# Have you ever been harassed over your hobbies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632 "2022-01-29T16:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/21 "2022-01-31T22:00:56Z")
A bunch of seamstresses needled me over my button collection. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/22 "2022-01-31T22:13:35Z")
And don’t get me started on music snobs harping on me about my love of the zither. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/23 "2022-01-31T23:51:37Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Some people even like Nickelback. I do. I like Nickelback. So there! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/24 "2022-02-01T00:17:38Z")
A lady once got tied in knots over me doing embroidery in public. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/25 "2022-02-01T00:18:53Z")
I like to post stupid shit on message boards. Let’s just say some are more tolerant of that than others. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/26 "2022-02-01T00:22:11Z")
I suffered through many cutting remarks about my obsession with scissors. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/27 "2022-02-01T00:33:36Z")
I’ve been ripped over my home made clothing at times. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/28 "2022-02-01T00:41:19Z")
I was called a nazi punk in high school because of the music I listened to ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/29 "2022-02-01T02:04:41Z")
Just tell people you’re a [St. Louis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_(Umberto_Tozzi_song)#Use_by_the_St._Louis_Blues) fan. Problem solved! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/30 "2022-02-01T03:01:08Z")
People have been hard on me for my collection of rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/31 "2022-02-01T03:46:15Z")
All my life people have told me that I have no sense because I collect pennies. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/32 "2022-02-01T04:19:04Z")
I’m tired of being bugged, badgered, and hounded about my interest in zoology. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/33 "2022-02-01T04:37:52Z")
I was going to play along, but I can’t top that zoology one. . > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > > > Some people even like Nickelback. > > I do. I like Nickelback. So there! Hey, aren’t you two late for your twelve-step program? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/34 "2022-02-01T16:56:22Z")
I am ambivalent about Nickelback. Could be in trouble if the first step is to admit there is a problem about something I briefly think about less than once a year… ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/35 "2022-02-01T20:00:44Z")
People are always taking cheap shots at me over my collection of old/antique pistols. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/36 "2022-02-01T20:08:23Z")
People give me shit for my coprolite collection. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/37 "2022-02-01T22:37:36Z")
I’ve been roasted for my cooking hobby. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/38 "2022-02-01T22:46:35Z")
People let me gas on about my racing volunteer job but when I take a breath to refuel they quickly shift to a different topic. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/39 "2022-02-02T04:49:10Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > A lady once got tied in knots over me doing embroidery in public. I’ve had the same problem with my macrame. And I’ve gotten licked over my stamp collection. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-harassed-over-your-hobbies/958632/40 "2022-02-02T05:51:57Z")
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