it.

It has a kick, but not as hot as a full fledged hot sauce. Nowhere near making you sweat hot. But the flavor profile is ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Schlock Mercenary. Amazing webcomic, by one of only like 2 webcomic authors that I'm familiar with that have the simple capability of putting out a comic on time (although this no longer applies as the story is finished) and is a fantastic story from beginning to end.

Yet, none of the friends I've ever recommended it to have been willing to read it

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Communism, but thats because i have a hard time talking to people irl

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like Charlie Parker but that's all I know of bebop. I also own a replica of one of his suits from the 40es

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is that you Howard Moon?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I, too, tried it once.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Opera! It's so very very good and it's such an acquired taste.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

For me it's getting people to play KOTOR, I know it's old but it's just sooo good and the story is so great, and please just play it. Pretty please.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

EverQuest. I know it's old now but even when I was playing in the early 2000s, I could never get anyone to play. I was the only one I ever knew in person who played. At that time the subscription kept people away. As time went on, it was the sometimes painstaking pace, older gaming conventions, and most of all, the graphics.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Karaoke. Found out nearly two years ago that I actually quite enjoy going to a pub, getting on the mic and singing to an audience.

Very few of the people I know are into it

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try travelling to japan. There Karaoke is BIG.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's big in every East/Southeast Asian countries, even muslim countries like Malay and Indo. If Japan's too expensive, travel to Thailand.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The Band Sweet as Swing. They make some great Vocal Jazz and this is actually one of my favorite albums but all the people to which I showed this didn't really like it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Space Team! It's a fantastic mobile party game to be played with people in the same room with you! You get a bunch of technobabble labeled dials, buttons, levers, knobs and whatever else while you gotta read the top of the screen to everyone else to keep your ship flying! They also gotta do the same. It gets crazier as you go.

Literally nobody will play with me. If you're in Cincinnati, hit me up for some Space Team!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It is such a fun game. I love it too. If you are ever in Vancouver, Canada let me know. I'll play with you

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you ever want a fast track to the no-fly list, play Space Team on a airplane!

Jokes aside, I forgot about this game and it's great fun. I need to remember it next time I am in a room with a few friends.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

the netrunner card game. All my MTG friends are so used to the idea of lootboxes and I'd rather not play anything than gamble.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Custom Roms I love how I can load custom ROMs on devices. I tried to talk my friends and co-workers into it but they seem really disinterested. I even took one of my older phones and showed it to them in person. They weren't really fascinated by the fact, that I got something different than Android or iOS on my phone. The only thing they liked was, how the lockscreen in Ubuntu Touch looked.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dostoevsky. Kava. My girlfriend refuses to watch Yu Yu Hakusho with me

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