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What are your obsessions?

SciFiGreg

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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  • I'm currently experiencing the beginning of a new special interest, which I am pretty confident I will get very boring about before long, if I haven't already.

    It started when I was looking at our local river (more of a stream, really) at what would have been a pretty spot, near the abbey and a very old bridge, and tutting about the amount of litter. After a few visits, I had the idea of picking it up myself. Then I started wading into a shallow part of the river to pick out crisp packets and lager cans and such. Then I began spotting the wildlife.

    Currently, I visit the spot 2 or 3 times a week. I've seen water beetles, shoals of small fish, and the burrows of bank voles (not the occupants yet, but I live in hope) I've found Victorian bottles and tiles in the gravel banks. Sometimes I just sit there and watch birds flying down to drink and preen. It's become my favourite quiet place.

    I'm seriously considering going down it in a dinghy, I know it probably all sounds a bit weird, but I'm already past caring.

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  • I'm currently experiencing the beginning of a new special interest, which I am pretty confident I will get very boring about before long, if I haven't already.

    It started when I was looking at our local river (more of a stream, really) at what would have been a pretty spot, near the abbey and a very old bridge, and tutting about the amount of litter. After a few visits, I had the idea of picking it up myself. Then I started wading into a shallow part of the river to pick out crisp packets and lager cans and such. Then I began spotting the wildlife.

    Currently, I visit the spot 2 or 3 times a week. I've seen water beetles, shoals of small fish, and the burrows of bank voles (not the occupants yet, but I live in hope) I've found Victorian bottles and tiles in the gravel banks. Sometimes I just sit there and watch birds flying down to drink and preen. It's become my favourite quiet place.

    I'm seriously considering going down it in a dinghy, I know it probably all sounds a bit weird, but I'm already past caring.

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