So, we’ve all had that friend. They discover something new and they can’t shut up about it in person, on social media, or both.
I decided not to do a poll so as to not leave out anything I might be forgetting. Also, I’m including new relationship even though that’s not a really something you become a convert to.
Here’s a few I’ve come up with:
A new vegan
New diet (Paleo/Keto/Atkins, whatever)
New to recovery and 12 step program
New to the gym/CrossFit
New political philosophy (Libertarian/Democratic Socialism, whatever)
New Relationship
New Religion
I assume new religion may dominate as the SDMB skews agnostic to militant atheism.
For me, it was tough. New boyfrienditis is definitely a thing in the gay community and I’ll often mute your twitter for a while.
But, the new to the gym types win out for me. A few years ago, I had a old friend visit for a few days, it was glorious weather and yet all he could talk about were his workouts. And, of course, 1 million gym and underwear selfies posted to Twitter and Instagram per day.
I’ve only met one new religion person, one of my former college roommates. Met up with her, she started spewing the hate the sin, love the sinner crap and I cut her out of my life. It’s too bad because I know she’s got tons of old photos from college parties we used to host and I wanted to scan them since they were from the pre smart phone era.
I’m going to have to go with “political philosophy”. One of my Facebook friends shares multiple posts about Bernie Sanders every day, conspiracy theories about how “the establishment” is supposedly trying to screw him, how he thinks Biden is just as bad as Trump, and so forth. I’m tempted to tell him that if I see one more post about Bernie in my news feed I’m voting for Biden just out of spite.
I am so sick of hearing about peoples’s food plans and workouts. If spending all your waking hours involves concentrating on how you want to look and what you must eat and do to achieve that, kindly write it in your diary.
How about new gadgets? We’ve got one in our office who is feels compelled to buy whatever the newest “thing” is. We all had to hear about sous vide for 2 months straight. That was some time ago and I don’t recall what all came between then and now (wool shoes were one) but since right before Christmas it’s been Peloton.
I reported the thread title, it should be ‘convert’
Please please please Dopers, don’t turn my thread into cute comments about concerts. Stupid autocorrects and endless timeouts are making this board almost impossible to use.
How did I miss this? You’re absolutely correct. I had to mute a friend because he’s gotten into some MLM with candles and spams social media with it. And I hate muting him because I know he’s going through hell with a family member being sent to prison.
The gym people are the most annoying to me. I am so sick of seeing daily Facebook updates (from the same two or three people) on how many calories they burned or those sweaty selfies with the caption “GREAT workout today!!!”
No one cares, except perhaps the other sweaty people in your class. Those are the only likes you get on those posts. For everyone else you’re a #NeverMissAMonday or #KickAss away from being blocked forever.
This with an extra side dash of “diet/workout” since I know a couple “OMG I lost 575 pounds using this diet stuff and you need to buy this diet stuff and I’m selling this diet stuff and this week only the diet stuff that helped me so much is on sale” people. Ugh.
I know another woman who is constantly flipping from MLM to MLM but it’s easier to ignore her calls to check out her new garage-based leggings/candles/oils/jewelry/kitchenwares/etc store.
One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons of the past few years has two people sitting at a cafe table. One says to the other, “I’ve only been gluten-free for a week, and I’m already really annoying.”
Of your list, I’d definitely go with the gym/crossfit people as most annoying.
But I’ll add another category: recent re-locators. I have a facebook friend who moved to Texas last year, and now being a Texan is his entire identity. He posts memes about Texas and living in Texas and “You Know You’re a Texan When” and “I don’t have to shovel snow anymore because I live in Texas” multiple times a day and hasn’t slowed down in the 8 months since he moved. I finally had to mute him.
This, and also some people who have just decided that they are atheist and go on a one-person mission to insult believers of any stripe.
People who really do need to go on a gluten-free diet usually try not to toot their horns about it; they bring it up only as needed. The ones who choose it are another story.
People who stopped smoking within the past 6 months; but only if I have to be around them daily. I haven’t had a cigarette since Reagan I and you just flat-out annoy me let alone the folks who are still smoking. And not in a good I-want-to-quit-too way ----- more in a I-want-to-smoke-more-and-add-drinking way.
Not just gluten-free or caffeine-free but anyone who just decided their last change in diet cures everything from headaches to any other disease you can name.