Patricia Grisafi
Have you ever liked something so much that it basically becomes your identity? Like, you cease to be a well-rounded, nuanced personality and instead become a cliche, only speaking of your passion for Disney or Ford trucks or coffee? We all have topics we love to talk about and hobbies we love to do, but occasionally they take over our life.
On Reddit, folks are sharing the most common things that people like to base their whole personality on.
And, sadly, I think we’re all susceptible to doing this.
1. Conspiracy Theories
“Conspiracy theories.” — lefty121
2. Disliking Something
“Disliking something. Met someone the other day who hates avocados so damn much every conversation they’d have would come back to how different they were from most people cuz they hated avocados.” — HooblesWasTaken
3. Memes
“I wanna say ‘memes’ but that just makes me sad about myself.” — GuyN1425
4. Anglophiles
“My Texas high school had a British club. I’m actually a British citizen, so I tried to join. Those people were nuts. They made Doctor Who and Sherlock their whole personalities.” — AbigailLilac
5. Generations
“The generation they’re born in.” — Meat_Slugger
6. Sports Parents
“Dance moms, sports parents.” — elohra_2013
7. Fans
“Some fans are kinda scary. Their whole life becomes dedication to a celebrity’s. And it’s not just their personality, they make everything around them about that person. Posters, music, merchandise, weird things bought on the internet—supposedly with relation to the subject of their obsession—and so on. I can’t imagine being close to somebody before and after their transition into that life. It seems like it’d be scary…” — EmmyLynn23
8. Astrology
“Astrology. The only full moon presiding over me is my own bare ass.” — Thecatspajamas000
9. Stocks
“Stocks/Trading/Investments. This isn’t Boiler Room or Wolf of Wall Street. You don’t need to convince me to get into trading as we talk over a food service counter.” — [deleted]
10. Drinking
“Drinking.” — cherry_latte
11. Cars
“In high school, this guy would do nothing but talk and brag about his Ford truck and would literally argue and fight with people who had a Chevy or any other brand then Ford.” — TheOddFeller
12. Anime
“Watching anime.” — PinkSquidBear
13. Disney
“I went to someone’s house once who was obsessed with Disney. I wasn’t warned of how obsessed they were and literally had to stop in the middle of the room because I was gaping at the sheer volume of Disney stuff they had. Every inch of the walls and surfaces was covered in Disney paraphernalia. The sad/weird thing was that these were extremely wealthy people so they had things like original Disney cels from the 30-40s and actual valuable objects just crammed next to some tacky plastic plates.” — T_tessa41
14. Misconstrued Mental Illness
“Just misconstrued mental illness in general. The amount of people who call themselves ‘psychotic’ when they mean ‘edgy’ is bleh” — SnrkyBrd
15. Clothing Brands
“Brands. People think choosing a brand of clothing speaks lota about them.” — Ferna_89
15. Smoking Weed
“Cannabis. I’m a smoker, but god do I hate the ‘it’s just a plant bro, dab life, and only smoke 22%+thc.’ guys. Nobody cares you smoked 3 oz last week. Nobody cares about your 2g dabs. Inhaling anything besides air into your lungs harms them, it cant fix every problem. Just shut up, roll up and enjoy it like the rest of us.” — lordfreakingpenguins
16. Gym
“Being in the army, military. Also gym.” — newaccountbitches
17. New York City
“Living in NYC.” — godora5
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