What's something people turn into their whole personality? | Ask Reddit

[@georgiamarie_]

As a self-confessed horse girl, it’s not so much a personality as it is a lifestyle. When you have to spend hours a day looking after a half-tonne beast it’s hard to have time for anything else except food and sleep

[@najrenchelf2751]

I guess that goes similarly with fitness and many others - once you reach a certain level of stan, suddenly the stan world opens up to you and *TRAPS YOU FOREVER* I've noticed this with the Domino Community that exists on KZbin and most notably for me Eurovision - although in retrospect, me getting into Eurovision was inevitable as soon as my family and I moved to Sweden, soo... :)

[@carlyalakija4703]

@@najrenchelf2751 no unless you weight train nobody is that obsessed with fitness to the point it affects their day to day life. The second a horse enters your life it’s like a second child because it’s reliant on you for everything

[@_x..Jamie..x_]

Hi Georgia! I absolutely love your videos. Also I think there's a certain point where being a horse girl goes from someone making it their whole personality unnecessarily to being an acceptable description of them due to it being a major aspect of their lifestyle. I mean someone who goes to horse riding lessons like once a week, buys everything in horse prints and talks about horses 80% of the time, in my opinion they're making their love of horses their entire personality unnecessarily but someone who owns a horse or several or leases a horse or goes riding more than just some lessons but does still have a life or interests outside of horses, then I think it's very much a lifestyle.

[@shalininatarajan4306]

@@carlyalakija4703 a lot of people who do sports for a living will have very little time to do anything. Looking after horses is usually what horse girls will spend their working hours doing, just like a ballerina might spend their day dancing. Eventually, you are spending almost all your free time doing that thing

[@EM-iy2nk]

Agreed. I'm literally listening to this video while cleaning stalls😂

[@oliviaaa3400]

Myers-Briggs is just astrology for business majors

[@Kaalokalawaia]

THIS. It. was. never. meant. to. be. used. like. that.

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Dank

[@js66613]

Sounds accurate.

[@avon8794]

I've seen a lot of people put it in their bio on dating apps too. Sometimes they also add which personality type is suppose to be a good match for their type.

[@visiblerat]

YESS what's the deal with people suddenly being like obsessed with that?

[@giuliadesai]

Americans that are of Italian descent are so fixated on "being Italian" and how Italian they are etc etc. As an actual Italian, I find it a little bizarre

[@sugarpack]

as a fellow italian, i second that wholeheartedly. it's just weird.

[@itsphoenixtime]

And Irish

[@OuryLN]

So then, you aren’t gay?😳😳😳🤣

[@giuliadesai]

@Prosper Ménière that made me legitimately shiver ahahah

[@BTtr3]

I think it came from racism in America. people hated eachother if they were Irish, German, Italian, Polish, etc. So people were classified by heritage and I guess it just stuck. But yes, it's pretty fucking cringe.

[@demonheart13]

Liking the color purple is definitely a personality

[@CecilyV]

There's a purple store and all of their purple things say how much a person likes purple. There isn't any other stores that strictly sell one color.

[@gavinhillick]

Well it is a great film, to be fair.

[@CecilyV]

@@gavinhillick Ah the one that old people always reference when I tell them my name

[@gavinhillick]

@@CecilyV I wasn't sure anyone would get that joke

[@miaclarke6859]

Not purple being my favorite colour but I don't own anything purple

[@margotgrey1006]

As someone who has OCD, it’s so annoying when people say that they’re so OCD for being organized or something because OCD is a very debilitating disorder and if they really had OCD they probably wouldn’t be nonchalantly announcing it and would be very anxious about things not just that they like things a certain way.

[@violetskies14]

YES! As an autistic person who had an actually OCD best friend growing up it's so annoying. I had to comfort him and tell him his sisters car crash wasn't his fault for not completing his hand washing ritual OCD is awful to live with not "oh look at me I like things neat aren't I so OCD".

[@Jess140594]

YES!! I hate how they think it's about neatness and being organised too. I've got OCD about making sure things are switched off like light switches, hob knobs on the oven and taps. I literally have to check them multiple times & take photos incase I start panicking when I've left the house. I used to be bad about grease too and would clean my hands with kitchen detergent. It's so debilitating so people just joking about having it wind me up.

[@bierkratspeaker3724]

This really annoys me, I've studied psychology (not claiming I can say anything about your life though) and it baffles me how many people claim to "be a little autistic" or "have a little OCD". Whenever I hear people say this it just feels like they're completely unaware of the reality of such an affliction, if they had the slightest idea how much it influences the life of someone suffering from it, I hope they wouldn't still speak so lightly of it.

[@saveezachaudhry4175]

OCD IS TORTURE. I CAN'T REST, CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING ANNOYING ME AND IF THERE ISN'T MY BRAIN WILL FIND ONE. IT'S SO TIRING.

[@Blirre]

I mean, I get that it's super annoying but also obsessive compulsive behavior can be mild or severe, just like autism has a spectrum. So it is possible for someone to have obsessive compulsive tendencies without having actual diagnosable OCD. People are just using the wrong words. I have some obsessive compulsive behavior. Sometimes I say that I'm a bit OCD when I get embarrassed about it, but the thing is that in my language that's the best way to get the point across. I know I don't have OCD. I don't absolutely have to eat my food systematically in evenly distributed portions or set my speaker volume in numbers dividable by 5. But I really want to though, and sometimes people think it's super weird but whatever.

[@OMGitsaClaire]

People who are really into Linux. They will tell you all about how every other operating system’s inferior. Most people don’t care that much about their operating system.

[@evan]

Linux users are hot tho

[@george1621996]

​@@evan Normally I would think you were a linux user for saying that, but you would have mentioned it by now.

[@Parker8752]

@@george1621996 As a linux user (I use Arch, by the way) with a long, long beard, I'm a walking talking cliche :P. I do think a lot of people would have a better experience using certain types of linux instead of windows (especially if they get pissed off at windows deciding it's going to reboot for its updates right when they're in the middle of doing something), but it's a choice with its pros and cons - and windows does have the benefit of being an OK operating system that comes on most computers by default.

[@zebedeesummers4413]

Have you considered Arch. :P

[@zebedeesummers4413]

@@Parker8752 as someone who genuinely uses both. Linux sucks for just consistently working, if I have a problem on windows the solution is always one search away... The same cannot be said about Linux.

[@katyferenczy-dakin]

As you said a lot of these are women focused, so a few I think apply more often to men than women - coffee (like only drinking it from an aero press or from one specific company and looking down on others for not doing that), finance in general (I know so many men who have tried to school me on finance and investing), Apple products, and alternative cinema (looking at lots of men on youtube).

[@CecilyV]

To add to your list, tech (knowing or "knowing" a lot about it and acting like it's complicated), productivity (always working on "gains" and overworking themselves), weapons (I think this is most common in the US, but it's always to the point where it's concerning), being manly (literally doing the most to avoid anything even remotely feminine/gay), cars (looking down on others for not having a powerful car and acting like only men can do anything with cars), and military history (I have known so many guys that obsess over everything about the world wars, the vehicles, and tying back to weapons; weapon specs)

[@violetskies14]

@@CecilyV oh the people who are super into military history really annoy me because they're always only into the battles and weapons not the why and how a war came about, or the political climate or the daily lives of the people. They focus in on this one specific part of the massive whole and aren't interested in anything else.

[@jaymercer4692]

Those seem like something both genders do to me.

[@better.better]

I can kind of agree with that but I think coffee can be lumped in with weed, vape, toacco, and alcohol; which are all separate group from hobbies: horses cycling exercise, cosplay, music.

[@gavinhillick]

God, I hate people like that. I'd recommend a deLonghi espresso machine. They're expensive at first but you'll save a ton of money in the long run. Fin.

[@hedgehog_1086]

At least by admitting to having more than one of these traits Evan, you're no longer in danger of being a one trick pony personally wise.

[@K1riian]

I think every hobby and/or interest can become someones entire personality. Some people just make EVERY conversation circle back to their current obsession, even if it isnt always on purpose

[@evan]

Yeah just like how ethereum keeps circling back to its ATH

[@fabienneclavier5984]

So true! One of my hubby’s friend would only talk about windsurfing - and that guy is a chatterbox. It was hell. He then stopped windsurfing. So will now only talk about his newfound passion for paddling. 😖

[@Summer-uq1vr]

Oh i do that haha, so do most of my friends tbh i know like one pnt lmao

[@DanWager1]

“That’s why I where clothing that doesn’t show the branding!” -a guy wearing a Pokémon T-shirt

[@evan]

The irony was not lost on me haha

[@gbottesini]

Pokémon is not a clothing brand though

[@DanWager1]

@@gbottesini but it is a brand that is shown

[@lulus8122]

I feel like merch is different, though. Correct me if I‘m wrong but I‘d say brand people are more likely to buy a shirt just because it’s from a specific brand or popuplar, not because they‘d also like it without the name on it. It‘s about the name. With merch it’s more like you genuinely enjoy the thing anyway and therefore like the print on the shirt. There‘s a „bigger“ thing behind it that you like. I mean if you think adidas or whatever makes the best running shoes then fine, but what reason is there to buy an overpriced handbag other than to show off it’s also from adidas? Because the designs aren‘t that unique usually with brands like that.

[@klaudiacebula2298]

As a horse owner that impression was spot on, also that's why we all have horsey friends, we do sepend literally hours every single day taking care of our horses though so it's geniuenly impossible to not be 'too into horses'

[@rebeccas2801]

Even as someone who rides twice a week on lessons my friends are probably fed up of me talking about how my lessons went and what I managed to get out of the typical “lazy” horse

[@1983simi]

I love horse people. I'm not one myself, but my brother and his wife are. They've got four, plus he's got a horse supply store and she's a veterinarian. I live abroad and we don't get to talk often and we're all not much into random small talk (Germans). But if I find a cool horse video/pic online and forward it to them it always turns into a fun chat. A horse person literally cannot not respond to a horse wearing jeans. Internet horse content is literally our bridge over continents XD

[@Sophie_Cleverly]

I feel like I'm that apparently rare person who's just "a bit" into horses 😂 I did horse riding for 6 years and really enjoyed it but never wanted to own a horse or particularly thought about it outside of lessons.

[@itsjustbree9267]

As a dog person (not like a casual "yeah I like dogs" person I mean a "dogs are my main passion in life and my main hobby" kind of person,) I try to act nonchalant about it and keep my mouth shut about it around not-as-into-dogs people, and save the in depth discussions for other people like me. Otherwise people just think I'm weird 😅 I imagine it's kind of similar for horse people.

[@klaudiacebula2298]

@@itsjustbree9267 yep that's exactly it, I can talk for hours about it with some of my friends that are very much into the sport and horses in general, but pretty much don't mention it with my other 'non-horsey' firends unless specifically asked, which is fine by the way

[@ReiyukaE]

The boyfriend/girlfriend thing can be really problematic, sadly. Like those people who fully lose their sense of self when the relationship ends? 😕

[@dutchik5107]

Yes. Or refind themselves once it is over. Really easy to be abused then.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

Exactly. My brother would take on the hobbies etc of his girlfriends. I don't mean just enjoying them because she did. I mean he would act like that's something he'd always loved too. One was into ballet and took him to a show, after that he'd tell people how much 'they' love ballet. When telling someone about what music he likes, he basically listed all his girlfriend's favourites. She loved cooking so he would cook too and act like he loved cooking. She loved reading so he'd read a ton of books. And whenever anyone challenged him he'd insist he loved those things. Then after 2 years they broke up. He's never once been interested in ballet since, went back to listening to his own favourite music and slobs in front of the TV playing computer games rather than cooking or reading. Lol he does it every time he gets a girl. I feel a bit sorry for him in a way, it's pathetic that a grown man has so little personality and so few hobbies that he has to take on the interests of his girlfriends who all had great personalities and were passionate about many things. It's no wonder they always end up dumping him lol he's such a phony. Don't get me wrong, I love my brother and hope for the best for him. But he really is a very self centred, lazy person who puts on an act to attract girls. Thankfully they always realise what he's really like. I wish he'd develop a personality of his own but it seems like that ship has sailed.

[@runthejudes]

@@amethystlarktree5962 you're belittling what sounds like the victim of abusive behavior

[@blufferfish0896]

2:24 “As soon as I moved to the UK, I started drinking for the first time” Geez Evan, was it really that bad?!

[@conormurphy4328]

That’s why we start drinking 3 year before Americans

[@conner1466]

I mean yes it is that bad here

[@blufferfish0896]

@@gsurfer04 I remember being like, 10 when my parents let me take a sip of their champagne XD UKGANG

[@gracegardner9409]

@@conormurphy4328 oh come on as if we aren't getting pissed at the local rec aged 15

[@omniscient.nescience]

@@gsurfer04 The British experience of being 14 and sharing a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, WKD Blue, or a 4 Pack of Dark fruits with your mates behind the school bins and thinking you're hard XD

[@booknerd4303]

hating a piece of media, not people who don't like it or can't get into but people who hate it so much they bring people down for liking it especially if it's popular like Friends or Riverdale

[@js66613]

People who push these kinds of things into other people's faces and make them out to be the best things ever are really no better though.

[@booknerd4303]

@@js66613 oh god they’re annoying as well

[@imnotlelo]

that’s usually because riverdale stans are some of the cringiest people ever, right next k-pop and dream smp stans(imo).

[@booknerd4303]

@@imnotlelo riverdale stans? Yeah kinda but people who just enjoy it as a stupid piece of cheesy media? Like that’s how I saw the first season, I stopped watching it after that but people get made fun of even if they’re a casual fan

[@imnotlelo]

@@booknerd4303 i have nothing against casual fans or whatever, but the stans genuinely terrify me lmao

[@May-kc9cv]

2 days ago: "why I won't leave London" 1 hour ago: "I'm in Liverpool" :(

[@ghostninja5035]

he said on Twitter that he moved to Liverpool for a month back in August.

[@nicoledegennaro2993]

I'm surprised it didn't come up here because the first thing that I thought of when I saw this thread was cars. I don't know if it's just me but I feel like I know a bunch of guys (girls too, but it seems to be mostly guys with this particular thing) whose entire personality revolved around how much they love cars. And they'll ask me what my favorite car/dream car is and I'm just like, man I barely know all that much about the current car I'm driving. To be completely honest, I really don't mind if people make their interests a major part, or even the entirety of, their personality; so long as they don't push it on to me too hard if I express that I'm not interested or look down on me for not knowing much about/not caring about that thing.

[@lunarlakes]

You kinda touched on it but the whole fitness and diet culture stuff. Like we get it, Janet, you're keto lactose free gluten free and intermittent fasting, you've lost 40lbs in a month only to gain it all back during the holidays.

[@dianeodoherty1720]

🤣🤣👏👏

[@jaymercer4692]

Perhaps I’m just not exposed to the right people for other countries but that seems to be a really big thing in the US. All those fad diets and things. It’s really funny listening to those people.

[@lunarlakes]

@@jaymercer4692 I'm not American (I'm from Wales) I just see it a lot of social media

[@jaymercer4692]

@@lunarlakes I didn’t mean to say you were American, just that I had noticed it to be quite a big thing in American culture.

[@lunarlakes]

@@jaymercer4692 oh right yeah sorry

[@georgebritten6666]

I had a friend that was really into Disney and constantly talked about Disneyland. I went over to his house for his birthday and it turned out his family was really into it as well, with Disney characters on most of the walls, and then his extended family came over and it turns out they were all really into Disney and talked for like 2 hours about their different trips to Disneyland. It came off as supper weird, especially hearing like 40-50 year old men talking about it so extaticly

[@livrose3567]

As someone with diagnosed OCD it is the MOST frustrating thing to have people say “I’m so OCD” because they like tidying up and then when they find out I have diagnosed OCD they always say “but your bedroom is so messy!” People really have such a warped idea of what OCD actually is

[@Hulachowdown]

Horses are definitely addictive. I always suggest to people to not let their kid try it unless they actually want their kid to live at the barn. My parents let me ride a pony for a cute photo as a tot… 25 years later we own a farm and no longer get to go on holidays without me finding horses to buy or ride or a competition I can be at. 😜 my family just accepts it, but we also make a point to do things they want to do to so everyone is happy.

[@tylerbeaumont]

As someone who smokers weed very occasionally, buys Levi’s and Jack and Jones jeans for the build quality, and is an Englishman who went through both a Japan stage and a snobby punk rock stage in high school, i feel both extremely called out and relieved by this thread

[@barvdw]

A bit surprised nobody mentioned 'work', or more precisely their job as something that becomes someone's personality, especially as it's so ubiquitous. Even if you don't like your job all that much, pretty much everyone will take about their job.

[@steventambon2588]

As a pharmacologist, it may have been a joke about the Magnesium pill with the jaw but I had to pause because that was great advice that I did not expect you to give... most people associate muscle pain with potassium BUT the jaw specifically Mg+ works the best. Bravo on using influencer joke to provide accurate medical advice

[@sallycrane6317]

I hate the question 'what music do you like' because if you answer you end up getting judged as some lesser person because you like something not considered cool. When anyone asked me I just say I don't like music. That usually leaves them with nowhere to go.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

Can't relate lol. If someone asks me what music I like, I'm going to damn well tell them about all of the wonderful bands and artists I love and why. None of them have been considered 'cool' since before I was even born. What even is 'cool'? If someone wants to judge me for my taste in music that's THEIR problem. We all just like what we like, nobody is better than anybody else. You ought to tell them what you love! And if they try to make you feel bad, tell them to shut the F up. Simple.

[@georgeespley9177]

If I ask someone about their music taste and they say dubstep I look at them disgustedly However if someone likes jungle/dnb/all old skool rave they are officially my new best friend lol

[@conormurphy4328]

Honestly that would make me think you where weirder

[@georgeespley9177]

@@conormurphy4328 completely agree

[@sallycrane6317]

@@conormurphy4328 don't care what people think just can't be bothered with a boring conversation about my music choices. After all I'm not going to change because someone else says I should.

[@henryginn7490]

As a vegan, atheist, liberal, socalist about to convert to linux, I was surprised to not get mentioned

[@kycrush8657]

Hahahhahaa

[@camilagrgicevic2890]

I think Evan just avoided the most controversial ones, I find it weird that vegan wasn't on the list

[@jenniephuong1440]

I know it's not that serious but I started thinking about the whole horse girl thing. A person knowing a lot about tech is more likely to just seem normal or cool but a person, girl specifically, knowing a lot about horses is cringe and embarrassing. I could be wrong but I haven't seen people get criticised for knowing a lot about tech in the same way horse girls are.

[@rebeccas2801]

This! Also no one makes fun of male Olympians with horses

[@carlyalakija4703]

@@rebeccas2801 especially when people realise there’s a lot more males in the industry as well

[@user-du3pb2jg1n]

yeah women are always more hated for having hobbies than men are.

[@antoinesoverie855]

Idk, what's so cringe about it? Being a horse enthusiast seems like a fun and interesting thing... Don't see how it compares to tech people, tech skills are generally useful and profitable but that doesn't make some other skill worse.

[@jenniephuong1440]

@@antoinesoverie855 nothing really! I just meant that in the media horse girls get portrayed as uncool and cringe for revolving around horses and some people take that stereotype and apply it to real life

[@DarthDionius]

Memes are 100% a personality type for some people. I actually know one or two on discord, who will only reply using either special emojis like the pain peko face, or with a full blown meme to make the point they could've just typed. They also typically only refer to themselves as being pog or poggers (when really, they're all just cringe, and they know it, and I hate that I'm conforming to their ways to fight them by using that word). Also, do memes just not die or something? I saw one throwing the doge meme around the other week. Why? Why is that still a thing? Why is there a goddamn subreddit for doge? How sad are people?

[@amethystlarktree5962]

What a bunch of saddos lol. WTF is pogs/poggers? Actually, I probably don't need to know.

[@mermaidismyname]

The doge thing keeps coming back because of dogecoin lol

[@Pinkjuiceem]

I was once in a uni lecture and the lecturer said something along the lines of ‘I’m sure some of you smoke weed on the weekends’ (can’t remember the context) and this group of lads at the back did an obnoxious laugh and one of them said loudly so that everyone would hear ‘well we know who thats aimed at’ like dude we’re in uni it was aimed at 80% of the people in this room we just don’t make it our entire personality

[@idlecorville]

my cousin's entire personality is zodiacs. every time she does something she's like "it's just because I'm an aries hehe." no, your zodiac sign is not responsible for your actions, lol.

[@48sunnyside99]

my ex bf made memes his entire personality. i could not talk to him without him busting out an obscure reference to one! it wasn't funny it just proved he spent hours everyday scrolling through instagram and had nothing going on in his head :/

[@emcutts2575]

😭😭😭nothing going on in his head

[@OliverPrime]

I do my best not to be judgemental. The way I see it, if it makes you happy and you're not harming anyone else, go nuts. We're not here for long. We should all be allowed to be happy in our own way.

[@beccawilliams4990]

It’s sad that a lot of people do not realize how uncool they look taking hits of weed on their Instagram/Snapchat stories. Like I literally don’t care if you smoke weed, if you’re of age, but OOOo I hate it so much when people do that on their social media and make it their entire personality.

[@musicandloveismylive]

Me not seeing mlm's and thinking it's about men loving men😂😂

[@evan]

Lol

[@annachristopher8179]

Same

[@conormurphy4328]

Don’t you hate it when gay people be gay 😔

[@dougzie8013]

2:43 welcome back to a guy who laughs so hard he almost catapults himself out of his chair

[@Tormonir]

Having some kind of illness Like having depression or cancer Its good to talk about it a lot But if you reduce yourself to only beeing sick it will only put you down

[@miaclarke6859]

Some girl told me she had cancer and she had 2 months left and like 3 or 4 months after she was "supposed to die" I asked her how come she ain't dead yet and she told me that they cured her terminal cancer. Tbf I knew she was lying the whole time cause that's the type of person she is. She's done it like 2 or 3 times now. And she still wonders why she has no friends

[@wolfzmusic9706]

@@miaclarke6859 i feel like if you lie about stuff like that, you probably need help tbh. i feel kinda sorry for her cuz whilst it’s obvious she shouldn’t lie about that kinda stuff, she’s doing it for attention which shows there’s an issue

[@yuppers1]

Being Republican. This used to just be a political party.

[@judgejudyslover]

Same goes for democrat in the USA

[@evan]

No Democrat I know likes being a democrat tho cause the candidates are never good enough

[@amethystlarktree5962]

@@judgejudyslover Not really. You can often just spot a Republican by looking at them for two seconds. They make it their whole existence. Democrats are nowhere near as loopy and are often very critical of the democrat politicians.

[@judgejudyslover]

@@amethystlarktree5962 you can say the same for democrats. The bright coloured short hair with piercings will do it. I’m neither but that might be why I can see both as I’m not bias. Each side has plenty of arseholes.

[@imanepink]

@@judgejudyslover agreed

[@Stephen-Fox]

Yeah, the Myers Briggs, like any personality test, is fun. The problem is people who think they're more reliable than blood humors or harry potter houses, when they were - iirc - invented as a party game and the scientific evidence for them essentially comes down to "Anyone who thinks they're wrong, or for whom they change over time, didn't fill the form out correctly. If you do it properly it works."

[@aceufos47]

It's the difference between being passionate about something and it being allll you ever talk about. Thanks for the content enjoying your videos

[@nofillet4148]

Some people make drinking their personality, Germans made it their culure

[@evan]

Prost

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

Not necessarily -- I am a born and bred German and never once had alcohol in my +30 years on this earth. I get where you're coming from, though. Germany has a severe problem with boasting about how almost everyone here is borderline alocholic 😕

[@rebekahl840]

And the brits... along with tea

[@thetimetraveller2671]

alongside hating Bavaria

[@r4nd0mguy99]

@@D0MiN0ChAn I've tried it, but I can stand neither the smell nor the taste of alcoholic beverages. I'm fine with using a little bit for cooking, but that's as far as it goes. Liqueur also ruins literally everything it gets put into.

[@jbluewind4727]

There's a fine line between enjoying something and an unhealthy obsession. I have ADHD. I get fixated on things all the time, but never in a way that negativity impacted my life. I think info dumping while respecting my boundaries (like making sure I'm in the headspace for it and avoiding my triggers) is adorable and oftentimes fascinating. The point it gets annoying is when someone ignores boundaries (or was never taught to ask), they try to center all conversations/activities around their thing with other activities treated as inferior (as opposed to accidentally bringing it up, realizing they did it, and adjusting), or risking their finances, health, and/or relationships in a way that is unreasonable. Case in point, someone that I used to be close to. She was obsessed with a band. She owned all their music. She had a MASSIVE collection of their merch from years being their fan when she honestly couldn't afford to keep buying it. She approached one of the singer's spouses outside of a concert setting and didn't seem to register why they weren't super friendly. She got not one, not two, but three tattoos dedicated to them (and she wasn't even heavily inked)! In the middle of losing her home, she bought VIP tickets to their show because she had went "so long" without talking to them (they apparently mention it during her meet and greet, wondering where she had been and how her dog was). She was living out of her car with her dog (dog was very well cared for because despite everything she loved her pets) and followed them on their tour. It was a parasocial relationships to addiction level degrees, but she couldn't see how much it was hurting her. I tried to make suggestions like making a splurge budget (it's important to set aside something to spend on something that brings you joy, but safely and within reason), but she couldn't see a problem even when it was impacting her ability to have a roof over her head or see a doctor. We grew apart about a year ago, so no idea how she is now. There are healthy ways to do most things. A lot of unhealthy ways too. The trick is to be mindful of yourself, set up a plan to help reel yourself back in if you go overboard, have people you can trust who will call you on worrying behavior, take care of your mental health, get advice from professionals and/or do research, know your own triggers and boundaries (as well as those of the people in your life), and most of all be kind to yourself. Remember that mistakes happen. Rather than being your own bully or trying to ignore it ever happened, forgive yourself, let yourself learn from it, and take steps to be ready the next time something happens.

[@jjescorpiso21]

Not a professional, but it sounds like that friend has a disorder.

[@HyruleGamer]

Reddit? Can you believe it!? Me neither Evan! Idk why but that part of the intro made me laugh lol

[@BlackRose-bb7wt]

I think kids are one. Don't get me wrong I like kids. However I've met people who all they talk about Is thier kids. What they do, thier achievements etc. Nothing wrong with being proud of your kids. However I don't want to know every detail. (However I fully admit I'm similar to that with my dog lol)

[@karendunlop3534]

I’m a Disney fan but I have some “Disney friends” who genuinely can’t talk about anything else. The last 18 months have been brutal for them because they can’t get to Disney World and they have nothing else in their lives.

[@gaujaf1812]

I think generally making any singular thing your entire personality can be a bit dodge, if we wanna be well rounded people then we can be obsessed with things, but just balance it out with other obsessions

[@brettcarruthers8838]

Alternate title: What's something Evan has turned into his whole personality

[@evan]

Everything

[@js66613]

This.

[@TheARoseTW]

As a disabled woman I have to say SOME disabled people make their life & their diisability the same thing. It's the ONLY thing they think about. I'm a friend, a cousin, a historian & no doubt other things to other people to and that's ok or even healthly.

[@chrisoneill325]

Fellow disabled person. The worst is when able-bodied people try to make your disability your whole personality/being. I had a college classmate who participated in a group interview for an RA position (I was an applicant). She straight up said "why didn't you talk about your disability? Talking about that would have gotten you the job!" Uh... everyone in that room already knew about it. There is way more to me than my disability - I do not make it a main part of outward personality, and I sure as hell don't use it to gain sympathy points. Whether I succeed or fail, it's because of who I am as a whole person, not just because of my disability. It's also why I never participated in many group activities put on by the local groups when I was a kid/teen - I had nothing in common with anyone, besides our shared disability. While it was good to see others who dealt with the same struggles, I didn't share any of the same interests (Im also a Horse Guy™), and all they talked about were their struggles and their disability. While there is definitely a benefit to and a place for that, I just wanted friends who shared interests, not just a disability.

[@BookNomming]

Evan tells us he doesn’t like to wear clothes that shows the branding whilst wearing a Pokemon cafe T-shirt

[@lucasl4644]

I go through phases of making things my entire personality. For about a month I’ll have one thing that’s all I talk about really. Luckily I don’t always only have one personality it goes on a spectrum.

[@pinkpolarbear24]

Have you looked into ADHD? I can be like that, amongst other things, and it turned out I had undiagnosed ADHD. Just a thought

[@Dj-pl7cy]

same like ill fully obsess over something and only talk about that one thing for about 2 weeks to a month(sometimes they stick linger but normally those times) them completely move on and just nit mention the thing I was obsessed earlier

[@erinmariecece]

"that one's a scorpion, and that's why my periods are so painful" gosh Evan, didn't need to read me like a book like that what the heck

[@iqrahussain6010]

the way all there 'self made entrepreneurs' constantly bring up their 'hustle life' and shame anyone who works a 9-5 and doesn't grind 24/7

[@joshuaayres8932]

The Early Adapter. People who got into a subject/item/show/game etc before anyone else and mock those who come later because those late adapters are not as special as they are. See Bitcoin enthusiasts

[@lunarlakes]

hipsters?

[@evan]

We are all early adopters of bitcoin. You are welcome to join!

[@durabelle]

"I was their fan before they got famous!"

[@Digighost_5]

I know what I fit into here: my Autism (because I recently got diagnosed and it's nice to have a proper explanation rather than just being a "weird person")

[@supercalifragilisticexpial2293]

same :) got my autism diagnosis a couple of months ago, was eye-opening and made me hate myself a lil less :)

[@bethjolie338]

Evan: why I will never leave London. Also Evan: oh by the way I moved to Liverpool

[@Moiraley]

i just love the way you do this askreddit-stuff. I just woke my kids up cuz i was laughing so hard. Your channel has become my personal antidepressiva. Dankeschön aus Deutschland :>

[@alicejade3657]

Hello and welcome back to a guy whose vlog channel is the only evidence that he is not being held hostage in his room.

[@KrystalPancakes]

Politics - Especially in the USA right now. Like it is ALL of their personality anymore. (both sides) I'm an independent and an Omnist and just do not get being that invested in a political party.

[@CecilyV]

I'm pretty much in the center, so I'm on the same boat. It makes me sad when people will literally lose a good friend because they don't fully agree on everything politically.

[@bridgetlove1884]

I am surprised this didn't work itself to the top. Some people are cult obsessed with politicians.

[@jaybanks6815]

@@CecilyV so to the left of both?

[@jamesmatthews291]

"When I moved to the UK I started drinking for the first time" Good, it's always best to immerse yourself in the culture of a new country...

[@xzonia1]

The video quality on this is amazing. I just kept staring at the screen, and normally I listen more than look at videos.

[@evan]

Thanks! Hopefully better once I get a new place

[@Nicole-ij3mz]

As someone who has made this their entire life… Marvel. 🙂

[@ebony4856]

OCD has destroyed my life anytime anyone says they're 'so ocd' I'm like you don't know how genuinely lucky you are that you can say that and not think twice about it

[@anthecrawford3957]

I hit subscribe the minute a dapper suited Yank became a Pom (yes I'm Australian) and shared his journey and love of his new country. Evan, Evan, Evan...gazing into our Monarch's eyes and not knowing the words, let alone singing God Save The Queen was crushing. You are British, a Commonwealth citizen get on brand and sing with pride! Love your stuff, except the crushing moment forever missed to sing into Her Majesty's eyes.

[@michellespring]

I'm guilty of the horse one when I was a kid and now I have so much horse knowledge I'll probably never use, lol. I'm not into anime anymore, but it did get me to study Japanese (& now I live in Japan teaching). This video was super interesting & fun.

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

I prefer Android over iOS. For one, I can use Alex Klang's _NookPhone Launcher_ and the NookPhone's ringtone to essentially transform my phone into a NookPhone (I'm a huge Animal Crossing fan). For two, on Android emulation is basically plug-and-play, while on iOS you have to jump through hoops within hoops within flaming hoops wrapped in gasoline-soaked red tape to get emulators to run on it, and then you basically have to cross a Vaseline-soaked tightrope over a pit of flaming spikes all while wearing six inch heels with hobbles between them and spiked insoles, a blindfold, earplugs, and a straightjacket that's two sizes too small to stop Apple from preventing you from running the emulator.

[@allenculpepper9553]

I really like learning languages, and I’m afraid I’m guilty of getting a little too carried away with whichever language/culture I’m studying at the moment.

[@knarf_inc4790]

I'm a pilot, and by law you have to mention that to everybody on every possible opportunity.

[@MossLikesLJ]

With some of these I also feel like other people can make them your personality type. The Disney one for example, for a while I was really into Disney and I collected all the movies and merch and stuff. But for my friends this was quite handy too cause they never had to think hard about gifts for me. Even after I wasn’t really into it anymore they just kept buying me Disney stuff because it was the easy thing to get me (not that I complained, I like my friends and presents so yeah)

[@lulus8122]

This can turn out very frustrating, too, tough. My fav movie is the last unicorn so people think I‘m into unicorns. While this is true on the one hand, people dont think about differences. I mean I love the mythical majestical creature, yes. But do I also love a fat pink glitter pooping rainbow farting thing? No. Yet since some years ago theres unicorns on everything i got lots of unicorn merch that i didnt even like. Same with tea. People think „shes always drinking tea“ and gift me lots of exotic fruit teas and stuff without noticing I pretty much only drink black tea. I dont care for fruit tea very much so it just sits here waiting for guests i can offer it to 😅

[@duncannewman3381]

I can't believe the people who make there sexuality there personality didn't come up. Like I mean straight guys who go on about the people they've slept with and the gay guys who spend there whole life going on hook-ups etc. I don't care what/who you do with your free time but don't ram it down my throat every conversation I have with you.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

This. I wish we could just get to a place where it's not even something people bother talking about. I mean, who even cares what other people are doing in bed and who they're doing it with? As long as everyone's a consenting adult, go nuts, explore your sexuality, have fun and be free. But you don't need to tell everyone. You don't need to be proud of your sexuality either - after all, it's out of your control. It's not an achievement to be gay or straight or bi or pan or whatever label people feel the need to stick on themselves. It's just a small part of who you are. It doesn't define you, doesn't make you better than anyone else. It's something you have no control over so there's nothing to be proud of. It's like being 'proud' of having brown hair or being 'proud' of being attractive lol. No you were just born that way. You were born to be the sexuality you are. That's it. It's insignificant. There's way too much emphasis on sexuality and sex in general.

[@imanepink]

@@amethystlarktree5962 agreed, same with Gender.

[@LonelyLoveBug07]

YES. I know way to may people like this 🙄

[@jordanr.2120]

My Chemical Romance is one of my favorite bands, and I'll have you know, sir, that I am not under an overpass nor wearing chains, I am currently wearing sweatpants and eating dumplings with training chopsticks that I will never graduate from because having terrible fine motor skills is NOT a phase, mom!

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

Avon is definitely an MLM. As in the peerless Burns quote: *Yer Da’ sells Avon.*

[@sparx4724]

One thing I try to remember is that sometimes an obsession can be a trauma response, for example: Disney because they couldn’t be a child growing up, a comedy show to escape fear, romance cause they want what they have, babies cause maybe theirs is no longer here It gets deep. My childhood was denied and now I have my own card, I get Disney a lot cause it gets rid of the fear of being an adult

[@petervaughan6854]

I don't feel like you've got a British accent until I hear you force an American accent. The ENTJ bit was like listen to nails being scraped down a blackboard

[@miaclarke6859]

Harry Potter, f1 and sherlock are my entire personality. Since I was about 7 or 8 so it's hard to get away from it lol

[@ottakringcalling]

The drinking one is so true. And the worst is, that as a non-drinker its exactly those people you ALWAYS have to justify yourself to. Btw, totally agree on the fitness part. Also, you share a birthday with my mom, which I don't know if it is scary or funny.

[@katashworth41]

Anime, I’ve offended people by now knowing their favourite. And being a Lewis Hamilton fan, there’s a scary corner of Twitter where he can do literally no wrong.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

I like telling weebs I find Baki more relatable than the slice of life genre

[@castform57]

I'm a huge weeb and I often find others being upset if you don't rate specific shows 10/10. I like my trash anime and slow slice of life, and I will rate the most popular shonens below what the majority thinks.

[@gbottesini]

Just by not knowing their favourite? Try calling them cartoons. Lol

[@camerondon3712]

@@gbottesini I have one or two friends who actually got offended when I started calling them cartoons. It was entertaining until we were asked to stop.

[@gbottesini]

@@camerondon3712 I get it though. As a Heavy Metal fan it pisses me off when people say it’s “just noise”. Lol

[@1991birthday]

I have a friend that made memes his personality, he even goes by Meme in a Discord group I’m in & that’s like the only thing he posts in the group, memes. He primarily listens to meme music, references memes all the time, & enjoys a good Rickroll. You try to have a conversation with him about stuff & his opinion always matches up with whatever the latest memes are like back when the new starter Pokémon were revealed & I told him that Sprigatito is my favorite, he was one of those “well, it better not stand on two legs!” People. Memes definitely can overtake a personality, experienced it with someone I know.

[@SplotchTheCatThing]

No joke, I took the Myers-Briggs test and it broke and gave me half the grid to myself. It couldn't decide! ...I guess it just goes to show cat-things are complicated beings.

[@CaspiDrako]

*defines personality by hundreds of books, movies, series, videogames etc cuz ✨escapism✨*

[@ianprince1698]

we had a Disney cruise ship in Newcastle last week plays when you wish upon a star as it leaves port.

[@CM-yz3ze]

Regarding that OCD comment, I totally get what the poster is saying. There's so many people who throw around the phrase "oh my God, I'm so OCD", when really, that's not the case. I believe there's a difference between OCD and OCPD, one being Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, the other being Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. If I understand it correctly, with OCD you are driven to act a certain way whether you want to or not. It can generally take control of your life and sometimes make you quite miserable. An OCPD is usually rigidity that comes from a preference. In other words, really wanting and preferring things a certain way, but not having it dictate your life and your actions. So someone who says 'oh my God I'm so OCD" because they like to keep their desk really neat is just someone who is a neat freak. Someone with an OCD would not be able to allow their desk to not be neat... perhaps they might be driven to make sure everything was in its right spot or sanitized- but the key here is that they would have to do it even if they didn't want to. I think the people who make these compulsions their personality, see their OCPD (mislabeled as OCD) as something that they think makes them kind of unique, special, or charming. And that might be the case... But it is usually a behavior based in choice.

[@Waste-Water-Management]

a lot of these i don't mind at all, if someone has a lot of an interest in something that's a nice thing to see. I like when someone can ramble on about something they like.

[@rentisme]

Lol I think I was actually in Liverpool the same time as you

[@amysutt]

As somebody that works in an emergency service i know way too many people that don't have a personality outside of the job 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@blufferfish0896]

I remember reading this thread when it first came out a couple months back, that one about a “British Club” really weirded me out, is that what we’re known for to the world? The British Empire, Doctor Who, and Sherlock?

[@gabriellevalentino7319]

Not to the world but definitely to some mid2000s American teenagers lol

[@Claralil13]

I'm gonna say it... Veganism (I have nothing against being vegan btw)

[@CecilyV]

There's definitely nothing wrong with it, but it's too much when they try to force others. I absolutely hate it when they try to make you feel disgusting, or say that its cheap to be vegan. (Example: Peta's version of Cooking Mama and TheVeganTeacher rating how vegan anyone with any type of platform is.)

[@Zoeyyyala]

A lot of the time I see people saying they're a vegan and then they get dogpiled by all the meat eaters around them lol

[@amethystlarktree5962]

Right. My brother isn't vegan but when he became vegetarian years ago he became so annoying and judgemental even though the day before he turned veggie he was eating meat lol. It was laughable that he thought that 24 hours later he was somehow morally superior to the rest of the family just because he'd decided to change his diet. Thankfully we took him down a peg or two and he's a lot less judgey these days. He's still a bit of a pretentious git about other things and thinks he's special but he's definitely improved because he knows we won't pander to him. Some vegans are a nightmare. Some are great. Either way, it shouldn't be their whole personality and it shouldn't interfere with their relationships with others.

[@imanepink]

@@CecilyV agreed

[@CraigGrannell]

OCD is something that today appears to be frequently used as lazy shorthand for someone who’s fussy and particular. People will joke they are a “little bit OCD” or boast that they are “really OCD” when they mean organised. For people who actually have OCD, none of this is a good thing to hear. It’s a horrible condition you have to fight against and that can creep up on you when you’re tired or down. It’s not fun.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

Their place on the political spectrum. Eating choices. Sexuality. Mental disorders they may or may not actually have. Being into particular fandoms. Personality types. Religious beliefs. Lack of religious beliefs. Copying other people's personalities because they don't have one of their own. Clothing style. Star signs. Many, many more things lol.

[@imanepink]

@Jenni yes to all of this.

[@robinson-gissettealekjandr4772]

Hi Evan! As someone who because of long time study has been called one of those "Astrology people", one of the reasons it has been studied for thousands of years is that when you move away from just analyzing things from Sun (or birthday) signs it happens to be a very good framework for understanding not only how people are and interact with one another, but also how citizens of different countries perceive their own nations and how they interact with one another. There are links to world events as well! It can be daunting to think about, but it's a insightful way to look at the framework of our reality. P.S It's also been shown that components of charts run in families and are part of hour our souls are linked together in this life! Check out the charts of some of your ancestors and family to see how they link up!

[@robinson-gissettealekjandr4772]

Have to ask for the fellow astrologically literate, where's the Gemini/Sagittarius axis on your chart? Fits you too well to not be there, such a great communicator with a love of travel (very general yes, but still.) Also feel like you're a great example of your Leo 30/Virgo 0 Mercury, along with your Taurus Mars opposite Moon is Scorpio. Makes you a great person to advocate for cryptocurrency, rising during a time of Uranus in Taurus.

[@Emnms68]

I have a relative who was genuinely shocked that I didn’t know that my university’s (American) football team was apparently doing really well (enough to make the news) that season. When I explained that I don’t know really anything about football, because I’m not interested in it, he proceeded to try to explain every nuance of the sport to me as if it would make me suddenly realize how wrong I was for not caring about it, or something. Predictably, it had the opposite effect.

[@carlyalakija4703]

I have to fight the corner for the equestrian personality and the reason being it’s an actual lifestyle that’s why people turn it into a personality

[@miaclarke6859]

BRO YES. It's not a personality. It's cause we have to take care of our horse and they be a lot of work. It's so frustrating when people say oh you're so obsessed with horses when I've literally got to go to the stables everyday just to look after him properly

[@klaudiacebula2298]

YES like it literally takes up hours of your daily free time and it's everyday. If you spent so much time every single day on something it's only natural to want to talk about it, and it's usually to the horsey friends anyway

[@user-ds7ui2gk8s]

PLEASE PLEASE DO A VIDEO where you react to the worst houses/apartments/rooms in london&central london. Like where it’s like £3k per month and it’s so dusty

[@Jsicana]

12:00 "i can't have the same skittle twice" on its own isn't OCD usually but "i can't have the same skittle twice or my entire family will die tomorrow" is OCD

[@megasin1]

If you like a red wine, I reccomend the yellow tail 'Jammy red roo' its delicious wine. It's available in UK supermarkets

[@ludmilacristina9666]

Evan, you look so pretty. Also the QUALITY of this video's image wow. Congrats!!

[@evan]

Thanks! The lighting could’ve been better but it was natural :)

[@ludmilacristina9666]

@@evan It was great!!

[@riverstyx7251]

Watching too much British (and now Canadian) KZbin as a young person is a mood. Pretty sure in my case I’m 100% just living vicariously through people who have free healthcare

[@meredith1313]

I live in a very hipster, weed heavy, crystal shop type town (not from here myself, just moved here for work) and I told a coworker my dad is an astronomer and she said “oh no way, I love astrology! What’s your sign??” And that’s the whole town pretty much haha.

[@MireVale]

Harry Potter. They take their house sorting very seriously and treat it like it’s their star sign.

[@lulus8122]

To be fair the house is based on the personality you already have, not telling you what kind of person you supposedly are because of what the sky looked like the day you were born so the houses might be more accurate.

[@calliethomas2702]

People don't know how to exist without identifying to something that exists outside of themselves

[@gavinhillick]

Just wanted to let everyone know I'm a vegan. What was the video about?

[@KrystalPancakes]

Best comment!!

[@Bastion90]

I was looking for a vegan comment, and I was not disappointed 😂

[@MartijnPennings]

I had to scroll quite some time to come upon the first vegan here.

[@EvanC881]

I usually watch youtube videos to learn something. Evan I watch because 1. he has a good name, 2. I like hanging out with him. Thanks for being you.

[@Emnms68]

People who claim mental illness on a superficial level to seem “quirky” oh, but ‘no, they don’t *actually* suffer with said mental illness, because they aren’t (insert stigmatization here).’ I feel like that’s a better alternative title for the one that was like, “having OCD”