Is entertainment important to you?

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I find entertainment or various forms very helpful to coping. Popular films/television shows give me things to discuss with other people, with whom I would otherwise be unable to converse. It makes me interested in interacting with them, which I would otherwise avoid. Some films/television shows give me a slight connection with my immediate family.

All types of media allow me to escape from my environment, including my family, when they are being unkind and unsupportive (almost all the time). Stories in which people are kind and accepting to others give me hope that I might be accepted as I am by people outside my family, and bring me some measure of comfort.

Books, television, and film give me characters from whom to take inspiration, and from whom I can borrow words or behaviours in order to help me 'pass'.

Does anybody else rely on entertainment in these ways, or others?

I like to be entertained.

Depending on my mood, I don't mind so-called "popular" entertainment--though I have my limits. I don't care for much of the "reality programming" out there, for example.

But my real love is "entertainment" which evokes a feeling of transcendence in myself.

Read the biographies of many (especially) theoretical scientists out there. That would provide you with much inspiration. Many of them had social difficulties which they were forced to overcome in order to become materially successful.

Yes, I tend to rely on entertainment as a coping strategy. I like to look at YouTube a lot. I usually like to look at videos that say "Warning: Graphic Content" and watch TV shows that say in the beginning "Some material in this program may be inappropriate to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised." I'm really into blood and gore for some reason. I guess it helps get my mind off of whatever problems I have or any negative feelings that I have. Lately, I've been looking at videos of cysts being popped and people throwing up. Is that weird? I actually can't believe I just admitted that on a public web site. Well, it's out in the open now. But I figured since I'm not neurologically typical that it's ok. I'm also into death metal music with bands like "Cannibal Corpse" and "Flesh Grinder". Just those names says it all. It's not like I'm a psychopath or anything. I still go to church every Sunday.

As a child and teenager, I lived my life through books.

Over the last few years I lost my taste for books, film and tv. I'm actually trying to cultivate an interest again, because I think it's healthy.

I don't like things that try to involve me emotionally too much; they don't do what I want from entertainment.

That's great! I hope you derive inspiration from what you read.

Personally, as much as I wanted to, I could never get into books just because of the frustration I get acknowledging how much of a slow reader I am. But the few that I have completed reading for leisure, I did find helpful in coping.

I'm not so crazy about tv shows, because there's just a lot to catch up on and sometimes its just overwhelming to be honest lol

I used to love film though, but lately I just haven't found the time to actually sit down and enjoy one properly. Normally I'm very aware of the films in awards season, but I'm not familiar with any of the new movies supposedly getting a lot of buzz. I used to be all over this type of stuff, but not anymore; I wish I still was.

I've also never been crazy about music, and rarely take the time to listen to new stuff outside of the bands/artists I'm familiar with.

My apologies, I couldn't resist. On topic, yes entertainment is important to me because it's one topic that I can utilize to converse with family members.

Yes, if your aim is to get along with other people, entertainment can be extremely useful.
It can be useful for getting on with people from various backgrounds and is probably one of the easiest way of getting on with people in the workplace especially in the mainstream.

Over the years, i have noticed this trend as well and realise that this is one of the reasons why i often don't get on with the people whom i work with, as i often have no common ground to "small talk" communicate with my work buddies with.

Now, completely using basic stereotypes, while working in various jobs I have noted the interests of the people whom i work with. And i have worked in a number of different areas that include on building sites, in offices and banks and in bars.

In the UK, when working with men on building sites, being able to talk about popular sports such as Football (soccer), Rugby and Boxing with get you in with the crowd, while also being able to talk superficially and unintelligently (and often with prejudice) about daily news and the size of the tits of the girl in the daily paper.

If working in offices, talking about the size of tits of the girl in the daily paper may be good if you're a man talking to another man, but this would not be generally advised if you are a man talking to a woman colleague.
The general male sport talk may still be welcome and still get you in with the boss, but you may have to find your what sports or interests your colleagues have before talking at length on these subjects, as they also may be uninterested and thus get annoyed if you talk for too long about any of these subjects.

Now, if you are working a regular day job. I.e. 7 or so hours a day. Going home at the night or end of your shift.
Then you will likely be expected to slot into the normal routine of going home after work and watching soap operas to unwind. Woman in particular appear to thrive off Soaps.

I personally have no idea as to why this is, as I find soaps extremely boring, and more than a little suspect as possibly being socio-religious-political propaganda designed to manipulate and mold the nations perceptions into perceptions that either further the political agenda of the people backing the soaps or at the very least for optimising the consumerist money making machine.

But alas as to what devious and devilish purpose for what they have been designed for, I will have to say that understanding the current topic matter in soaps are likely one way of getting along with your domesticated, dormant and generally sedentary work colleagues.

Although i have to admit, i would probably prefer to top myself than force myself to watch hours of crap each week just so i can get along with the people whom i work with. No offense to the people who watch soaps or who are doing their best to care for their families, all honorable activities.
Personally, i would find watching soaps each day a breach of my human rights and freedom. But that's just me.

Yes. For the most part, the reason why i know what things to do to get on with my work colleagues is that in life i have generally not done these things and this has been a factor in why i have not been as successful as i perhaps should have been.

While working on building sites, while my colleagues read the Sun newspaper, and talked about how much they hated this race or that race or gays etc. and how many pints they drunk the night before and how much they stole from someone. I spent my time and money learning guitar, art, and reading the chinese classics. (Toaism etc).

When working in offices, while working with elderly woman who gossiped and talked about soaps all day, i talked about trained in BJJ, Kendo, Aikido and my analysis of music production.

I, tried to fit in but had no capacity to watch soaps or do the boring nor malicious stuff these people were into.
These factors have really made my employment life extremely difficult, as I am a creative and spiritual person living in an extremely uncreative and spiritually dead employment environment. But alas, this is the world of offshore finance. I wonder some times if even the rich "winners" from this finance industry are happy.

Probably not, probably just faking it to themselves, pretending everything is alright. but behind those designer glasses and pin stripe suits, their is someone even more screwd up than us aspo's.

but nevermind. please dont let my negativity put you off. Take the good from the bad. and I hope you reap the rewards you are looking for.