Basically, I can’t figure out the appeal or Tiktok and other types of repetitive media consumption where you are doing the same thing over and over and over. I remember trying it out and just being so bored and frustrated with the entire thing.
I feel the same way about TV shows, and restaurants and all that too. Going to the same place every Friday night and getting the same order and watching the same TV show on repeat just sounds like hell to me.
Or hanging out and talking about the same topics over and over and over, with never a new or novel thing to say, drinking the same beer/wine/cocktail over and over.
What is the appeal of living this way?
No. I like trying new things.
I’m talking about people who are allergic to challenge, progression, any sort of change and often view it as threatening. Like for years they have done the same things with the same people, never ever changing the routine.
People have different personalities and preferences. You might as well ask why some people like to eat certain things while others hate it.
Because it is comfortable for them, it is familiar, it is safe. It definitely is sad when people don’t try to experience new things, and it almost definitely gets them stuck in a rut. But that’s what they want.
Not having (persistent) hobbies isn’t much different than only ever doing the same thing. There is plenty “new” to experience by improving a skill in something, just as much as trying something new at only the surface level.