Adults obsessed with Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter etc...

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Weirdish, but these kinds of people always seem more "real" and friendly to me, so you have to take the good with the bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t quite get it but admire anyone who has that kind of passion, no matter what it is. I wish I were that passionate about something! I enjoy movies, books etc, but nothing sweeps me away the way it did when I was a kid. To retain that feeling into adulthood would have been awesome.

Some people do take it to an extreme though. My mother, who works in IT, once had a colleague who refused to answer to his real name, only his D&D name, in a completely unironic way. He looked like you would imagine the D&D stereotype to look - basically comic book guy from the Simpsons.

That is hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a coworker like this. She's so sweet and very funny and intelligent, but also very juvenile.

Her social media profiles all have things like school: Hogwarts, "Harry in the streets, Draco in the sheets" headers, etc. She has multiple wand key chains. I mean, I don't see a reason for someone over the age of 21 to have one wand key chain let alone multiple. She's always very depressed about the dating scene in DC and going on about how the only way she can get friends to do things wit her is by paying their way. I don't want to overstep because she's just a work friend, but at the same time, I want to yell that most guys don't want to hook up with a woman who has a life-size Daniel Radcliffe cutout in their bedroom along with a whole bookcase full of those little Funko Pop! toys. (I've been to her apartment for game night)

What on Earth does this mean?

Harry Potter is a powerful, but innocent wizard, Draco Malfoy is a spoiled a&&hole wizard with family connections and tendencies to dark magic. That makes him dangerous. Pp's friend's quote is a play on "good girl in the streets, but a freak in the sheets" or something like that. I am a nerd.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, what are you interested in?

Nothing that specific. Like general travel, world news, food, real estate etc...much more general topics. Most people I can converse with very easily but I can't take talking about topics that seem suited for a 12 year old rather than a 35 year old.

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I feel that way about Women who talk about make up, fashion, clothing and fitness. They sound like teenage girls

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YES, it’s weird at that age.

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My BIL who is turning 50 this year always tries to talk to DS about Harry Potter. DS is in 8th grade and finished the books in 4th grade mostly for the AR points. He really isn’t interested in discussing the minutiae of the Deathly Hallows with his uncle.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of people in this thread unaware that their go-nowhere, unoffensive small talk bores the hell out of 99% of the population. Keep talking to each other, folks! It takes the burden off the rest of us.

Ha ha! So true!

My two cents: I can't stand women who fixate on diet and exercise. No, I don't want to hear about your juice cleanse or next marathon. Get help.

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Anonymous wrote:For all the people against young adult you realize that the 30-year-olds you're talking about grew up with Harry Potter. It came out when they were 11, 12, 13, 14. And it revolutionized, even fomented the entire genre. Why should they give up reading books and others like it just because they've gotten older?

And for the Gen Xers out there, the same is true for Star Wars. I don't talk about it all the time, but I've definitely seen all the movies, and I'm hard pressed to think what would have to happen to get me to skip one.

Let's hijack OP's "I am so more mature than others..." thread. Floating Princess Leah/Marry Poppins and Luke throwing Anakin's light saber away, plus almost killing his nephew in sleep, did it for me. Also, the Force Awakens made me so bored.... so yeah, not watching any more, and done, done, done. And I watched all the Prequels and even liked Revenge of the Sith.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op, what are you interested in?

Nothing that specific. Like general travel, world news, food, real estate etc...much more general topics. Most people I can converse with very easily but I can't take talking about topics that seem suited for a 12 year old rather than a 35 year old.

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I feel that way about Women who talk about make up, fashion, clothing and fitness. They sound like teenage girls

If I have to talk about fashion, I feel like I will throw up. Couldn't care less. I also don't talk about Marvel movies, but I do like them.

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Anonymous wrote:I am leery of adults who wear Mickey and Minnie Mouse gear. They may be perfectly nice when I get to know them but that is my first impression.

We took our kids to Disneyland for one day. My 7 year old son, of his own accord, spent a fair amount of time shopping for a Mickey Mouse ring for me. He shyly presented it to me and was really excited. Of course, I wore the ring the next day and I saw this woman just staring at it and me. I'm sure she was wondering to herself if that really was a Mickey ring on a grown woman.

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Anonymous wrote:Weirdish, but these kinds of people always seem more "real" and friendly to me, so you have to take the good with the bad.

Yup--I know some people who have these types of interests (although I wouldn't call them obsessions), and they are nice, friendly, down-to-earth people. I think people who have a genuine interest or hobby are, on average, more interesting than those who don't, or who are afraid to admit it to others.

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Anonymous wrote:Weirdish, but these kinds of people always seem more "real" and friendly to me, so you have to take the good with the bad.

Yup--I know some people who have these types of interests (although I wouldn't call them obsessions), and they are nice, friendly, down-to-earth people. I think people who have a genuine interest or hobby are, on average, more interesting than those who don't, or who are afraid to admit it to others.

It's better to be yourself and find real friends, than to pretend to be someone else.

I don't understand obsessions with Disney, but I also don't understand obsessions about weight loss, celebrity gossip, or all politics, all the time. Everyone has their thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Weirdish, but these kinds of people always seem more "real" and friendly to me, so you have to take the good with the bad.

Yup--I know some people who have these types of interests (although I wouldn't call them obsessions), and they are nice, friendly, down-to-earth people. I think people who have a genuine interest or hobby are, on average, more interesting than those who don't, or who are afraid to admit it to others.

It's better to be yourself and find real friends, than to pretend to be someone else.

I don't understand obsessions with Disney, but I also don't understand obsessions about weight loss, celebrity gossip, or all politics, all the time. Everyone has their thing.

Yeah the Disney thing is it's own breed. I can't imagine going there as an adult for vacation without kids. We took our kids twice and it was stressful and so so crowded. I would prefer almost anywhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weirdish, but these kinds of people always seem more "real" and friendly to me, so you have to take the good with the bad.

Yup--I know some people who have these types of interests (although I wouldn't call them obsessions), and they are nice, friendly, down-to-earth people. I think people who have a genuine interest or hobby are, on average, more interesting than those who don't, or who are afraid to admit it to others.

It's better to be yourself and find real friends, than to pretend to be someone else.

I don't understand obsessions with Disney, but I also don't understand obsessions about weight loss, celebrity gossip, or all politics, all the time. Everyone has their thing.

People who are obsessed with Disney know to go in the off-season when none of the kids and families are there. So much better and no lines. Like now - after spring break is done and kids are back in school after long Easter weeks off.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you find you have nothing in common with them? I am asking because I find that somehow the conversation always comes back to them talking about their very specific interest just assuming other people are just as interested in it.

I couldn't imagine going on and on about a particular interest to other people as if they care.

Like if I go to a new friends house and see pictures/toys in the box etc... of something like Star Wars or Harry Potter I am turned off. I feel similarly about adults who play video games. By adults I'm referring to people like 30 and up.

Is it just me?? I mean it's Juvenial and weird.

My husband and I both love to play video games. It's a fun way to let off steam after we've been busy. I like that games present different problem solving and skill based challenges. It requires more active thinking than just passively watching TV (which we also enjoy too)