Things You Just Don't Care About

Here's an easy one: The ice bucket challenge.

1990s nostalgia

elle macpherson's abs.

miranda kerr and james packer on a yacht.

Contemporary Nerd Culture

bears

what kind? any kind. i do not care about bears.

what famous people do or say

all kinds of cultural nostalgia mostly

people's material aspirations

what kinds of cultural products inarticulate people enjoy

open letters from minor or former celebrities to major current celebrities, neither the content nor the ensuing tweets and articles.

y'know, people really seem shocked when i tell them about my thing with bears. i get it all the time, when i'm out at dinner, when i'm walking down the street: people always asking me, "how can you possibly not care about bears? what's wrong with you?" and i just tell them "you know what? i just don't. i don't care about bears. to be totally honest, i don't get why YOU'RE all so obsessed with them. they're just mammals. you know what? i don't care what you people say. i don't care about that OR bears. because you're all just the same to me. materialistic, easily manipulated sheep. you're just cogs in the bear machine. i'm choosing to do something just a little bit different. a little bit out there. not the same thing everyone else is doing. and you can never seem to appreciate that. any of you. i'm just over here, specifically not caring about bears, and i think that's important work. so get over it."

Here's an easy one: The ice bucket challenge.

― ed.b, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 4:28 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i had assumed this is why crut revived the thread.

what i dislike most about the ice bucket challenge is that i feel like a terrible human being for not caring. at the same time i don't want to be cajoled into caring. someone nominated me the other day and every other post on FB is someone doing the IBC and nominating their friends and I just want it to blow over so i don't feel like a complete shit for not getting involved, but honestly...

it goes without saying that there's nothing wrong with people doing sponsored events to raise awareness for charity; it's a good cause and i'm not criticising anyone who takes part. But it's the 'chain letterness' and the organised fun-ness of the challenge - the idea that if you're nominated you HAVE to do it or else you're a heartless cowardly fun-hater. fuck it, i'll prob donate something all the same, if only to feel better about not dumping ice water on my head and uploading the film for everyone to see. and then what? all I'll have done is bought myself off. i haven't 'cared', i've simply bought a 'get out of guilt free' card for my conscience. meanwhile, if everyone on FB is donating to ALS doesn't that mean a lot of contributions that would otherwise go to other charities during this period get reallocated?

also i've never cared for flowers, how they look and especially how they smell. they all smell of grass to me, barring a few which smell like a sneeze against a mirror.

Which kid gets to press the elevator button.

what i dislike most about the ice bucket challenge

this thread is for not caring about things, not disliking them

feels so good not to be trolled by white people hazing themselves

politics, increasingly.

city center parking difficulties

awards

Astronomy

That's a shame.

estela notm

Also, fine dining.

(I like discussing star signs over falafels)

That "Why do I hate that artist thing...Facebook...why am I such a jerk?" thread

xp otm.

i do not care at all about haute cuisine or fine dining or any such bullshit. seems so wasteful and extravagant. pretty much all of my favorite meals either been cooked at home by family, friends, or me, or have been in inexpensive ethnic restaurants

expensive wines

expensive cars

american football

american football

saying that you don't care about something always means you don't think it's worth very much, right. which is basically defensive posturing, like you feel a need to distance yourself from that which you just don't care about, which really means you aren't actually very far away from it, so you do care about it, as something that makes you uncomfortable enough you feel release by saying you don't. this question and thread invites us to lie. what a sad dad game. i hate this thread.

still don't care about les claypool however

i've never met him and likely never will. i care about leses in the abstract though.

there are things I don't care about, I'm sure, but I'm hard-pressed to say what they are, since, not caring about them, they don't occupy any space in my head

(despite posting twice in this thread pre-revive)

whether or not this guy Kimble really killed his – fuck! did he really jump off from there?

silby otm

american football

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, August 26, 2014 4:29 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha, me too, i just didn't care enough about it to even mention it

erhh nevermind, the strikethrough was missing the c&p

saying that you don't care about something always means you don't think it's worth very much, right. which is basically defensive posturing, like you feel a need to distance yourself from that which you just don't care about, which really means you aren't actually very far away from it, so you do care about it, as something that makes you uncomfortable enough you feel release by saying you don't. this question and thread invites us to lie. what a sad dad game. i hate this thread.

― mattresslessness, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 4:31 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is otm despite the fact that i am posting in this thread. if i "really" didn't care about it i wouldn't think to post it. also i guess i am a "sad dad" in this game.

i am going to start using that phrase, "sad dad"

i thought this thread was a joke at first

admittedly i care a lot about demi lovato's wonderful song "really don't care"

i am in favor of fine dining (real fine dining with white tablecloths and multiple courses and formalwear) although i've never really partaken. one day i'd like to make a serious investment in the kind of meal/service i'll remember for years.

sadwiches and other "clever" wordisms that pop up in articles other people post on my FB page...I just don't care enough for your new word mash-up to actually read the article.

It seems like the older I get, the less I care about other people's (casual) opinions on subjective things (entertainment, art, music, which side should the toilet paper be on, etc.).

Also, it was such a long time ago since I cared for what 'famous'/celebrities or even semi-famous people do or say. It's rare these days, I guess

Visiting Italy

21st century hip hop

The French New Wave

Game of Thrones

whether or not this guy Kimble really killed his – fuck! did he really jump off from there?

― pplains, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 3:42 PM (1 hour ago)

Definitely worth acknowledging the lol.

russia
lyrics in music

owning a television