This is a “response” [not really] to this post here (https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9692469?scrolltocomments=true).

I actually related to that post a lot, but there’s another part that I also wanted to discuss since I didn’t see it discussed there [unless I’m blind and just didn’t see it].

Honestly being into popular things can kinda be disappointing too, because while you can talk to a lot of people about it, not a lot of people will engage in it to the same degree you might. For instance, I liked Star Wars for a while. While I could definitely find a lot of people who also like star wars, only a fraction of them will want to discuss any deeper than “Darth Vader is so cool isn’t he.” Not saying it’s bad to not be obsessed with something, but that a lot of interaction is inevitably going to be surface level, save for when you find the occasional likeminded person. With more Niche things [i.e, Disco Elysium], when you find someone else into it, you both know you’re both into it, and can have at least a somewhat on depth conversation about it.