Basically, I can’t figure out the appeal or Tiktok and other types of repetitive media consumption where you are doing the same thing over and over and over. I remember trying it out and just being so bored and frustrated with the entire thing.
I feel the same way about TV shows, and restaurants and all that too. Going to the same place every Friday night and getting the same order and watching the same TV show on repeat just sounds like hell to me.
Or hanging out and talking about the same topics over and over and over, with never a new or novel thing to say, drinking the same beer/wine/cocktail over and over.
What is the appeal of living this way?
I read once that toddlers enjoy watching the same movie over and over again because they have little to no control over their lives, and a limited ability to understand what is happening to them, or to predict what is going to happen next, because of their limited experience. Watching the same comfort movie repeatedly gives them a sense of control because they know what’s going to happen next, and how they’re supposed to react to it. So, maybe that but for adults?
Edit: I read this back and it comes off very “people who like repetitive content because they have the intellect of toddlers” but I meant it more as a “we’re seeing a (perceived) rise in the popularity of repetitive content because people feel like they don’t have control over their own lives anymore.”
That makes sense. Yes, I noticed folks in my life who i was close to who did this sort of stuff… often felt overwhelmed with their lives and terrified of the unknown. And they found interacting with me super frustrating because I was not predictable in the way they desired and my constant introduction of novelty to their own life seemed to upset them constantly.
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It goes both ways. I am frustrated and exhausted and depressed by folks who never want to try anything new or change, who never want to get out of their comfort zone. It feels like dragging around dead weight and sucks the joy out of life.
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It’s not. I never said any of that.
I just don’t interact with them once they show me that is who they are. It’s just annoying that so many people are like that esp as I get older. It’s killing my social life because I don’t want to sit around on my ass and do the same stuff over and over, I want to go places and do things.
I dont’ meet anyone who is of my energy level of interest level. So I am forced to lower mine to interact with people, or pretend that I like drinking Miller beer and bitching about change.