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[–] [email protected] 129 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] verity_kindle 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] felixwhynot 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] verity_kindle 2 points 2 years ago

KF0JOA here. 73, fight against the dying of the light.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You don't gotta get high on drugs to be comfortable with your own weird vibe.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago

I mean.... yeah.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

But you can if you want to

[–] dingus 3 points 1 year ago

Whoa, a fellow dingus! Hello!!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

A disturbing percentage of people never outgrow highschool.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] skinless_corpus 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

derisive joke about people who hang truck nuts

Deserved

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Many people never matured beyond high school.

[–] 0Xero0 4 points 2 years ago

when does it not happen? as long as you don't enjoy the same thing as other people, they will judge you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sometimes I care about other opinion

[–] Jackiedoodle 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sometimes it's good to care. If someone is saying you're acts are immoral irresponsible or genuinely with your interests in mind you should listen and make a decision. If its someone saying you're being odd or being weird they're projecting their own self consciousness to stand out from the crowd.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What?

Edit: I was trying to reply to this guy: https://sopuli.xyz/comment/2208083 Wups

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO CARE!

That's the general gist

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. I hate having to justify everything I do. Sometimes I just want to do something for the fun of it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

The absolute joy of doing something just because you want to, is unbeatable

[–] felixwhynot 11 points 2 years ago

I love this

[–] ElPussyKangaroo 3 points 2 years ago

Because... why not?