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I was hoping so hard for a Swanson meme. I thank you from the bottom of my weird little heart. "Why get a ham radio license?" Argh. Because I want to achieve my own Pyramid of Greatness.
Absolutely. I hate having to justify everything I do. Sometimes I just want to do something for the fun of it.
You don't gotta get high on drugs to be comfortable with your own weird vibe.
It helps though.
I mean.... yeah.
Whoa, a fellow dingus! Hello!!
But you can if you want to
The absolute joy of doing something just because you want to, is unbeatable
Does this happen? I think I've only experienced something close to this in high school, but never as an adult. Normally, people around me are either supportive or indifferent about someone learning new skills.
A disturbing percentage of people never outgrow highschool.
Yes, it does, especially when it's something people think is weird. I am a guy in my 20's and recently started learning to knit and I still have people telling me not to do it because it's weird. You just have to do what you want to do and give 0 fucks about what others think
Knit your heart out man! I'm a guy in his 40s who always wanted to get a physics degree. So I've bought a bunch of textbooks. Still at the beginning and learning calculus.
I think a lot of people use this as a way to start a conversation about what the person is doing and don't think to ask it in a less confrontational way. Some people can't handle seeing someone doing something that they thought they can't or shouldn't do. Most people don't care or see another person doing what they please and respect that.
Sure, people are gonna be supportive, but there's definitely a peer pressure along the lines of "but how is it gonna make you rich or famous" in way too many fields.
Many people never matured beyond high school.
People hate on stuff all the time. How many people do you know who have made a derisive joke about people who hang truck nuts or something similar?
Yucking others' yum is an incredibly common occurrence.
derisive joke about people who hang truck nuts
Deserved
It also helps to go to a larger one that also caters to adults. Some of the shows we went to were clearly not for kids.
Frankly, I don't need to worry about ren faires at this point; I'm going to get plenty of that sort of entertainment going to Dragon Con instead.
Because... why not?
So the answer is “because you felt like it”. Not sure why they got snarky about it
Sometimes I care about other opinion