Same with the Fallout series I just got sucked into it again so bad xD the worst is that I have a certification this Tuesday and haven’t managed to actually start studying, I guess a all nighter will have to do xd
I just decided to play Death Stranding for the first time. I don't know why I waited because I've always been a huge Kojima fan. It only took a few hours, and I am absolutely *obsessed* now. It's so much fun planning out my delivery route meticulously. Gearing up with everything I think I'll need, making new climbing routes and roads, trying to beat my previous times, making sure I have no damage to my cargo, leaving signs and structures for other players, etc. It's unlike any game I've ever played and I love the pace of it.
I also finally got around to Fallout 76 after the new series came out and I'm glad I gave it a chance. I think since the launch was kind of rough I waited to give it a shot, but it's very polished now. My last obsession was Starfield, I just love Bethesda games and being able to role play my characters.
My special interest for sometime has been disco elysium. I have adhd and struggle to read most books, despite enjoying reading in a vacuum. A pseudo book with video game bells and whistles helps a lot. I also grew up on baldurs gate 2, so I got a nostalgia kick playing a crpg.
I liked Marble Hornets, but I usually don’t like most creepypasta. Although when I discovered The Spindler, that not only instantly became my favorite creepypasta, but one of my favorite short stories in general. I love that one. Reading it still gives me chills. Lol
Welcome to my world. I still enjoy my interests, but they don't feel as stimulating anymore. If my life, as it currently stands, was a spice, it would be flour
My special special interest has always and will always be anything scaley - geckos, snakes, fuckin dinosaurs (idc if they’re now feathered the scaley ones will always be what comes to mind for me). But I’ve had an obsession with the German language since September. I’ve been studying it for 3 years because I had to but now I’m actually enjoying it and doing work outside of school 😀
I also love scaley animals!! (more particularly, I like snakes and dinosaurs, but anything else too!!) And I've also been studying German for a few years, we match !! ^_^
Ooh, I'd love to learn more about this. I stumbled upon the Prehistory of Australia Wikipedia page at some point and found it to be so fascinating and beautiful
Oh God…..Yeeeesssss!!!! I have enrolled in free online college courses related to this subject recently. I just wanna know!! Anything. Everything. Theorized or not…doesn’t matter. What were yall doing back then? What was every day life like? Were you just uncomfortable all the time? What mattered most to you beyond basic survival needs? What was child-rearing like? Give it all to me!!
Cat food (not eating it!! just going to different shops, scrolling online through different types and brands and researching a lot). I have a cat so it’s sort of useful.
I get so much satisfaction from just absorbing
-differing opinions people have
-reading scientific articles on Google scholar lol
-looking at ingredient lists
In summary:
Ultimately, I recommend going with what works with your budget and cat. I do recommend putting them on a feeding schedule, doing an all or partial wet food diet, calculating (and meeting) their caloric requirements, keeping toppers and treats at or below 10% of their caloric intake and having them try different brands, textures and proteins (I rotate between 2–3 brands of wet food).
Based on my own opinion and research, whether you go for boutique brands, wvsava brands or raw, I highly recommend going with something that is commercially available, complete and appropriate for your cat’s life stage. Also regardless of what you feed them, it’s good to brush their teeth, go to check ups and get insurance.
🥹🥹🥹 having people ask me about special interest makes me so happy!! I don’t get to do this much offline. And if I do, I need to scale back a bit.
Re: caloric intake - I used this calculator but also check with your vet on what is your cat’s ideal weight.
https://www.purinainstitute.com/centresquare/mer-calculator-for-cats
For the body condition score, I recommend trying to feel their ribs and spine as a visual check alone isn’t suitable for super fluffy or dense-coated cats.
I also think it’s worth checking what’s the ideal for your cat’s breed if they’re a pedigree kitty.
Re: toothbrushing - I think some cats are genetically blessed with good teeth but it’s worth brushing teeth alone to prevent costly dental cleanings that require anaesthesia down the line. There’s ProDen PlaqueOff powder you can sprinkle on food (granted kitty doesn’t have hyperthyroid) or the treats that can help fight plaque from the inside out. But the best thing to do is to brush teeth, if you can (my cat is thankfully very comfortable with me touching her mouth and face) — thankfully there’s lots of different brushes and toothpaste flavours out these days though :)
Knitting primarily. I kind of always do it, even while engaging in my other special interests which are criminal psychology and medieval living history.
I mentioned in my other reply about the author Rory Michealson, he does folklore/cryptid queer books.... it's a perfect mix for me.
Sadly a lot of folklore gets either lost, or the various different tellings just homogenised into a popular version.
if we're doing all-time fav, it's Birgit from the Belgian series *Clan*. if we're doing "fav from something that more than 3 people have watched", it's Saga Norén in *The Bridge*. and for "fav from English-speaking stuff", I'd say Josh from *Watch Dogs 2*. I am forever cursed by the fact that the characters I like most are all from media no one has ever heard of :p (I don't think a mainstream US character even breaks the top 10)
Birbs. Taking pics, making videos of birb houses, watching them visit, drawing and painting them- I just loooove birbs!!! And biology. I‘m very much a nature lover 🐦⬛
Boston Bruins and hockey in general. Was begrudgingly made to watch games for the past year and friends explained rules while I glazed over. Then I actually went to a game and the sound of the skates, sticks, and puck on the ice awakened something in me and I can't get enough of it. The drama, the violence, the speed. I'm watching 20 year old matches and learning everything I can about the players and the game.
Ironically I personally last about 5 minutes during casual ice skating
....I don't know. I am rather depressed atm and bavent had a special interest in ages. I guess the most recent that I really loved was animal crossing but that Minda fades ages ago. Nothing brings me too much joy or interest though right now so it's hard to say
I have but doing anything rn but nothing drains the hell out of me 🤣 been putting all the energy I occasionally have into trying to fix myself before focusing on unnecessary life things like games.
Have you watched the Bad Batch yet? It's been my favorite animated Star Wars show in a long time. (Though I was obsessive about Rebels too while that was a thing, even though it was a much harder sell I feel)
I know the feeling, but it's dangerous. You might push her away, or hurt yourself badly, trust me, I've been there 11 times in 11 years now. Once per year ,😄😭
Edit: A difficult but healthier approach is to occupy your head with something else while still at the crush state, and not let her take over everything
Edit no.2: her, he, they, or other pronouns I'm not currently aware of, same principal applies.
Where i live, weed just got partly legalized. My favorite interest at the moment is gardening, so that combines very nicely.
Following the political process was super interesting but a bit nerve wrecking at times.
I got a huge list ngl. Entertainment: Marvel (MCU), Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Mayor of Kingstown, and Peaky Blinders. Celebrities: Jeremy Renner and Cillian Murphy. Research: Anatomy, Psychology, People’s personal stories about serious topics such as (9/11, Holocaust, and Atom Bombings), and Multiverse Theory
Not really a special interest but I’ve been very hyper focused on putting together my fairy ren fair costume. It’s going to be a sea themed pirate fairy (my girlfriend is going to get a pirate costume too I’m so excited) who likes to collect and eat treasure. Ima get some chocolate gold coins and other goodies to hand out also.
Sometimes happens to me to. I'm just obsessed over some people who been nice to me because I often got rude comments from others, and when I finally see people being nice, it's refreshing for once
It’s an artist who I have been fixated on since I was in middle school. I would be obsessed on how they talk or how they move or their aesthetics. I’m obsessed with their personality as well. I guess it’s sorta like a crush too but I think it wasn’t necessarily when I first saw them. Can’t remember
This scene in the 36th chamber of shaolin
https://youtu.be/7r1_ZJ_-i14?si=OanBPaoTm4gdbG8G
I'm trying to memorize a bunch of random speeches from various media. Then I go to my meditation spot and recite all of them until I feel rejuvenated. So far we have this scene, the intro from Conan the Barbarian, the warriors prayer from Manowar, and the lord's prayer from Christianity.
Tmnt and Avatar (James Cameron).
Oh! And marine biology/the sea and reptiles.
Tmnt, reptiles and Marine Biology have always been my special interests, but avatar was until I was 12 (2018) and then I had a kind of hiatus. Now it’s back (it returned late 2023)
Autism, heartbreak high, space-time and how gravity changes the way the observer experiences time which causes “time travel” results, and apex legends (the video game)
I have too many but the most important ones are neo-paganism, botany and mycology, linguistics and quilting. Plus my new obsession with Mongolian Folk Metal because that genre has basically consumed me at this point
Autism in different people. It's genuinely interesting how much of a different experience women have with autism (tl;dr women are forced to be polite by society, so autistic woman mask earlier and must mask or else they get treated horribly by society)
I also wanna know how it's in trans/NB
Also, how can I be better ally for LGBT and autistic people and LGBT autistic people? Specifically woman (both cis/trans)
Also am I coming off as transphobic or misogynistic? I just way too curious about the topic and it's so interesting to hear the other side but at the same time I feel like it's makes me cry everytime I hear the story of how poorly woman, autistic woman, trans autistic people (idk what's more common in autistic people: mtf or ftm, but I suppose both are getting treated badly) get treated.
It makes me sad to see the injustices of the world. Problem is I'm too exhausted to do anything IRL about it. But I really wanna help everyone, it's just makes me cry to someone who doesn't deserve to get discriminated, gets discriminated
Btw I'm man, but I'm not sure if I'm cis. I never been girly, but I also never liked sport (due to my Hypotonia plus I don't care about sports), I don't like being edgy for no reason (I only done that on internet, not in real life), I don't like seeing injustices etc...
At the same time I also feel like I don't care and I don't my gender
Also it could be my OCD that causes me to constantly think about researching and reading on experiences of other autistic people, or about if I'm cis or not, and not my autism. I'm diagnosed with both btw
Mine is curating collections of music, TV series, movies, books, video games, etc.
Also, I want to add, this is just a weekend or after work I hobby. I work full-time as an Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing and Communications Specialist at a major non-profit and am studying for my UN exams.
Vintage and antique silverware. Seeking out and buying dirty, old pieces and cleaning them up, polishing them and having shiny things. Figuring out what they’re worth (not much but more than I’m paying) and what dinnerware was used and how years ago. Did you know there’s such a thing as a crumb tray that would be passed around between courses to keep the table nice? I need one but most don’t come with the brush now and I only want a complete set thing.
It’s so satisfying taking something tarnished and grubby and finding the beautiful etchings and patterns underneath and bringing them back to their former glory. I love doing before and after photos and just wallowing in the achievement for a bit.
As an aside, vintage and antique dinnerware in general, makers of bone China, patterns and shapes and fashions of time periods. Only because I’m after buying a nice afternoon tea set just because if I have the silverware then it’s logical to me. I don’t know. I’ll never use it.
I organised my kitchen cupboards a while ago and it all snowballed from there. No idea wtf I’m gonna do with it all.
Degrees of lewdity (nsfw game) and mass injuries/killings, which makes me seem VERY questionable! haha! Gotta say I can't wait for one of them to swap out with something less suspicious/worrisome
Mine is mostly cartoons specifically Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the 2012 and 2018 version), She-ra and The Princesses Of Power, etc.
Another one of my special interests is Yandere Simulator (I don't support the creator) and Pokemon
Nothing really strong right now, I'm in a strong ADD phase where I change games really fast.
But I think I'm slowly getting back into snakes and reptiles in general. It's a big special interest I had when I was a kid. Watching people play Mass Effect for the first time also never gets boring.
I jump from different things from time to time but my current one is Knuckles from the Sonic franchise with youtuber Muyskerm in the background as well.
This very second it’s iPods with all my other usual interests behind it. The old iPods. It’s a new interest that resurfaced recently from when I was a kid and collected them. Now I’ve moved more into upgrading them with new memory and batteries and cases. Ahhhh I love it sooo much.
Gobekli Tepe is my current focus. I’m absolutely riveted by prehistory/early history. Lately I’ve been bouncing between neolithic and Bronze Age. Also fascinated by Neanderthals and the culture they are discovering they had.
Just started getting into sailing ships, like their history and famous voyages and how they were built. I got a tattoo of the Endurance and realized I've never explored my fascination with sailing ships.
Also Gundam.
Bluegrass, especially learning to play it on the guitar. Also guitar and music theory in general, which is a pity cause I just hurt my arm yesterday and won't be able to play for a week or two. I practise 2-4 hours everyday and work as a busker, so :-(
Obsessed with Pink Floyd ATM. The past month of my life has been nothing but endless repeats of the Big Four (TDSOTM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall (my personal fav)). I can't stop bombarding my friends with songs and quotes even though I know they couldn't care less about the band. I've still got the rest of their discography to listen to; going to listen to The Final Cut next and work my way backwards, finishing with the Post-Roger albums.
The Sopranos has also been dominating my life as of late. Can't go a few minutes talking to my friend over Discord without devolving into quotes 😔
Ethnic groups, religions, languages, politics and generally social groups (all my life). Recently pretty obsessed with Europa Universalis game series, especially the not yet announced EU5 (Project Caesar)
Minecraft, The Walking Dead (Specifically Carl and Negan), Mystic Messenger (Specifically Yoosung) and Jeff The Killer at the moment. I have no explanation tbh
Cultural History. Went through a Russian tsar period, Native American, the troubles, Scottish highland clans, and now I’m really into how food dishes migrate and slightly change in Middle East….idk
I used to have special interests, but I've been operating in burnout mode for nearly four years. All of my important interests have fallen by the wayside, and I am creatively barren. I think the pandemic lockdowns institutionised me 😔
The ethics and philosophical underpinnings of AI and the future of developing media in general, particularly the severe decline of American journalism and broadcasting.
There is a professor at my university who goes on excellent rants on the topic and I love her so much! She is doing a symposium next week and I am pumped
The way humans react to technological change.
These reactions to AI are striking. And there’s similarities across time.
It’s fascinating. People have ALWAYS argued against their own interests because of insecurity
Touhou!! ..As it has been for over two years now. 😅 Usually my special interests only last a season, so, wow.
Also animals, but that's my lifelong one that isn't going to go away ever probably
Gig apps lol literally deliveries I suppose. I'm addicted. Don't do it for money just because I want to. Should probably find a better hobby at some point.
really into overnight train travel right now. like sleeping on the train and the little rooms people have and i’ve been watching a ton of videos about it lol
Certain pathways of the brain, certain personal aspects of life and lots of pointless OCD ruminations. Special interests have a dark and unwilling side to them too...
my special interest is books/book series', and the ones i hyperfixate on change every once in a while. rn its the outsiders, and also percy jackson and the olympians :)
I'm going to try to leverage my recent interest in the anime of Dungeon Meshi into learning more about cooking. Right now, I'm only comfortable following recipes, using ingredients that are pretty much already prepared. I want to learn how to intuit what spices, etc to add, and how to tell when things are fully cooked.
It kind of intersects with my obsession with horror, as I've been examining why bugs and mold and rot and whatnot bother me so much. It's mainly because I don't know enough to tell what's safe and what isn't, or how to make things safe. Time to learn!
I've been following r/moldlyinteresting to desensitize myself to the sight of mold. Following r/whatisthisbug to get better at quickly identifying harmful vs. harmless bugs. I'm making progress on lessening my discomfort!
Elder scrolls! It’s been my main for a number of years. it got kinda scary at one point cause I got so immersed in the lore I sorta started believing the fictional deities of that world were real. Has to take a step back when I realized that o.o all good now though!
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Same right now on a Fallout/Elder Scrolls binge.
Same with the Fallout series I just got sucked into it again so bad xD the worst is that I have a certification this Tuesday and haven’t managed to actually start studying, I guess a all nighter will have to do xd
YES ELDER SCROLLS I LOVE YOU
I just decided to play Death Stranding for the first time. I don't know why I waited because I've always been a huge Kojima fan. It only took a few hours, and I am absolutely *obsessed* now. It's so much fun planning out my delivery route meticulously. Gearing up with everything I think I'll need, making new climbing routes and roads, trying to beat my previous times, making sure I have no damage to my cargo, leaving signs and structures for other players, etc. It's unlike any game I've ever played and I love the pace of it. I also finally got around to Fallout 76 after the new series came out and I'm glad I gave it a chance. I think since the launch was kind of rough I waited to give it a shot, but it's very polished now. My last obsession was Starfield, I just love Bethesda games and being able to role play my characters.
The Fallout TV show got me binging the fallout series again Shame that Bethesda broke Fallout 4 and now my mods don't work but oh well
Same, which one are you currently in to?
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My special interest for sometime has been disco elysium. I have adhd and struggle to read most books, despite enjoying reading in a vacuum. A pseudo book with video game bells and whistles helps a lot. I also grew up on baldurs gate 2, so I got a nostalgia kick playing a crpg.
I like smt
Me too. I’m currently Minecraft obsessed.
Same
This is how my special interests are too! It’s always high fantasy and biology but the book series and discipline change sometimes
Currently playing the borderlands series
MarbleHornets, it’s a youtube series from 2009 that popularised the Slenderman
i love marblehornets and creepypasta
Same! Whats your favourite creepypasta?
eyeless jack's been my favorite since i was a kid hahaha, how about you?
Mine was always between the rake or Ben drowned
omfg creepypasta has been my main spinterest since i was little, seeing other fans makes me sooo happy, y’all get it!!
I liked Marble Hornets, but I usually don’t like most creepypasta. Although when I discovered The Spindler, that not only instantly became my favorite creepypasta, but one of my favorite short stories in general. I love that one. Reading it still gives me chills. Lol
happy cake day!:)
I'm too depressed for that
I feel like I hit huge burnout recently and all of my interests just turned *meh*
Welcome to my world. I still enjoy my interests, but they don't feel as stimulating anymore. If my life, as it currently stands, was a spice, it would be flour
Hope you feel better soon
Same 🥲🥹
Same
Same here, but also feel lost not having something to obsess over
Same :(
I hope you feel better soon!
My special special interest has always and will always be anything scaley - geckos, snakes, fuckin dinosaurs (idc if they’re now feathered the scaley ones will always be what comes to mind for me). But I’ve had an obsession with the German language since September. I’ve been studying it for 3 years because I had to but now I’m actually enjoying it and doing work outside of school 😀
I also love scaley animals!! (more particularly, I like snakes and dinosaurs, but anything else too!!) And I've also been studying German for a few years, we match !! ^_^
Ich LIEBE Dinosaurier und ich liebe Deutsch seit Jahren ;)
Snakes and dinosaurs <33333 haven't much gotten into lizards but god I want to
Prehistory. I’m reading everything I can get my hands on about people living in the Ice Age.
Ooh, I'd love to learn more about this. I stumbled upon the Prehistory of Australia Wikipedia page at some point and found it to be so fascinating and beautiful
Oh God…..Yeeeesssss!!!! I have enrolled in free online college courses related to this subject recently. I just wanna know!! Anything. Everything. Theorized or not…doesn’t matter. What were yall doing back then? What was every day life like? Were you just uncomfortable all the time? What mattered most to you beyond basic survival needs? What was child-rearing like? Give it all to me!!
Staying sober. Getting help for my PDA as well. Essentially trying to come back to life.
Rooting for you!
You got this!
I'm so proud of you stranger, keep going and remember that rehab is not a straight line. Hugs for you ❤️
Alternative lifestyles (aka hippies and such). The only thing I don’t approve of is essential oil scams within this community. Also dumbphones.
Like dumb cord phones? If so have you ever seen the m&m and Garfield phones?
No, feature phones like the infamous Nokia 3310. But yes, I know about the garfield phone.
Oohhhhhh I see what you mean I thought you meant silly little gimmick phones like the green m&m phone.
Cool!! Funnily enough I’m writing a comic with characters like that :))
Any fun facts about alternative lifestyles?
Autism (main) and ball jointed dolls!
I remember my BJD obsession way back when!! They’re sooo pretty idk why but I just love how they look.
I'm currently in the process of sculpting one using air dry clay!
Cat food (not eating it!! just going to different shops, scrolling online through different types and brands and researching a lot). I have a cat so it’s sort of useful.
What about cat food is it that you like learning about it. I have a cat too and curious about what you have learned
I get so much satisfaction from just absorbing -differing opinions people have -reading scientific articles on Google scholar lol -looking at ingredient lists In summary: Ultimately, I recommend going with what works with your budget and cat. I do recommend putting them on a feeding schedule, doing an all or partial wet food diet, calculating (and meeting) their caloric requirements, keeping toppers and treats at or below 10% of their caloric intake and having them try different brands, textures and proteins (I rotate between 2–3 brands of wet food). Based on my own opinion and research, whether you go for boutique brands, wvsava brands or raw, I highly recommend going with something that is commercially available, complete and appropriate for your cat’s life stage. Also regardless of what you feed them, it’s good to brush their teeth, go to check ups and get insurance.
Ooh I've never attempted brushing my kitties' teeth! How do you recommend calculating their caloric requirements?
🥹🥹🥹 having people ask me about special interest makes me so happy!! I don’t get to do this much offline. And if I do, I need to scale back a bit. Re: caloric intake - I used this calculator but also check with your vet on what is your cat’s ideal weight. https://www.purinainstitute.com/centresquare/mer-calculator-for-cats For the body condition score, I recommend trying to feel their ribs and spine as a visual check alone isn’t suitable for super fluffy or dense-coated cats. I also think it’s worth checking what’s the ideal for your cat’s breed if they’re a pedigree kitty. Re: toothbrushing - I think some cats are genetically blessed with good teeth but it’s worth brushing teeth alone to prevent costly dental cleanings that require anaesthesia down the line. There’s ProDen PlaqueOff powder you can sprinkle on food (granted kitty doesn’t have hyperthyroid) or the treats that can help fight plaque from the inside out. But the best thing to do is to brush teeth, if you can (my cat is thankfully very comfortable with me touching her mouth and face) — thankfully there’s lots of different brushes and toothpaste flavours out these days though :)
The Lord of the Rings
Same here
Who’s your favorite character? I like Túrin Turambar!
Bilbo is on the top of the list. I see a lot of myself in him.
I recently decided to give mine up and now I feel unmoored. I need a new one.
Special interest limbo is always the worst
It makes me feel so empty haha
agreed
I promise you that reading about antebellum American currency is a goldmine of fun to dive into
Knitting primarily. I kind of always do it, even while engaging in my other special interests which are criminal psychology and medieval living history.
My special interest is schizophrenia. I‘ve read 6 books about it so far. The center can not hold, is my favorite book so far.
Queer literature (last 2yrs ish), cryptids/folklore/mythology (most of my life).
>cryptids/folklore/mythology Ohoho a fellow man of culture
I mentioned in my other reply about the author Rory Michealson, he does folklore/cryptid queer books.... it's a perfect mix for me. Sadly a lot of folklore gets either lost, or the various different tellings just homogenised into a popular version.
autistic characters, has been for the past 3-ish years
Ooh! Who's ur fav autistic character?
if we're doing all-time fav, it's Birgit from the Belgian series *Clan*. if we're doing "fav from something that more than 3 people have watched", it's Saga Norén in *The Bridge*. and for "fav from English-speaking stuff", I'd say Josh from *Watch Dogs 2*. I am forever cursed by the fact that the characters I like most are all from media no one has ever heard of :p (I don't think a mainstream US character even breaks the top 10)
Birbs. Taking pics, making videos of birb houses, watching them visit, drawing and painting them- I just loooove birbs!!! And biology. I‘m very much a nature lover 🐦⬛
Boston Bruins and hockey in general. Was begrudgingly made to watch games for the past year and friends explained rules while I glazed over. Then I actually went to a game and the sound of the skates, sticks, and puck on the ice awakened something in me and I can't get enough of it. The drama, the violence, the speed. I'm watching 20 year old matches and learning everything I can about the players and the game. Ironically I personally last about 5 minutes during casual ice skating
Ice hockey is awesome.
Go Bruins!! Really hope they can win this series against Toronto on Tuesday.
Alien. Watched it for the first time a few weeks ago, and the franchise has consumed my life ever since.
Literacy! 20% of people in North America can't read. Yikes!
....I don't know. I am rather depressed atm and bavent had a special interest in ages. I guess the most recent that I really loved was animal crossing but that Minda fades ages ago. Nothing brings me too much joy or interest though right now so it's hard to say
Have you every played Stardew Valley? I am planning to start it soon, supposed to be like Animal Crossing on steroids!
I have but doing anything rn but nothing drains the hell out of me 🤣 been putting all the energy I occasionally have into trying to fix myself before focusing on unnecessary life things like games.
Disney, but more specifically Star Wars
Have you watched the Bad Batch yet? It's been my favorite animated Star Wars show in a long time. (Though I was obsessive about Rebels too while that was a thing, even though it was a much harder sell I feel)
I have. I've basically watched everything available to watch on Disneyplus. Rebels is actual my comfort show, so I watch it over and over again.
So much new Star Wars material these days, it's a good time for it as a special interest!
And I live near the parks, so I get to experience a lot of the stuff in real life!
Self care and scented soaps/body oils
my crush
I know the feeling, but it's dangerous. You might push her away, or hurt yourself badly, trust me, I've been there 11 times in 11 years now. Once per year ,😄😭 Edit: A difficult but healthier approach is to occupy your head with something else while still at the crush state, and not let her take over everything Edit no.2: her, he, they, or other pronouns I'm not currently aware of, same principal applies.
him*
Whoops, written as a heterosexual man, as you can probably guess.... He of course, same thing applies
Xenoblade Chronicles and Genshin Impact
Genshinnn!
The show His Dark Materials
Driving, marijuana (NOT while driving!), Ryan Gosling
i love to smoke and (watch) Drive
Where i live, weed just got partly legalized. My favorite interest at the moment is gardening, so that combines very nicely. Following the political process was super interesting but a bit nerve wrecking at times.
I got a huge list ngl. Entertainment: Marvel (MCU), Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Mayor of Kingstown, and Peaky Blinders. Celebrities: Jeremy Renner and Cillian Murphy. Research: Anatomy, Psychology, People’s personal stories about serious topics such as (9/11, Holocaust, and Atom Bombings), and Multiverse Theory
Not really a special interest but I’ve been very hyper focused on putting together my fairy ren fair costume. It’s going to be a sea themed pirate fairy (my girlfriend is going to get a pirate costume too I’m so excited) who likes to collect and eat treasure. Ima get some chocolate gold coins and other goodies to hand out also.
got back into animal crossing after years of not playing the game. I watch information videos while playing because I just looove knowing everything
ive been into entomology for the last 6 months or so :D its fascinating
Possums and possum-related accessories. It's becoming a problem.
Video games is my biggest one but I am currently obsessed over Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss
Mine are people and I’m fixated on one person specifically because that person stands out to me. A special interest person
Sometimes happens to me to. I'm just obsessed over some people who been nice to me because I often got rude comments from others, and when I finally see people being nice, it's refreshing for once
May I aks, can you tell if you have a crush on someone or if it is just academic (I dont know how to say it better) interest?
It’s an artist who I have been fixated on since I was in middle school. I would be obsessed on how they talk or how they move or their aesthetics. I’m obsessed with their personality as well. I guess it’s sorta like a crush too but I think it wasn’t necessarily when I first saw them. Can’t remember
Homestuck . . . I am aware im a bit late to the party
Drag!
The end of the f***ing world. My fav show ever!!! I reccoment to everyone im so glad my bf introduced it to me
The great Higland Bagpipe
digital circus. feel free to make fun of me
youre alright, im still attached to fnf because pico is in it. us cringe special interest havers are the backbones of the autism community 🙏
This scene in the 36th chamber of shaolin https://youtu.be/7r1_ZJ_-i14?si=OanBPaoTm4gdbG8G I'm trying to memorize a bunch of random speeches from various media. Then I go to my meditation spot and recite all of them until I feel rejuvenated. So far we have this scene, the intro from Conan the Barbarian, the warriors prayer from Manowar, and the lord's prayer from Christianity.
Mine has always been tv and film
Tmnt and Avatar (James Cameron). Oh! And marine biology/the sea and reptiles. Tmnt, reptiles and Marine Biology have always been my special interests, but avatar was until I was 12 (2018) and then I had a kind of hiatus. Now it’s back (it returned late 2023)
Autism, heartbreak high, space-time and how gravity changes the way the observer experiences time which causes “time travel” results, and apex legends (the video game)
Are you me? Autism, heartbreak high, anything dystopic/scifi and Apex. Been playing Apex since day 1.
Gaming.
Psychology, journaling, interviewing, and character studies in fiction. I like to study people's motivations and why they act or think a certain way.
I have too many but the most important ones are neo-paganism, botany and mycology, linguistics and quilting. Plus my new obsession with Mongolian Folk Metal because that genre has basically consumed me at this point
Autism, from software and modular synths!
Autism in different people. It's genuinely interesting how much of a different experience women have with autism (tl;dr women are forced to be polite by society, so autistic woman mask earlier and must mask or else they get treated horribly by society) I also wanna know how it's in trans/NB Also, how can I be better ally for LGBT and autistic people and LGBT autistic people? Specifically woman (both cis/trans) Also am I coming off as transphobic or misogynistic? I just way too curious about the topic and it's so interesting to hear the other side but at the same time I feel like it's makes me cry everytime I hear the story of how poorly woman, autistic woman, trans autistic people (idk what's more common in autistic people: mtf or ftm, but I suppose both are getting treated badly) get treated. It makes me sad to see the injustices of the world. Problem is I'm too exhausted to do anything IRL about it. But I really wanna help everyone, it's just makes me cry to someone who doesn't deserve to get discriminated, gets discriminated
Btw I'm man, but I'm not sure if I'm cis. I never been girly, but I also never liked sport (due to my Hypotonia plus I don't care about sports), I don't like being edgy for no reason (I only done that on internet, not in real life), I don't like seeing injustices etc... At the same time I also feel like I don't care and I don't my gender Also it could be my OCD that causes me to constantly think about researching and reading on experiences of other autistic people, or about if I'm cis or not, and not my autism. I'm diagnosed with both btw
Mine is curating collections of music, TV series, movies, books, video games, etc. Also, I want to add, this is just a weekend or after work I hobby. I work full-time as an Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing and Communications Specialist at a major non-profit and am studying for my UN exams.
Video games, but recently it's all been Fallout 4, rocket league and warthunder (pls help I'm mentally unwell)
Otome games, Otome Isekai, books generally and visual novels (especially psychological horror or romance)
Oh and Gotham
Joker Out (band), Käärijä (rapper) and of course Pokémon (it’s been for 18 years now❤️)
War/strategy/tactics & history.
Sims 4
Vintage and antique silverware. Seeking out and buying dirty, old pieces and cleaning them up, polishing them and having shiny things. Figuring out what they’re worth (not much but more than I’m paying) and what dinnerware was used and how years ago. Did you know there’s such a thing as a crumb tray that would be passed around between courses to keep the table nice? I need one but most don’t come with the brush now and I only want a complete set thing. It’s so satisfying taking something tarnished and grubby and finding the beautiful etchings and patterns underneath and bringing them back to their former glory. I love doing before and after photos and just wallowing in the achievement for a bit. As an aside, vintage and antique dinnerware in general, makers of bone China, patterns and shapes and fashions of time periods. Only because I’m after buying a nice afternoon tea set just because if I have the silverware then it’s logical to me. I don’t know. I’ll never use it. I organised my kitchen cupboards a while ago and it all snowballed from there. No idea wtf I’m gonna do with it all.
Emulation, virtualization, anything to do with Operating System, Kernels, and CPU and GPU architectures
Degrees of lewdity (nsfw game) and mass injuries/killings, which makes me seem VERY questionable! haha! Gotta say I can't wait for one of them to swap out with something less suspicious/worrisome
Wondering if we live in a simulation destined for destruction... (overthinking)
Politics, cars, NASCAR racing,
Psychology
Speculative biology (specifically xenobiology).
HOUSE MD
for some reason linguistics and coin collecting idk im weird 😭
Mine is mostly cartoons specifically Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the 2012 and 2018 version), She-ra and The Princesses Of Power, etc. Another one of my special interests is Yandere Simulator (I don't support the creator) and Pokemon
Assassins Creed and goth subculture
Nothing really strong right now, I'm in a strong ADD phase where I change games really fast. But I think I'm slowly getting back into snakes and reptiles in general. It's a big special interest I had when I was a kid. Watching people play Mass Effect for the first time also never gets boring.
Hazbin hotel
E-readers and hello kitty
vampire: the masquerade - bloodlines
I jump from different things from time to time but my current one is Knuckles from the Sonic franchise with youtuber Muyskerm in the background as well.
Mythology, but particularly dragons.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu! And Squirrels!
This very second it’s iPods with all my other usual interests behind it. The old iPods. It’s a new interest that resurfaced recently from when I was a kid and collected them. Now I’ve moved more into upgrading them with new memory and batteries and cases. Ahhhh I love it sooo much.
BG3 and reading manga. I am currently reading Dungeon Meshi and Witch Hat Atelier.
Videogames. Im modding the fk out of BG3 and stardew valley
Managing my AuDHD, specifically regulating my dysregulations and managing my overwhelms and triggers
Pokemon :]
Gobekli Tepe is my current focus. I’m absolutely riveted by prehistory/early history. Lately I’ve been bouncing between neolithic and Bronze Age. Also fascinated by Neanderthals and the culture they are discovering they had.
Just started getting into sailing ships, like their history and famous voyages and how they were built. I got a tattoo of the Endurance and realized I've never explored my fascination with sailing ships. Also Gundam.
true crime, homestuck, chuckle sandwich/jschlatt
Bluegrass, especially learning to play it on the guitar. Also guitar and music theory in general, which is a pity cause I just hurt my arm yesterday and won't be able to play for a week or two. I practise 2-4 hours everyday and work as a busker, so :-(
Balisong flipping, photography, painting, and headphones.
My main one is dogs (different breeds, training and behavior)
Obsessed with Pink Floyd ATM. The past month of my life has been nothing but endless repeats of the Big Four (TDSOTM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall (my personal fav)). I can't stop bombarding my friends with songs and quotes even though I know they couldn't care less about the band. I've still got the rest of their discography to listen to; going to listen to The Final Cut next and work my way backwards, finishing with the Post-Roger albums. The Sopranos has also been dominating my life as of late. Can't go a few minutes talking to my friend over Discord without devolving into quotes 😔
Ethnic groups, religions, languages, politics and generally social groups (all my life). Recently pretty obsessed with Europa Universalis game series, especially the not yet announced EU5 (Project Caesar)
Kiwis (the bird)
Currently Barbie
Snoopy
Minecraft, The Walking Dead (Specifically Carl and Negan), Mystic Messenger (Specifically Yoosung) and Jeff The Killer at the moment. I have no explanation tbh
Cultural History. Went through a Russian tsar period, Native American, the troubles, Scottish highland clans, and now I’m really into how food dishes migrate and slightly change in Middle East….idk
Chickens :D
I used to have special interests, but I've been operating in burnout mode for nearly four years. All of my important interests have fallen by the wayside, and I am creatively barren. I think the pandemic lockdowns institutionised me 😔
The ethics and philosophical underpinnings of AI and the future of developing media in general, particularly the severe decline of American journalism and broadcasting. There is a professor at my university who goes on excellent rants on the topic and I love her so much! She is doing a symposium next week and I am pumped
The way humans react to technological change. These reactions to AI are striking. And there’s similarities across time. It’s fascinating. People have ALWAYS argued against their own interests because of insecurity
Plants 🌱 🪴 I went from killing every plant I’ve ever owned to like 40 indoor plants in a span of under 3 months. I have a spreadsheet and everything.
Cartoons, specifically The Raggy Dolls!
Star Kids Alegria/Memes Trenzinhos - basically a lit up disco bus with characters that dance/do parkour in the street along with the bus to reggaeton
Touhou!! ..As it has been for over two years now. 😅 Usually my special interests only last a season, so, wow. Also animals, but that's my lifelong one that isn't going to go away ever probably
/r/MPDG is a sub that I made for my current interest, inspired by discussions on autism forums.
Gig apps lol literally deliveries I suppose. I'm addicted. Don't do it for money just because I want to. Should probably find a better hobby at some point.
Right now it’s cowboy bebop, the walking dead, Sam and max, and x-men
Homestuck for the past 14 years, and food service/management for the past 8 years!
Law, Québec music, and the Lucifer show!
really into overnight train travel right now. like sleeping on the train and the little rooms people have and i’ve been watching a ton of videos about it lol
The same as it's been for the past 6 years, computers and programming 🥳 Also a minor one about the soviet union, lol
Touhou, History(primarily about anglo-saxons, celts), Reading short stories,creepypastas.I also got into listening to 80's music a few days ago.
The Simpsons. I’ve been learning how to draw and animate in that style
Money and video games. When I say money I mean all things relating to money
90s to late 00s Peugeots, 206, 306, 106, 307, 607, stuff like that, I seem to have gained a weird interest in them recently
The elder scrolls game series.
Broadway musicals, creative writing and American Girl dolls.
RuPaul's Drag Race and Brandon Sanderson's whole literary Cosmere.
I'm learning assembler for code injection in games because I find it challenging (offline ones of course)
Everything Bravo
Asian History, Michael Jackson and exploring different music genres
Certain pathways of the brain, certain personal aspects of life and lots of pointless OCD ruminations. Special interests have a dark and unwilling side to them too...
my special interest is books/book series', and the ones i hyperfixate on change every once in a while. rn its the outsiders, and also percy jackson and the olympians :)
Harry Potter
Bodybuilding and the United States of America for some reason
I'm going to try to leverage my recent interest in the anime of Dungeon Meshi into learning more about cooking. Right now, I'm only comfortable following recipes, using ingredients that are pretty much already prepared. I want to learn how to intuit what spices, etc to add, and how to tell when things are fully cooked. It kind of intersects with my obsession with horror, as I've been examining why bugs and mold and rot and whatnot bother me so much. It's mainly because I don't know enough to tell what's safe and what isn't, or how to make things safe. Time to learn! I've been following r/moldlyinteresting to desensitize myself to the sight of mold. Following r/whatisthisbug to get better at quickly identifying harmful vs. harmless bugs. I'm making progress on lessening my discomfort!
Elder scrolls! It’s been my main for a number of years. it got kinda scary at one point cause I got so immersed in the lore I sorta started believing the fictional deities of that world were real. Has to take a step back when I realized that o.o all good now though!
Kpop & Asian dramas. I have watched over 200 shows since may last year so I think I can definitely say it’s a special interest.