What things are you embarrassed to like?

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Imbackbiach@reddit

As long as the things you like don't hurt or get shoved in others’ faces, then you shouldn't be embarrassed to like the things you like, even if it may be viewed as embarrassing.

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Internal_Cow427@reddit

Films from the 80’s

For example I watched over the Easter weekend

Real Genius Weird science Top Gun

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pumpkingutsgalore@reddit

I dont believe you should be embarrassed for liking thungs but here are some of my guilty pleasures:

Girls Aloud Sugarbabes Spice Girls (not even guilty tbh) N-Dubz

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After we were students, we still lived in a house with 8 lads and we had full size cardboard cutouts of all the spice girls in our pool room. We called them our groupies. And we used to play their album full blast! We were all ravers as well.

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EyeAware3519@reddit

I almost exclusively listen to happy hardcore and jump up jungle/drum n bass and have done since the 90s. Even I think Scooter are shit though 😆.

I wouldn't say I am embarrassed to listen to it but whenever people I don't really know start talking about music I just keep quiet.

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kebabby72@reddit

We had a mate who hated dance music but we convinced him to go to Tribal Gathering with us one year. We lost him for hours and he was found off his nut raving in the happy hardcore tent with about 20 glow sticks.

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russtafarri@reddit

DJ Slipmatt's World of Rave is saved in my car. The windows go down. I'm 50 and DGAF.

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EyeAware3519@reddit

That's on the more tame side though. I've been recently getting into Nort East Makina. Driving around the south of England with some 30 year old Spanish Techno accompanied by a Geordie MC blasting out the car gets some funny looks. Fuck em though.

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russtafarri@reddit

So no Jeff Mills and Dave Clarke? 🤣

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EyeAware3519@reddit

If Dave Clarke is the real name of DJ Clarkee then maybe. Otherwise no.

(I know it's Richard)

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russtafarri@reddit

Dave Clarke - the baron of techno according to John Peel. I know Clarkee, I still have a tape of his from 1994.

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EyeAware3519@reddit

Oh that Dave Clarke. Not the one from the 60s. Yeah, not really my cuppa, reminds me of being in the chill out room of Lakota not feeling too well.

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CodingRaver@reddit

Winning

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Odd-Paramedic-3826@reddit

early 00s landfill indie. best part about it is all those bands are doing cheap festivals every year these days so i can see four or five in a day for £70

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BraveLordWilloughby@reddit

Landfill indie?

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Odd-Paramedic-3826@reddit

the wombats, the cooks, the fratellis, the kaiser cheifs, basically every band that kind of followed in the wake of the strokes and franz ferdinand

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Scared-One9295@reddit

The only thing that I, a 40 year old British man, am hesitant to share with people I don't know very well is that I'm obsessed with J-pop at the moment (have been for about four years). Just the music, mind, and I actually think most of it is shit but there are a few that are now among my all-time favourite groups (I hesitate to call them musicians, tbh, because some of them really aren't) and I can't stop listening to them.

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BraveLordWilloughby@reddit

Les Miserables, the film (I'm a 30 year-old man, am ex-junky, and agricultural mechanic by trade)

Also this one Polish woman in YT who makes Edwardian clothing (Same justification as above)

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Tight-Principle-743@reddit

Angel Delight - my wife looks at me with such disgust when I eat it. (Like she’s not American, the country with spray cheese!).

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Jonathans_8@reddit

Any examples of classical crossover music?

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Tight-Principle-743@reddit

I’d recommend anything from Lindsey Stirling - the best is from the album Artemis, in my view.

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mynaneisjustguy@reddit

I want to judge because it's such trash but I listen to what I like and many people probably consider it absolutely wank so, you go on right ahead.

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ImpressiveStorm8914@reddit

I don’t like Angel Delight but in a similar ballpark to you is that I love Iced Gems.

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diamasa@reddit

GET OFF YOUR SHIRTS AND WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS!!!

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Professional-Crew657@reddit

The songs of Rolf Harris. Specifically the songs. Not the other stuff he's more famous for.

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HonkersTim@reddit

I like buying stuff from Amazon.

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TSC-99@reddit

I buy most stuff from Amazon. It’s too convenient.

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Misha_Bambi@reddit

Not really all THAT embarrassing but kpop. Me and my mum both love kpop :)

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prustage@reddit

Horlicks.

I mean tea, coffee, juice, energy drinks, coke, beer - all get drunk down at a moderate pace.

But a large mug of Horlicks goes down in one go and then Im looking for another one. And then another.

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betterland@reddit

Horlicks (and Ovaltine) are criminally underrated

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Whole-Strawberry3281@reddit

I like bhad Barbies song Gucci flipflops

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Narrow-Violinist7415@reddit

pokémon:((

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Slutty_Foxx@reddit

I play Pokémon go daily and met my partner doing so. Am I embarrassed about this? Not a bit but other people’s reactions make me feel like I should be.

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bababababoos@reddit

I play Pokemon Go every day, I play Pokemon go 🎵

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Narrow-Violinist7415@reddit

I can’t believe you met your partner through pokémon that’s so sweet🙏

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saludpesetasamor@reddit

This sounds so wholesome!

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halos1518@reddit

It's bigger than ever right now

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blue-wednesday@reddit

🎵I can Phil-it Collins in the air tonight…🎵

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k1tkat86@reddit

Don't be embarrassed there is loads of us out there. Having kids really helps as you can claim its for them.

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galeforcerob@reddit

Mate same here. I've been into it since I was 8 and I don't really see a sign of it stopping.

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MHJay94@reddit

Don't know if actually embarassed but I like WWE Programming from 1997-2009 and I enjoy Nu Metal music

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Mother-Palpitation43@reddit

The masked singer. Not massively embarrassed by it, but I don’t tell people that I like it.

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ginfrared@reddit

Wrestling. Apparently. I get ripped for it lol

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readytocomply13@reddit

Same! Always get the same thing: “you know it’s fake, right?”

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ginfrared@reddit

Yep!! Had this many times. Damn, I didn’t know it was scripted 🤣

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Ok-Cake9431@reddit

Gaming is a completely normal thing now. But as a 40 year old man I expect people to judge me for being a gamer

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Monsterofthelough@reddit

Computer gaming or tabletop? The former is completely de stigmatised by now, the latter not as much.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Depends. Board games are huge these days, at least amongst millennials and younger people, Warhammer and TCGs still have some stigma (not helped by the hygiene of some players).

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Monsterofthelough@reddit

Yeah, I’m mostly a TTRPG player (and sometimes play board games or skirmish wargames) and TTRPGs are a lot less stigmatised than they were in the 90s, but you still have the problem that they’re hard to understand if you haven’t played them. My impression is that these days no one would look down on a 40 year old man who played computer games, unless it was in conjunction with something else (like being a virgin in mum’s basement, or a useless dad).

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Justboy__@reddit

Nah it’s totally mainstream now, it’s a huge industry!

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astro-squidge@reddit

Try being a 40 year old mum of two. 😀

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Faltarsia@reddit

Some people might, but they probably wouldn't understand. Around 10 years ago in my mid teens, I'd be gaming with people double, even triple my age

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Faltarsia@reddit

Some people might, but they probably wouldn't understand. Around 10 years ago in my mid teens, I'd be gaming with people double, even triple my age

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EyeAware3519@reddit

Depends what games you play. If you're spending a weekend locked in your bedroom taking Fleetwood Town to Europe in Football manager that seems to be acceptable somehow. If you're playing Fortnite and streaming it that might raise some eyebrows. Interesting how there seems to be different rules for different people, it sucks.

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Dread_queen23@reddit

I used to say Phil Collins was my guilty pleasure bit I don't feel guilty listening to him!

Own it! Fuck it

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pajamakitten@reddit

Don't like him but will defend the Tarzan soundtrack as the greatest Disney soundtrack until I die.

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Doomergeneration@reddit (OP)

I think he’s probably considered cool now, the 80s is back

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KaylsTheOptimist@reddit

I was born in 2000 and love Phil Colin’s, lots of his stuff went viral on TikTok(one of my guilty pleasures) mostly another day in paradise

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CatFoodBeerAndGlue@reddit

My wife loves telling everybody that my favourite film is Mean Girls - it really is one of my top 5 films.

I'm not embarrassed because I like a "girls" film or a "teen" film or whatever, but it does become embarrassing when some people imply I like it for pervy reasons which really isn't the case.

I love it because it's a genuinely hilarious and endlessly quotable film with an incredible cast.

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Luxatron405@reddit

bluey/tetris

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Luxatron405@reddit

and vegetarian if that counts ig

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Pink-socks@reddit

Good morning!!! Yearrrhhhh.

Nothing wrong with happy hardcore, thrash metal or anything in between.

Embrace what you love.

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Justboy__@reddit

During lockdown when all sport was cancelled basically the only thing that kept going was WWE wrestling so I started watching it for the first time in over 20 years and ended up getting really into and basically I’m still watching 5 years later. I came out as a fan to one of my best friends a few weeks ago and he looked at me so weird lol.

That’s about it. When I was younger I would have been ashamed to admit liking someone of the music I do but I don’t care anymore, music is too precious to live with boundaries put on yourself.

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Hookton@reddit

Put a Donk on it.

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sergeant_cabbage@reddit

Electro!!....hahahaha sick

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fleshcircuits@reddit

have you heard the donk remix of “i won’t forget you”? it’s unironically a banger.

https://youtu.be/oG0rpIIJxbY?si=Bev9YpKoS3fceZWu

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Reallyboringname2@reddit

Pot Noodles. Yum.

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Doomergeneration@reddit (OP)

What’s your favourite flavour?

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Parfait-Fickle@reddit

Got to be the OG beef and tomato, no?

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Reallyboringname2@reddit

Not a chance lol.

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Doomergeneration@reddit (OP)

I’m a chicken and mushroom guy myself

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Reallyboringname2@reddit

Same, but with hot sauce! Plus, Bombay Bad Boy! Phew!!

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ImpressiveStorm8914@reddit

I’m with you, followed by original curry, then beef and tomato. The rest I don’t really care for.

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BigJimNoFool@reddit

Bombay badboy all the way

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christmassnowcookie@reddit

I love American drill music usually the more underground artists. No one knows. I dont think they'd be shocked, but I am a mum of 3 in my late 30's.

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YarnPenguin@reddit

I wear my love for the Lonely Island loud and proud but I acknowledge it is unusual.

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christmassnowcookie@reddit

Love them!

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tallbutshy@reddit

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Outrageous-Daisies78@reddit

parks, lego and younger teen books

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Ethelredthebold@reddit

I read a lot of fanfiction on my phone. The only people who know are my daughter and grandchildren. Obviously it's Teen wolf. Now everyone knows a grandmother does this. Oh dear.

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kackers643259@reddit

if we're talking music, i like that first maroon 5 album a lot and i know that isn't the most controversial take of all time but admitting to liking maroon 5 in any capacity at all kills a little part of me

otherwise i've been playing pokemon go again recently cause of my partner and there's nothing that's made me feel quite so much as the epitome of a sniffling fedora neckbeard as being in full view of the general public circling my thumb on my phone to aim a curveball at a pikachu

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Nervous_Difficulty_6@reddit

I personally don’t find it embarrassing, but I guess it fits into this category.

I absolutely love heavy metal. From bands such as Linkin Park, to Slaughter to Prevail. Anything goes. But I also enjoy hip hop, grime, dance, electronic etc etc. Basically, if I like it, I like it. One minute I could be listening to Justin Bieber, next minute it’s heavy.

But, so many friends make comments such as ‘how the fuck do you like this shit’ when it comes on in the car. To the point where, I’ll purposely change my playlist for a journey if I know someone doesn’t like it.

I understand, it’s not for everyone, so I won’t make everyone endure it and that’s fine. But please, no need to make comments about a genre of music just because you don’t like it.

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Tao626@reddit

Metal friends say all I listen to is shit like Rihanna.

Normal friends say all I listen to is shit like Monolith Death Cult.

Obviously, it's me that has a narrow and poor music taste.

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Foreskin_Ad9356@reddit

when i showed my friend russian grizzly in america and various rammstein songs they said it didnt even sound like music lmao

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Nervous_Difficulty_6@reddit

Haha Russian Grizzly, what a song. Yeah, had the same reactions! Oh well ☺️

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daddywookie@reddit

I’m a sucker for disco. It’s just fun music. Anything will strike a chord though, Metallica to Mozart.

I think music is so personal that you can’t use it as a stick to beat someone with, they’ll just beat you right back.

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Nervous_Difficulty_6@reddit

Eh, that’s fine! My Mrs loves disco stuff. To be fair, so do I sometimes, provides a proper sense of nostalgia!

It is though, you’re right. But I never put anyone down for their choice in music.

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ButterflyRoyal3292@reddit

I went to school early 2000's as a mother type, listening to this music. Funny how many chats now listen to this stuff.

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Indigo_Leaves@reddit

bdsm 😬

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

Nothing. I'm not ashamed of anything I like, and why should I be?

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SKRYVAKRAS@reddit

Emo rap.

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Plenty_Delay_2869@reddit

The taste of my bogeys…

Oh and Hollyoaks, but don’t tell anyone

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pereuse@reddit

Watching kdramas. I even have to keep it a secret from my family since they make fun of me for it 😭

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PsychologicalCar2180@reddit

Not a single thing.

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liltrex94@reddit

Maybe pop music, but I honestly do not care about being embarrassed about anything anymore.

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teethbutcher@reddit

Cringe culture can go fuck itself.

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Alice_Da_Cat@reddit

I love singing, some people have even said I have a good voice, but ask me to sing and I'd rather crawl into a hole and stay there for eternity 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have a pretend singing voice I use which is very annoying, only 1 of my brothers, my boyfriend, mum & dad, my manager at work & my 3 primary school friends have heard my real voice and some have asked why I won't sing normally when its actually good, idk why, I convince myself theyre lying and I will NEVER sing normally in front of people, I go so red and sweaty and simply cannot 🤣🤣🤣

I forgot, on boxing day I was very hungover and tired and put on the spot at my mother in laws for karaoke and idk why, I couldn't muster the fake voice, the real one came out, it was Adele and people spent a good hour complimenting my voice, I wanted to die 🙃

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BigJimNoFool@reddit

I enjoy (out of one eye with my headphones in) my wife’s favourite program Pride and Prejudice from the 90s. She watches it at least 3 times a year and i have seen it all now and really loved it but its a secret shhh! Im a big ruffty tuffty welder im not supposed to enjoy the union of mr darcy and ms bennett

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novelty-socks@reddit

Toploader

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BigJimNoFool@reddit

Fair play admitting it pal sheesh

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pumpkingutsgalore@reddit

This is the only understandable one I've seen so far 😂

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BrewtallyCozy@reddit

I use to be embarrassed by a lot of things, but all of that changed when I started dating my boyfriend. Never questioned or shamed me for my likes.

So the answer is 👏 Don’t ever be embarrassed for the things you like 👏

One of the things I was embarrassed about was being a Disney adult and wearing graphic tees.

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ben_jamin_h@reddit

Michael McIntyre makes me laugh, and then cringe at myself.

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AromaticVacation3077@reddit

People are so weird about him. I saw his stand up on TV once and it was funny.

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AromaticVacation3077@reddit

Youtube reaction videos. I really enjoy them, but literally no-one knows about it. What's embarrassing is I watch reactions to the same music and films over and over again.

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KaylsTheOptimist@reddit

I fear most people would say all my hobbies/interests are embarrassing. My special interest is twilight which I love but most people cringe at

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aliclang@reddit

Love twilight!!!

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aliclang@reddit

I have the correct answer for this, a Frey Bentos pie

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hotdogswife@reddit

Maroon 5

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Jonathans_8@reddit

Hatsune Miku songs

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constipated_coconut@reddit

I like watching children cartoons (Sofia the first, Ben and Holly etc.) lol

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Stabbykarp@reddit

Arthur, Hey Duggee, Jo Jo and Gran Gran, I haven't got kids myself but they're just lovely and wholesome

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Parfait-Fickle@reddit

After my son grew out of watching regular show and amazing world of gumball, I kept the series link going on my tv

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eralcilrahc@reddit

I watch Ben and Holly all day every day and have for 1.5 years, it’s my daughter’s obsession. I suspect when she grows up I’ll go back to watching it for the nostalgia

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QueenSashimi@reddit

Nanny Plum is probably one of my favourite TV characters (both kids and adult TV) in this toddler parenting stage of my life.

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Electronic-Air2035@reddit

My youngest is 13 now and if I wake up early and can't get back to sleep best believe I'll stick a bit of milkshake on with a cup of tea lying on the sofa.... Beats watching the news on loop for 2 hours 😊

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constipated_coconut@reddit

Honestly yeah I watch it more for nostalgia bc my sister used to be obsessed with it 🥹

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Logical_Yogurt5146@reddit

Crocs. Constantly told how ugly they look and they’re embarrassing. But I’ve gotten over really caring. I have an old knee injury, always had flat and wide feet. Other shoes have always been super uncomfortable for me (Skechers, nike etc). Crocs are so comfortable I can wear them all day and have had less knee pain wearing them. I live in them now and barely wear anything else unless I’m dressing up

I used to be a massive hater and thought they were super ugly and embarrassing too…. Until I tried them on

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Weird-End5410@reddit

I always turn Chas and Dave down when I'm in my car and pull up at traffic lights.

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Successful_Ad_2888@reddit

Ain't No Pleasing You is genuinely underrated. All time great

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chaoticchemicals@reddit

Definitely. It's great to see someone else acknowledging this.

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Weird-End5410@reddit

I saw them live about 20 years ago and they were amazing.

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nospellingerorrs@reddit

Fun fact for you, which you probably already know.

Chas and Dave played as session musicians on I got the by Labi Siffre.

This was sampled by Dr Dre when he produced My name is by Eminem.

Therefore...when anyone listens to my name is by Eminem, they are listening (in a small way) to Chas and Dave.

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No-Garbage9500@reddit

I'm quite into Warhammer and general miniature painting as well as gaming, it always feels a bit awkward to bring up... but once the person I'm speaking to realises that yes, I can hold a conversation about something other than this hobby and yes, I showered today (I really, really wish more people in this community could do at least one of these. The latter, by preference) it gets most people worth a damn interested enough to actually find out a bit more.

I'm a decent painter, which any teacher at school who tried to teach me their version of art would find ridiculous. I can focus for a 3-4 hour session barraged by complicated rules, measurements and whatnot, and even occasionally win a few games. The whole affair needs a fair bit of committed skill and knowledge, and is in general something that is an actual hobby that requires a lot of time and mental investment.

As I approach a grand 40 years of age I realise that an awful lot of people don't have anything like that, and that absence generally manifests in pretty unpleasant ways. Unhealthy attachment to work, obsession with whatever the algorithm shoves down their throat because their phone provides all their entertainment... No sense of who they are or what they like, so are susceptible to being told these things by people with power in those scenarios.

Meh, I'll keep improving my art, and keep my brain active with these games. While I feel some leftover embarrassment from being younger and bullied about it (fuck anyone whoever bullied anyone else as a kid, you ruin people for life), now I'm older and more confident I quite like staying true to myself and presenting my hobby without making fun of it in anticipation of anyone else doing it first.

It feels ridiculous to write, but when I was single it was by far the best way to get a decent woman interested and talking on dates. Who knew. Women like men who have passion about something. Stay true to your hobbies, any mini painting bros out there, if you're an otherwise adjusted (and showered) human it's a definite net positive.

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st2826@reddit

Yungblud-as a woman in her 50’s 😬

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Jazzlike-Basil1355@reddit

I’m a trainspotter.

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Jcw28@reddit

Don't be embarrassed to like things. Be unapologetically you.

Disclaimer: this does not apply to illegal things. That's less "don't be embarrassed to like them" though and more "off you pop to jail you sicko."

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onewolfmusic@reddit

I reckon we can lightly modify your statement from 'illegal' to 'immoral'. Do I want you to be embarrassed about enjoying the Devil's lettuce on occasion? No. Do I want you to be embarrassed for worshipping at the throne of His Orange-nussy-ness? Absolutely

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BeachTheHam13@reddit

ASMR

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glasgowgeg@reddit

I'm not embarrassed about anything I like. If I like it, I like it.

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Tactical-Chunderer@reddit

Leicester City

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Kcufasu@reddit

I felt the second hand embarrassment reading this, I'm sorry

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Tactical-Chunderer@reddit

Takes a lot to admit it these days, appreciate the empathy mate. I’d rather be fond of smack of late.

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evies_mum_1980@reddit

Nothing, I don't care anymore.

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DistrustPilot@reddit

Insane Clown Posse. It's nothing like anything else I listen to but I love em

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atomic_mermaid@reddit

Ngl I always quite liked the song Life At Risk.

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WeaponsGradeYfronts@reddit

You can call me mad professor. I will make a friend for me!

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SelfSufficientHub@reddit

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gulfrend@reddit

Genuinely the only entertainment I enjoy that I am mortified to bring up in polite company. I feel like my head grows le epic fedora whenever I do

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fleshcircuits@reddit

i’m too autistic to be ashamed of my interests at this point.

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OhCleo@reddit

Sometimes, I’ve been known to watch the Kardashians.

I would never admit it to anyone. I know it’s trash. Other than watching the show sometimes, I don’t buy any of their stuff (clothing, make up etc.) or follow their socials or whatever. I’m just fascinated by their influence on culture. They’re very polarising. I don’t like or dislike them as people… I’m just intrigued.

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littlebird2446@reddit

Nothing really. I like what I like, I don’t think any of it is embarrassing.

I do though feel a bit more self conscious with certain things. But not because I’m embarrassed, more because people can be dickheads and I’m wary of what they’ll say or if they’ll target me. For example I like to carry a little palm size soft toy around. I just put it in my pocket if I’m around a certain demographic.

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levezvosskinnyfists7@reddit

Aldi blancmange. The most shameful of the puddings.

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5h0D10n@reddit

K pop demon hunters, after the 30th time watching it with my 6 year old daughter.

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Tight-Principle-743@reddit

I must say I sure agree - ‘Golden’ did grow on me after the 9th time watching it with my 2 of my daughters.

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Less_Pie_7218@reddit

The songs are very catchy!!

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BalanceIll6357@reddit

Malibu rum

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90210fred@reddit

Nothing wrong with listening to Back in the UK while lining up classic Agatha Christy

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DoftheD@reddit

Made in Chelsea

I don’t like it but I can’t seem to stop watching it. I don’t watch any other reality TV, I just have this one awful habit

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bigredliza@reddit

Beans on toast is my favourite meal

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Kcufasu@reddit

Tell me you at least add cheese

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Doomergeneration@reddit (OP)

The ones with sausages in on toast is one of my guilty pleasures

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Inside-Sprinkles3235@reddit

Dark humour.

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Kcufasu@reddit

Crispy eggs

r/fryup hates me

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