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

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

[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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

I mean.... yeah.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

But you can if you want to

[–] dingus 3 points 1 year ago

Whoa, a fellow dingus! Hello!!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

A disturbing percentage of people never outgrow highschool.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

derisive joke about people who hang truck nuts

Deserved

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Many people never matured beyond high school.

[–] 0Xero0 4 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)

Sometimes I care about other opinion

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Being yourself around everyone is easier said than done, but the more you can do it, the happier you will be. Getting older naturally makes it easier for most people. That's part of the reason older people are happier.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I went to a renaissance faire recently with some friends. We dressed up, drank booze, watched a few "shows", and wandered around -- it was a blast.

It's something I would have been mortified to admit to doing in my teens or 20s.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We dressed up, drank booze...

I've never quite understood the appeal of ren faires, mainly because I'm frugal and I always felt like there wasn't much to do except buy stuff. Reading your comment, I think there might be a key step or two that I overlooked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] SuddenDownpour 4 points 1 year ago

Something that helps too is not being surrounded by people who will discriminate you for being who you are.

[–] Jackiedoodle 19 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What?

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO CARE!

That's the general gist

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] felixwhynot 11 points 1 year ago

I love this

[–] ElPussyKangaroo 3 points 1 year ago

Because... why not?