Hating your interests?

While I think it's healthy for one who's a music obsessive (to continue with this example) to take several steps back occasionally and try to deal with "the real world".. i.e. "mainstream" people, it's far more unhealthy for someone to shut themselves out of interests that, for lack of a better phrase, his/her genes programmed him/her to follow anyway.

Hating one's interests is just yet another sad side effect of how often one is stuck in a pattern constantly comparing him/herself to the rest of society.. and assuming he or she isn't "right" if he/she's not like "them". Unfortunately, it's all too natural.

I hate being so interested in buying things. It makes me boring. And I often hate being so interested in religion because it would be so much less trouble not to care. But when I'm uninterested in it I think it would be better for me if I did care. So either way, religion is a dud interest.

I hate my interests because I'm no good at them. I want to write music, I want to write about music, but I can't. I thought I was interested in computing and that went very wrong. So instead I just spend all my time on the least constructive interest, just staring at the internet wasting time, and anyway I just end up reading stuff by people who can write and feeling left out.

I should buy fewer albums because I have way less money than I'll need next year already, plus my room is a big mess of general tat and cds I never listen to, but that's not really the same thing. Mind you, the above isn't really the same thing either, it's not my interests' fault if I'm rubbish at them. Hrm.

I'm sorry, this was a bad time, it's 4am and I'm still pissed off after I got hassle in town twice, went on irc to relax, and got hassle there too. So I shouldn't be allowing myself to post to ILE. In fact, I should have been in bed for the past 4 hours. Sorry.

I have two interests really. Music, and going out. I really hate having music as an interest. It's really shit. If you had a huge interest in gardening say, the average person on the street is unlikely to ever bother to disagree with you on things to do with gardening. But music, everyone has an opinion.

Does it happen any of you that you have people you know almost begging you to like something? As if that gives it a seal of approval or something?

Ronan - yes, TV.

I hate my interests, because even though I'm awe-inspiringly great at them, they still haven't made me rich, or a pussy magnet. I wish I had gotten good at other things that have more social status.

reading the new acme novelty library last night (the "rusty brown" one), i had to continually remind myself that i was not going to turn into this man...

but seriously, i only have one interest: music, and it's not so bad, because unlike seymour i have a wide range of interest in it (i.e. i'm not collecting edison rolls in dingy basements...well, not yet anyway. it's social (somewhat), it keeps me writing, etc. the only real damage is to my pocket. as long as i keep out in the real world somewhat, i'm fine.

reading the new acme novelty library last night (the "rusty brown" one), i had to continually remind myself that i was not going to turn into this man...

As you then carefully set aside the initial collection of those strips in a vacuum-sealed plastic bag next to your complete _Sandman_ run.

As you then carefully set aside the initial collection of those strips in a vacuum-sealed plastic bag next to your complete _Sandman_ run.

of course the great part of these jokes are that you have to be a geeXor to get them. WINK WINK, NUDGE NUDGE.

(and notice ned left the record collecting part of it alone.)

Silly boy, record collecting is a sign that you have been Blessed by the Great Powers Beyond. *whistles idly and wonders where to put the Robert Wyatt album he got yesterday*

Is it possible to hate your interests?
Good LORD I thought *I* was a masochist... :-) Then again I saw Straight To Hell last night. Good film but Courtney should have been erased from that fillum.

ack. sorry about that. being spat at in the street by kappa-clad carpark kid + being told by different gang of youths to get out of town because they don't want my type round here + pmt + not taking my meds for a week because they make my head hurt too much = rebecca is an angst-filled vortex of self-obsession who should not be allowed on the internet. added point of someone on irc pointing out that she's a moaning oxygenwaster who shouldn't be allowed on the internet (true, though I could've done without some of the illfounded hypocrisy and sexism that accompanied it) = rebecca should have shut up and gone straight to bed except was too damned pissed off at the world to sleep anyway so took it out on defenceless ILErs.

so. sorry. I'd like to claim that it won't happen again but I think we all know I'm too useless to make any guarantees. I'm sure by this age I shouldn't be spending quite so much time thinking and acting like Kevin the Teenager. by what age do you know that if you're still feeling like this then you are 100% pure failure with a side order of emotional retardation? no, wait, I think I already know the answer to that. sorry. I'll leave you alone now, honest.

(I hope someone else posts something jolly about record-collecting or comics to this thread so I don't kill it and this isn't the last post. please? thanks.)

Oh, I hate the cultural impact of practically all the music I love. But I love hearing it on my own level, and for me that's enough.

Actually Rebecca I identified strongly with your first post, only I'm not sure if it's my interests themselves I hate. I think it's more the lack of skill and money that keep me from enjoying them fully.

I like my interests. I have more friends because of them, after all.

Speaking of Rusty Brown, I saw the latest edition in the Stranger in the past week, and lordy lord, you best not hope you become that man. Better Chalky White. Still as geeky, but seems to have more of a handle on reality.

I resent the amount of time the internet makes me spend on it, particularly at work, where I shouldn't be.

Talking aboug music = gives me instant bond with people of all types! Only people this doesn't work with are smiths fans and indie, ahem-hem, saddos.

I'm going to stop posting. It's addictive but I'm getting busy and my hobby shows signs of becoming a job. People here have been lovely: take care everybody. chris xxx

Cheerio Chris - best of luck and it's been great having you around! I can't think of a better reason to give up ILE!

I, too, particularly honed in during this part of the film. It made it so very real and I did understand what he meant and it proves a point about life to me. You will never be happy with wanting and needing. It sets up a lifetime of disappointment; a few momentary pleasures for a lifetime of unfulfilled desire.

C'mon now, Sterling. I think we all know how much you love shushing people at Low shows and going lunchbox shopping with teenaged Cub enthusiasts.

Seriously. People I meet at indie shows tend to be weird and scary. I had a friend I bonded with over modest mouse though, them and sleater-kinney.

Totally right. I don't know anyone who likes much of the music I like, and it's not obscure really. the people who i've met at gigs are insane.

Well, if you will go to Faithless gigs...

I meant at Indie gigs. I met nice people at Faithless, but then I really did love everything by the time we got in. Even that fucking shite Mohammad Ali song.

And I wish I'd never mentioned Faithless you bastards you.