Current Events > I dont understand how some people dont seem interested in the world around them

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A lot of my coworkers are like...much more social than I am, and very willing to talk about what's going on in their personal life, but yet when I try and have any sort of deeper conversation it becomes apparent that they know nothing about the topic. I work in biology. So we can talk about biology, right? Well, they arent interested in much of what's going on outside the scope of what affects us at work. Ok, *sigh* fair enough....chemistry? Physics? Astronomy? The science behind meteorology or the freakin' earthquake that just happened? Nope...no interest.
Ok...so maybe they arent into science..big deal. I also think language and culture are pretty interesting and have studied a bit of Japanese and Spanish. So let's talk language and culture! Nope...deer in headlights look...
Ok...so...philosophy? Nope..
Politics? How about anything related to our state or country's politics?
The response I got was "Arent they impeaching the president right now or something? What for? How does that work? Oh, I saw a meme!"

As someone who is probably over-the-top interested in shit..I just...dont understand how people live life without knowing or caring enough to learn a little about anything that's going on around them outside of their family unit or the people they talk to directly...do they just not care? The fuck is going on? Lol

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Keep religion and politics out of the workplace. These two topics are the fastest ways to get people to hate you.

It's nice to have worldly interests, but the moment you start a family your world shrinks. It's just the nature of having small, weak, and defenseless lifeforms depending on you for survival. Work-friends are nice to have, but don't make work your primary friend recruitment pool.

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Being a man of a vast variety of knowledge will impress some but mostly annoy others.

They hate to see it.

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