# 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:** 5
**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 9, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/81 "2012-08-09T14:31:33Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Skydiving- although I don’t bring it up much after seeing :rolleyes: so many times. > [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > You can talk to me about it next week. Cool. Are you planning to make a jump? ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/82 "2012-08-09T15:19:08Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Cool. Are you planning to make a jump? On my birthday. (Wed) Numero uno. ---
**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 9, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/83 "2012-08-09T16:03:01Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Poetry, especially poetic wordplay and aural effects. > > Health insurance. > > I think even my husband just cringed. Which husband? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/84 "2012-08-09T18:44:42Z")
Don’t get me started on… [ul][li]singing/playing jazz (or music in general – either making it or listening to it)[/li][li]my dog[/li][li]editing (spelling, grammar, etc.)[/ul][/li] > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > The intricacies and controversies involved in creating back-of-the-book indexes. You mean “indices”? 😉 (totally kidding and making fun of myself; even I use “indexes” most of the time nowadays _grin_) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/85 "2012-08-09T19:00:54Z")
Apparently I have been talking about Sherlock far too much. I am trying to stop, I swear, but I could easily bore people. Except - how could you be bored! It’s so great! Dammit I’ve said too much. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/86 "2012-08-09T19:39:06Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > You mean “indices”? 😉 That’s just the sort of attention to detail I’ve come to expect in these fora. ---
**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 9, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/87 "2012-08-09T19:48:18Z")
> [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > On my birthday. (Wed) Numero uno. You type well for a one year old. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/88 "2012-08-09T20:13:01Z")
**Electronics**. This includes electronic components, electronic design, failure analysis, etc. **Temperature**. This includes temperature measurements, temperature standards, scales, calibration, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/89 "2012-08-09T20:14:09Z")
Musical theatre in general and Andrew & Julian Lloyd Webber in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/90 "2012-08-09T20:23:55Z")
Trees. (what should be planted where, the pros and cons of many different species and the common mistakes people make when locating, planting annd maintaining trees) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/91 "2012-08-09T20:27:37Z")
Gaming - particularly WoW, The Secret World, and Shadowrun Fiction writing My cats, or cats in general Gender roles and gender stuff in general (especially in games) Sherlock Holmes (the books and movies, not so much the TV show) My own fiction and characters (which I’ll happily natter on about if anyone shows even the slightest interest) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/92 "2012-08-09T20:48:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s just the sort of attention to detail I’ve come to expect in these fora. I see what you did there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/93 "2012-08-09T20:57:51Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > **Temperature**. This includes temperature measurements, temperature standards, scales, calibration, etc. hot enough for ya? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/94 "2012-08-09T21:02:01Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > (totally kidding and making fun of myself; even I use “indexes” most of the time nowadays _grin_) I know you were joking; however, I want to clarify a little bit. I usually refer to the things at the back of the book that I produce for fun and profit as “indexes.” If I’m talking about a mathematical index or stock index or other mathematical/numerical sign or indicator, I usually pluralize it as “indices.” That’s just my personal style, though. Not an actual rule. Oh God. This is how it starts. Usually by this point at dinner parties people are looking glazed, and if I carry on much longer they’ll stop politely smiling and start looking actively annoyed. Can I interest anyone in a discussion of word-by-word vs. letter-by-letter alphabetization? Yes/no? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/95 "2012-08-09T21:43:32Z")
Trains Photography Edward Gorey Arizona History Devo Vinyl records Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/96 "2012-08-09T23:14:16Z")
Whatever movie or TV show I’m into at the time. The historic Illuminati & the legends The ‘New World Order’ Establishment- RIIA, CFR, TLC, Bildeberg Conferences Anglo-Israelism, the Great Pyramid, & similar Comparative interpretations of Bible prophecy Vampire & other classic horror stuff But with all that, I have a Methodist minister friend who causes my eyes to glaze over with the very phrase “The Holy otherness of God…” ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/97 "2012-08-10T00:13:45Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Can I interest anyone in a discussion of word-by-word vs. letter-by-letter alphabetization? Yes/no? A discussion would be a bit much, but I’d like an explanation. Don’t you alphabetize the words by their letters? I’m really curious, and if you explain, I promise not discuss S3187. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/98 "2012-08-10T00:18:02Z")
Politics and my son. In my defense, I’m right (you’re probably wrong) and my kid is really REALLY cute. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/99 "2012-08-10T00:21:03Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > A joke, dude. A joke. You made me laugh out loud. Thanks! My contribution: My dog Antique silverware ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882/100 "2012-08-10T00:23:50Z")
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