https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-wanted-to-be-a-teacher-but-they

Humans are intrinsically interested in tons of stuff. They’ll read a hundred books about dinosaurs, memorize the makes and models of classic cars, practice the clarinet for hours every day—all because they like it. For goodness’ sake, some people will listen to baseball on the radio, an activity I find so torturous I think it should be outlawed by the Geneva Conventions.

I am both very amused by this framing, and also surprised that I’ve never thought of it this way before.