What thing do you love that you can never get anyone else to check out?

Kind of a hard question to word, but is there anything in your life you have recommended to other people but no one’s ever gotten into?

I love podcasts and have friends who still thank me for getting them into this one or that one. But I’ve never gotten anyone to listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me. I don’t know if the name is unappealing or the concept but people seem to bounce off immediately.

So what can’t you get people into and why should we check it out?

Daze,

I've begun watching & falling in love with something very recently that I think will fall into this category for sure. An old adult swim cartoon called Home Movies.

Made by a lot of the same talent before Bob's Burgers was a thing, the humour is actually insanely clever and progressive for it's time & it still feels fresh to me watching it today. Definitely have already had a few laughing fits where I had to pause the episode for a while to catch my breath and I'm only 4 episodes in 😂

For being a simpler sort of design, it also has some good background gags too. Not to mention the comedian guest stars -- Episode 3 had Emo Philips which was a delightful surprise, but episode 4 has freakin' Mitch Hedberg in it! Took me by surprise for sure but it was also a nice little extra thing to hear him say some fresh lines.

That's all I have to say about it for now, but every night now my partner & I look forward to watching a couple episodes before bed :) it's a great time!

ArtieShaw,
ArtieShaw avatar

It's time to pay the price.

SnotFlickerman, (edited )
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You should check out the show that preceded Home Movies. Made by the same team, including most of the same voice actors.

Dr. Katz Professional Therapist was ahead of its time, in my opinion. It was my first exposure to H. Jon Benjamin (McGuirk) and Johnathan Katz (Eric Robbins) and Loren Brouchard. It is basically the same creative team starting at Dr. Katz and ending with Bob’s Burgers.

I have a real soft spot for Dr. Katz and Ben Katz.

EDIT: Completely forgot. Dr. Katz animation was done in “squigglevision” which was also used in the first season of Home Movies, but dropped for Flash animation, I think, in season 2 of Home Movies.

Daze,

I will absolutely check this out, thank you! It's this kind of recommendation that led me to rediscover home movies as well so I love that it keeps going lol

Resol,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Indie games and indie musicians.

Most of my friends have the mentality of “if it’s not popular, it’s not worth checking out, regardless if it’s actually good or not”. And I hate it.

Cinner,

Let me know how you feel when one of those indie musicians get popular and your friends act like they’ve been listening to them for years.

Resol,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

That’s the feeling of betrayal right there.

snownyte,
snownyte avatar

There's only one TTRPG that I really liked called Shadowrun. I always kept telling people that it functions similarly to D&D but cyberpunk. It totally goes over their heads and they just fall back into talking about D&D or Warhammer or Pathfinder.

cordlesslamp,

For me it’s sim racing and VR gaming.

All my friends care about is LOL and CSGO.

disoxlw,

The Deathworlders

eduardm,
@eduardm@lemmy.world avatar

Star Trek. Every friend I have only knows about Star Wars.

MacedWindow,
@MacedWindow@lemmy.world avatar

At least Lemmy is the home of the trekkie! But I feel it everyone I know IRL wants to talk about Star Wars movies and Ashoka and not what is the best episode of TNG lol.

BreakDecks,

Demoscene stuff. Basically just digital art written for fun and to show off your coding skills. People have been doing it since the Amiga. If you’ve ever pirated software in the 90’s to 00’s, you’ve probably seen a realtime animation and mod-based techno track accompany the keygen - that’s an example of Demoscene art.

I can’t find anyone in the US, not even one of the nerds that works in tech with me, who gives a single shit about this stuff. There are parties and conventions all the time, none of them in North America…

I’m traveling to Germany at the end of March to go to a Demoparty just for the chance to meet a single other person who cares. It should be fun.

I made my own prod discovery service if you ever want to check it out: prods.page (Yes, I need to update it).

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

So what can’t you get people into

My weird fetishes

why should we check it out?

Uuuhh…

In reality, tabletop games, including RPG. There’s even a local, free event that happens every 2 months, but out of everyone I invite, nobody shows up, not even the people who say “I’d like to play once”. It really saddens me how many people reply with “I don’t have the skill to play, it’s too complicated”, actually meaning “I doubt I can develop the skill I think is needed to play and I’m not willing to try” whenever I get excited about RPGs.

Pantherina,

LSD haha, its insane and awesome, so many people should experience it before thinking they know themselves.

Seasoned_Greetings, (edited )

Chipotle tobasco is some of the best hot sauce I’ve ever had. I honestly have no idea if they even sell outside of Louisiana, but if you ever get the chance, try it.

The denizens of Louisiana have such an elevated taste for spice that any time I even mention it to anyone here they say “oh that shit sounds basic, try this one” and I can’t get anyone to actually try it.

It has a kick, but not as hot as a full fledged hot sauce. Nowhere near making you sweat hot. But the flavor profile is 👌

badbrainstorm,
@badbrainstorm@lemmy.today avatar

I prefer a lot more kick, and found a chipotle habanero sauce. But yeah, chipotle is best jalepeńo. Smokey goodness!

pacoboyd,

I can buy it in Iowa. It’s good stuff.

I_Has_A_Hat,

I sometimes steal bottles from Chipotle when I go there as I never see it in stores and it’s so good. I literally am willing to commit crime for that hot sauce.

FilthyHookerSpit, (edited )

My second favorite tobasco, the lime one being my actual favorite. But it’s never in stores so I always settle for chipotle, since it’s great too and the burn is tolerable for a non “heat-head” such as myself.

Mnemnosyne,

Schlock Mercenary. Amazing webcomic, by one of only like 2 webcomic authors that I’m familiar with that have the simple capability of putting out a comic on time (although this no longer applies as the story is finished) and is a fantastic story from beginning to end.

Yet, none of the friends I’ve ever recommended it to have been willing to read it

plumcreek,

Yeah, it’s amazing. Definitely my all time favorite comic series.

American_Communist22,
@American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Communism, but thats because i have a hard time talking to people irl

BaumGeist,

Communists when they find out community cooperation requires talking to people in person

Hadriscus,

Being a communist introvert is hard

American_Communist22,
@American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml avatar

I STILL DO IT OK

nayminlwin,

Bebop and cool jazz.

Hamartia,

Is that you Howard Moon?

Hadriscus,

I like Charlie Parker but that’s all I know of bebop. I also own a replica of one of his suits from the 40es

ohlaph,

I, too, tried it once.

ExfilBravo,

Bebop is my shit. Can confirm, no one else likes it around me.

BonesOfTheMoon,

Opera! It’s so very very good and it’s such an acquired taste.

BaumGeist,

I prefer to stick to FireFox, thanks.

ThatFembyWho,

I feel like all of the arts are that way. You can either put yourself in the mindset to be receptive of them… or you can’t.

But I’ve had many enriching experiences by taking a chance on art forms and genres I never supposed I would like, including those I had some bias against.

BaumGeist,

Getting into Klaus Nomi has made me reconsider my stance on opera, but I have no idea where to begin

BonesOfTheMoon,

A good way to begin is to watch a popular classic favourite opera like La Traviata or La Boheme, with subtitles, and review the plot summary ahead of time

Here is a link to a pretty good one. youtu.be/WZywmSJkKYE?feature=shared

Reddfugee42,

It’s backstory and context. Hearing some random opera selections in a vacuum is practically Dadaism

BonesOfTheMoon,

True but honestly if you get a chance, go. You won’t be sorry.

SkippingRelax,

as someone who’s been there multiple times with school as a kid (not US), you can absolutely be sorry. Frankly, most people wouldnt enjoy it. And I fucking speak the language most pieces are written in, except that you cant understand a single word because of the way they sing.

Wouldn’t recommend to my worse enemy, and definitely not to my friends.

trustnoone,

For me it’s getting people to play KOTOR, I know it’s old but it’s just sooo good and the story is so great, and please just play it. Pretty please.

Hadriscus,

I can’t get it to run in wide screen (wqhd) on my PC so I never really started the game beyond the menus. I you have a fix I’m a taker

trustnoone,

Are you playing the original KOTOR or the remakes by Aspyr? They redid them so that they no longer crash on start and you don’t need to change or add patches.

It’s available on mac, switch, android and iOS. Apparently a new remake is still possibly coming soon too.

Hadriscus,

The one on Steam, I’m not sure. I bought it years ago, I think it’s just called KOTOR. Do you mean it’s supposed to work ootb on modern systems ?

I_Has_A_Hat,

You’re forgetting the other major hurdle, Taris. Getting past that first planet is a slog. It’s definitely my biggest barrier whenever I try to replay it.

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