Expressing disinterest in a topic

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Something that’s kind of puzzled me for quite awhile.

Why do people click on a thread – when it’s clear what the topic is – and post that they couldn’t care less about the topic and they’re not interested?

(I’m excluding attempts at pot-stirring…people who don’t like the thread starter and relentlessly waste everyone’s time trying to bait a fight. That’s a different issue.)

What I’m talking about is (for example) someone starts a thread about the upcoming Superbowl. So people are talking….maybe a few…maybe quite a few…whatever. So someone pops in and posts: “I couldn’t care less about the Superbowl. I’m not interested in football; sports are a stupid waste of time.” Then a buddy of two pops in and says “I agree!” (Thanks for sharing, btw.)

Well, it's okay to feel that way. But, why bother bursting into a discussion thread about the Superbowl to announce that you don’t like football? :confused:

To me, it’s like driving to a grocery store, taking a box of something off the shelf, waiting in line, then telling the cashier "I don’t like this stuff” and walking out empty-handed. Does that make ANY sense whatsoever?

:wtf: It’s really stupid, imo.

Make no mistake, this isn't something I'm losing sleep about. Just curious ...Is there something I’m not seeing? Does announcing lack of interest satisfy some need? :confused:
 

I'm not going to comment until I check all of my posts to find out whether I am guilty of this particular misdemeanour.

:hide: But I do agree with the sentiment.
 

Nah if I see a title like " Why Trump is the Voice of America", nope not going to go there. Likewise most sports...there's enough things that I actually have an interest in.
 
Haha..yes I agree Apple..totally. I hope I didn't do that...lol. k..let's put everyone who did that in the naughty corner.

:wiggle::wiggle:
 
I've sensed two things about such posters. First, they desperately have the need to be noticed, and second, they must always have the last say, no matter how irrelevant it may be. imp
 
applecruncher said:
Something that’s kind of puzzled me for quite awhile.

Why do people click on a thread – when it’s clear what the topic is – and post that they couldn’t care less about the topic and they’re not interested?

(I’m excluding attempts at pot-stirring…people who don’t like the thread starter and relentlessly waste everyone’s time trying to bait a fight. That’s a different issue.)

What I’m talking about is (for example) someone starts a thread about the upcoming Superbowl. So people are talking….maybe a few…maybe quite a few…whatever. So someone pops in and posts: “I couldn’t care less about the Superbowl. I’m not interested in football; sports are a stupid waste of time.” Then a buddy of two pops in and says “I agree!” (Thanks for sharing, btw.)

Well, it's okay to feel that way. But, why bother bursting into a discussion thread about the Superbowl to announce that you don’t like football? :confused:

To me, it’s like driving to a grocery store, taking a box of something off the shelf, waiting in line, then telling the cashier "I don’t like this stuff” and walking out empty-handed. Does that make ANY sense whatsoever?

:wtf: It’s really stupid, imo.

Make no mistake, this isn't something I'm losing sleep about. Just curious ...Is there something I’m not seeing? Does announcing lack of interest satisfy some need? :confused:
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Great topic to exam with the forum members.

My take? I think that we all have an "inner jerk" that sometimes seeks to control the keyboard, in order to gain a little inner-jerk gratification.

All primates get off on craping on someone's parade.
 
imp said:
I've sensed two things about such posters. First, they desperately have the need to be noticed, and second, they must always have the last say, no matter how irrelevant it may be. imp
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umm hmm

Doesn't matter (to them) that their spunky "last word" is ad hominen...irrelevant drivel. Indeed, some people have a focusing problem.
 
I agree. Then many people will say that they don't know. Or I have to think about it.

Well, then why are they writing if they have nothing to say?
 
Cookie said:
I think we all do it.... it shows we in fact do 'care', but its more like anti-care and want to express it too.
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I sometimes skip over a thread I have no interest in, but now and then I'll just post to say I have no interest. Like the Barbara Walters thread, I skipped that one although I could've said what she does means nothing to me, or she should just stick with things more her speed like The View, I never had much regard for her.

I guess people can express their opinions even if they have no interest in the subject. When I post a thread on positive pro-gun stories, and people pop in to say they hate guns or are very afraid of them like everyone should be, I often wonder why they just didn't skip that thread....but I don't overthink it, I figure some like to chime in whether interested or not, on forums or in real everyday life. :D
 
I'm new to this forum, but the reason I decided to join was because I could choose the topic I was interested in and not have to wade through posts that did not. These people were born instigators I guess. Their sole purpose in life is to stir things up. What a way to think and live.
 
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Victor said:
I agree. Then many people will say that they don't know. Or I have to think about it.

Well, then why are they writing if they have nothing to say?
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You make good sense! (when you DO speak). C'mon, hit us up more often; we need fresh influence here! imp
 
mitchezz said:
OK....for our canine friends...Woof woof woof.
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Errr, Ma'am...(I know now!), looks like a wolf, perhaps coyote, they howl rather than woof. OTOH, I could be dead wrong, insofar as Warri is concerned, or even dead, for that matter. I like your style, though! imp
 
I've always thought dingoes were the equivalent to our wild dogs here, coyotes. They have persisted for several hundred years despite efforts to eradicate them. Heck, I kinda like seeing one lope across the road as we approach! In Missouri, they "sang" their howling at night.....nice. imp
 
Sometimes the OP poses a question, as if they are polling members on what they think. Then it's ok.

But one comment in particular (or variations of it) that really irks me...

"Who gives a rat's a$$?"

The person is not just saying *they* don't care, they are saying why would anyone in their right mind care, condemning everyone who responds.

Enough of my pet peeves for today...:p
 
mitchezz said:
I think it's a dingo which is an Australian dog. Am I right Warrigal?
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Spot on. Warrigals mean wild dog or dingo in some Aboriginal dialects.

Dingoes are not marsupials. They came to Australia late in evolutionary time, probably at the same time as the aborigines.
They are derived from the yellow dogs of India (?)
 

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