Not 100% why GaG has an issue with it but that's his deal.
Hobbyist, john, trick, Jack, stud, asshole, dick, etc.
Who gives a fk and why?
I don't get it at all.
A Hobby is something like gardening, sports, knitting, painting toy soldiers, model trains...something you do in your free time.
I don't run to see a provider whenever i have a free minute.
Many encounters take time to plan, can be canceled or delayed, or subject to whatever city you happen to be visiting at the time.
Not always something you can engage in on the spot.
I mean, I'm not really going to argue semantics, i just think it's a weird euphemism.
If i were to tell someone about it, i wouldn't say i see prostitutes or hookers, simply because in most minds it's a negative connection and brings thoughts of street walkers.
But shit, some of the fellas here see so many ladies i guess for them it really would fall under the Hobby category!
Posted By: perfectstorm
Feel free to use the term or not. Many such as GaGambler hate the term hobbyist, but to say it doesn't make a lick of sense, well, doesn't make a lick of sense!
Definitions:
Hobby: noun
An activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure.
Hobbyist: noun
A person who pursues a particular hobby.
How does that not pertain to this? I am certainly a hobbyist by these definitions.
Also, this term did not originate with TER. There are many other sites like this that actually have "hobby" in their name, and the term was used in the early days of the internet in yahoo chat groups and things like that, before TER came to be.
