PA Sleuth
Sr. Member
- Nov 26, 2014
- 260
- 708
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett Ace 250, Minelab E Trac, XP Deus
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
People mock what they don't understand. Keep on keepin on.
What some of you don't realize is joelton is a teenager
Teenagers can be harsh. And you need to ignore them.
Look at it this way. You have what maybe 2 more years of being around these people and then your whole world will change. They are just trying to be cool by putting you down. Looking back I wish I would have picked up a detector at your age. I would have had many many great hours spent digging instead of just hanging out in a parking lot somewhere
Good luck and stick with it
Hello Tnet
I know most of you do not care however in the event of day to day contact with my peers in regular life it has gotten harder and harder to continue my YouTube channel. People have been harsh and very just plain out mean about it so I could use guidance from you guys because I'm sure there is a obstacle somewhere in your hobby. So currently it has gotten to the point where I have made all of my videos link only so only you guys that enjoy the hobby just as much as I do can see it. Just my thoughts I could really use guidance from you guys talk to you all soon!
Singed Confused and Woried,
Jolteon
Everyone else has pretty much said it but my advice to add is to laugh it off if you can. Usually getting defensive or upset encourages them to keep making fun of you because they get a reaction, and if you can laugh with them they will get bored and move on pretty quickly. I think theres an episode of The Office about this where Michael doesn't like them saying that prison is better than the office… thats my .02
What some of you don't realize is joelton is a teenager
Teenagers can be harsh. And you need to ignore them.
Look at it this way. You have what maybe 2 more years of being around these people and then your whole world will change. They are just trying to be cool by putting you down. Looking back I wish I would have picked up a detector at your age. I would have had many many great hours spent digging instead of just hanging out in a parking lot somewhere
Good luck and stick with it
Exactly right
Only ideas from someone else J..
You have to make your own choices and decisions in life. Looking back, in time, you'll recognize some of your major turning points and how you made them..if you don't make them who else will?
Peers can tease and dog you for sure. Heck strangers can too, but peers can be the worst. Some of them may stay that way for life but that's not on you.
Down the road you'll be free of that unless you fish it out of people not worth your time. Yep, just different names of juvenile adults.
If you only post vids here a while till you figure out another angle; so be it.
Something though ,your hobby is not for every body. Being different and attracting attention a nearly predictable result... Not just for you, for others as well!
Too, your hobby is one of sometimes keeping a lot of what you are up to on the downlow around others to not attract attention for other reasons.
We would have you be J.. of course but perhaps down the road you might develop an alias or Nom de guerre for your vids. Your voice can be a tell, or a previous site but you could figure something out.
If you feel persecuted and don't want a constant fight over your topics, slide around feeding fuel to critics by acting disinterested in pursuing former activities as openly.
Know that dogs don't chase parked cars and naughty folks don't break unlit bulbs as much as lit ones.Be proud of your work as it improves but humble enough to know who it is for and that there will be critics.
In time you and your critics,peers anyway, will be out in a bigger world. Your vids will mean little to them but their attitudes will be everything in their success or lack of it.
People skills and how you respond to others strengths and weaknesses can be an asset or liability.
For now, let the criticism roll off like water off a ducks back. Stick to short and long term plans. Under the radar if others are jerks. Some one always will be. Different names and ages is all. Slide around if other options are not proper or timely. Just account for you and keep your nose clean and family out of the local news. L.O.L..
Don't go too far the other way and shut yourself off from them or society,you can still enjoy your hobby. Sharing it with the wrong audience will not produce the desired results is all. Not just for you again, but for all.
There is only one person you need to please, (with family and laws and common society politeness and involvement considered retained of course). That person is you.
Only my ideas,yours may well vary and that's fine..
You get down, or bored you can reread this post and try to figure any of it out.... Keep you busy a while.