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> It's not that you need to even devote time to sports, or to know anything. It's that posturing that shows you respect others' interests in sports, is valuable
by csense 14y ago
> It's not that you need to even devote time to sports, or to know anything. It's that posturing that shows you respect others' interests in sports, is valuable.
This makes my head hurt. Pretending to like something you don't actually like in order to make other people like you seems like:
1. It's a lot of effort
2. It's a sad commentary on your intrinsic interestingness as a person
3. It's slightly unethical because you're misrepresenting yourself.
Extroverts who are able to understand these social concepts intuitively are weird.
- redwood 14y agoI'm very surprised to hear this perspective. It's common respect: showing others respect for what makes them tick just as you'd like they to do to you. Let me ask you this: if you were talking to a stranger and mentioned a passion of your's (I don't know, maybe astronomy, say?) would you feel better if that person looked interested and said "cool!" or if they shook their head and said "ehh that sounds like a waste of time"? It's actually easier to just try and empathise with others' perspectives most of the time, and has benefits. Not to mention it makes a more harmonious society. I guess I'm weird for respecting others' interests that I don't see intrinsically as something I'd spend my own time on.