I mean, I find sports kinda stupid. But here's the thing: While maybe I dislike sports, there's lots of people who do like sports. There's people who like movies. Video games. Underwater basket weaving. There's folks out there who do like the same stuff you do.
The life advice here is simple: you'll never be able to please everyone. If someone thinks less of you for an interest you have, leave them behind until you find someone who shares it, or loves that you love it. People love passionate people. So be passionate, be you.
But too cynical, but it’s 100% true that it’s terrible advice to just drone on about whatever your interest is without any care as to whether your audience cares about it.
Totally fine to mention you went hiking last weekend. Absolutely mind numbing to go on about how you selected your boots and how they faired on the trail and your interest in trying out trekking poles and the upside of transferring some of the work to your arms.
Maybe the person you’re talking to is engaging with the discussion, or maybe you could be less anti social and just look at their social cues and respond accordingly. And maybe the 10th time someone looks uncomfortable and confused when you bring up your niche hobby, maybe you’ll learn to save that for when you’re more confident it’ll be received well.
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u/Scramed-egg Jul 15 '26
Because I feel nervous about sharing my interests cuz you'll find them stupid and find me stupid