Which Field of Entertainment do you NOT get?

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Three of those options really.

Playing sports I get, watching I do not get at all, I get absolutely nothing out of it. Everything else I enjoy at least some of them.

I don't get video games.
On the list, I like sports best, then movies/tv with good-looking males.
I like listening to music, but not into concerts.

I had a feeling sports would score the highest. I know that there are some people on the Spectrum who are good athletes or are sports aficionados. I recognize that it requires its own magic and intelligence. I respect that. But most of us on the Spectrum including myself are not good in sports and have never found it interesting. Many of us including myself were not just the proverbial last kid picked for the team. We WERE the last kid picked for the team - every time!

I comprehend that some people find each of the things on your list entertaining or enjoyable, but for myself I don't really care about most of them very much.

Movies & Television

I put the tv on & it plays in the background, but I'm online reading something more interesting. I rarely ever watch a show or movie these days. I used to watch quite a bit of TV and movies, though.

Theater & Opera

Never really been to a full on big production play so can't really say. Also have never been to an opera. Obviously neither has interested me enough to bother going and checking them out.

Music & Concerts

I enjoy the concerts I go to, but don't go nearly as often as I used to - which was never a lot, anyways. I listen to music pretty much every day, especially while driving or going for a run.

Video Games

I never play video games. I get pretty much zero enjoyment out of them. I used to play a bit as a kid, though.

Magic: The Gathering

Does not appeal to me at all. I comprehend that some people really like it.. but I don't see the appeal, myself.

Sports & pro Wrestling

I get almost zero entertainment out of professional team sports or pro wrestling. I don't watch sports on TV ever. I will go outside and do stuff - run, kite board, ride my mountain bike, go for a hike etc so I totally get a lot out of sports & outdoor activities in real life and would rather spend my time on them than watching tv or something. But pro team sports? Nah, boring. My twin brother has had a pair of seasons tickets to the Vancouver Canucks for the better part of a decade now. He used to invite me to games.. but I always declined and told him to take someone/anyone who wanted to go so as not to waste the ticket since I was completely indifferent about it. He clued in and stopped bothering to invite me years ago.

Standup Comedy

I don't seek it out, but I do enjoy it now and again when I happen to catch something funny on TV or some video clip someone has shared on Facebook or something. Obviously I'm more entertained by certain comedians than others, as I'm sure is the same for everyone. When they're good and I like them I have a good laugh and enjoy it.. when they're lame or boring, yawn, F wasting time watching that.

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I find that concerts are exhausting for me to attend even though I want to see the band for me I see reality TV as incredibly boring. Recently I was forced to watch I'm a celebrity in the jungle or some such nonsense.

Never again will I watch that program, absolute waste of time.

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I like concerts in principle, but whenever I go to one, I get listener fatigue well before the end. It's better when there's a number of acts each performing for a short time. From what I can gather, some stage-managers do a crowd-control thing where they try to take the audience through a peak of excitement during the act. The expression "water off a duck's back" springs to mind.

I wish there was this option:

The constant use of smartphones. I hate it so much. I hate when people pull out their phone whilst talking or play mini-games alone at others' houses instead of doing things together. I don't understand how people enjoy taking our their phones and checking social media and all that 24/7.

There is always that one person, when I go out (rarely, mind you), that cannot put their phone away no matter what the situation.

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I'm not really a fan of stand-up comedy. I find it irritating and insulting.

Pro Wrestling I could so without, too.

I actually like to watch most sports.

Movies & Televison
I like these.

Theatre & Opera
I see absolutely no point in these whatsoever.

Music & Concerts
In theory these seem like a good idea, but they are way too noisy and crowded.

Video Games
These are completely and utterly useless and boring.

Magic: The Gathering
I have no idea what the hell this is.

Sports & pro Wrestling
I love sports and I like watching skiing, ski jumping, xc biathlon, ice hockey, cycling and both Olympics. I've never had any interest in pro wrestling.

Standup Comedy
I love most stand up comedy, some like frankie Boyle and lee Evans are rubbish.

People say autistics have special interests.

Neurotypicals do too. It's inviting people over just to watch a game of American football and have everyone screaming like idiots.

I like having a baseball game on when I am doing something else.
I don't watch sports that you have to attend to like basketball.

I get all of them except for Magic: the Gathering. So many cards and weird rules to keep track of. The players practically have their own language and it's hard to understand what they're talking about if you don't know the game. It's a hell of an expensive hobby too, especially if you want rare cards. A lot of people I know at the video game store are active players and hold tournaments there and such. It's fun for them, but not the kind of thing I could get into. One guy tried to teach me how to play but I couldn't really get a handle on it. I won the game, but didn't really know what I was doing.

Sports are cool because of the whole healthy competition aspect. I like hockey, football, boxing, and MMA in particular. And I was a pro wrestling fan for many years. I love music, but not concerts. Like others have said, they're noisy and crowded, and I care about the music itself more than the artists so the motivation to see them live isn't there. Especially when the music is never the same live.

Stand-up comedy is something a lot of people do but only a few have been really good at. And most of them are dead. No one can surpass George Carlin and Richard Pryor.