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?

  • NotAnonymousAtAll@feddit.org
    1·
    6 days ago

    If you don’t like partying, either you just don’t like people and music (which is fine, no shaming intended), or you have only ever been to bad parties.

    A good party has:

    • people who like each other and are all there to enjoy each others company (and they don’t need an excuse like watching sports to do that)
    • good music
    • a space where you can dance if you feel like it
    • a space where the music is silent enough to have interesting conversations
    • maybe a motto and costumes, some made with minimal effort, some self-made as an outlet for creative energy, maybe even some superficial roleplaying to go along with it
    • maybe some other activity you can do together like table football or table tennis or twister or …
    • Owl@mander.xyz
      11·
      5 days ago

      Seems like I’m the issue, I’ll go point by point:

      1. Since I don’t party, I don’t know anyone and if I happen to know someone we have nothing in common, as with most people my age, since they only care about looks, the gym, gossip and partying + I live in an uncivilised country where drinking = getting wasted and people often start around the mark of 11-12yo.

      2. I don’t like most modern music and have tinnitus. Also I’m not that big of a music fan in general, I’m more of a visual arts type of person.

      3. I don’t see the fun in dancing, can’t dance (no one has ever taught me) and feel very self conscious

      4. Wait, you are supposed to hear anything apart from the music?

      5. Costumes? Never heard of parties with costumes (apart from Halloween)

      6. There are places where you can do other activities outside of dancing with the people there?

      • NotAnonymousAtAll@feddit.org
        2·
        5 days ago

        Thank you for sharing your perspective. Let me first reiterate that none of what I wrote was intended as shaming or attacking people who do not like partying.

        I strongly disagree with “Seems like I’m the issue”. Seems to me more like you have very good reasons to dislike all parties you could realistically attend currently, and to generalize from that to not liking parties in general is only natural.

        I did not want to convince anyone they are wrong; just to share my perspective that not all parties are the same, and they can be fun even for people who think they don’t like them in general if done right.

        • Owl@mander.xyz
          2·
          5 days ago

          Let me first reiterate that none of what I wrote was intended as shaming or attacking people who do not like partying.

          I understood it and I’m very happy that you avoided calling me simply “no fun”, and instead you wrote a pretty sizeable and detailed comment

          It’s nice seeing great people ;)