A lot of people kiss their pets or non-human animals in general. I find that very weird. I understand that it is a sign of affection but it seems so off. One reason is that I doubt whether animals really understand this. Also it seems to be on a level of intimacy to me that I find weird sharing with a pet. Not necessarily romantically or sexually (that would be even more weird and wrong and probably illegal). But it is still “more”. I am not sure whether I can really explain why exactly I find that weird.
Anyway, what is something that is weird to you but not to most other people?
I will say anecdotally, my wife has aggressively kissed my dog since she was a puppy. The dog aldo knows we don’t like face licks and will boop my wife on the cheek with her nose repeatedly.
And to answer your question, people are into what they’re into, I just don’t get feet.
You can’t help it when an animal snuggles you! You just can’t deny them the love!! 💖
Dancing. Especially freestyle solo dancing like at a club or whatever.
From an objective perspective, it’s very odd.
I get that a lot of people enjoy it, and there are some very skilled couples dances which I get more, but the sort of thing you get at a club or concert is just - strange to me.
Animals do lots of physical behaviors to each other, like grooming for fleas or ticks, that seem weird to us, but probably signify affection and closeness to them. They probably don’t just let any old random monkey start picking through their fur, any more than we’d allow some stranger to hold our hand on the subway.
Animals show lots of affection to each other, and they show affection to us. Of course they recognize when we do stuff that shows affection to them. They’d rather have tummy skritches, but they’ll sit still for some kisses.
cuddling with my dog right now as I read this. I just gave him a bunch of kisses on his face, and now he’s cuddled up to me even more. He knows what’s up. The oxytocin flows.
Voting for policies that are directly opposed to their best interests.
Religion just in general.
Not being an edgelord or hating, I really just don’t get it, it makes no sense to me at all and never has. When I was a kid I thought it was just like a thing people did for whatever reason, I was a kid and I didn’t know fucking anything and my family didn’t do religion, once I realized people take it super seriously and think it’s all real it really weirded me out, I thought it was just some kind of fandom thing like how I was into Power Rangers.
Being interested in sports. Not weird in itself but weird that they find it interesting. I just dont get it.
Watch YouTube and similar video. If I want to know something, I’d rather read something for 5 minutes than watch something for 15. Throw some illustrations or gifs in there if you need.
If I want to be entertained, I have many games and books. Or Lemmy to fuck around on.
Different people learn in different ways. Video can also convey some things way better than written words. Video recipes are better at conveying colour, sound, texture and technique than written recipes.
Rate my weirdness. If I need to change a broken handle on a 2013 f150, (not a mechanic but I’m handy) you tube will be my first check. I can visually get a quick walk through of the task I’m thinking of doing. It is usually the first place I look. YouTube has basically. Turned into 24 7 commercials for products but when understood there is still decent information out there that saves alot of time. As for Entertainment I will still put it on usually somebody building something or cooking something mostly as background. That being said if I had to watch ads all the time there is no way I would watch it.
For very visual things, video can be understandable. “How do you do this jumping sequence in this game?” or “how do you assemble this doohickey?”
I am probably the weirdo but I absolutely do not want video on as “background”. I don’t dual-screen, either. I’ll put music on when cooking sometimes.
Killing each other because their imaginary friends are not friends with each other. Looking at you, religion wars.
Religious wars are usually about power, not actually because they believe in different imaginary beings. Religion gets control of our population or the people in power youth religion to control the population and then they bump heads with another group doing the same thing… and you get war.
The power games are for the people at the top, the ones with money. For the rest of the sheep its [religion, racism, nationalism, patriotism, whatever bogeymen that can be made up]. Just like in the US today. There’s no shortage of complete fundy nutcases wishfully cheering trump’s war in the Middle East as a path to Armageddon when in reality it’s nothing more than trump desperately trying to control the petro energy market as a power and money grab. Except he’s an idiot.
Which is indeed true, however, the people who buy into it often do it for religious reasons. You can’t start religious wars when the people aren’t religious or have a religion that doesn’t motivate them to crush others who think differently.
Caring about sports. Like they devote what amounts to a part time job watching grown men compete in children’s games. Watching Competitive exercise while they melt into a couch pounding junk food. Watching other people talk about how well they exercised. Discussing daily with their friends and family and coworkers… All about one group of people in a colored shirt moving a ball slightly better than people with a different colored shirt.
When I realized that guys typically need an activity to bond together, sports start to make a lot more sense. Sports are just a catalyst to male friendship. Yeah guys take the sports way too far, but it makes it more fun if there’s an emotional high or low when they watch it.
Celebrity gossip and worship
If you think pets dont understand kisses you have never owned a pet.
When you say something simple and someone else attacks you over some imaginary meaning or intent. Neurotypical people are unwell.
When you say something simple and someone else attacks you over some imaginary meaning or intent.
Totally agree.
Neurotypical people are unwell.
Wayyy too broad of a statement to agree with. I’ve seen this behavior from both neurotypical and neurodivergent people.
I know. I just avoid talking when not asked, because people always find a reason to be offended.
A co-worker got mad over that too. Not talking is also very offensive to these people.
Not really a neurotypical problem, nice insult though very cool
No need to yell 😖
Happens a lot on Lemmy
Typical to everyone = unwell to me
Pretty strong evidence you aren’t well and should be discounted.
Have you been tested? Because you sure took that comment way too literally and seriously.
cats dont need nail clipping or washing, yea they do especially the long haired cats, even licking wont get all the dirt and grit from thier skin or fur. i see them all up and arms over videos over it. some cats are high energy, maintenance for this very reason thats why you get expensive breeds abandonded. maine coones/persians for maitenance and bengals for high energy. yea kissing them is wierd, if you want allergies or a ringworm.
sphynx are not low-maitanence just because they are hairless, they are exact opposite, and not low allergen.
