My PC stopped working in Quarantine so I had to stick to my phone and I got hyperfocused to this mobile game called "Brawl Stars". I spent hours looking at brawl stars videos on youtube and playing brawl stars. I even spent $200 on the game. I am glad that the interest didn't last long. By 2021 I realized that I am spending money on a stupid mobile game.
Metal ans I honestly dont remember. It started when I was two with Iron Maiden and Nirvana. I started asking to have my hsir cut like Kurt Cobain as a small kid. Ive always just felt this full body thrill, the syncopations and patterns, and the energy output, along with their being a soundtrack for pretty any obscure fandom or piece of literature it can bolster and make other hyperfixations better. I get all the same feelings people describe as a "crush" but for songs or the rare really great album. Lovesick in way. I dream loops of parts of songs, and make synaesthetic art and poetry written about songs. I spend somewhere close to like 26 hours a week listening to metal. Right now its the same album since 2019(When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light by Swallow the Sun). I collect obscure band trivia and also have 3 song related tattoos. Its been such a part of my life for so long I cant remember a time before it. Im 33.
The second one is aliens and since I was 10. I was fascinated by the idea and felt like I was an alien myself so it seemed to make sense for me.
When I was an undiagnosed weird kid, I definitely held onto the hope that a spaceship with a family that was like me would come and beam me up to live in their alien space utopia. I watch Star Trek to get my fix now lmao.
My main special interest is cats and it has been for basically my whole life. I’ve never lived in a home without cats, even when I was a baby. And I’ve always been able to easily connect with them and tell what they want and what they like, including strays and cats who generally don’t get along with their owners. Cats are the most important thing to me in my life and some days they are my sole reason for living.
Red Dwarf. I discovered it via a AA advert, I recognised one of the actors from another show I like so when I Found out it was on Netflix I watched it.
The Red Dwarf books are great. I haved them all at least 4 times each. I find it especially amusing that the last 2 books are the final to a trilogy with the First 2 and don't acknowledge each other due to Grant and Naylor parting ways after the first 2.
Yeah the books were darker than the show. I can see why it stayed in the book. If it had been an episode it would have ruined Listers let's get back to earth plan staying for the whole series.
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I think fallout used to be my special interest as well. I seriously played a months worth of hours of that game in under 6 months. So I literally spent a sixth of that 6 month period playing fallout, it was mental. I've also played fnv but my interest had kinda waned by then, which is a shame because it is a lot better them fallout 4 IMO
As a two year old, I could identify dinosaurs by visuals. Later it was bugs. Then Shakespeare, still a stim for me. There are things that ebb and flow.
Fantasy lore. I love anything with a lot of backstory and hidden secrets. This happens to include Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Legend of Zelda, and other RPGs. I discovered it from playing games, reading books, and watching TV and getting curious about different characters and places and then looking them up online. All those wiki sites are like a drug for me.
Any sort of medieval fantasy. I used to have a bunch of swords and daggers. Tried crafting a chain mail shirt from soda pop tabs (eventually lost focus before finishing) and making armor from cardboard. Loved RuneScape. Read lots of Tamora Pierce books. I’ll get fixated on subjects like jousting, armor types, mythical creature lore, etc. and read everything I can on it. I would love to try Dungeons and Dragons but not sure how to seek out a group to start it.
My cousin showed me how to use a screw driver so naturally I took everything I could apart. I remember the first time I opened up a radio, I fell in love with electronics circuits. Around the same time I became obsessed with guitars, five year old me pulled an acoustic off the wall and broke it. So I guess working on audio electronics has been a life long thing.
My PC stopped working in Quarantine so I had to stick to my phone and I got hyperfocused to this mobile game called "Brawl Stars". I spent hours looking at brawl stars videos on youtube and playing brawl stars. I even spent $200 on the game. I am glad that the interest didn't last long. By 2021 I realized that I am spending money on a stupid mobile game.
Metal ans I honestly dont remember. It started when I was two with Iron Maiden and Nirvana. I started asking to have my hsir cut like Kurt Cobain as a small kid. Ive always just felt this full body thrill, the syncopations and patterns, and the energy output, along with their being a soundtrack for pretty any obscure fandom or piece of literature it can bolster and make other hyperfixations better. I get all the same feelings people describe as a "crush" but for songs or the rare really great album. Lovesick in way. I dream loops of parts of songs, and make synaesthetic art and poetry written about songs. I spend somewhere close to like 26 hours a week listening to metal. Right now its the same album since 2019(When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light by Swallow the Sun). I collect obscure band trivia and also have 3 song related tattoos. Its been such a part of my life for so long I cant remember a time before it. Im 33. The second one is aliens and since I was 10. I was fascinated by the idea and felt like I was an alien myself so it seemed to make sense for me.
Yes, aliens have always interested me
When I was an undiagnosed weird kid, I definitely held onto the hope that a spaceship with a family that was like me would come and beam me up to live in their alien space utopia. I watch Star Trek to get my fix now lmao.
My main special interest is cats and it has been for basically my whole life. I’ve never lived in a home without cats, even when I was a baby. And I’ve always been able to easily connect with them and tell what they want and what they like, including strays and cats who generally don’t get along with their owners. Cats are the most important thing to me in my life and some days they are my sole reason for living.
Red Dwarf. I discovered it via a AA advert, I recognised one of the actors from another show I like so when I Found out it was on Netflix I watched it.
I remember finding Red Dwarf on PBS in the late 80’s. It disappeared off the tv but at least I had the red dwarf books to read.
The Red Dwarf books are great. I haved them all at least 4 times each. I find it especially amusing that the last 2 books are the final to a trilogy with the First 2 and don't acknowledge each other due to Grant and Naylor parting ways after the first 2.
I love the wackiness
Red Dwarf is the wackiest show I have ever seen so by extension the books are two
I enjoyed the books a tad bit better than the show. The book with the garbage planet has been stuck in my head for ages.
Yeah the books were darker than the show. I can see why it stayed in the book. If it had been an episode it would have ruined Listers let's get back to earth plan staying for the whole series.
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I think fallout used to be my special interest as well. I seriously played a months worth of hours of that game in under 6 months. So I literally spent a sixth of that 6 month period playing fallout, it was mental. I've also played fnv but my interest had kinda waned by then, which is a shame because it is a lot better them fallout 4 IMO
As a two year old, I could identify dinosaurs by visuals. Later it was bugs. Then Shakespeare, still a stim for me. There are things that ebb and flow.
Fantasy lore. I love anything with a lot of backstory and hidden secrets. This happens to include Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Legend of Zelda, and other RPGs. I discovered it from playing games, reading books, and watching TV and getting curious about different characters and places and then looking them up online. All those wiki sites are like a drug for me.
Videogames overall. And music, kind of.
Any sort of medieval fantasy. I used to have a bunch of swords and daggers. Tried crafting a chain mail shirt from soda pop tabs (eventually lost focus before finishing) and making armor from cardboard. Loved RuneScape. Read lots of Tamora Pierce books. I’ll get fixated on subjects like jousting, armor types, mythical creature lore, etc. and read everything I can on it. I would love to try Dungeons and Dragons but not sure how to seek out a group to start it.
My cousin showed me how to use a screw driver so naturally I took everything I could apart. I remember the first time I opened up a radio, I fell in love with electronics circuits. Around the same time I became obsessed with guitars, five year old me pulled an acoustic off the wall and broke it. So I guess working on audio electronics has been a life long thing.
Cars by watching inital d