Hey Pandas, What Hobby Is An Immediate Red Flag? (Closed)

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3. Anything that involves harm or hurt to animals and/or their habitat.

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Vinchenski 1 year ago

All the upvotes.

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Gun enthusiast. I have no problem with responsible gun owners, but if you openly carry a gun everywhere you go, I'm running.

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Vermontah 1 year ago

Why does everyone seem to need a gun? and why so many guns for one household?

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FloydtheBarber 1 year ago (edited)

I live in the US. I don’t own a single firearm. No in my family does either. The only people I know who own guns, are hunters. The problem isn’t the responsible gun owners who have legally purchased and registered firearms. It’s the criminals

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Brandie Litchfield 1 year ago

Hello neighbor, I'm in VT too!

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Crocodile 1 year ago

Yeah, ban guns allow swords back so if someone attacks you, you can actually defend yourself and have less chance of missing even if it missed you can just swing it to the direction that you need it too. Also, it'd be epic.

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Lauren S 1 year ago

I live in the US. I grew up around guns. My dad sort of collected them, viewed them as “tools” he’d say. He had some interesting ones like a set of dualing pistols from the 1800s (I don’t really remember the year but something quite old). I was taught to respect guns and I was taught gun safety. I wasn’t allowed to shoot a gun until I was 9. We never hunted. We’d go to the gun range and shoot balloons, targets, or this metal thing my dad made where you could make things spin around if you hit it. Do I think we needed guns? Absolutely not. As an adult we have a couple. I could do without them in the house but my husband wanted them. However, I know a few of the crazy gun people. I know people that have around 300-400 guns. Crazy automatic ones too. I don’t understand the need or even the desire to have more than 1 or 2. And no need to carry one around either.

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Bisexual Axolotls (Submission author) 1 year ago

Exactly! The only guns I could see someone needing are smaller ones for self-defense or hunting rifles, not military-style ones.

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Crocodile 1 year ago

What about swords?

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Vermontah 1 year ago

Too many kids have guns

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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)

Open carry is not enthusiasm, it's the insecurity of a d¡cklet.

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Joolee 1 year ago

No open carry allowed in my country. No. No. No. You'd be arrested. Gun licences aren't easy to get, and that's how it should be. School shootings shouldn't even be a thing yet seems they're an every day occurrence in the US. That's just so f****d up.

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Oliver 1 year ago

I’m not gonna lie, there’s a kid in my class who I’m terrified is gonna bring a gun into school one day.

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Raine Drop 1 year ago

I used to date a guy who was one. Well actually he didnt just like guns, but any type of weapon. His room was supposedly filled with all types of weapons. It always made me uncomfortable when he would talk about any type of weapon because of how many he had.

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Angie Falzarano 1 year ago

I was at a food bank that also helped with bills and I'm waiting to be called when a man walked in. He sat down and there's a gun on his hip. Now guns don't bother me but come in leave it in the car. I said sir I don't have a problem with the gun but it does make me nervous and probably others that you have it in here. He appreciated my saying something and went out and put it in his vehicle. He said he hadn't thought about what it would feel like to others. If you are getting help from a charity leave the gun at home people

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Excessive involvement in social media.

I don't mean using social media in general, I mean excessive use. Like, when someone's life exists only on and around social media and they spend an unhealthy amount on them and spend their time on what their social media image looks like.

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FloydtheBarber 1 year ago

And it’s severely affecting people’s “mental health”, especially teenagers

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There was this guy who had an entire, HUGE room in his house that was filled to the brim with rows of shelves and cupboards. And upon these shelves there were apparently what seemed like thousands of anime girl statues, glass jars filled with precisely different shades of colorful Lego bricks, and some big bags just lying around stuffed with stuff-I-don’t-know-and-doesn’t-want-to-know-either. The Lego bricks were kinda neat though, but the red flag was that he literally hoarded cats, hamsters and bunnies. These poor animals were just running around, wrecking havoc and leaving poo everywhere and not being cared properly, and he absolutely ignored like it was nothing. It was really damn absurd. The hygiene levels in that house was horrible, he was cruel to his pets, but he managed to keep that room with shelves always in top condition. I heard he later got reported by a neighbor because of animal abuse and hoarding pets he probably had no intention of caring for. (No offense to the people collecting stuff out there, that’s nice. Hoarding pets is not.)

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Valisbourne Spiritforge 1 year ago

The animals is where I'd draw the line there. Collections (of whatever sort, so long as they aren't say... a wall full of drivers licenses that don't belong to the collector!) aren't a bad thing.

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Hunting. Killing animals for sport is disgusting.

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Alexia 1 year ago

Killing animals for entertainment is something I'll never understand. There are some super rich guys organizing periodic huntings in the Carpathians. They explained that this was how they "get together". Every year there are hundreds of wild boars killed (and no, the number of boars is not excessive). Following strong criticism, they decided to move it somewhere else and make it very private.

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uhh,, killing people?/j
In all reality, I kinda think that non-stop arguing with people online is a no-go.

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️‍️‍️TRAINS RIGHTS️‍️️‍️ 1 year ago

agreed, murder is not a great hobby

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Sports Betting. The occasional bet is fine or even a low-key weekly pool, but when they start betting if a team is going to walk counterclockwise under a full moon while wearing away jerseys, that's not a hobby, it's an addiction.

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Sleepy children love Moon 1 year ago

That was... really specific? I don't even understand most sports, or why people bet on them

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Taxidermy. "I kill them, then I stuff them and then I put them on a shelf in funny little poses"

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GEPowers 1 year ago

For some it is a way to honor the animal and it's spirit.

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Collecting flags of communist countries.

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Alexia 1 year ago (edited)

Any sign of supporting communism. I lived in the last, darkest years of communism in my country. There was hunger and cold and humiliation, and FEAR. I was taught to distrust people (anyone could be a secret police agent) and never tell anyone that my parents were listening to Radio Free Europe (which was illegal). Minor offense (such as making a joke about the dictator) could get you and your family arrested, tortured and jailed by the secret police.

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#10

For me, a lack of hobbies or interests is a huge red flag. It can be an indicator of someone who has a chameleon personality, meaning the morph into the perfect partner by taking in the personality of their latest source.

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Katya Davidson 1 year ago

100%

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#11

Being in the top 1% at boredpanda ;)

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Julie Snelling 1 year ago

I've only been on bored panda about a month and I don't actually understand what the points are all about can anyone explain.

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#12

I used to have a friend who would collect the underwear of the girls he slept with. We were drinking one night and he told us it was like trophy hunting.

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Lauren S 1 year ago

🤢 ick. Way to objectify sleeping with women on a creepier level.

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#13

Being “quirky” where you diagnose yourself with every disorder that’s ever existed

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Kate Jones 1 year ago

Yes. I also get annoyed by people who have never been to a doctor but tell people they have an anxiety disorder, or adhd, or any other disorder that truly affects people. And they say it because they think they are special in some way and don't realize that everyone experiences anxiety and it isn't unusual to experience depression and a lack of focus occasionally throughout your life. But saying you have these conditions/diseases as a blanket statement with no diagnosis ends up watering down the seriousness that people take it when someone who really does have a condition says it. Anxiety conditions are crippling and embarrassing and life-threatening in some cases and because so many people say they 'have bad anxiety' people now are almost afraid to say it because they know they're going to get an eyeroll from others.

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#14

Making household items out of humans? Big red flag, Ed Gein!

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Hey! 1 year ago

There has to be a story behind this; plus, I have no idea what it means.

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Doll collecting. I'm not talking antiques. I love antiques and we own quite a few porcelain dolls. I'm talking I walked into a guy's house and he had shelves upon shelves of every single doll possible. Porcelain, barbie, baby, cabbage patch, you name it.
It wouldn't have creeped me out so much but they were placed around like trophies and he was super defensive of them when I asked. I gestured to ask if I could pick one up and he said "I'd rather you didn't."
He seemed like a super nice guy, but all I could think about was those crime shows where a guy kills some kid and keeps a toy as a momento.

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Jen Mart 1 year ago

my sister also likes collecting antique dolls and the coca cola bear stuff. OMG is she a serial killer!!!!!!!????????

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"Do you like my knife collection? These ones over here are for skinning carcasses....."

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Don't Talk to Me 1 year ago

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I just started dating this guy years ago. He came to pick me up for work. This was the first time I had been in his truck. I opened the door and there was an open beer in the cup holder. I should have said,"No thanks." and got a ride with a coworker. We continue dating and I start noticing he has a drinking problem. I overlook it because I thought it was the one. One day, he explains to me what is to happen should we get pulled over. I "admit" the open container belongs to me. I would never drink in a vehicle so I was perplexed as how I would convince an officer I had been drinking all the while breathing a 0.00 into a breathalyzer.

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Seth 1 year ago

Having an open beverage container in a moving car is federally illegal, and the driver bears sole responsibility; full stop. Cops make an exception for non alcoholic beverages, but even that is technically against the law. For an open beer, it doesn't matter at all if someone other than the driver claims it's theirs, having it open in the car would result in a suspension of the driver's license. Drinking while driving and conspiring to have you lie to the police to protect them are NOT merely red flags, they are total disqualifiers. Getting in that truck was a stupid, stupid, stupid mistake. Thank you for sharing your mistake so others can learn from it.

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Clubbing. I personally couldn’t date someone who goes clubbing.

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Hey! 1 year ago

I did clubbing when I wasn't of age and then I stopped when I turned 18 I guess. I always went to the same place and got the same the waiter too. I went for dancing, some drinking, but mostly socializing but no picking up people.

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Watching TV nonstop.

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Lyoness (Submission author) 1 year ago

To clarify, I mean when this is literally all someone does in their spare time. I'm all for binge watching a show now and then but TV and nothing but TV is kind of sad.

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Being a furry

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saw & order 1 year ago

Most furries are alright

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Habitually smoking cigarettes or cigars, especially around non-smokers.

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K- THULU 1 year ago

So you don't like smokers.....hardly a hobby, more an addiction...

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#22

Someone who collects flags is probably going to have an immediate red flag somewhere.

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Hey! 1 year ago

This is ridiculous.

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i have bad problem of eating the skin in my mouth

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Lonely Tentacle 1 year ago

Do you also have skin picking disorder? If so, please see a specialist and a therapist (it typically is a stress-related disorder).

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#24

Collecting coca-cola stuff. it can fill houses, is never ending and it's ugly merchandise too

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Jen Mart 1 year ago

Het, if it makes them happy and doesn't hurt anyone, what's the deal? My sister likes the Coca Cola Bears. so?

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Anyone who can go into a long discussion about WW2. Not wars in general, the causes of, the political impact, or even the military machines etc. Just inexplicably "World War 2" as an overall topic that usually ends with them saying Hitler was right.

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ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

Hmmm.... I never met someone saying that

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#26

1. Eating as a hobby 2. Shooting, any fascination with weaponry, military.

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Tushar Roy Mukherjee 1 year ago

I havea fascination with weaponry, technologies of any kind( Even Military), and martial arts. I want to learn martial arts once I can earn enough. And I would like to learn forging, etc. and make myself some weapons. Would I be a red flag too?

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#27

People who say sorry all the time when it's not sincere.they just use as a excuse for bad behavior.

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Vinchenski 1 year ago

So, you aren't English, then? We say sorry for everything :')

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1. Dicing (as we call it here) / Drift-racing. It means you are either toxic masc or low income or both. 2. Drinking as a hobby, like that's what you do in your spare time. 3. Smoking pot. You're welcome to do it but I won't date you because you'll just be argumentative and argue in circles, and have red eyes most of the time. Speaking from experience. 4. Watching TV as your main hobby. It means you are not able to do anything useful.

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mini_doodle 1 year ago

Not sure I agree with some of these. Not all spare time has to be sent doing something 'useful'. If someone wants to watch TV or drink on their own time I dont think we should be saying its a red flag because it isn't productive.

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