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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  • Some of mine;

    • Books, specifically fantasy and a bit of sci-fi. Favourite series are the Lord of the Rings (and Hobbit/Silmarillion/etc.), Harry Potter, A song of Ice and Fire, His Dark Materials. Individual books that are also favourite re-reads include Good Omens, Watership Down, the Martian, Colony (a comedic sci-fi book by one of the writers of Red Dwarf; the RD novelisations are up there too).
    • Science, specifically genetics. I did my work experience in a research lab and am a technician by trade.
    • Most animals, though snakes and insects are my real 'specialist subjects'.
    • Psychology. I think it stems from a lifetime of masking; I am an avid people-watcher and like to work out, almost 'dissect', people's motivations, etc. I am also very interested in autism itself.
    • Pokemon games, since I was 10. Own every game. I know far too much about the blooming critters. XD 
    • On TV I watch sci-fi, fantasy and comedy. Favourite series include Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Attack on Titan, Dave Gorman's Modern life is Goodish, Black Books, Dollhouse, Fullmetal alchemist, the IT crowd, Stranger Things.
  • Hmm.

    The Expanse series is based on novels.

    Have you read those or checked out the TV series?

    It's freakin awesome.

  • I haven't! I will put it on my "next time I get a free weekend" list! Slight smile

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