[torginus]

Generally speaking I was the same, the I wasn't. I spent a significant amount of my youth, and an unreasonable amount of effort being involved in amateur astronomy. As you can imagine, it didn't exactly catapult me to the top of the high school social hierarchy.

Yet as an adult, I've received a lot of respect and admiration (from people whose opinion I care about) for my knowledge in this domain, and I can say I have an unconventional and very rewarding hobby.