The reason of course is money apparently defines what is “good”.
What do you consider a strong work ethic at your hobby?
A strong work ethic at the office is considered good, while a strong work ethic at your hobby is considered bad.
Submitted 2 days ago by Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Dont agree at all. Everything you put work into and you’re getting good at is impressive.
Most of the time, your hobby also learns you other skills, that can be used in different fields.
And most importantly, you are more happy.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Think of how much the “train guy” gets made fun of for his super detailed scale model train set. Or the guys/gals that put a ton of energy and time into DnD. Both of those often involve a lot of math and planning. Which would normally be considered valuable skills, but spending time on those hobbies is generally (with exceptions of course) looked down on.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Yeah, maybe you are right that “pop culture people” would look down on it because it’s not mainstream.
I play DnD myself, so I guess I’m the wrong person to ask haha.
vga@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
If I went to practice 5 days a week, I don’t think anyone would complain. Except my body.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Depends on the work and depends on the hobby. I’d rather have a lazy ICE agent than a motivated one. It’s also better to put in more effort into not-for-profit activities like volunteering than in painting figurines or collecting Labubus, for instance, as the former is productive and edifying whilst the latter are not. Wouldn’t say it’s “bad”, but certainly a bit of a waste of time. And hey, I play videogames, sometimes obsessively so, so it’s not like I don’t know what I’m talking about or I’m just being unfairly, hypocritically judgmental, it’s just what it is.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Since when is a strong work ethic at your hobby considered bad?
69420@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Pulling an all-nighter to shave 3 seconds off your Super Mario speed-run doesn’t pay the bills.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I mean it doesn’t pay the bills, but it does get you respect from other speed runners and from people who respect speed running.
It’s also somewhat a matter of your specific hobby … speed running video games is pretty niche and useless compared to most hobbies.
Like on one end of the spectrum, there are hobbies that help everyone, like volunteering, cleaning up or beautifying your community, helping friends and family and loved ones, or organizing community programs.
Everyone is going to respect the hell out of you for that, and it’s pretty easy to see those translate to jobs if you needed them to.
Then there are hobbies that can be beneficial to your or to anyone, like hobbies where you create stuff (whether it’s knitting, 3d printing, home renos, gardening, cooking, etc). These are much easier to use to help others, and to turn into side hustles if you want to.
Then there are hobbies that you like that create community and socialization, from playing team sports, to DnD groups, to parties, to multiplayer video games, to organizing dinners and events.
Then there are hobbies that primarily benefit you and benefit the community only indirectly (in the sense of you being a better or more capable person). This includes stuff like running, weight lifting, reading a book, etc.
Then there are hobbies that don’t even really benefit you but you do anyways, like watching TV, scrolling social media, or getting slightly better at a pointless mechanical skill.
vga@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Perhaps the problem is more that that is not a good hobby.
Janx@piefed.social 1 day ago
It’s not. While you can find negative people that will look down on orjudge absolutely anything, for the most part OP is imagining this, at least for the majority of people. Or maybe they are just surrounded by toxic people…?
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 2 days ago
When someone makes works on a project for a long time and makes something really cool, you always get stuck-in-the-muds saying things like “Looks like someone has too much time on their hands”