An old post from Caroline Ellison’s tumblr, since deleted.

  • David GerardMA
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    68 months ago

    but a ton of the HAM community will actively discourage you from doing any of it because most of them are laser-focused on gear acquisition, contesting for bullshit accolades, and elitism

    i was just thinking about the gearhead urge in electronic music

    • @gerikson
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      8 months ago

      I am not familiar with either hams nor electronic musicians, but being peripherally involved in photography and reading about other hobbies has led me to the unscientific conclusion that this is a Guy Thing.

      (It’s possible the same tendency is present in hobbies that are traditionally female-coded, in which case it’s human)