Gossiping, and the inevitable culture of "what will people say?" that comes along with it. I don't really talk about other people when they're not there. And it's really weird when someone introduces you to a new person and they're like "I've heard so much about you". It almost sounds threatening.

I genuinely don't understand the double-speak when people say they love animals... and then they kill and eat them for taste pleasure. That is weird.

Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Dunkin, etc.

Like, why? Life is too short.

See also: Anheuser-Busch products

I love my doggo and give him kisses regularly. If he weren't such a twitcher I'd let him in bed with me. I get it's a cultural thing. I was in a group of Lebanese people and got a big kiss on the cheek by an old lady I barely new after the briefest of polite conversations. I normally would not allow it because I have a very very strong sense of personal space, but I understood her intent.

Some people think dogs are "unclean" and find the idea of letting a dog share your bed to be weird. I find dogs to be furry little serotonin factories. I'll even say thank you when a dog lets me rub his belly. Dogs are uncomplicated creatures. Their concept of love and trust aren't very deep, but they are there, and I'm happy to foster them.

Dating apps. i guess its only most people if you look at certain age range.

About the pet kissing thing, I have a funny feeling it stems from people sometimes getting their kids to hug or pat or give air kisses to siblings or stuffed animals because the parents think it is cute and so it ingrains affection habits to people.

When you say something simple and someone else attacks you over some imaginary meaning or intent. Neurotypical people are unwell.

I genuinely struggle to understand this weird social game people play on platforms like Lemmy, where they seem eager to engage with content they don't even like or that pisses them off. It's like joining a bicycle forum only to find out everyone mostly just spends their time there shitting on tricycles.

It's unbelievably bizarre to watch the back-and-forth: someone posts something that reinforces the negative parts of their worldview, then people rush into the comments to signal they think exactly the same way everyone else here does, get showered with upvotes for saying what people want to hear, and that incentivizes them to keep doing it. Meanwhile everyone else sees that as long as you make the right noises, you get to feel included in our little tribe - whose only real common ground is mutual hatred of the outgroup.

I can understand it from an anthropological point of view. We're social primates and this kind of status game is what we do. But it's incredibly difficult for me to put myself in any individual's shoes and figure out how they're seemingly oblivious to the pattern. When I scroll through some people's post histories, that's literally all they do, and it's so fucking weird to me.

Here's something that will probably mark me as weird: I find it strange, even creepy, when people talk, sing, hum, or make any noises to themselves. Some people tell me it helps their concentration, but I can't even envision making any kind of sound when I concentrate.