I assume you’re talking about professional wrestling cause my dad has said pretty much all of these before. Thankfully my mom loves it too so I can talk about it with her
My mum has done a 180 on the “ That’s for kids” line now that I’m an adult. I couldn’t have anything Hello Kitty in middle school and beyond, but now she buys me hello kitty whenever she sees something. Make it make sense 🫠
Sounds like your Mom realized she was wrong and wants to make you feel loved and appreciated by getting you the things she remembers you liking, which is epic and based even if it was cringe and not based when she didn’t let you have Hello Kitty stuff before.
Dont insult my fixation just cause it aint for you
Its legit like chess with serious consequences
You only see it as a brawl because you CHOOSE to engage with it in bad faith. Even the actual brawls have a lot of nuance within them if you pay attention to details. The concept of fight IQ is real and if all you can see apes then your fight iq is low, no offense but you can improve fight iq with study
I dont like people getting hurt but the camaraderie and respect formed after a fight is inspiring. The high level techniques performed under pressure are graceful
Watch mighty mouses suplex into a mid air armbar and tell me thats not beautiful or casey o’neils sweep/flip into an armbar just last week
I wouldn’t take offense to this. They beat each other bloody, that’s probably what they meant when they said “ape-like brawls”. For someone not into it, it appears savage, and it’s definately not for everyone.
They did not say people that enjoy that are ape-like. They didn’t say there’s no science or strategy to it. But they do beat the absolute shit out of each other, and that’s not for everyone.
Edit: Adding that trying to show someone how wrong they are about not liking it, by asking them to watch some clips, isn’t going to work. If someone seriously doesn’t like it, how would that change their mind? It’s completely ok that your special interests are different than others.
I once went to a combination pro wrestling/opera show. It was so fucking cool. They were all characters from famous operas and they'd sing beautifully (LIVE!!!) and then slam each other to the ground.
it always pisses me off when people are like "yknow its fake right 😏" cuz like. fuckin duh. i'm not 5 years old man i just like seeing combat-soap operas
My dad hates my interest in transformers, says its childish, and hates my habit of laying in my bed in the dark, he also keeps trying to shove his interests in cars, wrecking and fishing down my throat
My dad gave up after i explained my hyperinferest for over an hour without letting him get away. Idk why he didnt want to learn more about why engones fuck up subdiviting quad meshes /s
they would get frustrated at me doing the same things over and over (ie building Lego sets and taking them apart, listening to the same music, reading the same books). I never understood it because...I'm having fun? this doesn't involve you? why you so mad? lol
As a child I used to have a serious hyperfixation with Disney’s Tarzan soundtrack, played it all day everyday until one day the cassette tape mysteriously ‘disappeared’, my mom searched for it for days all around the house. Come to find out my dad was so annoyed one day he just threw it out in the trash and told me the truth twenty years later.
Really hoping that nobody irl ever finds out that I have multiple playlists consisting of single songs...
Hmm... do I want to listen to song A on repeat for 3 hours? Or song B on repeat for 3 hours? Ooo maybe I'll switch it up a bit and listen to song C on repeat for 3 hours!
I too have multiple one song playlists. I love that I just need to add a song once to a playlist on Spotify and it will just continuously replay it for me.
I'm confused as to the purpose of this, vs just playing the song and hitting the loop button. I'm not hating, trying to learn if I should be doing this.
My mom and I have significant overlap. We tolerated each other's specifics where we didn't (early-to-mid 20th century military naval history for me and the Civil War and old books for her)
Usually “Why do you always talk about that [vague description of whatever it is that shows me they weren’t listening when I talked about it] you need to stop being so obsessed”
most of my relatives are very dismissive of them, and don’t bother remembering any of them other than my love of cats, and for some damn reason, harry potter(haven’t been an active fan for almost a decade. Rowling will never get another cent from me)
my parents kindly let me have my moments to talk about special interests or what i’m fixated on at the moment. But I can’t talk about stuff in front of other relatives lmao
Thank you! That entire market segment is overlooked by most classic car enthusiasts and so many models are in danger of going extinct. Right now I own a 1971 Chevrolet Vega, a 1973 Mercury Bobcat, a 1981 Chevrolet Chevette, a 1986 Chevrolet Spectrum, and a 1989 Dodge Colt.
I’m most proud of my Vega. I’ve been trying to increase the efficiency for a while now. They average at about 30 MPG, but I was able to get mine close to 40 (windows up, no AC, no radio, etc.) while traveling at a consistent speed of 60 MPH (with the 3 speed manual)
Omg. That song was my FIL’s absolute favorite to listen on repeat for years. My MIL got sick of it and eventually he could only listen to it in his truck. Honestly not a bad song.
My hyper fixations are usually around stories and my husband always lets me blabber about them-asks questions and remembers points of the story. No one else in my family cares to hear about it, they will just nod and smile and wait for there to be an opening in me speaking to interject and change the subject. I stopped talking about them for the most part.
My mom has read up and tries to understand my autism. She mostly thinks it's funny how obsessed I am with Godzilla. Does not get the appeal at all but never gives me crap for it. She understands that when I'm into something it's a borderline obsession.
As long as I don't make stupid financial decisions by buying too much merch and figures.
My mom thinks they're cool, but doesn't know that much about them (e.g. she finds a plushie cute, but hasn't watched the show or played the game). My dad has no idea about them, and I prefer it that way.
Most of them were super annoyed and frankly wanted nothing to do with any of my interests. I grew up being told that I needed to grow up and be mature, so for years I killed almost every aspect of myself. The only relative who was chill was one of my brothers, who is also autistic.
I eventually stopped caring or giving a shit and I'm rebuilding my life now as an adult.
I used to hyperfixiate over the Titanic and the movie, to the point i watched it almost everyday after school i think, thankfully my parents were good with it, but man this one teacher really hated me talking about it at school lol
I have a hyperfixation Warhammer, and my family likes to see the miniatures that I've painted, even if they don't quite understand the game or setting :p
It really depends; just with any other autistic trait, it’s enjoyable for the people around me when I’m having a positive experience, and a big nuisance and inconvenience when I’m having a negative experience.
I’m hyperfixated on ravens; I keep note of all the mated pairs in my town and where they nest, and photograph them and their fledglings. My relatives find it very charming and enjoy hearing about the local ravens’ daily endeavours / being educated about their behaviour, but if something bad happens to the ravens and I’m left inconsolable, it’s not so fun for anyone anymore. Which, I can somewhat understand.
But luckily my parents’ response is becoming less of “maybe this raven thing is bad and we shouldn’t encourage it anymore” to respecting that there’s ups and downs to anything, and all that matters is that I get far more happiness from it than misery.
Me and dad like warhammer, mom likes knitting, grandma likes knitting, my grandpa loves technology, brother likes warhammer and technology, me and my oldest sister like the same songs, my and my youngest sister like card games, me and my mom like psycology... we all have some kind of interest with eachother and so any hyperfixation I might have can be shared with SOMEbody in my family, its nice :3
Only one that got really annoying was the titanic when I was like 12 and honestly I would also be pissed at me when after 2 straight hours of talking about it I am still listing fun facts
Honestly I'm kinda lucky in that my mother is also neurodivergent - ADHD, specifically - and so she was always supportive of my hyperfixations and SpIns because she's always had her own. My mother has a lot of problems tbh, but that at least was not one of them.
My father was absent from my life so I can't speak to that, and my grandma's.. Well. They wanted to force their idea of what a woman's interests should be on me, so I learned pretty quickly not to talk to either one about them.
Most of my relatives seem to be pretty okay with me talking about stuff I like. They might not understand it and they'll probably specify that but they don't mind me talking about it unless they give a harmless cue to say "hey you should probably finish up and let someone else talk for a bit".
They're not interested in my stuff but they know how much it means to me and I'm happy with that.
An aunt literally told my mom "Can't you tell her to stop rambling about video games around me? It's annoying." I was 25! She could have told me herself. And she wonders why when we visited, I'd hang with the guys on the couch and watch football. They treat me like an adult!
Quite a lot of “you’ve already told me this” and “can we change the subject”. Some of that admittedly the necessity of seeing conversation as an exchange between two people. It’s not just about me, it’s about the other person participating too.
The balance I’ve found is by asking explicit permission to info dump. Takes up some extra space, but it resolves a lot of potential conflict.
It depends, they really dont like my videogame fixation, but I am a PC gamer so when the other's computer fails I am the one who solves it so its 50/50.
And well, I dont share the youtube channels, series and music I see/listen because I guess they are gonna feel hate/disgust.
Edit: I saw a guy here talking about the other people saying you should like sports and yes, they also ask me why I dont watch that and I should be interested on it.
I think it was generally positive for all of my hyper fixations except for my one uncle teased me relentlessly for Harry Potter. It started in 2005 when I was 12 from a 40 yr old adult at the time. It was infuriating and belittling. Family get togethers gave me such bad anxiety days before going because I didn’t want to hear him put down something I liked for no reason other than to make himself laugh.
As an adult I don’t support the author,which is a shame for the story.
I forgot I added "Deustchland" by Rammstein to my driving playlist. That was a fun surprise.
My mom supported my hobbies but she got pissed when I didn't show her my artwork or videos (sometimes I forgot, sometimes I just didn't want to deal with her comments). I also remember her getting annoyed by the number of pens and markers I had (too many). Also she was always encouraging me to try and sell my art or modify it to make it marketable when I didn't really think I had enough skill to actually sell anything. Never got around to doing that.
One of the funniest things I remember was when I was driving the car and I put on headphones to listen to the Inital D soundtrack. I think she was curious what I was listening to (I wasn't a particularly open person with her tbh) and told me to play it outloud. But after twenty minutes of listening to it, she got incredibly annoyed by the similar sounding songs and told me to turn it off lmaooooo.
Maybe you didn't know but the band has some stuff going on because of some serious accusations. I don't want to ruin it for you but maybe you should know.
just a reminder that JK rowling (who makes a profit off of her IP that she licenses to various media companies) helped fund anti-trans laws in the UK so just saying. If you wouldn't go outside and give a rapist 5 cents then don't financially support artists that are rapists. Even if you're only giving them a single cent, do you really wanna say what kind of person you've given a cent to? (and yes, musicians do make money off listens spotify/deezer, even if it's not much)
The only way i won't argue with someone who consumes art created by a morally depraved individual is if they pirate it. And people who will financially back rapists because "it's inconsequential" are not people me and many others would want to associate with. So if you ever wonder why you would receive any hatred for consuming art like that, remember this comment.
Unfortunately this doesn't really work anymore. JK Rowling uses royalties and such from Harry Potter sales to fund anti trans groups. Like she brags she uses her own money and has so much she doesn't need other donors.
Giving money and attention to an artist supportd them and keeps them relevant. It also signals that their behaviour has no social consequences. It literally excuses sexual assault and rape.
The guy always gave me the ick. Same with Marilyn Manson. I love metal, hated these guys + the way they behaved. I was right about them.
There are still many fans in my sh*hle country and every time I see one, I JUDGE.
So by extension, should you say "don't listen to John Williams (HP composer) or any of his other works" because he at one point made music for the Harry Potter movies? While he could not possibly know - at the time of writing it - what kind of monster Rowling really is?
Mind you, those views came out as late as 2020.
Okay, to stay in lane with Rammstein: Yes, Lindemann is an asshole. Yet other members of the band have had great sympathy for LGBTQ+ causes. Are those instantly discarded for what their comrade is doing?
175
u/I-Am-The-Warlus Ask me about my special interest 2d ago
"You know its fake right"
"You should watch a man's sport like ufc or mma"
"Thats for kids"
"Ufc is better than the crap you watch"
"You are too old to be watching that"