#i thin kone of the reasons im bad at picking up hobbies is

[midwestgender]

one thing that confounds me that non-autistic people do is like. they’ll be like oh i wanna pick up hiking. so they like. maybe buy a new water bottle, shove it in a backpack, and then google a hiking spot and go to it. when i started hiking i read like 40 different subreddits just to figure out what kind of shoes i needed to wear. 

#i always discourage people so much when they are trying to get into new stuff LMAO #because half the time i try to get into stuff it turns out its SUPER EXPENSIVE #and i hear people be like 'i wanna start cycling!!' and im like are you prepared to drop around 3500 dollars if #you want to do it properly #i thin kone of the reasons im bad at picking up hobbies is #i need to do it the 'right' way #and my opinion on the right way is based mostly on the people of reddit and random bloggers i find on google #who all have very strong opinions on what sort of tent you have to bring for an overnight hike #i think its mostly out of a fear of being mocked by men who are more experienced in the hobbies i want LMAO #but also the thing is at least i dont supremely fuck up due to lack of palnning ever #i dont understand people who will be like #I CANT BELIEVE MY KAYAK FLIPPED!!!! #whilst they went somewhere for kayaking that #one google search would reveal it is incredibly dangerous #2 kayak there #like why cant yall use google?