embarrassing obsessions

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I the past I used to like Rammstein and Dir en grey...both bands are awful and super mainstream in their countries.

Not so much. But I like to read about paraphilias, which in itself can actually be a 'fun thing' to talk to NT friends about, but researching them can be awkward; I stopped counting how many times I ended up being on the weirdest Internet sites that don't provide information but, ehm... material (which is honestly and obviously not what I am looking for).
Concering death and violent things... I never really considered not talking about them. Sometimes people tell me that I sound more exited than I should when talking about torture methods and such, on the other hand I get to hear the same thing when going into detail about things they consider extremely boring.

I have somewhat of an obsession with malware, I never really realised it was an obsession until my mom pointed out, during breakfast, that I talk about 'viruses' (I corrected her, saying that a virus is just one type of malware) far too much to be healthy. I said I was just interested in it, but people think I'm weird when I bring it up. It extends to other computer related topics, but malware is by far my favourite.

A really weird one: I used to be obsessed with suicide. I knew all the statistics by heart, knew the most obscure ways to kill a human being. I wasn't even suicidal, I just thought it was really interesting. It's a great way to learn about the human body, too. To this day I can point out a lot of veins and arteries. I can state whether a (hypothetical) injury is likely to be fatal, and when not. I know a great deal about toxicology, can name many poisons and their lethal doses, and under which circumstances death is most likely to occur.

Another really creepy one: serial killers. I know there are a lot of people out there who have an obsession with them that is of a somewhat sexual nature, but my interest was purely academical. I read into ASPD (anti-social personality disorder, not advanced sleep phase disorder) and related disorders quite a bit.

Movies and books, to a really weird extend. I'll still be talking about a movie I saw weeks ago if I liked it. In general, if I have recently experienced something epic, I'll be talking about it for weeks.

That's pretty much it I suppose.