My initial thought is video games, everything has pros and cons, sure. However, it feels like anyone not into video games views them extrodinarly negatively. Any other hobbies parallel to that in your opinion?
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.
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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
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.
The Satanic Panic never went away. I still deal with it on occasion.
Apparently Hell is full of gay people playing dnd and other tabletop games. Sounds like a fun place, honesty!
Having known many, many religious people all my life, when my time is up, I want to go wherever they aren’t.
My husband’s parents were deep into that and forbade him from continuing to play D&D.
Really wish they hadn’t passed before I met him. I met him when we played Call of Cthulhu together. At the local game store. Lol.
Ohh I had that first edition, was one of my first steps outside Gary Gygax’s domain, along with the Marvel RPG rule set. I still remember the distinct way each of those books smelled.
I tried going to a hobby shop a while ago to get some servos and batteries for my RC planes … but they had nothing I needed. Much easier to just order it online.
Yeah, I feel for the hobby shops because there’s only so much inventory a shop can hold onto and display and sell. How long do you think they gotta display servos before somebody comes looking for them? Compare that to the big Internet stores and I don’t know how they can compete.
I look at model trains as an addiction I might not come back from.
I always feel that I am just waiting one more day before I give up my basement, free time and money to it. (Only respect to people who use the same technique to hold off serious addictions. It just also happens to work for model trains…so far.)
Model trains are a hobby that I love for other people to get into. I want to see your trains and tracks and little villages you’re proud of. I just need my basement for all my other activities!
Model trains are a hobby that I love for other people to get into.
Yes! I want to keep my basement for other uses, but I love to hang out with someone who went all in on the hobby!
It’s kind of like having a friend who owns a boat. All the fun, without the work.
Trains in particular probably are at about the level of nerd stigma as Warhammer.
I guess it depends on who you talk to.
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.
The International cats federation extends its warmest greetings.
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!
“Most people” where? Online or in your social circle? I have never heard this from anyone, not even online.
You’re saying that if you told the average person you’re going mushroom hunting, they wouldnt give you the side eye of implication? I’d definitely tend to agree with the original comment.
Yes pretty much, it’s a quite common fall activity here. Mostly families or seniors doing it, and I’ve never directly talked to someone about it, but I don’t think anyone would honestly think about poisoness or magic mushrooms (maybe jokingly ask about it).
Hmm. I’m guessing not North America?
Wow that’s pretty surprising, it’s definitely not common here.
You’re saying that if you told the average person you’re going mushroom hunting, they wouldnt give you the side eye of implication? I’d definitely tend to agree with the original comment.
I live in the stereotypical part of the US which is all soulless suburbs and people taking kids to school in SUVs. Most people don’t think about food unless they buy it at the grocery and I am a bit of a black sheep where I live for even having a garden
Ugh. Lots of things about living in a rural area are shit, but that’s one things that’s genuinely much better. Although there’s still food taboos about certain plants, like dandelions.
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. 😭
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.
Big time agree
Toys collecting. Especially dolls and or stuffed animals.
When a guy collects Pokémon 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 up🙄😒
Plushies rock.
Both things are uncool
Yeah, I feel like a massive Pokemon figurine collection would put a guy in the nerd/kidult basket as well. Of course, people should just mind their own business and let others do what they like.
Oh yeah no, I totally wear the kidult label with pride.
You will rarely ever see me without any emotion support plushie in tote
That’s just your opinion 😊
I don’t care about being cool. I collect childhood things because they make me happy.
I mean, you do you. I only talked about it because you posted about it. I’m very much “w/e none of my business” about that kind of stuff irl
Skateboarding
Masturbation
Rollerblading as an adult if you’re not femme-presenting
Hmm. I wonder if it’s like dancing or figureskating as a man, where people look down on it, but it brings massive romantic opportunity.
Probably tbh.
Well, maybe less, there’s a sizeable lesbian subculture in rollerskating/rollerblading
Rollerblading was so cool when I was younger and then that one joke came out and it died immediately. It didn’t take long for rollerblades to be permanently referred to as "Fruit Boots’. This was also back when casual homophobia was the de fecato standard amongst tweens.
True enough
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?” 😂
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…
poll dancing
People get together and dance when they vote? Weird - no shade or anything but haven’t heard of that before.
I would blame this on autocorrect but lord knows I don’t use my phone for anything. Take your upvote
Sounds like a great idea for naming a “get out and vote” event.
We didn’t get kicked out until we said “everyone, step to the left”.
Legal porn
Illegal porn, if you’re in Saudi Arabia.
Fair
