I think some of these replies are touching on the biggest issue here, without directly addressing it.
So after a lengthy, unforeseen needed break from posting on this forum (sorry guys, you can’t shake me that easy), I would like to take a crack at this one.
If I may, I’d like to start at the beginning, the title of the thread, “People just don’t get it...”
Exactly. I skimmed through a lot of the replies and I won’t go into a whole lot of details, but there were a lot of I don’t do ‘x’ and I do ‘y’
There’s a lot of ‘x’ I do and there’s a lot of ‘y’ I won’t touch with a ten foot touching pole.
For example, I’m a smoker. Cigarettes. That’s right, I smoke. But I can slap the label of “people just don’t get it..” on it.
the second some of you read that, you’re already judging me. And if you’re going to say you’re not, you’re lying to yourself.
Some people are even going to be willing to call me LAME for smoking. That’s their prerogative.
Disclaimer, I don’t condone smoking, it is terrible, under not circumstance should anyone start smoking, and it is stupid, but it is something I do, and I do for personal reasons and struggles.
someone who has never had to deal with nicotine/tobacco addiction is going to look at me weird, cock-eyed etc.
that puts me, in this day in age, as an outcast. A lame duck. Outcast.
i can think back on my life and know damned well that my curiosity led me to ask questions like
Why do you keep snakes?
Why are you a vegetarian?
Why don’t you like sports?
What do you mean you don’t know anything politics, don’t you care about your country?
I could probably write a book about the questions I’ve asked people about their interests, hobbies and opinions.
But if you’ve spent as much time as I have asking people about things, and listening to answers, you’ll arrive at some perspective.
that perspective is that everyone weird. Because everyone is weird means that some people who are weird in one way are going to think that other people who are weird in a different way are lame. Because those people don’t find the same things as interesting as you do.
guess what, they’re not supposed to.
we’re all weird, we’re all nerds and if they look at you as if their fascial expression says every thought in their head, that’s a they problem.
@PheonixKingZ i thought I saw a mention you were only 15 years old. You’ve been keeping fish for 6 years now?
I’ll look like a super observant well do-er if I got that info right.
You are on an online forum to share your experience and gain knew knowledge about a hobby you are passionate about. You’re already miles ahead of using dedication to greater yourself
As a 15, you’re still a baby, a child. You have your whole life in front of you.
I don’t know if you want to make fishkeeping your passion, hobby or job, but if you put the same dedication into anything else, you’ll be just fine, because at the end of the day, someone else’s goofy look at you won’t hold you back unless you let it.
Another disclaimer, I do love my beers, and there are probably a few typos and grammar errors in this post to prove that, but the drinking and going back to work, I will disagree with. Mostly because in my
Line of work that gets people hurt and killed, but also because, c’mon.
Anyways. You do you pal. Keep being interested and seeking information, that’s how people get ahead.
Eveyone is weird, but you’re a Nerd.
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That’s a term of endearment, nerds will inherit the earth.
P.s. to prove my point, I’ll give $100 to any serious fish keeper willing to give up the hobby before I’m able to quit smoking.
It's relaxing. I use a large hepa filter in my smoking area to limit breathing in excess smoke. In the summer, I exhaust the room's smoke via a large window fan with cross ventilation. I lost my mom from cancer due to her excess cigarette smoking. I avoided getting in that habit thankfully. Cigarettes are proven to be unhealthy and is also expensive. There are warnings on cigarette packages for good proven reasons.
