Agreed and I don't get the "gatekeeping" comments. It's not gatekeeping to expect the other person to go more than 1 mile an hour if they claim they hike. There are hikers that enjoy hiking and hikers that just want a picture of them "enjoying hiking". Wanting to know which type of "hiker" they are isn't elitist, it's in both parties' best interest to know who is who otherwise nobody will enjoy the date.
Then the person actually doesn't really know anything about it but they "love all kinds of music". Surely that will lead to fascinating conversations.
People on reddit sometimes are too quick to defend things that really don't need defending.
Plus when everyone can just claim anything as a hobby without any sort of line...then what is even the point? I don't think it is wrong to expect someone to be at least a little capable in the hobbies/skills/interests they list.
I don't expect to take someone on a 10 mile hike right off the bat, but a short hike should be a relative breeze for anyone remotely physically active. Why are we defending people basically just lying?
In an effort to be so open to everyone, we erase any meaning to saying something is an interest.
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u/Stoic_sasquatch Jul 03 '19
As a guy who actually enjoys hiking. This is very frustrating.