People you could describe as 'vacuous.'

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I had a beer with a girl this afternoon at the local bar. She was nice enough; we had met after the Yankees lost game 7, on the subway. Not particularly attractive, but pretty. I kept trying to ask her what she was into, what she liked to do, and she said, "I don't know, I like news, and just...the general socialization of life, you know." And I nodded and was like, wha??? I also learned she was an English major in school, but she wasn't a writer. So I was left with really nothing. My last effort at guessing her interests was cued by a broad mention of "music," but that just prompted a deathly boring story of how her mom once played guitar and sang some folk songs in front of company once when she was young. So I started forming in my mind (evilly?) a perception of her as 'vacuous.' She was empty, there was nothing going on that she was particularly into, she had no discernable interests except, as she put it, the news, and general socialization. I don't know if thinking all of this makes me a bad person. But enough of my yakking. Let's boogie. Do you know anyone you would describe with this word?

― 57 7th (calstars), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Are you sure she wasn't being vague and boring because she wasn't interested in you, and just wanted a sort of painless (if passive-agressive) way of killing off what little relationship there was? (I've done this, alas.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Some people really do have no interest in anything.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Meg Ryan.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

kelly ripa

― paranoia is the hipster's disease (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Oprah Winfrey

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Bono

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

i've known people who had very few interests or hobbies, and they would feel threatened (they said as much; i'm not just projecting here) when friends would talk about cool things they were doing or made "obscure" cultural references.

hrm.

― paranoia is the hipster's disease (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel threatened when people from my past ask me "what are you doing?" but that's more because I assume they won't understand.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel bored when that happens.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel ph34r.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel anger. And a desire for revenge.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel threatened when people from my past ask me "what are you doing?" but that's more because I assume they won't understand.

This reminds me of the time I was trying to explain independent music/labels/fanzines/venues to my aunt(yes, the same one that sent me the xenophobic email I posted today) and how I was not interested in making commercial music and she totally acted like I was talking about elves, fairies and leprechauns and then began talking about Shania Twain.

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Well you should point out that Shania Twain believes in leprechauns herself. And let's not even talk about Tori Amos! She holds court to the whole panoply of little people. So.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Spinal Tap joke here?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Britney Spears, obv.

― Laura E (laurae55), Monday, 25 October 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't you just love those people who dismiss yr opinion as either baffling nonsense or with a patronising "thats nice" or "dont be silly" when you know full well it is because they have NO CLUE?

In high school our careers teacher asked the obvious "so what is your dream job" question, to which a guy who was an enthusiastic guitarist replied that he wanted to be a rock or even session muso. She told him to sit down and did anyone else have anything serious to contribute?

I can't comprehend people who have no interests. Surely everyone gets a thing or two that fries their burger?

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, I totally could have worded that last paragraph better.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

You know who fries my burger? That guitarist.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that a metaphor?

"ooh i hate that guy. he really fries my burger."

― oops (Oops), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

"I _told_ you a few minutes ago I was going to do the dishes, so stop frying my burger about it already!"

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Its meant to be a positive metaphor oops, not a complaining one =)

ie: "man, that guy really fries my burger, phwor!"

Or um, something.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

ok there's a mental image and a half

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

At least it wasn't a kebab. (cf. Jade from UK Big Brother)

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Or a sossidge roll.

OK I'll stop now.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

You can fry me a burger
Fry me a burger
I fried a burger over you

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 25 October 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

*SIZZLE*

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 25 October 2004 04:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway the answer to this question is Kevin Costner.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Monday, 25 October 2004 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Kevin Costner

he's deep didn't you see waterworld?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 25 October 2004 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)

He's no Patrick Swayze, stop defending him.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Monday, 25 October 2004 04:51 (twenty-one years ago)

u just dissing him b/c madonna dissed him in that film of hers!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 25 October 2004 04:53 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://whitehouse.org/initiatives/posters/images/strongerest.jpg

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 25 October 2004 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, our President is an easy answer here. He does not fry my burger. He serves me a cold vegetarian mash of mushrooms and wheat by-product and calls it a burger. um... so to speak.

― Hank Tenbeer (kenan), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Kenan that makes dubya sound almost tasty. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Sexy.

― Hank Tenbeer (kenan), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:24 (twenty-one years ago)

*backs away slowly from you*

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

*homer style*

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

haha

― Hank Tenbeer (kenan), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/reo/The_Simpsons-Gay_John_and_Homer.jpg

― Laura E (laurae55), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to do this a lot too.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Monday, 25 October 2004 12:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Until Kenan's comment I thought "fries my burger" meant "adds fries to my burger." I thought that was more apt!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 October 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't like discussing my interests to strangers.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 25 October 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

it's just too difficult to elaborate on "i like watching car traffic and buses out of my window and the occasional moments when policemen question people in vans on the road outside"

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 25 October 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Sounds like it would make a good arms-lengther, though.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 25 October 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

ive got a friend of a friend who is just like this. all she really does is watch tv and work and go out dancing. i cant say its all too horrible to hang out with her, as she is the opposite of my friend (in your face whoooa guess.what.just.happened.to.me)
sometimes there are 5 minute gaps of dead silence ,and then i turn to her and start talking and, its like she just flicks on a switch and listens.

― kephm (kephm), Monday, 25 October 2004 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

J Edgar Hoover

― Mooro (Mooro), Monday, 25 October 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Har dee har har.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 25 October 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

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