Most people, even when being quite generous and patient, need to have some involvement in the story to remain interested. For me it's a similar annoyance as lis

Most people, even when being quite generous and patient, need to have some involvement in the story to remain interested. For me it's a similar annoyance as listening to someone's long vacation story or about a project idea they have that you know they won't actually start. But at least with a vacation story you can imagine yourself taking the vacation someday, but with a dream you can never go there or experience the same things so it's intensely boring.