Things you aggressively don't care about

[Dalisclock]

Mostly TV shows that people tell me are awesome and I have to watch.

-The Walking Dead. Let me put it this way. I'm sick of Zombies. I really am. I played the first season of the Taletell version and I'll play the second season when it's close to finished but I really don't care about the show. I've heard a lot of people tell me it's just not that good. I have the first season on DVD and someday I'll try it but right now I don't really care.

-Breaking Bad. I watched the first episode. It didn't do anything for me. Enough said.

-Supernatural. Mostly my family telling me this. Most of the problem is that it's already something like eight seasons in and from what I'm hearing is that they're really grasping at straws for reasons to keep the plot going. Yeah, no thanks.

As far as video games.

-Mutiplayer anything. Really don't care. I've tried mutiplayer, with a very few exceptions I don't like it. I also have a massive steam/gog backlog to cut through and mutiplayer doesn't exactly have a "finish line".

-Dark Souls. I'm sure it's really awesome, really I do. I also don't have the time right now to play a game that's super hard and has save points few and far between. I'm already making slow progress in Valkriya Chronicles between every mission takes at least 90 minutes and you can't save in mission. Maybe if I'm ever unemployed......

- Gay marriage in the Japanese life-sim game thingy. I'm totally for gay marriage being legal, I just can't seem to care about a japense wii game in a genre I have no interest in playing having no gay marriage options, because I really don't care about the game at all.

 

[Vault101]

]I think he's referring to stuff like the people who will see a thread discussing an upcoming game that they aren't interested in and will take the time to write a big post about how unexcited they are and how they cannot understand why people are excited about it.

Basically "I want you to know how little I care about that thing you like."

As for me, I don't have anything like that. Sometimes I catch myself getting close to it and I stop, because I realize how annoyed I get when someone does this for something I'm excited about.

ughhhh

even worse are people who will come in on a discussion on some tragedy and tell people how little they care

like no, you don't have to care about those girls that went missing, its normal not to but you're not impressing anyone with your edginess

 

[FPLOON]

Well, besides most "-ism/-ist"-like discussions, since the more I try to understand those situation, the more my brain hurts... I would have to go with stuff that's deemed "overrated" and/or "underrated"... Those two words have become part of my "top 5" words that, to me, have lost all of their objective meaning...

*sighs* There are other things I don't care for... But, I don't really care enough right now to start spewing more apathy...

 

[Karthek]

Welp, Game of Thrones for one thing. I started watching it from the beginning during season 3, so I was spoiled on everything that happened during season 1 before I finished it, and lost interest shortly after. The only things that interest me in that show, and constantly tempt me to care about again it are the White Walkers, the plot with the dragon lady, and Tyrion Lannister; the only character in the show who interested me enough to remember his name.
I've heard the books are good, though!

Walking Dead, but only because zombies in popular media have gotten really old.

In video gaming, there's The Sims. Honestly, it baffles me that people can find that series entertaining. Seriously, how much fun can it be to relive life in a virtual medium?

Finally, and this is the big one for me...
This whole goofy debate about the PS4 outshining the Xbone in terms of graphical capability. I may be speaking out of my ass on this one, but I couldn't care less which system runs better. Sure, really nice looking games are a bonus, but the selling point for me is how fun or entertaining the game is.

This is just my opinion though, and if you like any of these things, don't let my whining spoil your enjoyment of them.

 

[Risingblade]

LGBTQ or however you spell it rights.

 

[jademunky]

what are yours? and why?

My little Pony. Seriously I have never seen it and I never will, you are grown men watching this and you are creeping us all out.

Also walking dead for reasons explained in a previous persons post.

 

[jademunky]

LGBTQ or however you spell it rights.

I know I will hate myself for asking but why? Speaking as someone who is none of those things, why would you not care? If only because it would make them more likely to support your own rights if they were ever threatened.

 

[Eddie the head]

The whole evolution vs. creationism debate. I get why other people care about it, especially those involved in education/science/religion/whatever, but as for myself, I really don't care about how something that happened a fuckton of years ago took place. I'm just glad that it did.

Evolution didn't just happen "a fuckton of years ago" it's still happening. It doesn't end with us.

=sigh=

I know. I was referring to the whole origin of the species/world thing that people get so heated about. I wasn't there, me taking a side on that debate isn't going to impact my life or anyone else's in the slightest, ergo I don't care.

What you appear to be talking about isn't even evolution. That's abiogenesis. Not the same thing.

Also the theory of evolution dose impact your life and the lives of others. Immunologist's use it to predict how the flu virus will change. Even if we disregarded that just because we don't know of an application for a theory at the time doesn't mean it won't be useful later. The theory of relativity was considered largely useless at the time, but now satellites would fall out of the sky if we didn't compensate for relativity.

I'm not saying this to belittle you but appear to have little to no understanding of what the theory of evolution is. That's fine ignorance is your right. I'm not trying to take that away form you, but I don't want you misinforming other people. You don't care I get that, but I do. If you don't care about it so much don't talk about it.

 

[Julius Terrell]

Ok, I'll bite! I aggressively don't care about American sports. I get sick of hearing about on TV, and I'm sick to death of hearing people talk about it. All I do is groan and turn the tv as soon as anything sports related comes on.

If nobody cares about my running(sport) or table tennis(sport) then I don't give a fuck about your sports. Deal? Good!

Next on my list is popular music in all its forms. I've never cared for it as long as there has been a pulse in my veins. Next to no one cares for my taste in experimental electronic music or classical music so I equally don't care about music that everyone likes. It is simply beneath me. Have a nice day!

 

[Julius Terrell]

Atheist vs [insert whatever religion here] debates that never stop.

Both just stop. We get it, you are very very passionate about what you believe or don't believe but for crying out loud enough with the endless debates that actually goes NOWHERE. You won't change each others minds. Just agree to disagree and live your lives for f*** sakes.

"Religion is stupid"

"Atheist are evil"

We get it!!!

This is the story of my life. The evil Christians seem to find me wherever I go. They're determined to find whatever is wrong with me and cleanse it so that I'll go down the right path. They'll never stop till there is only one religion. Even though I'm not religious I do find the whole range of beliefs to be quite refreshing. Seeing how different people have a different take on the world.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

Breaking Bad; Bryan Cranston is a talent, I will not deny that but the hype mongers behind his character 'Heisenberg' and the show itself are fucking insufferable and the show itself really just shits me - like really bugs the fuck out of me on a fundamental level.

 

[Ten Foot Bunny]

Whenever strangers share with me their clean bills of health from regularly scheduled ten-year colonoscopies? Yeah. VIOLENT apathy on my part.

 

[Dragonbums]

I used to have a slight inkling for things like Homestuck last year. That stopped immediately when my tumblr dashboard was 80% Homestuck. Now that tends to happen with me with other fandoms as well. But once the hype dies down my interest peaks again. I can't say the same for Homestuck. Even though it makes up 1% of my dashboard now I still can't give two shits about it.

 

[Dragonbums]

Whenever strangers share with me their clean bills of health from regularly scheduled ten-year colonoscopies? Yeah. VIOLENT apathy on my part.

I'm very curious to hear about why somebody you don't know would share that info with you.

I mean it in a serious way. This sounds like a good story to share with everyone

 

[AngloDoom]

When people one-up someone else's misfortune.

"...and since then, I've lost the use of my left hand."
"Yeah, I've got the same AND I've gone blind in one eye."

A'ight. Good for you?

 

[Risingblade]

LGBTQ or however you spell it rights.

I know I will hate myself for asking but why? Speaking as someone who is none of those things, why would you not care? If only because it would make them more likely to support your own rights if they were ever threatened.

Maybe because it doesn't affect me in any way? I simply can't be bothered to care.

 

[1Life0Continues]

The "lack of caring" by little boys pretending to be men on sexism/misogyny in video games.

Oooh. Meta.

No. I don't care if you're tired of it. I won't shut up about it because your apathy is precisely the reason it continues to be a problem. So carry on getting upset about my insistence on bringing it up, because like it or not, it's still a problem that needs to be addressed. Until my wife can open her mouth on a VOIP and not be insulted, sworn at or bear any other uninvited and unwarranted insults based on nothing but the fact she dared to play a video game, then I don't give a fuck if you hate it. I'm going to keep fighting it and until it changes, there is nothing you can do or say to stop me.

Also, most fandoms.

 

[Dragonlayer]

I'm going to interpret this question to mean "Things I avoid because I don't care about them/dislike them, but when pressed to give an opinion, respond negatively." In which case:

- Axis Hetalia/Hetalia/whatever that anime is about personifying countries
Everytime I think about this, I get the strong feeling that I'm the only sane person on Earth. I mean, turning the motherfucking Axis powers into cutesy anime characters with wacky adventures? What the hell is wrong with you!? I'm not one to harp on about historical hypersensitivity but I just cannot wrap my head around the concept of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy being "kawaii" and while I'm sure plenty of people who enjoy it actually do know their history, the fanbase conjures up images of retarded teenage girls who couldn't place Germany on a map but excitedly squeal about their shipping stories.

- "THAT'S SEXIST/RACIST!!!!!" in gaming
Oy. I get it, I honestly do: there are significant issues with depictions of gender and race in gaming, and that you have to get people to listen to an justice to correct it. But sweet merciful God-Emperor, must we be so quick to shriek about the supposedly horrific treatment of "Persecuted minority of the day"? Or to be ever vigilant for the terrifying bogeyman of sexism, to the extent that we pick apart EVERYTHING for the slightest hint of ill-conduct? I read a post the other day discussing the outrageous sexism of a SEXIST VILLAIN MEANT TO BE SEXIST AND PUNISHED FOR THEIR SEXISM, for Pete's sake!

- "I didn't like Mass Effect 3's ending, so Bioware IS RUINED FOR ALL ETERNITY!"
This props up in any Bioware property related thread and while I certainly support the right of any gamer to healthy ***** about their hobby, it is very tiresome to dig through upwards of 3/4 pages of misery circle-jerking.

 

[Thaluikhain]

The "lack of caring" by little boys pretending to be men on sexism/misogyny in video games.

Oooh. Meta.

No. I don't care if you're tired of it. I won't shut up about it because your apathy is precisely the reason it continues to be a problem. So carry on getting upset about my insistence on bringing it up, because like it or not, it's still a problem that needs to be addressed. Until my wife can open her mouth on a VOIP and not be insulted, sworn at or bear any other uninvited and unwarranted insults based on nothing but the fact she dared to play a video game, then I don't give a fuck if you hate it. I'm going to keep fighting it and until it changes, there is nothing you can do or say to stop me.

Also, most fandoms.

Exactly. "Actively not caring" about things because they affect people who aren't you is why we can't have nice things.

(I say "actively", because if people genuinely didn't care, they wouldn't get upset at problems being addressed)

 

[TheMadDoctorsCat]

Again, I really don't care. I don't care if one side has all the evidence. I don't care if people are bothered that I'm not taking a side. I don't care which side is right, which side is being silly, because in the end, it's something that happened so long ago that it doesn't matter to me at all. It could have been aliens for all that it matters to me. I get why other people get riled up, but it's not my fight, ergo I don't care, but people keep trying to make me care, which is why I posted about it in this thread in the first place.

I'm not asking you to take a side - that's what's so annoying to you, after all - just pointing out that by even referring to it as a "debate", that's exactly what you and others in thread had done, albeit unintentionally. It legitimizes the creationists' point of view when they haven't earned that privilege. Just because two opposing points are made does not make them both equally deserving of consideration. Again - I know and appreciate this isn't something you care about, which is fine. I'm just pointing out that it's possible to accidentally find yourself taking a side when you don't mean to.

I don't care about the sexism, racism, and homophobia in video games. Nobody seems to be coming up with a plausible solution to this problem, and the people who do talk about it always sound as if they've discovered sociology and philosophy for the first time.

I also don't care about gay marriage since it doesn't really impact me in anyway. So what if a man wants to marry another man, or a woman wants to marry another woman? What they do with their life is there business, not mine.

One last thing that I don't care about is the strong female characters. I have this weird hunch that this concept is a fad that will die out in a couple of years. Once strong female characters become common in media, people are going to get bored of seeing the same strong female character movie and would want something new.

VV - I don't know if I'd quite put it that way, but if you mean by "strong female characters" the same cliched tropes being used over and over again, I'd absolutely agree with you. It's no less sexist to have the girl rescued over and over again if she happens to be "strong-willed" (and in the hands of many screenwriters, that seems to mean: obnoxious). MJ in the "Spiderman" movies being a perfect example. She's independant! She has her own career! She'll annoy everybody by constantly pointing this out! Yet she needs to be rescued over and over again! Uuuugh.

The problem with saying "I don't care about gay marriage" if you're not gay is the same problem as saying "I don't care about slavery" if you're not a slave. Yes, the issue doesn't affect you directly, but that doesn't mean that it's ok to take a neutral stance on the issue when asked (which I presume you have been, or at least have come across the subject being discussed a lot, otherwise the issue wouldn't bother you). A helluva lot of people don't have the same rights as a helluva lot of other people because they have the wrong genitalia. Nobody's asking you to go out and campaign against this, but you can acknowledge that it's a pretty shitty situation without committing yourself to anything more.

You summed up pretty much what I was going to type out myself.

To add to it. Guys really need to stop white knighting sexism in games all the fucking time. If it truly bothered you that much then you would of started discussing the issue long before it was the fad.

Yeeeeah... nope.

See it does bother me and I've been trying to make sense of the issue for a long time now; and if guys don't discuss it in a rational manner, then the things that IMO really need to be changed, probably won't be. But my biggest problem with your post here is that, unlike the last two posters, I'm getting the sense that you DO care about the issue, and just want the people on the other side of it to shut up. See that's the wonderful thing about the Internet... you can say pretty much whatever you want. Downside: so can everybody else. And making statements like that - where you've made negative assumptions about the character or motivations of the people who disagree with you - is not going to help you change any hearts and minds.