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Unpopular Opinion Meme Response, Round 1
Feb. 9th, 2012 05:38 pmfirst round and probably the last round, most likely. Anyway. Asked by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
guru_in_drag:
4. A hobby you “don’t get”.
I don't know if it's officially a "hobby," but I never got Capslockers. I really don't get it. And I don't mean people who sometimes OMG YOU GUYS. No, I mean the whole "capslock" sub-culture (I guess?) Completely beyond my realm of comprehension. Also fantasy sports anything, I just don't understand. Power walking, oh God, I have no clue what's going on there. I love taking walks, I love walking, like jogging/running, I don't understand the appeal of walking so that it looks like you are actively trying not to shit your pants. I mean, to each his own, if it makes you happy and it isn't hurting anyone else, cool... but I don't pretend to see the appeal in it myself.
5. A habit you find disgusting.
Skin-picking. Ugh. And I don't mean, locked-in-the-bathroom-while-pursuing-my- morning-ritual, oh-God-what's-this-on-my-face, kind of guerilla grooming. I've done that too, I'm sure everyone has. I mean just sitting around, in public (like on subway or in a classroom or waiting room) just randomly picking at pimples of blemishes on your arms, legs, face, etc. It just makes me really uncomfortable. Oh, and people who use public restrooms and leave the seat protectors on the floor, or who use paper towels to open the doors and then leave those on the floor, or who don't wipe the fucking seat after they fucking pee on it (ladies, for real??? How are you missing??)
12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Oh, I used to get so much crap from people for watching American Idol the way I did during season two, which was, um, religiously. I (and my sister, and my friend Mel, and to a lesser extent my mom and my friend Amanda) were obsessed with Clay Aiken. And no, we weren't those batshit crazy women who thought he was a virginal Christ figure sent to us by God -- we were the batshit crazy women who thought he was having a gay love affair with Ryan Seacrest and/or John Dahlstrom and was sent to us to destroy our ovaries through the gift of song. Looking back, I kind of cringe at that time period anyway, because, oh God - like, I still, and always will, think Clay has an INCREDIBLE voice (because he does) - but that was just a sort of "what the hell were we on?" kind of time. Because when I fangirl someone or something, I fangirl hard, but I can usually look back and tell you why (besides thinking he had a great voice, because lots of people have great voices). But in his case... I have no clue (FYI, I still like Clay, and I had a ton of fun in the fandom - until I didn't. but that's another story (thanks, Angelwingers. Grr.)) Um, wow. Okay. Deviated from the question at hand a bit. Um, other shows...? I got "crap" from a slew of my Sophomore and Junior boys years back because I watched Family Guy and South Park and they wanted to know why, and "what was wrong with me," because "girls don't watch those shows." So that was fun. Little punks. Oh, also, Community. Mostly there seems to be this huge rivalry between BBT fans and Community fans, but I've had some people just really look down their noses at the show, and I'm pretty convinced it's just because they don't understand the humor.
13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.
In middle school, I got a ton of shit for listening to Queen, again, obsessively (because when I go, I go all out, bitches). Everyone else listened to hip-hop and rap - which I'm not saying as either a good or bad thing; I like a little bit of rap, and I like some hip-hop. But this was during that phase of life where if you're not listening to what everyone else is listening to, you're kind of weird, and what's wrong with you?? Oh, and Ricky Martin! It was so divisive to say you were a Ricky Martin fan for a while, but I genuinely, honestly liked his music, especially his Spanish music - they were just very enjoyable mainstream pop songs, nothing special, but enjoyable. Recently, I feel like I get crap from sort of a vaguer, wider community (particularly online) for liking Lady GaGa.
19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.
Steve Buscemi. Like whoa. Back in 2005, I devoured something like a dozen Buscemi movies over the course of, like, three weeks, and was just madly, ridiculously infatuated/attracted to him. To the point of making picspam posts to my (old) LJ, co- founding a community (which was actually active for a little while, and then promptly died). I don't feel that kind of intense... er, feeling for him anymore, but if I catch anything with Buscemi in it, I still feel a little giddy (which is great, cause Buscemi is kind of in everything). I know he gets crap for being like, this quintessentially unattractive man, but I just never saw it like that - I saw him as being quirky, charmingly flawed, but never ugly. The one great thing about my long dead community is that it made me realize there were other women who basically felt exactly the same way, and that was pretty cool.
guru_in_drag:4. A hobby you “don’t get”.
I don't know if it's officially a "hobby," but I never got Capslockers. I really don't get it. And I don't mean people who sometimes OMG YOU GUYS. No, I mean the whole "capslock" sub-culture (I guess?) Completely beyond my realm of comprehension. Also fantasy sports anything, I just don't understand. Power walking, oh God, I have no clue what's going on there. I love taking walks, I love walking, like jogging/running, I don't understand the appeal of walking so that it looks like you are actively trying not to shit your pants. I mean, to each his own, if it makes you happy and it isn't hurting anyone else, cool... but I don't pretend to see the appeal in it myself.
5. A habit you find disgusting.
Skin-picking. Ugh. And I don't mean, locked-in-the-bathroom-while-pursuing-my- morning-ritual, oh-God-what's-this-on-my-face, kind of guerilla grooming. I've done that too, I'm sure everyone has. I mean just sitting around, in public (like on subway or in a classroom or waiting room) just randomly picking at pimples of blemishes on your arms, legs, face, etc. It just makes me really uncomfortable. Oh, and people who use public restrooms and leave the seat protectors on the floor, or who use paper towels to open the doors and then leave those on the floor, or who don't wipe the fucking seat after they fucking pee on it (ladies, for real??? How are you missing??)
12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Oh, I used to get so much crap from people for watching American Idol the way I did during season two, which was, um, religiously. I (and my sister, and my friend Mel, and to a lesser extent my mom and my friend Amanda) were obsessed with Clay Aiken. And no, we weren't those batshit crazy women who thought he was a virginal Christ figure sent to us by God -- we were the batshit crazy women who thought he was having a gay love affair with Ryan Seacrest and/or John Dahlstrom and was sent to us to destroy our ovaries through the gift of song. Looking back, I kind of cringe at that time period anyway, because, oh God - like, I still, and always will, think Clay has an INCREDIBLE voice (because he does) - but that was just a sort of "what the hell were we on?" kind of time. Because when I fangirl someone or something, I fangirl hard, but I can usually look back and tell you why (besides thinking he had a great voice, because lots of people have great voices). But in his case... I have no clue (FYI, I still like Clay, and I had a ton of fun in the fandom - until I didn't. but that's another story (thanks, Angelwingers. Grr.)) Um, wow. Okay. Deviated from the question at hand a bit. Um, other shows...? I got "crap" from a slew of my Sophomore and Junior boys years back because I watched Family Guy and South Park and they wanted to know why, and "what was wrong with me," because "girls don't watch those shows." So that was fun. Little punks. Oh, also, Community. Mostly there seems to be this huge rivalry between BBT fans and Community fans, but I've had some people just really look down their noses at the show, and I'm pretty convinced it's just because they don't understand the humor.
13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.
In middle school, I got a ton of shit for listening to Queen, again, obsessively (because when I go, I go all out, bitches). Everyone else listened to hip-hop and rap - which I'm not saying as either a good or bad thing; I like a little bit of rap, and I like some hip-hop. But this was during that phase of life where if you're not listening to what everyone else is listening to, you're kind of weird, and what's wrong with you?? Oh, and Ricky Martin! It was so divisive to say you were a Ricky Martin fan for a while, but I genuinely, honestly liked his music, especially his Spanish music - they were just very enjoyable mainstream pop songs, nothing special, but enjoyable. Recently, I feel like I get crap from sort of a vaguer, wider community (particularly online) for liking Lady GaGa.
19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.
Steve Buscemi. Like whoa. Back in 2005, I devoured something like a dozen Buscemi movies over the course of, like, three weeks, and was just madly, ridiculously infatuated/attracted to him. To the point of making picspam posts to my (old) LJ, co- founding a community (which was actually active for a little while, and then promptly died). I don't feel that kind of intense... er, feeling for him anymore, but if I catch anything with Buscemi in it, I still feel a little giddy (which is great, cause Buscemi is kind of in everything). I know he gets crap for being like, this quintessentially unattractive man, but I just never saw it like that - I saw him as being quirky, charmingly flawed, but never ugly. The one great thing about my long dead community is that it made me realize there were other women who basically felt exactly the same way, and that was pretty cool.
