# Things Others Care Deeply About That You Don't Give A Rat Doot About, Frankly **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875 "2002-06-13T16:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/1 "2002-06-13T16:18:08Z")
These are things you hear others talking about, even debating with great passion, and think “Huh. There’s something I don’t give a shit about.” I’m interested to hear what sorts of things are on others’ lists. This is not an invitation to criticize others’ lists or to defend the value of your personal favorite thing because it appears on someone else’s list.\*\* So relax, it’s all in fun, jeez. I’ll go first: _Attack of the Clones_ _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_ Professional wrestling The World Cup Healthcare reform Wine Traffic Enron Organic farming Video games/roll playing games Um, that’s all I can think of now. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/2 "2002-06-13T16:24:47Z")
I’m game, even though my beloved Buffy appeared on your list. 😛 Sports! And my husband is one who keeps starting hockey threads here as well. Uh, that’s mostly it. Name your sport. Car racing. Football. Basketball. Whatever. It’s all crap to me. Oh, whoa, wait. One more. Cars. My husband starts explaining all about different cars to me, and all I hear is “Blah blah blah Lola”. Kind of like when the adults talk on _Peanuts_. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/3 "2002-06-13T16:46:06Z")
Tennis Golf Pro Football Working Out Frank Herbert’s books Fashion Bloody Mary Recipes Seafood Coffee sportscars ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/4 "2002-06-13T16:51:01Z")
NASCAR (actually, most sports except for soccer and gymnastics) General car discussions Makeup Star Trek/Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/5 "2002-06-13T17:07:39Z")
I’ve never seen Buffy or The West Wing so I guess I can’t comment about them. Wait… I just did. Survivor The World or Stanley Cup Basketball Dale Earnhart Hanging chad Miracle diets Martha Stewart Pam Anderson Porn Soaps Feng Shui ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/6 "2002-06-13T17:10:45Z")
Sports. Politics. Other people’s sex lives. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/7 "2002-06-13T17:45:02Z")
Sports (any/all, unless some one I personally care about is playing in the game) BuffyVPS West Wing Any medical show on TV Religion Chocolate Cars Wrestling Fashion Nail polish Shoes/Shoe shopping other people’s sexual events anyone’s digestive tract Damn. Wonder what I find to talk about? ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/8 "2002-06-13T17:47:24Z")
Figure skating Survivor Name brands of clothing or make-up ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/9 "2002-06-13T17:50:55Z")
Sports Religion (Really, if it wasn’t for religious organizations casting gay people as evil and wrong, it just wouldn’t show up on my radar.) Beanie Babies Anime ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/10 "2002-06-13T17:53:19Z")
Politics Sports Cars Cats bodily excretions/fluids the weather in general I’m sure as soon as I hit the send buttom I’ll have ten more come to mind ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/11 "2002-06-13T17:56:02Z")
OK, see, I thought this thread was going to be about BIG political issues as opposed to, say, people’s passion for _Buffy_ or a good Cabernet. So I was all prepared to come in with the big guns about Major Issues about which I’m _juuuuuuuuust_ now starting to give a flying hoot, like: [ul] a) Politics. Sure, I found _local_ politics remotely interesting, because our City Council is a freak show (complete with childish pranks and antics that could rival a 13-year-old on his best day). But I didn’t really follow national politics, which means ditto for issues like b) The Environment. I suppose I cared in a _remote_ way, like “Damn shame about all of those dead seagulls”, but only recently have I cared to the extent of going to more expense/inconvenience, like eschewing fabric softener and dryer sheets, buying (more expensive) environmentally friendly household items, or making my own floor cleaner out of vinegar and vegetable oil instead of dropping a bottle of Pine Sol into my cart on my next trip to the store. This goes the same for c) Labor Practices. While one of my best friends was picketing in front of her local GAP store, I was furtively buying GAP items online, and hiding my J.Crew catalogs when she came to my house (usually loaded down with clothes she’d bought for me at the Salvation Army in an attempt to get me to stop shopping at the blacklisted stores). The shit was cute, looked good on me, and I could get it delivered right to my door. Now it may just be a handy coincidence that I can’t really afford to clothes shop anymore, but I can pawn it off as protest… [/ul] …or stuff about which I don’t yet give a hoot, for example: [ul]d) Although my job entails staffing a volunteer council that advocates for the needs and rights of local senior citizens (and even though my beloved mother is a senior, and I myself will likely be one someday), I don’t really give a hoot about most of the stuff they talk about at the meetings. I talk a good game, but when it comes right down to it, I consider it my job to offer technical and administrative assistance to these people, not to join them in lobbying against budget cuts during the Legislative session.[/ul] Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not like the guy who thinks seniors should be killed off _Soylent Green_-style or exiled to a remote island. So far, however, charity in this arena is still “at home” for me. In other words, if MY mother goes into a nursing home and doesn’t get adequate care, hell yeah I’m gonna be up in arms. But right now I just don’t feel any passion about senior issues as a whole. Perhaps that’s because I associate them with WORK…? ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/12 "2002-06-13T18:44:23Z")
Survivor The Real World (I watched the first season 10 years ago and part of The Real World - California, but I haven’t been interested since) Computer Programming or Networking Religion Politics to a certain extent - I have my issues but as a whole I’m not interested The Sopranos (Don’t even have HBO) Sex in the City (see above parenthetical notation) Spiderman Scooby Doo ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/13 "2002-06-13T18:49:35Z")
“Professional” sports Politics Celebrity causes (unless they can prove they had said causes BEFORE they became celebrities) ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/14 "2002-06-13T19:09:09Z")
Television programs Movies Role-playing games Most sports Dale Earnhardt (although I’m game for almost all other NASCAR discussion) Politics Labor issues, as **auntie em** said above ---
**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/15 "2002-06-13T19:19:04Z")
sports what others think about me ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/16 "2002-06-13T19:26:49Z")
Beer. Professional basketball (unless it’s the Philadelphia 76ers, in which I’d develop a minor curiosity out of city loyalty). The Beatles. Hate 'em, actually. Turning the clock back to the 1950s to make the world a better place. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/17 "2002-06-13T19:28:56Z")
NASCAR Star Trek Most Network TV Pro Wrestling the NBA Doing my homework in these last 4 weeks of grad school 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/18 "2002-06-13T19:29:58Z")
Well, there was a time when Buffy would be on top of my list. Now I’m obsessed and I want my life back goddamnit! Anywho: The Sopranos Sex and the City Shoot, **every** TV show _except_ Buffy, The West wing, and The Shield.) Politics Monty Python Anime ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/19 "2002-06-13T19:33:44Z")
Sports Sports Sports ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875/20 "2002-06-13T19:59:06Z")
Sports TV Movies Art Fashion Wine Most political issues Most celebrities, esp. those famous for being famous ala Zsa Zsa Electronic gadgets apart from computers Interior decorating Finance Gardening [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-others-care-deeply-about-that-you-dont-give-a-rat-doot-about-frankly/113875.md?page=2)