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Someone just asked the opposite of this question here and I was wondering if there are cases were you're just not interested in something but you know the community is great nonetheless.

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not particularly into guys, but I love women who are into them.

[–] Discoverthemind@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (11 children)

I have always been a liberal leftist but I actually really enjoy being around old school, fiscally conservative Republicans, when they aren't talking about politics. They tend to be softies on the inside - they value strength and tradition and care deeply for their communities and families; often more directly demonstrating that care than liberals tend to. They also don't accept the victim mentality and tend to shoot straight with their words, and can be hilariously harsh. They are responsible and tend to follow through with their commitments.

The problem is, I can't really stand being around them because they can't help themselves bringing up the dumbest opinions of all time and they typically don't like digging into fact based thinking.

Same now as 20 years ago, when they would say shit like, "pretty cold out today - don't seem like global warming to me! Hahaha" etc etc

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Something about the horseshoe effect I'm sure. I'm the same way, I make the best of friends with conservative assholes. They care about family, water is thicker than blood, blah blah blah. It's just the policies they vote for that I hate, which is also why I love just chatting about them. Gives me an opportunity to "know thy enemy" and have a chance to change their mind

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[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

One that’s less relevant now, but throughout my life has been relevant: Juggalos.

I was a big metalhead in school, and i had a bunch of juggalo friends. I liked a couple of their songs well enough, but I found the “culture” grating. Still, those mothafuckas were the most accepting and tolerant people I knew. Tolerant of anyone’s way of life, except they fucking hated bigots. In the 90s, being accepting of queer peeps really wasn’t in vogue (to put it lightly) but juggalos welcomed queer peeps as friends with open arms.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Lol same. Juggalos are just awesome and wholesome. The music is soooooo bad tho.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My wife is a huge Rush fan. I've been to two concerts, I don't get it. It's loud, it's screechy, I can't understand the lyrics, but they're her favorite band.

Bought her the "Rush 50" set for our anniversary next month:

https://www.rushbackstage.com/product/6XAMRU303/r50-backstage-exclusive-super-deluxe-edition

She tolerates my taste:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nU_JDbqfgfN7-xDYOi2lzyoC9cjh7ajq4

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_liRnR3E2H7SpBrYXT-3CJye3snP3P3w5g

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Grand strategy games aren't for me, but I love reading the insane stories from CKII and Dwarf Fortress.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

CK2 and DF aren't grand strategy games, they're story generators.

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[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sex. Neurodivergent/nerd social circles often have a lot of kink/BDSM and otherwise sex positive people, so my friends group is pretty open about sex.

I’m on the asexual spectrum and would rather forget that sex is a thing, but I love my friends and as long as everyone is consenting and safe, I’m happy for them. I sometimes get awkward when sex convos happen around me, but hey, I get awkward with many other convos too.

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[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Marijuana Aficionados. I've been straight edge my entire life but always hung out with them. Now, it is more common since legal restrictions have been lifted. The community in general is well, chill.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My dad gave me advice a hundred years ago, and it's probably a George Carlin bit or something, but there's a difference in philosophy between drunks and stoners. A drunk will pound a beer, or sip from a personal flask, or bring their own six pack to a party. A stoner's first impulse is to light a joint and find someone to pass it off to. It's communal, and it brings others into the circle, where alcohol is isolating. Obviously it's a generalization, but it sort of fits.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago

Real stoners always load a full bowl.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That sounds like Carlin, but Carlin dispensed much wisdom in his time.

My favorite story from Jack Marigold's A Child's Garden of Grass goes something like:

A drunk, an acidhead, and a pothead are walking through the woods. As it becomes evening, they come to a city surrounded by a wall, and in the wall is a closed door with a sign that reads: "This door is only open 9-5". After knocking and getting no answer for a few minutes, the drunk shakes his fist and says, 'let's smash the door down!" The acidhead peers at the doorknob for a few minutes and says, "let's just float through the keyhole." The pothead shakes his head and says, "naw, man; let's just sit here and wait for it to open in the morning."

I can't handle pot; makes me super nauseous for the entire time I'm high. Always has. But I love the people.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Alcohol makes you act without thinking, pot makes you think without action.

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[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it's communal, and it brings others into the circle

As a big pot head I think this is the big point. If you see someone smoking, there's a damn good chance they'll let you take a smoke. But you gotta be careful, cause then you're gonna be stuck into a 30 minute convo about nothing haha

I didn't say "perfect chance" because one time I was in German outside a club and smelled someone smoking a joint so I mimed the smoking gesture and he called me a selfish American and then they all laughed at me haha. But then later that night they called me over to do a couple shots with them so ¯\(ツ)

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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Boardgaming. I play an occasional boardgame with my friends, but I'm not searching youtube clips for strategies, importing first-print Euro games in the original German and printing English-language stickers for the boards, or watching Essen livestreams every year.

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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago

I don't like to dress in a slutty outfit and go out in the public

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (9 children)
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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pineapple on pizza. You're wrong and I wanna fight you but we can still be friends and have a good time over drinks.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No I am not wrong. And I can raise you with pineapple on burger.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago

Grilled pineapple on a burger.

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago

Punk/Emo Style

[–] VirtigoMommy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Metal and punk music, not my style but def my scene

Skateboarding/ bmx/ rollerblades / scooters- have a fucked up knee so I don’t like to anymore but I love the energy the crowd brings

Street racing- car scene is dying and wifey doesn’t let me any more 🙃

Graffiti art- I’m just bad at it

Furries - not my thing but they’re fun folks

Larping / roleplay/ dnd - same

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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surprising from a user named stinky. I guess you're more the type who don't frown when you go down to brown town.

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[–] AnthropomorphicCat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I FUCKING HATE ketchup. I can't tolerate the taste or the texture. But I recognize that people that love ketchup are not evil, just misguided.

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Eggs. Never much liked eggs outside of scrambled or omelets and I only really tolerate those but I know pretty much everyone else likes them so 🤷

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Weed.

Stoners are cool people. Usually very funny, down to earth and fun to talk to, but it’s not my thing at all.

Give me a decent scotch with a drip of spring water and I’m good!

[–] 5parky@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Gimme a stoner any day. Better than trying to talk a roided up jock half way through a bottle of tequila out of punching his nana. I don't consume myself because weed just puts me to sleep. I guess I'm mellow enough.

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