It's not. At all.

If someone likes digging tunnels by hand, that's a hobby.

If someone is mad that tunneling companies make it hard for them to find "hand tunneling work", that's not a hobby. That's someone thinking their work is owed attention.

Go find a hobby that you like doing for yourself. Why do you think so many engineers turn to woodworking? It isn't because they think they're going to compete with Ikea.

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happytoexplain 18 hours ago | parent [-]

Rhetorical analogies are for people who can not, or will not, respect the subject on its own terms.

This is hideous.

	▲	abletonlive 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You can keep saying it’s hideous to feel morally superior for yourself but it’s not working here. Rhetorical analogies? There is no rhetorical analogy here it’s a fair analogy. Plenty of people take up woodworking and it is definitely one of the most impractical hobbies out there. Most people do not think they are going to derive net positive value out of woodworking. Respecting the subject on its own terms? What happened to you, did you just come back from reeducation camp or something?