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eleanorjaneWhen in doubt, post a meme. (I have been very boring for the last few days, but I do have a shiny new bathroom, at least.)
Seen lots of places: the unpopular opinions meme.
1. A selection of television programs you do not care for.
Almost all reality TV; sensationalist "current affairs"; pundits; almost all sitcoms.
2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for.
Someone I know has a theory that just about every musical artist makes at least one good song, and generally I find that to be true. That said, I don't really enjoy most ballads.
3. A selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.
People who got famous via reality shows (excluding the talent-contest type).
4. A hobby you “don’t get”.
I've spent far too much of my life being judged for my own hobbies to spend much time analysing other peoples'.
5. A habit you find disgusting.
Spitting. *shudder*
6. Something in school you really liked doing that everyone else hated.
Reading. Though I wouldn't say "everyone else" hated it.
7. Your favorite household chore.
If I liked them, they wouldn't be chores, would they? That said, insofar as it counts as a chore, I do enjoy cooking.
8. Popular video games that make you go “meh”.
I have decreasing tolerance for the style of game development that involves skimpy armor for women and full suits of plate mail for men, but as a genre, I'd have to vote for Gritty Humourless Shooters.
9. PC or Mac?
Both. Computers are tools, and I'm entirely in favour of using the best tool for the job.
That said, I do prefer Macs. :) But I still own a PC too, and use it a lot.
10. A sport you don’t like, for whatever reason.
Rugby League, because the culture and adulation turns its players into thugs.
11. A sport you really like, for whatever reason.
Hockey. The skill involved would be impressive even if they weren't on skates.
12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Not much, really -- even the shows I watch that my friends don't are still in the same sort of genres.
13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Britney. \m/
14. A hobby you have/find interesting that other people bother you over/make fun of.
Fandom. Computer gaming. MMORPGs. Tabletop roleplaying games. Pick one! :)
That said, I care very little for their judgements. I keep my hobbies under wraps in situations where being judged would have a significant negative impact (i.e. I don't talk to employers about fandom or raiding or D&D unless I know they're my kind of people) but I'm fortunate to be surrounded by people who understand why I love the things I do, even if they don't love them too.
15. A habit you have that other people bug you over.
Sleeping late and being impossible to wake up.
16. Something in school you hating doing and it felt like everyone else loved.
Sports. Oh god, sports.
17. The household chore that makes you want to shoot your own face off.
Washing dishes; gardening.
18. A selection of video games that you enjoy that perhaps you really shouldn’t.
"Shouldn't"? Why shouldn't? If I didn't enjoy them, I wouldn't play them. Who the hell is to say what I "should" like?
Do they mean "find problematic in many ways, yet enjoy aspects of"? Or "feel slightly sheepish for my inability to resist playing them when I should be doing something more constructive"? Or just "should feel bad because the cultural zeitgeist has deemed them inappropriate"?
Because seriously, there is nothing I *shouldn't* enjoy, video gaming or otherwise.
19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.
My own? Or other people's? Because I own my weirdness.
As for other people's - well, I have to admit I find the entirety of Panic at the Disco kind of ... actively unappealing.
20. Free rant on whatever grinds your gears at the moment.
The attempts by the scaremongers of the (religious) right to intrude on, prevent and/or regulate shit that's NONE OF THEIR GODDAMNED BUSINESS.
Seen lots of places: the unpopular opinions meme.
1. A selection of television programs you do not care for.
Almost all reality TV; sensationalist "current affairs"; pundits; almost all sitcoms.
2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for.
Someone I know has a theory that just about every musical artist makes at least one good song, and generally I find that to be true. That said, I don't really enjoy most ballads.
3. A selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.
People who got famous via reality shows (excluding the talent-contest type).
4. A hobby you “don’t get”.
I've spent far too much of my life being judged for my own hobbies to spend much time analysing other peoples'.
5. A habit you find disgusting.
Spitting. *shudder*
6. Something in school you really liked doing that everyone else hated.
Reading. Though I wouldn't say "everyone else" hated it.
7. Your favorite household chore.
If I liked them, they wouldn't be chores, would they? That said, insofar as it counts as a chore, I do enjoy cooking.
8. Popular video games that make you go “meh”.
I have decreasing tolerance for the style of game development that involves skimpy armor for women and full suits of plate mail for men, but as a genre, I'd have to vote for Gritty Humourless Shooters.
9. PC or Mac?
Both. Computers are tools, and I'm entirely in favour of using the best tool for the job.
That said, I do prefer Macs. :) But I still own a PC too, and use it a lot.
10. A sport you don’t like, for whatever reason.
Rugby League, because the culture and adulation turns its players into thugs.
11. A sport you really like, for whatever reason.
Hockey. The skill involved would be impressive even if they weren't on skates.
12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Not much, really -- even the shows I watch that my friends don't are still in the same sort of genres.
13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Britney. \m/
14. A hobby you have/find interesting that other people bother you over/make fun of.
Fandom. Computer gaming. MMORPGs. Tabletop roleplaying games. Pick one! :)
That said, I care very little for their judgements. I keep my hobbies under wraps in situations where being judged would have a significant negative impact (i.e. I don't talk to employers about fandom or raiding or D&D unless I know they're my kind of people) but I'm fortunate to be surrounded by people who understand why I love the things I do, even if they don't love them too.
15. A habit you have that other people bug you over.
Sleeping late and being impossible to wake up.
16. Something in school you hating doing and it felt like everyone else loved.
Sports. Oh god, sports.
17. The household chore that makes you want to shoot your own face off.
Washing dishes; gardening.
18. A selection of video games that you enjoy that perhaps you really shouldn’t.
"Shouldn't"? Why shouldn't? If I didn't enjoy them, I wouldn't play them. Who the hell is to say what I "should" like?
Do they mean "find problematic in many ways, yet enjoy aspects of"? Or "feel slightly sheepish for my inability to resist playing them when I should be doing something more constructive"? Or just "should feel bad because the cultural zeitgeist has deemed them inappropriate"?
Because seriously, there is nothing I *shouldn't* enjoy, video gaming or otherwise.
19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.
My own? Or other people's? Because I own my weirdness.
As for other people's - well, I have to admit I find the entirety of Panic at the Disco kind of ... actively unappealing.
20. Free rant on whatever grinds your gears at the moment.
The attempts by the scaremongers of the (religious) right to intrude on, prevent and/or regulate shit that's NONE OF THEIR GODDAMNED BUSINESS.