People who don't watch/read any drama

[SeekingClosure]

I know that we're all different, people don't all like the same things etc. But what do you think it says about a person if they never want to watch or read fiction? Does it say anything about their personality do you think?

I have a relative like this. She only watches reality tv, documentaries, news programs. She only reads biographies saying fiction is a waste of time. If she is encouraged to watch a tv drama she usually rejects it quickly as crap, unbelievable, silly etc. If she is taken to watch a film she might enjoy it but won't be moved by it. She also doesn't especially like music.

Personally I think fiction can help develop ones imagination, empathy and emotional intelligence. The person in question is lacking in these, but I wonder if it's a chicken and egg situation? Maybe she doesn't enjoy them because she doesn't have much imagination and empathy for the characters? She struggles to identify with people who are not exactly like her.

What do you think?

OP are you my Mother?

You are getting a bit of a hard time OP but yr post does come across as a bit sneery. Like the faux innocent «I can’t imagine how people can live in a house with no books!!!» threads

To answer yr q: I used to read a lot of fiction. Then I had children and my brain went offline for several years. Now it’s back up and running, but I have limited time to read. I don’t want to waste it reading about made up people doing made up things. I want to learn new stuff - geopolitics, history, biology, human behaviour, philosophy. A lot of current fiction feels shallow, manipulative and irrelevant : I don’t need some drama to tell me how bad life can be, its there in the non fiction that I read.