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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  • My obsessions are rather mixed, but include:

    • Tech (I work with computers - I'm a geek (i.e. a nerd with a personality) but also interested in new tech, engineering and science, etc
    • Literature - poetry, books, books, books
    • Philosophy - western and eastern 
    • Etymology and word play
    • Nature and wildlife - folk lore, tradition
    • Culture / humanity - different cultures and traditions and psychology (in terms of the latter, I am a bit of a zombie as curious how people's minds work, their logic and behaviour)
    • Also a big fan of music - currently listening to alot of eastern European folk music, gypsy jazz... it's all accordions and violins at present!!!

    I also like the journey of research and finding things out! - a curious miswired bean!

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  • My obsessions are rather mixed, but include:

    • Tech (I work with computers - I'm a geek (i.e. a nerd with a personality) but also interested in new tech, engineering and science, etc
    • Literature - poetry, books, books, books
    • Philosophy - western and eastern 
    • Etymology and word play
    • Nature and wildlife - folk lore, tradition
    • Culture / humanity - different cultures and traditions and psychology (in terms of the latter, I am a bit of a zombie as curious how people's minds work, their logic and behaviour)
    • Also a big fan of music - currently listening to alot of eastern European folk music, gypsy jazz... it's all accordions and violins at present!!!

    I also like the journey of research and finding things out! - a curious miswired bean!

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