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Originally Posted by speckled wood Originally I posted this elsewhere in the Birds Forum but I thought that it might be worth its own thread here.
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Concerning other people's attitudes the tale of the Glanville Fritillary should be a reminder as more than 200 years ago the will of Lady Glanville was contested on account of her "known" madness ..... her interest in Butterflies being a proof of this ...... all this continues to the present day "Bug Hunters" have always been regarded as "strange", Bird Watchers are simply getting the same treatment, ramblers and railway enthusiasts often get treated the same. try doing anything slightly "different" even riding a a small wheeled brompton folding bike around a northern town and you will be subjected to ridicule. The odd thing though is that you can have a soccer fixation or be a "petrolhead" and no-one seems to think that you are "odd". |
I have fully embraced the fact that I am a geek hee hee (geek's chic don't-you-know..) and that most of my friends are also geeks in a variety of different ways - music, comics, films etc, I think even petrolheads recognise the slight nerdishness to their hobby and actually I think birding has reached the credibility level of gardening these days!!
It's interesting that as a hobby it's seen as geeky but as a career it's seen as a good job something out of the ordinary everyone I meet, wildlifer or not seems to be slightly envious of or even impressed by my job....
and as for soccer that's more nylon clad tribal warfare than a hobby isn't it?