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Re: The AFOL mind
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Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:53:36 GMT
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During my college days, I had a large amount of LEGO strewn about my dorm
room. My roommate didn’t mind, and neither did my friends; of course, LEGO in
a dorm room probably isn’t too strange, unless you’re at a military academy
or something. ;)
After college, I lived in a four-bedroom house with a roommate; one of the
rooms was a dedicated LEGO room. During parties, when giving a tour of the
house, it was a very straightforward “...and this is the LEGO room.” Usually
that would lead to some good conversation; sometimes there would be a couple
of guys (or even girls) that would stay in the room for a long time--even
beyond the perfunctory examining of the MOCs I would show off during the
tour. I simply presented it as a part of who I am...
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I have the same experience. Now, when I have a party, I’ll have people who want
to show it to their friends. “Hey Felix, my girlfriend hasn’t seen the lego
room.” Then its always interesting to hear them relay my words. “Check this
out, he made these sea creatures and even has a website.”
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Now, does the fact that I happily participate in (and downright enjoy)
traditional guy things--lifting weights, riding motorcycles, playing
basketball, rock climbing, playing poker, etc--make my LEGO hobby more
acceptable to my friends and co-workers? I think so.
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Funny you should mention that. I feel the same way. In one of my more- shall
we say- intoxicated moments, someone said I got less points for being a man
because I played with lego. I then challenged that guy to out bench me and he
lost. For his sin and defeat he was ordered to buy a lego set and keep it on
his desk. Jonny thunder now sits on his desk and collects dust. I’m going to
have to take that off his hands one of these days.
In a related story, I have a friend who is a HUGE GB Packers fan. I think he is
quite dorky with it. From the clothes to the christmas decorations everything
is Green Bay and Favre. But, because we relate in other ways, its more
acceptable to me. I can see that he’s just as ecclectic as me. So, I’ve used
my opinion of him to gage how people view my lego interests.
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So basically, I think if you take it seriously as a hobby, other people will
take your interest in it seriously as well. If you treat it as something to
be ashamed of, others will treat it that way too.
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Well said. Of course, you do launch rockets, don’t you? Thats the ultimate in
testosterony. So I’m guessing you could wear a dress and have te parties and
still be quite the man’s man. :)
Felix
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| (...) That's awesome. I can see it now: "Sorry about that, buddy--maybe playing with little plastic bricks will help you get 315 up next time." (...) Ah, I see you did get my tea party invitation. Hopefully we'll avoid the embarrassment of wearing (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) This is an interesting topic--I've also been talking about the hobby with a lot of non-AFOLs over the last few months. And the short answer is, yeah, it's nerdy, much as any hobby that is predominantly male is considered nerdy. But that's the (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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