One million points from Gryffindor for making fun of Curling.
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I didnât get into it till 24yrs old ,38 now and if you canât play you just canât relate and understand how fun it is,but again time/patience and skill , coordination is required and most just donât have itâŚagain spin tops and yos are fun as hell.probably cooler than the hobbies most have,but even I understand most think its childish, but again if they canât play they wonât understand the cool flow of yoyoing .Iâm a perfectionist and not being able to accomplish a trick makes me persistent to figure it out and itâs gratifying when you add it to your arsenal.im a big kid at heart I guess .
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OP probably had their internet taken away for chatting with strangersâŚ
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I feel sorry for those who play pickleball lol,and some say they like swimming but if your standing in water at 300 lbs and not moving ,you shouldnt have swimming as your hobbies.
So true. Itâs just something you gotta do for yourself and put in the time and effort.
Tbf, I didnât realize his parentâs were the ones he needed to convince and tbh, Iâve seen this countless times on other threads on other sites. Usually people will try to tell them that they could by playing video games, doing illegal things, etc, or get a job to fund your own hobbies or wait and grow older. Honestly, this entire thread is par for the course, like, almost word for word, not shockingly, mechanical keyboards as a hobby made their appearance (on a yoyo forum of all places).
However, it usually ends up with the kid not being able to convince their parents that their hobby is fun and worthwhile. Iâve seen some threads end up where the child basically becomes resentful. And some just end up having to wait. Truth is, if your parents are funding your hobbies, they are the ones with the money and they are the ones that keep the cycle they learn from their parents. And if the parentâs donât already see your current hobby as a good hobby, thereâs almost no changing that. It could also be that the parentâs canât afford it. And some are just straight up controlling narcissist and if thatâs the case, good luck trying to do anything, much less throwing.
I wish OP well, but if if youâre a kid whoâs already at the point they need to convince their parents, theyâve lost, but havenât accepted it yet
PS, if they are a teen paying for their own hobby (with money from a job aka not their parentâs), but their parents are already throwing away or destroying their stuff, I guarantee you they are already looking to either emancipate or counting down the days until they are of legal, adult age to move out and probably already have several tabs open watching apartments.
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Show them the news article linked in this thread.
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A lot of valid, rational and worthwhile points have already been said.
If I may add⌠hobbies seem to choose us, we donât choose them.
One persons yo-yoâing is another persons soccer, or another persons skateboarding, or another persons (insert activity)âŚ
I personally donât have much interest in golf though I can understand why people enjoy it, however there isnât anything anyone can do to âmake meâ enjoy golf, it doesnât resonate with me and therefore itâs not really up to my choice.
We canât make people enjoy something we enjoy if it doesnât resonate with them naturally. And thatâs ok, because we still love it.
If you are passionate about a hobby, for whatever reason that may be, that passion is a gift.
I have had several very successful and wealthy friends of mine say to me âI wish I cared about something in life as much as you cared about yo-yoâsâ
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yoyos are going to be cool again I know it!..I hope soâŚ
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Lol. Yoyos are simply not really cool to anybody but us.
People say to me, âOh, youâre that yoyo guy!â It somehow has a tone indicating its a bit silly and juvenile. I actually do feel a bit embarrassed.
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People say, âhey youâre that yoyo guy!â to me sometimes and it makes me proud and smiley. 
Itâs all how we define it in our heads I guess. People also tell me how cool they think it is quite frequently too though, so that probably helps.
Who hurt you, Glen? Point âem out. Iâll give âem the old one two. 
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I found yoyos to be a way to relax and to have fun when Iâm bored, it always makes me happy to learn new things about the hobby, and when someone asks me something about it I always get exited and happy, I have friends who think itâs cool and family who do as well. I did it so much at school all the sudden we have 5 other kids who are yoyoing. It just seemed to happen, and now I love it so much. I also loved the community and how nice people are when it comes to this. I just love it!
I donât buy throws often, I stick to a couple I have and I throw around a constant 6 maybe 7, of course I would like to get more to help support and of course get to mess around with! You donât need a lot to get going and keep going, but if you want a new throw go for it, I am not saying donât listen to your parrents but⌠If itâs something you like you put time and money into it, but thatâs my two cents
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I get the âhey youâre the yoyo guy!â too and it always makes my day. Iâm just happy someone remembered me lol
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This is a bit of a necro, butâŚ
Yoyos are no more of a stupid hobby than RC cars or airplanes, both of which cost significantly more than yoyos. Cars wear out quickly, and airplanes inevitably crash.
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You know, I actually started to get really into RC planes. I was really good at it too.
And then I crashed one with a bad landing and $300 gone in an instant and the only way to continue the hobby was to blow another $300 or more on a new one.
Nahhhhh
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Hang on - whatâs wrong with having a stupid hobby?
Whereâs the harm in doing something inherently non-productive or âpointlessâ simply because you pleasure from the act of it or from the process of learning it?
Iâm no longer compelled to convince anyone of anything. I just do what I need to do to live joyfully, which I find convincing enough on its own.
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Dude, I am 37, almost 38. I do not care about what people think. Iâm just chilling.
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Loving this necro thread. And while itâs full of great content, I think my favorite part is Doc putting a comma between blow and guns while listing off toys that kids play with. 
Donât look now⌠Yo-yos are toys. Almost every toy that kids have when theyâre growing up, play a little different. Some boardgames, some pogo stick, some skateboards, some have to do with decks of cards, or lawn darts, Or blow, guns, or Archery equipment or Tonka toys or RC cars or LegosâŚâŚ.etc.
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being stupid is now politically correct thanks to _
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Well, the OP joined on Jan. 23rd.
He started this topic on Jan. 24th.
He hasnât even been seem since Jan. 28th.
Maybe his parents found him a âless stupid hobbyâ?
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