Have you experienced an activity that might be happily shared even by people who really disapprove of each other?
I was reading all the answers on the relaxation question and noting that I found myself thinking, ‘I could do that’ for just about all the activities and all the people who answered. This is in contrast to other questions where I sharply disagree with some people, and that makes me feel like it would be very uncomfortable to spend time with them.
That lead me to the idea of this question. Is there some activity that everyone could comfortably do together without getting upset, even if those two people didn’t like each other, otherwise?
I don’t think that listening to music at a concert would count. Although making music together would. It has to be something any two people could happily do together.
So do you have a candidate for such an activity? Have you ever used that activity to bridge a divide between you and someone you might not ordinarily like? Why do you think this activity works for this purpose?
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Many times. It is known as “sex”. It is often the only thing that holds some relationships together. (For a while.)
Happily do together?I can’t think of one.LOL!
Some people will always find something to be to be offended over or get in an uproar about.hmmmm…maybe drugs….not sure though..
The obvious answer would be to find some common grounds that both parties share the same interest in. If there are no common grounds, then I would have to agree with DarkScribe.
Whiteewater rafting. It is very hard to have sharp differences with people when you are paddling like all get out to navigate the rapids.
Escaping from a kidnap situation together.
Pass that peace pipe over this way…...
Yeah..the silent treatment. That works great amongst people who dislike eachother.
Playing online games.
The server I play BF2 on the most is run by very (from my perspective) conservative men from the south-eastern US. My political, religious and social beliefs are radically different from theirs, and I know there would be… shall we say “a disagreement” between us should it ever come up.
It doesn’t. We’re there to play the game, not discuss politics.
a game children play here in spain, called ’‘visi misi mosca’’.
you need at least 13 or more people, has to be an odd number. 1 person is selected at random, either scissors paper rock, or short straw or whatever. that person is ’‘it’’. the remaining 12 (or more) even numbered people form a human tunnel, and all have their hands raised, as if a robber said ’‘hands up’’. whoever is it has to walk the tunnel.
when you walk the tunnel, the others are allowed to hit you. so long as you dont see who hit you. if you see who hits you and can identify who it was that hit you, he is then ’‘it’’ and it is then that persons turn to walk the tunnel. if you walk the tunnel 3 times and dont catch anyone, you have to do a tunnel run. where they will just hit you and it does not matter if they see you or not. a penalty run so to speak.
i bet you could find plenty of enemies to play that.
From my experience, watching something hilarious. A movie to be more specific.
How about the birth of my first biological child? : )
Bitching about the weather.
The teacup ride at theme parks. You both want a cup that will spin like mad to get the best experience. So everyone in the cup joins together in turning the middle pedestal table to get maximum spinning. Everyone in the cup will completely forget why they were mad at one another, at least until the ride is over. The pushing, name calling & dirty looks will then continue.
Paint balling, whoo hoo.Got you mother fucker.
Bowling. Admit it, you have not done it in years.
@ucme
Tell you what… you get a paintgun and I get a knife. If you hit me before I get the kinfe to your throat, you win. : )
@ucme So true. I second that.
LMAO @ucme Well said! : )
Pass the dutchie on the left hand side.
@ucme Once a war veteran friend of mine spencer was taken paint balling as a ‘teamwork exercise’ by his new office, and a colleague jumped out from behind a tree and surprised him. Spencer broke the guys nose with the butt of his rifle, knocking him to the floor, and promptly unloaded three rounds into his chest!
That was an honest accident, but what’s to say it wouldn’t happen to Richard from accounts if the little fucker ever jumped me from behind a tree whilst paint balling?
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@EdMayhew Indeedy do.You pays your money & takes your choice.
Floating down a river on inner tubes. bonus-it’s a metaphor for life!
bowling
outdoor campfire
I wouldn’t even say “sex”, because I don’t think I’d want to try that with you, @wundayatta… and I do think that I could happily spend time in a room with you otherwise—if we weren’t expected to get into ‘that’. (Put me in a room with some of the Flutherettes, though, and I’d happily change my mind.)
We could all try cheering for the Red Sox tonight in their third game of the new season against the Yankees…
trying to dance, haha. i’m a horrible dancer lol.
@janbb okay then, watching @funnylife try to dance, in that case. (While the Yankees embarrass themselves at Fenway.)
Watching Monty Python together- if they don’t laugh then they really should be written off
Listening to live music performed.
Eating.
An orgy.“Fuck you.No fuck you”
@Neizvestnaya Ooh, no… eating together under an awkward silence, broken only by the occasional clinking of cutlery… painful stuff, as witnessed at many a family christmas dinner!
Monty Python’s a winner though.
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@EdMayhew
It’s great practice for when you get married :)
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Backyard barbecue, with badminton, croquet, volleyball and swimming for all.
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