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[zephyrofgod]

reposted from gen. Discussion open.

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Consider the following. You're having a conversation about music. You're fond of classical and someone recommends a loud wailing rap song to you. The resulting discourse goes like this:

"Dude! The song is full of awesome! You really need to download it!"

"I'm not into rap music though."

"But the song is amazing! Here, let me play it for you right now, it's on my iPod."

*five minutes later*

"Okay, I listened to it and I didn't like it."

"Why not? It's so awesome! Here, let me play it again..."

There's a list out there about the Five Geek Social Fallacies that pops up every now and again. But this is another one that really bothers me and that I encounter a great deal. It's probably due to the fact that I don't drink, and when I attempt to convince someone that I don't care for the taste of alcohol, I end up in a "But it's awesome! You couldn't possibly not like it!" conversational loop.

I'm guilty of this as well sometimes and I understand where it comes from. We get excited about something. Something is exciting to us and makes us happy and we want to share it with our friends. When said friends don't express the same level of excitement, we sometimes can't grasp why.

This is just a reminder to myself and to others... Just because you're into something doesn't mean everyone else is. If someone says it isn't their thing don't keep shoving it in their faces. You might end up with the exact opposite result you intended.

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Reminder to self: not everyone wants to see the latest gewgaw you just made. Nothing personal; they're just not interested.

Thoughts, opinions, other forms of discussion?

Comments

[rogh-sensei.livejournal.com]

This happens to me and City of Heroes. :/

[eaglesaerie.livejournal.com]

i think at one point in time i've had all five of those, now i think the only one i have a mild case of is number five

[lofro.livejournal.com]

This is why I don't talk to my SCA friends as often as I used to: often I get guilt tripped over my not being in the SCA anymore, and the conversation mostly is me saying "I don't want to play anymore, let's please have some other basis for our friendship." *L*

I try to keep from inflicting my hobbies on people as best I can, though I don't know how well I succeed.

[summersdream.livejournal.com]

Heh. Those fallacies are not Geek things, those are so unbelievably applicable to cheerleaders, jocks and all other social strata.

It's a balancing act and we all fall victim to those traps at one point or another.

[odiernelion.livejournal.com]

Here's another one. Just because you're awake, doesn't mean everyone else is. I've had to remind myself of this on many occasions when I wanted to call a friend at 2230.

[mr-messy.livejournal.com]

Sometimes a FOAD reinforced with a bat is needed to convince some people. They need something stiffer than a simple "No, not interested" or "No, I don't drink". So give it to them :)

[aseariel.livejournal.com]

There's a reason you don't like the taste of alcohol. It tastes awful. It's the reason that cough medicine tastes *bad.* However, I do keep a bottle of Jack Daniels around the apartment. Why? It's cheaper by volume than Nyquil and clears my sinuses when I have a bad cold. I'm still conflicted as to whether or not it tastes better. There are some drinks I do like, but they tend to be what I affectionately call "sissy drinks," and are 90-95% non-alcoholic.

So yeah. All that to say, anyone bugging you about that needs to step off. If you don't like it, you don't like it. Full stop. I know that wasn't really the majority of your post, but that's sort of a pet peeve of mine. :|

[zephyrofgod.livejournal.com]

I have other reasons for not liking alcohol, mostly health related. Psoriasis doesn't cooperate with the stuff. That being said, I don't really dislike it. I just can't have it all that often.

[aseariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. I didn't even know it could have a reaction with psoriasis. Health reasons are even more important, though. Srsly.