Does this happen? I think I've only experienced something close to this in high school, but never as an adult. Normally, people around me are either supportive or indifferent about someone learning new skills.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 34 points 2 years ago

A disturbing percentage of people never outgrow highschool.

[–] MrDrProfKelev@eviltoast.org 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, it does, especially when it's something people think is weird. I am a guy in my 20's and recently started learning to knit and I still have people telling me not to do it because it's weird. You just have to do what you want to do and give 0 fucks about what others think

[–] skinless_corpus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Knit your heart out man! I'm a guy in his 40s who always wanted to get a physics degree. So I've bought a bunch of textbooks. Still at the beginning and learning calculus.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People hate on stuff all the time. How many people do you know who have made a derisive joke about people who hang truck nuts or something similar?

Yucking others' yum is an incredibly common occurrence.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 years ago

derisive joke about people who hang truck nuts

Deserved

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

Sure, people are gonna be supportive, but there's definitely a peer pressure along the lines of "but how is it gonna make you rich or famous" in way too many fields.

[–] BlackLodgeCooper@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Many people never matured beyond high school.

[–] 0Xero0@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

when does it not happen? as long as you don't enjoy the same thing as other people, they will judge you