What are your obsessions?

Apparently it's common for Aspies to have unusually focused or niche interests so I figured I'd find out what other peoples interests are.

I'll go first.

Mine are:

  • Sci-Fi TV (Trek, Stargate, Babylon 5, The Expanse - Trek was my gateway drug, which I started watching at the age of 5. I even remember episode titles from a few seconds of viewing or starship registry numbers)
  • Trance & Progressive House music - not commercial bilge you hear played on the radio - underground stuff you'd hear at a proper club or event rather at your local meat market (I pretty much exclusively listen to these genres)
  • Cats (If I see one in the street I have to make friends, if it's a timid cat I have to try and win its trust - for some reason a friendly cat makes me super happy, perhaps I have toxoplasmosis)
  • The Simpsons
  • Technology (I work in IT support and am always using or fiddling with tech)
  • Science - I listen to a number of podcasts and find things like advances in genomics interesting
  • Religion - more specifically from the view of an atheist (me) - trying to understand how people are duped into believing such things from a neurological and psychological perspective (this stems from being raised by fundamentalist evangelical Christians, who've turned out to be massive hypocrites)
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  • Mine are similar - I'm an engineer so sci-fi, technology, complex things and science in general light me up. I like structures so I'm renovating a house and I get a buzz from doing things that cost NTs a fortune that I can do for practically nothing - and mine is better.

    I'm fascinated by people. The way the bumble through their pointless lives without noticing the world around them.

    I love animals - the way they just live for the moment. No hassles, no politics, just being there.

    I love Disney theme parks. I'd live there if I could (I have disabilities which give me an access pass so I don't have to suffer the queueing way the other 50,000 people around me do).

    Kids movies - mostly cartoons like Igor, Over The Hedge, Storks, Up etc. The movie environment can be made perfect without real-life. The backgrounds, the charactors, the story, the pacing and the voices can all be manipulated to perfection. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? Yes please.

  • Do you watch The Expanse?

    It's easily the best sci-fi series since nuBSG and if I'm honest, is probably better.

    I bet you like Pixar movies, I like many of them too. Went to see Inside Out at the cinema most recently.

    I have a vivid memory of seeing the Pixar short with the lamps and ball during a Channel 4 animation weekend when I was a kid.

    I'm interested in certain aspects of people, as an example I find the whole Trump situation fascinating and follow it quite closely.

    People generally I feel are quite selfish and I'm very cynical about their ultimate intentions.

    I love animals as a whole too but love cats especially, for the same reasons you list. No mind games, you know where you stand with them.

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  • Do you watch The Expanse?

    It's easily the best sci-fi series since nuBSG and if I'm honest, is probably better.

    I bet you like Pixar movies, I like many of them too. Went to see Inside Out at the cinema most recently.

    I have a vivid memory of seeing the Pixar short with the lamps and ball during a Channel 4 animation weekend when I was a kid.

    I'm interested in certain aspects of people, as an example I find the whole Trump situation fascinating and follow it quite closely.

    People generally I feel are quite selfish and I'm very cynical about their ultimate intentions.

    I love animals as a whole too but love cats especially, for the same reasons you list. No mind games, you know where you stand with them.

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