Do you feel like all your passions are too niche?

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Today, i learned the news that one more online game i really liked (Evil Dead) stopped development. Somehow, all games i like do that. And almost every show i geniunly enjoy gets cancelled... or ever worse, like with Snowpiercer - they shoot last season, but chose not to release it, and do not even say why. Nobody heared about my most favorite bands, even when i ask in places dedicated to music like that. Even when it comes to appearance - i don't find majority of women attractive, espeically those that are considered traditionnaly beautiful, so even searching for porn is problematic, and irl i saw them only few times on the streets.

I just want to like something that liked by everyone, so it's easy to get and will not be taken away at first opportunity... Constantly losing all the cool stuff i could care about is one of most hated parts in life. If someone experiences the same - how do you deal with it?

Yeah, I relate. I'm into a lot of cult classic television shows and movies, and even the people who've seen them, aren't as invested or want to talk to me about them. And as soon as I discovered TV tropes, it became almost impossible to talk to me about those subjects anyway, because I would use so much lingo and specific quotes and talked so fast... now realizing why I don't have any close friends.
And about attraction, yeah, it's hard. I don't know if it's an Autistic thing, ADHD, but I can't just see a picture of "beautiful woman" and be like yeah, teenage boy hormones kick in. I get bored so easily, and the mainstream stuff is just so... weird and it freaks me out.
Also being bi is hard to find stuff. Youtube keeps thinking I'm a girl!

To an extent.

It's not that hard to find other fans of racing, but it's a little bit harder finding people who are really into Trans Am. NASCAR is relatively popular, so it's usually easier to find people who are into it, compared to Trans Am. IMSA falls between the two. I don't follow WEC or open wheelers, but those are both quite popular.

History isn't that niche, but it's filled with niches.

They're not in the company of the right community of people.

Example: No one on these forums cares about kiteboarding. I make a thread and reply to myself. Seems strange to me considering it's an amazing "extreme," sport and I do it in one of the most picturesque places - as per pics I've posted and things I've described. Here, no one cares. In the kiteboard scene? We all have fun. There are local Facebook groups I can chat in with others if I want.

Another: Almost no one here cares about treating/managing ASD via diet/supplements etc. I've shared that stuff here for ~11 years or so and the results it's gotten me in life, but, Almost no one here cares at all to try things to improve their functioning levels so it falls on deaf ears. I guess if I want to talk about stuff like that it needs to be with doctors or my herbalist friend and his naturpathic doctor father. etc.

Gotta find your audience/community I guess. Maybe in a Facebook group or another forum or twitch channel or twitter x or whatever.

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I think you hit the nail on the head with that one. Sometimes I am thinking the same thing when I contemplate others' special interests or some of my own.