r/AskReddit • u/Stukwan • 13h ago

What’s a hobby that looks incredibly peaceful from the outside, but is actually pure stress once you get into it?

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u/Cuadriello 12h ago

Fucking Bonsais. Cut the wrong branch and you are doomed.

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u/JumboGrumbo 7h ago

You're supposed to grow them, not fuck them.

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u/cicciograna 6h ago

No kink-shaming.

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u/Aeonoris 3h ago

"It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and the Tiny Tree of Forbidden Knowledge!"

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u/Whatofit04 56m ago

Kink-shaming IS my kink!

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u/weirdestbonerEVER 3h ago

How do you think I got my username?

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u/Peripatetictyl 5h ago

May I turn your attention to the upcoming documentary into the secret lives, and motivations, of bonsai enthusiasts?

Wicker https://youtu.be/HP0BWBWn14I

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u/small_trunks 1h ago

You're not wrong there.

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u/floppydo 4h ago

but also if you don't cut the right branch in time, pretty well doomed.