I have this issue where I'm very easily annoyed by the vast majority of people that enjoy the same things I do, way more than so-called "normies" with completely different tastes, and it's been slowly eating me up from the inside for a long time now.
I was typing down some specific examples, but I really don't like how negative and condescending it all sounds when that legitimately isn't my intention, so I will try to keep this more general.
My current solution to this problem, and the namesake of the thread, is that I'm trying really hard to avoid Western discussion of content I enjoy, or at least discussion in languages that I can understand. I try to stick to Japanese videos (which I can't understand, for the most part) if I'm going through random Touhou content or arrangements on YT, or at least I will avoid scrolling down to the comments if an English title suggests the video is just a music upload and not a meme, which I go out of my way for to hide.
It's the same for most other IPs or hobbies and it can get pretty frustrating depending on the kind, especially if it's info that I know I would benefit from myself, but force myself to not consume because it feels less stressful to immediately hide it and not think about it any further.
Consuming content I don't understand, or where I can't understand the reaction to it, makes me feel unburdened. I have an easier time to just focus on the content itself, I don't have to worry about noticing agendas that may or may not be there even, or feeling annoyed by behavior I can't help but to read negative intentions into. I don't understand what is happening and even if I do for some phrases, I'm too unacquainted with the general discussion or different culture to think anything of it. Maybe this is comparable to when you first started out on the internet - you had no comparisons to make, so everything felt wondrous and exciting, or people felt knowledgeable and cool until you developed a feeling for attentionwhoring and similar things.
Can Kissu relate to or understand this feeling?
I'm aware this sounds very elitist and unsavory, but I do not at all enjoy feeling like this and only mention it for the sake of discussion and, ideally, advice, but not to put anyone down. In fact, I don't have as hard a time on Kissu, I assume because Anons feel more genuine in general.
For anything else, I wish I could let go off these negative feelings and just enjoy things for what the
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