# Everybody has a topic they can bore people to death talking about... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882 "2012-08-08T17:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/1 "2012-08-08T17:32:43Z")
What’s yours? _With apologies to [**DoctorJ**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15361603&postcount=70)_ ---
**Author:** ![dam0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@dam0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dam0)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/2 "2012-08-08T17:34:56Z")
Scuba Diving Saltwater Fish Keeping Krav Maga ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/3 "2012-08-08T17:59:46Z")
Warhammer $40K _Top Gear_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/4 "2012-08-08T18:01:11Z")
Photography Barbecue Hell, any food related topic Beer Post-punk ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/5 "2012-08-08T18:07:50Z")
I suppose I love talking about Hindu mythology and culture. But I freely admit I don’t know enough to go on forever about it. I don’t really talk about my hobbies much, though. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/6 "2012-08-08T18:15:41Z")
I don’t talk about my job other than to my coworkers because it causes people’s eyes to glaze over in less than five seconds. I avoid carrying on about my cats or whining about my health or my dysfunctional family. I probably still talk too much about my garden. \*Only two things that money can’t buy, and that’s true love and home grown tomatoes. \*(Guy Clark) ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/7 "2012-08-08T18:17:53Z")
Bird watching The antics of my 4 budgies ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/8 "2012-08-08T18:19:28Z")
Skydiving- although I don’t bring it up much after seeing :rolleyes: so many times. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/9 "2012-08-08T18:20:53Z")
Food, including beer and wine Greyhounds in general and my own greyhound in particular (comes in handy when someone’s boring you with endless stuff about their kids! :D) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/10 "2012-08-08T18:35:23Z")
Running / exercise. Playing the guitar. New York City. None of which, weirdly enough, I knew jack all about two years ago. What I spent 31 years talking about before that I have no idea. (Mostly, though, I’ve been practicing how to just shut up and let other people talk, it seems to work better.) ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/11 "2012-08-08T18:42:52Z")
My old beagle, Madison, and how awesome she was. In fact, all of 2008. First my best friend’s dog passed, then my cat that I had for 17 years, then my leopard gecko that I had for 13 years, then my own dog, then my best friend herself passed away. I used to talk about them all the time but now that time is “healing the wounds” I don’t mention them much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/12 "2012-08-08T18:47:46Z")
Heroclix. (Wherever my wife is, she just rolled her eyes.) Atheism. (debate me!) A system I developed a decade ago that’s still in production and everyone else on the team is no longer here. (I’ll never be fired mwah ha ha!) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/13 "2012-08-08T18:49:05Z")
Bowling. Seriously. Ask all my (remaining, barely clinging to life) friends. ---
**Author:** ![hopesperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/14 "2012-08-08T18:50:06Z")
Aircooled Volkswagens. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/15 "2012-08-08T19:06:27Z")
Paleontology. Greek Mythology One nice thing. My 9 year old daughter has recently started asking, “Daddy, can you tell me random things?” Which is my cue to start telling her things that would bore normal people to death. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/16 "2012-08-08T19:08:16Z")
Immunoconjugates ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/17 "2012-08-08T19:09:29Z")
Quality Management Systems ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/18 "2012-08-08T19:41:36Z")
Animals (especially cats, especially my cats) The latest science news Random scientific facts and stories My brothers and I drive my parents crazy talking about Discworld and Order of the Stick all the time. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/19 "2012-08-08T19:48:54Z")
Star Trek Star Wars Baroque Music Operetta Things I’ve eaten on vacation. My Failed inventions. Latin Roman History The Pipe Organ The Hockey Organ CFL Football Video Games Old Standup Comedy routines I half remember. Amateur Radio Shortwave Radio Softball Chess Badminton Squash I’m sure there’s more. I just can’t think of it off the top of my head! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/20 "2012-08-08T19:51:16Z")
Light (photons, frequency, EM stuff, vision, etc) Data compression Photography Martial Arts How cute my dogs are, here let me show you some pictures (1 of 10,365…2 of 10,365). Wait, you haven’t see the videos! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882.md?page=2)