I sometimes look down on my own hobby: geocaching. It's fun, gives a reason for doing hikes, leads you to interesting places, a lot of caches are awesome and creative. But somehow a lot of other cachers weird me out. If I meet others, I catch myself thinking more often than not "oh no, I enjoy the same hobby as those people? How uncool have I become?" π
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Model train building can be considered a bit weird, but it's one of the most wholesome and welcoming communities you can find.
Sometimes I visit the subreddit for it and am reminded of what that site used to be. Genuine engagement, people just happy to show things off and providing really in depth feedback or tips when asked.
Napping. Not everyone understands the fun that can be had.
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Warhammer 40K.
wait..
I remember video games having a helluva stigma when I was a kid in school. People mocked me for playing Pokemon. If you were to look at them now, they probably play it religiously.
That aside, I feel like tabletop miniatures get similar dislike. Some people are like "That's cool" but the common layman just think it's playing with expensive toys.
Video games were only lame when the business school people weren't in control.
When was that? Like, the mainframe era? Pong was a commercial product.
It seems more like people intrinsically like it once they try it, and anything that becomes popular will become less stigmatised.
Gotta go back farther than the 80s to find a time when business school people weren't in charge. A LOT farther.
FWIW Pong was the 70's.
OK, that's embarrassing... but my point still stands.
Masturbating in private.
I know it isn't what you meant, but my head keeps putting the emphasis on the "in private" part, like everyone is fine with it in public, but those weird-o's doing it in private are disgusting.
weird-o's
Why is there an hyphen here? o.O
I dunno, it seemed like the right place for it. Surely it isn't just spelled 'weirdo', right?
I think thats a whole thing somewhere in San Diego
Toys collecting. Especially dolls and or stuffed animals.
When a guy collects PokΓ©mon figures, that's fine and cool.
However when I like to buy myself Bratz dolls and Hello Kitty stuff and cute plushies, I'm told I am childish and I need to grow upππ
Plushies rock.
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Mushroom hunting; most people think the only mushrooms you find in the woods are magic or poisonous
Depends if you know what you're doing. If so, cool hobby! If not, rip your liver and kidneys.
One of my mates goes with his wife and kids to forage for morel mushrooms, it's a big family activity and they love it.
I haven't tried Morel mushrooms though, would like to give them a go with what he has said about them (we are separated by ocean or I would ask him, at the right time of year).
Morels are hard to mistake for any other kind. And they are a hoot to search for! It's like going for a walk and finding treasure!
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My first thought was gaming as well. The hobby isn't problematic, but god damn are so many gamers themselves the problem.
Idk man, "gamers"?
Violent / aggressive / unkind people? Yea. If it happens for them to be gamers, that's probably unrelated.
It's not "gamers" the same way it's not "black people", the same way it's not "women", the same way it's not... Idk, you get it...
Talking to yourself
So long as you're not arguing, its a non issue.
So long as youβre not arguing, its a non issue.
Well... Shit.
Off to therapy I suppose.
Is it an argument if only one voice disagrees?
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BDSM
Like fully a third of the population is into it, but the stigma is so strong that the IRL community is tiny and weird.
Hard disagree on the IRL community being tiny and weird. Probably the most welcoming environment I've ever seen, where consent is the de facto standard.
Were talking BDSM, not swingers. π
Yeah, but how much drama and weird cliquishness is there? And it's just not large; you tend to run into the same people a lot even in a major city.
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Not really looked down on, but every time I mention that I have an indoor greenhouse everyone assumes I'm growing pot.
Even when I say I'm growing strawberries, people think I'm growing cannabis.
I mean, I'm not growing strawberries and most definitely growing cannabis, however it's the insinuation!
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Drawing fetishist NSFW art. A friend of mine was (and probably still is, I just haven't had any contact with them for ages) pretty good at drawing. If you're into hentai and/or furry stuff, there's a non-zero chance you've seen his work. He also did some more "exotic" drawings on commission.
He (allegedly) wasn't particularly into it himself, but he was good at it, he had a creative outlet, and it gave him a couple of extra bucks per month.
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Pretty much anything thatβs considered βchildishβ. Apart from video games, Lego comes to mind.
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Wargaming or anything that brings people to a hobby shop. Trains, RC vehicles, and kites are most acceptable and understandable to people on the outside but still looked down on.
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