#niche hobbies

[strongbabydoll999]

i should lowkey start journaling instead of hoarding my emotions and falling apart every week

[murderousangels]

† ASMEAB . . .

A group of genders based off of these little pins I found, though the prefix can be generally applied to mean a gender that has a relation to the phrase “ask me about.”

ASMEABORRIC (first flag) - A gender of which someone is deeply connected to what is referred to as “The Horrors” and the connection is so strong the user wishes to be asked about it.

ASMEABICHE (second flag) - A gender of which someone is deeply connected to their niche hobbies and the connection is so strong the user wishes to be asked about it.

[thedeluxedoll]

Really enjoying researching, learning about different fragrances and building my collection of oils, lotions and perfumes. This is bringing me so much joy💕🥰

[patisnothome]

Fun occupation ideas for your characters but they get more niche

Just as the title suggests!

Cabin Crew

Graphic designer

Podcast co-host

Lumberjack

Airport security

Midwife

Seamstress

Welder

Dramaturg

Ocean diver

Fine dining chef

Stunt actor

Prop Maker

Trainee guard

Arriva bus driver

Pawn shop employee

Orchestra player

Set designer

Oculist

Herbalist

Dermatologist

Theme park host

Moving van company / driver

Professional ice cream maker

Palm reader

Charity shop owner

Scare Actor

Musical venue security

Phone mechanic

Crime scene cleaner

Scented candle maker

Escape Room operator

Cosplay photographer

Victorian clothing model

Church architect

Children's development care coordinator

Children's musical dance choreographer

Textiles teacher

Synthetic hair maker

The branch manager of a fast food place

Music remixer

Acting agent

Cocoa farmer

Ear doctor

Realistic Celebrity statue sculptor

Football commentator

Exam board grader

Jail Warden

Butter churner

Couple therapist

On-Set medical team for theatre and film

Props Master

Cinema sound tech

Sourdough bread business owner

Modern Exorcist

Old text translator

Herbal cigarette maker

Special affects crew for horror movies

Tour guide for a zoo

Aroma specialist

Bug exterminator

Endangered species gardener

Aquarium janitor

Roof snow cleaner

Crematorium runner

Soft drink reviewer

Kidz-bop dancer trainer

Chocolatier

Air-Traffic Controller

Professional Miniature model painter

Guinness world record judge

Deodorant tester

Snake milker

Mop tester

Tarot card designer

Underwater photographer

Costume researcher for theatre shows

Freelanced 3D-printed-heads business runner

Fast food packaging designer

A barista based in Coachella

Living-room redecorator

Food Stylist

A video influencer who makes content about passing exams

Children's beginner ice-skating course leader

Drag tap-dancer

Criminal interviewer

Hot sauce tester

Acorn picker and inspector

Data collector

Professional aesthetic board maker

Botanical scientist

Barbie doll designer at Mattel

TV licensing agent

Tree analyst

Fortune cookie writer

Personal royal family painter

WW2 Ship replica maker

Online Alpha Male Guru

Bath bomb maker

Ticket reseller

Tomb / pyramid guard

President impersonator for adult parties

Bird vet

Random artifact collector

Bowling ball cleaner

Animatronic emergency programmer

Latest baking trends journalist

Speed dating host

Children's playground designer

Sand packer

International perfume distributer

Fish food scientist

Pizzaiolo

Elf ear mold maker

[elfrooting]

Things I love:

1) Niche hobby drama

2) When the trash takes itself out

[dj-tunic]

There are very few days where I regret chatting with someone about their niche hobbies.

Just learned about a site called oakcha* #not sponsored lol. This guy I randomly bump into on my routes wears really strong Cologne. Smells super good so it being strong is actually positive. But yeah I didn't even consider Cologne collecting a hobby until today. Bought a sampler thing for 15.

[maeveuay]

I'm liking Tumblr so far, and I like that a lot of people have been able to fing tags and stuff for their niche hobbies.

However, I am finding there is very little for my Niche hobbies.

Headphones, Microphones, home server, small form factor computers and other techy stuff, just... Aren't really that present?

and most post's that ARE there don't have a lot of engagement in em

i know this ain't reddit, it's just making me sad :(

I don't want to support a company like reddit, but I don't want to lose the communities that make up my hobbies either

[thebrightgreen]

Gnome-Spotting: Observing an invisible culture

I often enjoy going gnome-spotting for the periphery benefits more than for the primary goal. This is to say, I go gnome-spotting with the full understanding I will be unlikely to see a gnome. They're tiny and masters of disguise to boot, after all.

But that's fine. If I went my whole life never having seen a gnome that would be fine. Gnomology is not wholly about observation (that is, observation in a physical, flesh and blood sense).

I often talk about the physicality of gnomes, of them choosing to take form. And I do think this can mean in a literal sense, of course, but I do find that to be a narrow view, especially when thinking about a people who are ephemeral.

They take form, yes, but does that have to mean a form you can reach out and touch? Not necessarily. A form is just a shape. A gnome is real and has a shape in the same way that a square is real and has a shape. A square is a square becuase it has 4 equal sides. A gnome is a gnome because it embodies gnomish qualities. Can you encounter this gnome-form physically? Yes, but it's unlikely and it's also unnecessary. Not being able to come into contact with gnomes doesn't make them less real, same as how a square can exist conceptually without having a physical reality.

So, why go gnome-spotting if the chances of seeing a gnome are low (though never impossible)? This brings me back to the periphery benefits to gnome-spotting I mentioned at the outset.

Gnomes are spirits of the earth. This manifests in many forms but most often they are depicted as caretakers and tenders to the earth, as workers. Miners in times of old and in more recent years, as gardeners. This is all less about what gnomes look like and more about what they do.

And what gnomes do is thrive.

They are professionals. They are skilled labourers and talented hobbyists. When gnomes work the earth, they do so with vision and vigour. Where gnomes dwell, nature thrives. They are, in a sense, a manifestation of nature emphatically self-actualising. The earth generating it's own caretakers in an act of anthropo-geographical self-love.

And so when I go gnome-spotting, those periphery benefits I speak of are taking in the natural splendour of the world around me. I know, I know, this is something I can do without any gnome-orientated context. I was drawn to nature before gnome-studies, after all. But I find that the gnomological context helps me to observe nature in a way that goes beyond the justified enjoyment of it's beauty.

At least personally, it helps me appreciate the grand scope of it all, the interlocking interdependencies between all the many plants and rocks and animals and fungi spread across the landscape. It helps me marvel at the great green ordered chaos that the natural world has built itself into over the last few hundred million years. It encourages me to observe and think about how the land might look if I was even smaller than a human already is in comparison to it all.

To me, these observations are also a valid observation upon gnomish culture, at least from a broader and more ephemeral perspective. To view gnome culture through the literalist perspective that they are simply little fellows who live under mushrooms (a delightful picture, I grant you) is, to my mind, a narrow view. Yes, they are these little fellows, but they are also a great deal more besides.

We must take care to observe what is and also what is not visible.