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10 Feb 2014, 12:16 am

I don't understand reality TV. Why do NTs get so much enjoyment out of watching people bicker and fight over the most ridiculous things? I especially don't understand shows like "The Bachelor"; why would anyone fight with twenty-odd other people to marry a person they've only just met? I watched one season once with my friend to humour her, and a few months later saw on the cover of a magazine that the man and the woman he'd chosen were getting divorced. Completely stupid. Shows like that make me uncomfortable because I hate watching people fight.

I also agree with Willard; watching other people play sports seems like the most pointless activity ever.


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10 Feb 2014, 12:30 am

-I don't understand people when they go chasing other people around and acting like idiots for the chance to have sex. :roll:

-I don't understand people going nuts over sports. I do like to watch motor sports, but I never find myself rooting for any specific driver.

-I don't understand why people try so hard to be the most popular person in a group.

-I don't understand why internet trolls take pleasure in pissing people off.


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10 Feb 2014, 5:47 am

What I have the most difficulty grasping is the concept of mind games. I don't understand why some people find this fun. The only thing more abundant than the misunderstandings developed is the time wasted.


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10 Feb 2014, 2:43 pm

StarTrekker wrote:
I don't understand reality TV. Why do NTs get so much enjoyment out of watching people bicker and fight over the most ridiculous things? I especially don't understand shows like "The Bachelor"; why would anyone fight with twenty-odd other people to marry a person they've only just met? I watched one season once with my friend to humour her, and a few months later saw on the cover of a magazine that the man and the woman he'd chosen were getting divorced. Completely stupid. Shows like that make me uncomfortable because I hate watching people fight.

I also agree with Willard; watching other people play sports seems like the most pointless activity ever.


I admire the ability of athletes to be able to do those things because I am uncoordinated. Also because it is unscripted. Unscripted for other people is drama, Unscripted for me is anxiety.

I don't get the appeal of reality TV at all.


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10 Feb 2014, 5:47 pm

I used to not understand why some people got upset over the smallest things, always assumed I had some evil ulterior motive, and couldn't seem to follow the simplest line of logic. Then I learned that there are actually people in the world who are primarily driven by their emotions in most everything they do. The horror has not worn off.

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I wonder what would happen if suddenly everybody's innermost thoughts were transparent?


Half of it would be so ugly and horrifying, half the world would immediately commit suicide. The other half would make people see how much they have in common and that they've been worrying over nothing, and then everybody would chill out.



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10 Feb 2014, 6:03 pm

starkid wrote:
I used to not understand why some people got upset over the smallest things, always assumed I had some evil ulterior motive, and couldn't seem to follow the simplest line of logic. Then I learned that there are actually people in the world who are primarily driven by their emotions in most everything they do. The horror has not worn off.

auntblabby wrote:
I wonder what would happen if suddenly everybody's innermost thoughts were transparent?


Half of it would be so ugly and horrifying, half the world would immediately commit suicide. The other half would make people see how much they have in common and that they've been worrying over nothing, and then everybody would chill out.

is that the best or the worst of all possible worlds?



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10 Feb 2014, 7:52 pm

I don't understand why people's likes/dislikes, opinions, worldview, seem to fit into specific stereotypes. People have a strong sense that they are this or that based on activities that conform with cultural norms. I don't have that strong sense of identity based on shared preferences. I simply have things that I find interesting/enjoyable and things I find boring. I spend more time doing the things I find interesting/enjoyable than the things I find boring.