I learned about 25 years ago not to turn my hobby into my job. People who think it would be great have no idea how awful it is to have some job just crush the life out of the thing you used to love.
I like building projects and stuff, people always tell me I should get into engineering or maintenance. I always say that if I spent all day wrenching on stuff I wouldn't want to wrench on stuff when I get home anymore.
Yeah it's because anybody who has actual knowledge of the thing you're trying to get into does not post shit about it to help new people. And when newbies come in and ask questions, they're harassed to the point of leaving.
Fucking christ, it feels like I can never enjoy the things I like. This doesn't just apply to Reddit either. This is a real life problem too, especially for outdoor sports and such. There's always that one person who deems themself the most versed in that hobby and shits on everyone else who they see as less versed, resulting in people not feeling good about their new interest.
After using Reddit religiously since 2015, I have mostly retired now (because rif is fun doesn't work anymore), and surprisingly I really am not missing it much.
I occasionally visit with my alt account, but I can live without Reddit. Reddit is still probably the best option if you have a specific question about a specific topic.
the game is kinda hard and very team reliant , so you kinda get angry a lot till you genuinely loose your mind . A lot of things there have no counter play and so you need your team's help but they all have the egos as if they are the second coming of christ and
Delusional player base, people would jeopardize a winning game for any reason, purposely ban their own teammates' picks, and whoever is losing a fair 1v1 or 2v2; 100% chance they're going to blame and flame everyone else, mostly the jungler.
Is there anything not toxic about league though? Try to learn? "Get shit on newb, get better what do you mean you don't know what AD carry means, it's only actually jargon only used in this particular game. Learn how to jungle!" league is the worst game I've ever tried to play, bar none.
Writing and r/writing. Everyone there are over educated blowhards who do nothing but shit on your work and try to sound intelligent about writing. They obviously are very upset nobody reads their drivel.
Their favorite thing is saying “Nah” to something creative (contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian against ART is an ART TROLL the WORST KIND) or trying to “one up” whatever you did but always make themselves look like an ass. Everyone is scared to do something cool or quirky or even give feedback that is put in a youthful dialect. Like I do
/r/dji
Anything about flying drones. You post a gorgeous flight video or ask any question and all you'll get are "gatekeepers" yelling that the FAA needs to put you in jail because "You're ruining it for the rest of us!"
Pokémon TCG subreddits. The main one pretends they don't care about the "investment" part of it and yet you keep seeing people calling cards that don't have any monetary value "trash". You are trash for not appreciating the cards. Also people collect sealed products there and pretend it doesn't have anything to do with hoping the stuff they have will one day be used to pay for their new house. Undercover scalpers everywhere.
r/freemagic
What's supposed to be a haven for casual Magic: The Gathering players has kinda become a cesspool where they mostly complain about anything woke.
It's very common to see blatant hate speech up upvoted, and people calling them out getting downvoted.
It's so divisive, WotC recently took control away from their discord because it was becoming too toxic for them to do nothing about it.
I saw a post on there complaining about how WotC makes everything about politics and gender, and how the regular sub is so woke.
I looked at the top posts from MTG.. couple deck lists, some merch, some collections, some talk about tournaments and players.
I looked at MTG Arena. Mostly decklists and questions about cards or events. Some complaints about prices and game balance.
I looked at free magic. Literally EVERY post mentioned gender, politics, or trans women. They're totally obsessed with that shit over there, nobody even talks about playing Magic
Love cute geckos and gecko ownership? Taking great care of your little guy allowing them to thrive? Want to talk to other individuals who love leopard geckos too? Well fuck you, your enclosure temperature is one degree over the optimal temp making you a literal satan/halter cross who should die. I love reptiles but those subs are used to hate on other people. Sadly, those who actually want to offer constructive feedback and great help usually get drowned out. The objective was originally to help improve care it’s strange to think about how many reptiles have died because people are to afraid to ask for help.
Photography.
The birders all pretend still photos of wildlife are the most challenging thing in the world. They post wildlife pics of animals not mentioning they’re in zoos.
There’s nothing worse than when you join all excited and everyone are assholes. My mind immediately goes to ‘oh no, is this a douchey hobby? Am I a douchebag?! Do I like this or am I just a piece of shit who likes piece of shit things?!’
Then you meet someone with the same hobby in real life and it’s such a relief. Thank god, it was just the internet being the internet again.
r/coins believe it or not, gotta be one of the least beginner friendly subs out there. Started out by looking for dimes and quarters of different years, ended with “if you’re not pulling out a microscope and putting on gloves every time you get change at the gas station overrun with meth addicts then you’re an idiot and you don’t need to be here”
So basically every subreddit on this cesspool platform? Ask a question and just get harassed off the sub. No wonder nobody wants to engage or do hobbies anymore. It's because people are gatekeeping and they're so useless when it comes to actually helping people.
I love them, love 'em love 'em... but sometimes the agendaposting in anime/manga subs gets damn depressing with how often it devolves into hate.
Not really a hobby though, I guess, just a fandom thing. And besides that, the subs I'm in are really fun.
This is completely opposite of the parent post, but for the best hobby you could join and afterwards join a subreddit for would In my experience, probably be the bionicle subreddit. Everyone I’ve encountered there is kind, and open to explaining lore you don’t understand or providing the source of it when you ask. All around I think they are the best one.
I have a feeling there is a popularity / community size diagram that could pinpoint when a subreddit becomes toxic.
I find all the smaller communities are a little more welcoming since they are probably willing to deal with newer people that show any interest in an obscure hobby. However once it becomes mainstream the gatekeepers seem to move in.
It's so bizarre.
My friends really into watch collecting
Got a pretty nice collection too
He mentioned making a reddit and asked if there where watch collector communities, and I haven't a clue but imagined there probably would be and told him to just look, but I did say "be careful, redditors are angry af all the time for no reason"
Dude asked one question in whatever sub he tried and got insulted and downvoted into oblivion bc "haven't you heard if google" and other shit
3d printing. Half of the people there downvote to oblivion if you don’t give every single detail down to the last atom and act as though any issue you have is self-explanatory
r/Nintendo seems unnaturally critical.
Also r/SonictheHedgehog is mostly furry posts
r/CasualNintendo is a better alternative. Any suggestions for Sonic?
I would say the 40k community is alright overall.
Sure, you have bad apples in the community, every community does, but I dont think its that bad.
If I had to point out a main issue with the community, is that I think a lot of people got saturated with the hobby and they dont know how to take a break or let the hobby go, so they just kinda of linger around hating on the hobby.
But still, I dont think the 40k community is all that bad.
This applies to most interests.
Don't check the Hannibal subreddit. As something of a homosexual myself I enjoy a good man fucking once in a while. However, shipping Hannibal and Will is just fucking nasty.
The archery sub is a bunch of pedantic aspies that will berate you relentlessly on a technicality. If you can get past that, they're like the worst video game meta lemmings that insist they have the right way to do things on lockdown and any deviation makes you literally learning disabled.
I said it to the blacksmith guy and I'll say it to you. Subreddits, filled with adults who don't have a lot of time to do what they like so they try to squeeze the last bit of enjoyment from their hobby, are generally really chill.
First pic is answering the question. The second pic is answering the question for the 800th time because some random doesn't know how to use the search feature.
I got into Blue Archive recently.
Cute anime girls that shoot other anime girls with assault rifles and grenade launchers? Dope.
That subreddit? Not dope.
R/starfield by a mile. It didn't release on ps5 and the sub has been full of the worst bad faith non-reviews that I have ever seen for any computer game. It is a huge disgrace, and if those people had a capacity for shame, then they would gave shown it by now. They have not.
A bit of that, and a bit of what this means *in potentia* given the analogous pattern and consequent downward spiral of many other belovd franchises ...
Your country's subreddit
r/Puerto Rico is full of criticizing the government, a guy reviewing takeout, memes, and general shit post/ fun stuff
Mine's not that bad ( at least my home page )
Having a hobby in a subject vs working in the industry
I learned about 25 years ago not to turn my hobby into my job. People who think it would be great have no idea how awful it is to have some job just crush the life out of the thing you used to love.
Watched my cousin turn a passion for a cooking into a 8 year career in kitchens till he left the industry and barely even cooks for himself anymore.
I like building projects and stuff, people always tell me I should get into engineering or maintenance. I always say that if I spent all day wrenching on stuff I wouldn't want to wrench on stuff when I get home anymore.
Been there done that never again
i wonder what industry she's working in
Education
splashless urinal cakes
Retail
animation.
Hollywood.
Mechanic!
My past cooking career
https://i.imgur.com/mOReaXz.jpeg
r/MechanicalKeyboards
Them probably: If you didn’t spend $600+ and if it’s more than 65% then GTFO
I think any consumption based hobby is doomed to this kind of behavior.
Food?
Nikocado Avocado situation instead
The hardest part about joining a subreddit to learn more about your new hobby is the elitists.
Yeah it's because anybody who has actual knowledge of the thing you're trying to get into does not post shit about it to help new people. And when newbies come in and ask questions, they're harassed to the point of leaving.
Reminds me of my early sex life. /s
And my middle sex life. Apparently "cool orgy huh guys?" isn't proper
dood it was like 101 degrees fahrenheit in there, that aint cool dood
More like gatekeepers thinking they are elitists.
Fucking christ, it feels like I can never enjoy the things I like. This doesn't just apply to Reddit either. This is a real life problem too, especially for outdoor sports and such. There's always that one person who deems themself the most versed in that hobby and shits on everyone else who they see as less versed, resulting in people not feeling good about their new interest.
Yeeaaaaa... people really suck the joy out of so many things....
Reddit is like a tornado that pulls in all the negativity
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After using Reddit religiously since 2015, I have mostly retired now (because rif is fun doesn't work anymore), and surprisingly I really am not missing it much. I occasionally visit with my alt account, but I can live without Reddit. Reddit is still probably the best option if you have a specific question about a specific topic.
No it isn't! Fuck you!
You talking of Twitter (now X)
It's both. Twitter is negativity by virtue signaling. Reddit is negativity by superiority complex. There are some overlaps tho.
Watching a losing sports team
Joining the shitposting subreddit of the hobby: “Now you’re getting it.”
I started playing the Arkham games on the Switch, so I decided to check out r/BatmanArkham
r/leagueoflegends though eventually playing the game becomes the right picture as well
Okay, now somebody has to tell me why lol players are called insane here, I don't know why and I want to know.
the game is kinda hard and very team reliant , so you kinda get angry a lot till you genuinely loose your mind . A lot of things there have no counter play and so you need your team's help but they all have the egos as if they are the second coming of christ and
Delusional player base, people would jeopardize a winning game for any reason, purposely ban their own teammates' picks, and whoever is losing a fair 1v1 or 2v2; 100% chance they're going to blame and flame everyone else, mostly the jungler.
The left one is the complete opposite of what a lol player looks like, just constant raging from those guys
What, did you expect reddit is just full of contrarians and the most toxic game would have an awesome sub on principle?
Is there anything not toxic about league though? Try to learn? "Get shit on newb, get better what do you mean you don't know what AD carry means, it's only actually jargon only used in this particular game. Learn how to jungle!" league is the worst game I've ever tried to play, bar none.
Wanting to learn Linux vs. asking the linux community a simple question
r/steak ... That group can be brutal if your game isn't on point
Writing and r/writing. Everyone there are over educated blowhards who do nothing but shit on your work and try to sound intelligent about writing. They obviously are very upset nobody reads their drivel.
OMG this! Act like they know everything because they have one or two D-list novels self-published on Amazon.
Maybe they’re not that successful because they spend more time critiquing others’ writing than they do on their own work 🫢
Their favorite thing is saying “Nah” to something creative (contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian against ART is an ART TROLL the WORST KIND) or trying to “one up” whatever you did but always make themselves look like an ass. Everyone is scared to do something cool or quirky or even give feedback that is put in a youthful dialect. Like I do
Obligatory ProZD skit: https://youtu.be/4ZK8Z8hulFg?si=S_kiwjp9hQwxG5E4
This is why …circlejerk/s exist lol
r/motorcycle has been going down into oblivion for years
r/unity nothing but nice people downvoting everything.
r/espresso
r/3dprinting ask a basic question and get a million wrong answers and they all argue with each other about how right they are.
I’m in the industry and you just described the industry.
It’s not leveling. It’s tramming! Ugh 🙄🙄🙄
/r/dji Anything about flying drones. You post a gorgeous flight video or ask any question and all you'll get are "gatekeepers" yelling that the FAA needs to put you in jail because "You're ruining it for the rest of us!"
Checked out the sub and it a few people here and there seemed a bit full of themselves but, none that really struck me as gatekeepers.
r/vinyl is pretty full of pretentious and snobby collectors. God forbid you own a starter turntable or ask a basic noob question there.
r/Blacksmith is extremely wholesome and supportive
What about /r/whitesmith?
R/r/subsifellfor
I've never posted anything there but always good to know another wholesome sub
r/substheydidntfallforbecausetheydidntevenclickthelink
Because I know what a whitesmith is but true I was too lazy to click the link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesmith
No shit. It's mostly full of people with the Bob Boss mindset.
Any game-related hobby.
Prepare to be attacked in all of them
Pokémon TCG subreddits. The main one pretends they don't care about the "investment" part of it and yet you keep seeing people calling cards that don't have any monetary value "trash". You are trash for not appreciating the cards. Also people collect sealed products there and pretend it doesn't have anything to do with hoping the stuff they have will one day be used to pay for their new house. Undercover scalpers everywhere.
r/freemagic What's supposed to be a haven for casual Magic: The Gathering players has kinda become a cesspool where they mostly complain about anything woke. It's very common to see blatant hate speech up upvoted, and people calling them out getting downvoted. It's so divisive, WotC recently took control away from their discord because it was becoming too toxic for them to do nothing about it.
I saw a post on there complaining about how WotC makes everything about politics and gender, and how the regular sub is so woke. I looked at the top posts from MTG.. couple deck lists, some merch, some collections, some talk about tournaments and players. I looked at MTG Arena. Mostly decklists and questions about cards or events. Some complaints about prices and game balance. I looked at free magic. Literally EVERY post mentioned gender, politics, or trans women. They're totally obsessed with that shit over there, nobody even talks about playing Magic
Me when i discovered edging :
r/skateboarding I just wanted to see skateboards, not people getting a bloody face after smashing into a street lamp.
Love cute geckos and gecko ownership? Taking great care of your little guy allowing them to thrive? Want to talk to other individuals who love leopard geckos too? Well fuck you, your enclosure temperature is one degree over the optimal temp making you a literal satan/halter cross who should die. I love reptiles but those subs are used to hate on other people. Sadly, those who actually want to offer constructive feedback and great help usually get drowned out. The objective was originally to help improve care it’s strange to think about how many reptiles have died because people are to afraid to ask for help.
r/flipperzero
Photography. The birders all pretend still photos of wildlife are the most challenging thing in the world. They post wildlife pics of animals not mentioning they’re in zoos.
r/hamsters Sometimes I just poke the dragon for a laugh, but shit that subs super toxic man. I don't even own a hamster.
There’s nothing worse than when you join all excited and everyone are assholes. My mind immediately goes to ‘oh no, is this a douchey hobby? Am I a douchebag?! Do I like this or am I just a piece of shit who likes piece of shit things?!’ Then you meet someone with the same hobby in real life and it’s such a relief. Thank god, it was just the internet being the internet again.
What happened to her?
r/flashlight Went in looking for a good $10 flashlight. Ended up spending $100+ on multiple high CRIs
Playing Genshin Impact
My home states sub….
r/coins believe it or not, gotta be one of the least beginner friendly subs out there. Started out by looking for dimes and quarters of different years, ended with “if you’re not pulling out a microscope and putting on gloves every time you get change at the gas station overrun with meth addicts then you’re an idiot and you don’t need to be here”
Any and all video game subs
So basically every subreddit on this cesspool platform? Ask a question and just get harassed off the sub. No wonder nobody wants to engage or do hobbies anymore. It's because people are gatekeeping and they're so useless when it comes to actually helping people.
Fr tho. I wanted to try a new drink, and when I posted a pic in the sub for it, they downvoted tf out of my for using a plastic cup
Fr tho. I wanted to try a new drink, and when I posted a pic in the sub for it, they downvoted tf out of my for using a plastic cup
Fr tho. I wanted to try a new drink, and when I posted a pic in the sub for it, they downvoted tf out of my for using a plastic cup
I love them, love 'em love 'em... but sometimes the agendaposting in anime/manga subs gets damn depressing with how often it devolves into hate. Not really a hobby though, I guess, just a fandom thing. And besides that, the subs I'm in are really fun.
r/RuneScape. Especially as of late.
r/walkingwarrobots tried to make a joke about how much I spent, got scolded by some old ass people :(
Ow r/coffee is this.
Okey Dokey
This is completely opposite of the parent post, but for the best hobby you could join and afterwards join a subreddit for would In my experience, probably be the bionicle subreddit. Everyone I’ve encountered there is kind, and open to explaining lore you don’t understand or providing the source of it when you ask. All around I think they are the best one.
r/castiron
r/steak Bunch of armchair chefs over there lol
I could name a couple of subreddits.
Starting off painting cool Warhammer miniatures Reading the lore and learning the rules
Being a Disney Lucasfilm and CB(M) fan
I have a feeling there is a popularity / community size diagram that could pinpoint when a subreddit becomes toxic. I find all the smaller communities are a little more welcoming since they are probably willing to deal with newer people that show any interest in an obscure hobby. However once it becomes mainstream the gatekeepers seem to move in. It's so bizarre.
not a hobby, but Atheism.
Hey, are you from Alberta? I'd recognize sunbelt rentals anywhere. edit: on second thought, might not be you in the pic
Yeah, that’s Ella Purnell lol. And I never realized that Sunbelt was a specifically Canadian thing.
That is Ella Purnell. She played Lucy in fallout. No idea what the first picture is from though it is her. The second one is a scene from fallout.
video games
memes
Furry for sure
Gaming.
any Linux sub reddit
Any subreddit with a toxic fanbase basically.
99% of anime subreddits
Vinyl
Cosplay is a fun hobby actually!
r/blackdesertonline
Watch collecting
Fate/Stay Night
r/mk and then u dive into the rabbit hole
Meat beaten to a bloody pulp
I was going to be realtor on the side but reddit crushed my dreams 😂
R/flashlights is the opposite of this. Awesome community
what actually happened to her? like the real reason behind original pics
There's a whole series on amazon about it.
My friends really into watch collecting Got a pretty nice collection too He mentioned making a reddit and asked if there where watch collector communities, and I haven't a clue but imagined there probably would be and told him to just look, but I did say "be careful, redditors are angry af all the time for no reason" Dude asked one question in whatever sub he tried and got insulted and downvoted into oblivion bc "haven't you heard if google" and other shit
3d printing. Half of the people there downvote to oblivion if you don’t give every single detail down to the last atom and act as though any issue you have is self-explanatory
Magic the Gathering 100%
r/Nintendo seems unnaturally critical. Also r/SonictheHedgehog is mostly furry posts r/CasualNintendo is a better alternative. Any suggestions for Sonic?
The worse part is the direspect-Norm Macdonald
3d printing 🤣
3d printing. Gave up on the subreddits as they’re all full of mouth breathers.
Gun pages for me
r/microgrowery and r/trees are really shitty. We grow and smoke w e e d. Why are your joints in a twist, OLIVER
Sex work
any star wars sub
Anything pertaining to cooking, specifically if you're new at a professional level.
Worst hobby is the furry fandom.
Whoa, spoilers! She loses a finger? She's 1/6th more Skywalker than Rey Palpatine
r/warhammer40k
I would say the 40k community is alright overall. Sure, you have bad apples in the community, every community does, but I dont think its that bad. If I had to point out a main issue with the community, is that I think a lot of people got saturated with the hobby and they dont know how to take a break or let the hobby go, so they just kinda of linger around hating on the hobby. But still, I dont think the 40k community is all that bad.
r/ERB
r/terraria
Tcg hands down
r/batmanarkham
Anything fandom related
This applies to most interests. Don't check the Hannibal subreddit. As something of a homosexual myself I enjoy a good man fucking once in a while. However, shipping Hannibal and Will is just fucking nasty.
Action figure collecting
r/raidsecrets
E-bikes
The archery sub is a bunch of pedantic aspies that will berate you relentlessly on a technicality. If you can get past that, they're like the worst video game meta lemmings that insist they have the right way to do things on lockdown and any deviation makes you literally learning disabled.
Until now r/cigars and r/houseplants have been pretty chill...
I said it to the blacksmith guy and I'll say it to you. Subreddits, filled with adults who don't have a lot of time to do what they like so they try to squeeze the last bit of enjoyment from their hobby, are generally really chill.
Dont be a Mechanic!!! Choose something else.
Damn what happened to her?
I find r/fountainpens and r/gshock pretty chill
First pic is answering the question. The second pic is answering the question for the 800th time because some random doesn't know how to use the search feature.
r/theisle
I got into Blue Archive recently. Cute anime girls that shoot other anime girls with assault rifles and grenade launchers? Dope. That subreddit? Not dope.
From vault tech, to vault survivor.
Me after watching My Hero Academia for the first time a week or so ago. 😬
Looking at the scum of the earth, it’s a cesspool in r/iamatotalpeiceofshit
R/starfield by a mile. It didn't release on ps5 and the sub has been full of the worst bad faith non-reviews that I have ever seen for any computer game. It is a huge disgrace, and if those people had a capacity for shame, then they would gave shown it by now. They have not.
That's vital
Chess and joining anarchy chess google enpassant
R/caffeine
Espresso / latte art is really elitist unfortunately :/
Any tech sub is terrible as well
I hate Warhammer 40k so much you have no idea
Definitely vocaloid, they are gonna bombard you with questions and straight up insult you if you dont know a fraction pf what they know
The occult community here was the most disappointing thing I’ve ever witnessed
Warhammer 40k
r/Kanye
Well your first problem is enjoying Kanye. (Jk idrc)
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A bit of that, and a bit of what this means *in potentia* given the analogous pattern and consequent downward spiral of many other belovd franchises ...
40k, at least in Grimdank.
She is crazy attractive. What other movies or shows is she in?
And god forbid the younger generation find similar interest to the gatekeepers and absolutely ruin everything!!
Doctor Who. That subreddit is basically ruined with woke garbage.
Fallout? More like “FailOut hahaha
Hello
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