During the lockdowns I started a hobby, something about garments: think suits, watches, perfumes, shoes, backpacks, hats... I'd rather not say exactly what it is to avoid useless discussions here.
I went into it in a very similar way to other passtimes of mine: reading as much as I could, frequenting forums and online communities, watching videos, buying the basics and even trying to be a maker, not just a consumer to a certain extent.
What I found out: most people in the hobby fall into two categories, sometimes overlapping: shopping addicts and youtubers. Most of the online conversation is utterly ignorant, when not directly brain-damaged. At first I didn't notice because I didn't know better, but as soon as I started to have some knowledge, it was disheartening.
Fellow aficionados spend huge amounts of money in products that they're not going to make use of. YouTube crowd consists of some of the addicts (bragging about what they're senseless hoarding) and some malicious sellers that hide the fact that vendors are paying them. Most of them don't make much.
I went into it in a very similar way to other passtimes of mine: reading as much as I could, frequenting forums and online communities, watching videos, buying the basics and even trying to be a maker, not just a consumer to a certain extent.
What I found out: most people in the hobby fall into two categories, sometimes overlapping: shopping addicts and youtubers. Most of the online conversation is utterly ignorant, when not directly brain-damaged. At first I didn't notice because I didn't know better, but as soon as I started to have some knowledge, it was disheartening.
Fellow aficionados spend huge amounts of money in products that they're not going to make use of. YouTube crowd consists of some of the addicts (bragging about what they're senseless hoarding) and some malicious sellers that hide the fact that vendors are paying them. Most of them don't make much.