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Young people are trading tips, logging sightings and turning the pastime into a social event.

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Birdwatching is cool now

Now? It has been cool for as long as I can remember... says I, an older (not in tweed and not so gentle, but kinda amateur of soup I'll admit that) man even when people were looking at me as if I was some kind of weirdo/perv carrying around my binoculars ;)

"On social media in particular, people are redefining what it is to be into birdwatching - sharing knowledge and passion."

Come on, I know it's trendy to reinvent the wheel and to claim everything is better now than it used to be before us, but is "sharing knowledge and passion" really that much of a novelty?

Me being an old fart set aside, it's really cool to see younger people get into that outdoor practice. With any luck, this could also serve as a gateway for a bunch of them to _re_discover activities and passions alike need not always be shared in real time on social media?

edit: typos.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

If you haven't you should watch Listers. It's a hilarious documentary about birdwatching and the full thing is on YouTube.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Shhh... Don't say it out loud.

Us old people will make it uncool by trying to "show you how it was done back in the days," scalpers will hoard all the birds, and the greedy AI-loving CEOs will somehow enshittify the whole experience. Enjoy your hobbies quietly.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's always been cool for people who enjoy it.

Reading is cool.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

The youth have always set the pace for what is cool. To paraphrase a song lyric..."Now all the hippies work for IBM or take control of faster ways to sell you food that isn't really whole".

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Always has been (⌐■_■)

But it's cool that there are new ways for people to enjoy it.

[–] marighost@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

birdwatching

Written by the BBC, who can't seem to find the hyphen key?

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

If I wrote this article all the quotes would just be diff people going “birb”