So, yes, there are people who are just starting out. But it is an entirely different matter to be a beginner than to be a wannabe. The
word ‘wannabe’ is ostensibly a contraction of ‘want to be’ but it
has taken on a much more specialized meaning. For example, someone
who buys a guitar and signs up for lessons is a beginner. But
someone who learns two chords and one turn-around and five years
later that’s still all they know, yet at every opportunity they have
some comment on the subtle differences between this and that brand of
string and the effects of placing the pickup 1/32nd inch to the left,
etc. is a wannabe. That is, someone who gets their jollies from
basking in the guitar world and injecting themselves into it any time
they can, but has no intention of disciplining themselves to actually
learn the instrument.
Can you tell me that you do not see a stark difference between the posts and comments on this list from people for whom homesteading is an art and a lifestyle they are pursuing and those who want to talk a
good game so long as it is a good distance from any actual muck?
Can you appreciate how 180 degree different this is than those posts we used to get here from others who were constantly demanding that we
validate that they were great and noble for planting a radish in spite of the terrible pain in all the diodes down their left side?
Like that Wannabe Bob seems to see us homesteaders as fleeing and hiding from society and authority and we represent to him the sort of
escape he is seeking. It’s as if the essence of homesteading is not
a continuous and enduring muck filled life of prosperity by our own work, but rather a matter of sewing some gold coins into the lining of one’s coat and disappearing off the radar. Alas, homesteading has nothing whatever to do with that. More often just the opposite.
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