Do you ever try and "convert" people to your opinions or interests?

Sometimes I see people do this and it really annoys me. Obviously, if someone is asking for opinions, then that’s different, but I’ve seen it happen in situations where opinions were not even asked for, and yet, there would be people seemingly trying to “convert” the person to their own opinions. It’s happened to me where it almost seems like I’m bombarded by salesmen working for the companies. “You just HAVE to like Linux” or “you just HAVE to go to Stanford”. It’s like…are you getting paid to tell me this or something? Because I can understand if you’re getting paid…that’s different.

A specific example: my friend seemed like he was trying to “convert” me to his type of music and he kept asking me “why don’t you like it? It doesn’t make any sense. Why not?”. I just. fucking. don’t. I don’t care how much you like it; it’s not going to make me like it.

Usually I don’t do this to other people unless they specifically ask for other opinions. I think it’s annoying.