Would You Classify Hookah As A Hobby?

[Ooph]

Personally I think it is.

[Cheese//]

More of a social past-time
Like poker
but better.

[MechAnt]

Yes. Its something I really enjoy, put money into, and enjoy with other people. Easily a hobby of mine.

[RayVer]

oh yeah very much a hobby.. always buying more to add on to it...trying new ways to improve it. couldn't think of it as anything else Edited November 15, 2007 by RayVer

[waterboi]

Def a hobby. I love trying different things and adding new pieces to my collection.

[Ooph]

Hmm, reason why I touched on this topic is because I called Hookah a hobby and got some laughs like I was stupid for saying it

[chinamon]

definitely a pastime/hobby.
if people can say that cigar smoking is a pastime or hobby then so can smoking hookah.

[gaia.plateau]

I would define a hobby as any active pursuit that does not constitute a livelihood.

Collecting hookahs is a hobby. Building hookahs is a hobby. Trading hookahs is a hobby. Juggling hookahs is a hobby.
These are active pursuits.

Being a plumber is not a hobby. Being a professional hookah merchant is not a hobby.
These are livelihoods.

Eating is not a hobby. Consuming illegal substances is not a hobby. Breathing is not a hobby. Watching TV is not a hobby. Drinking beer, smoking cigars, tasting fine cheeses, and wearing clothes, are not hobbies.
These are manners or habits of consumption.

Smoking hookah is a manner or habit of consumption, not a hobby.

Just my perception of course, but it's an objective one. Edited November 15, 2007 by gaia.plateau

[chinamon]

I would define a hobby as any active pursuit that does not constitute a livelihood.

Collecting hookahs is a hobby. Building hookahs is a hobby. Trading hookahs is a hobby. Juggling hookahs is a hobby.
These are active pursuits.

Being a plumber is not a hobby. Being a professional hookah merchant is not a hobby.
These are livelihoods.

Eating is not a hobby. Consuming illegal substances is not a hobby. Breathing is not a hobby. Watching TV is not a hobby. Drinking beer, smoking cigars, tasting fine cheeses, and wearing clothes, are not hobbies.
These are manners or habits of consumption.

Smoking hookah is a manner or habit of consumption, not a hobby.

Just my perception of course, but it's an objective one.

i guess your definition is different than the english dictionary.
according to dictionary.com......

hob·by1 /ˈhɒbi/
–noun, plural -bies.
1. an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation

so plumbing could be a hobby. why cant a person like to fix plumbing as a hobby after work?

[gaia.plateau]

i guess your definition is different than the english dictionary.
according to dictionary.com......

hob·by1 /ˈhɒbi/
–noun, plural -bies.
1. an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation

so plumbing could be a hobby. why cant a person like to fix plumbing as a hobby after work?

Wow - I'm seriously surprised at how close my definition was. I honestly just pulled that completely out of my rectum.
Still, I wouldn't call smoking "pursuing", I would call it "consuming".

And I didn't say that plumbing couldn't be a hobby, I said that being a plumber isn't a hobby. If it's your main occupation, according to you, or a livelihood, as verbalized by me, it isn't a hobby.

Edit: Also... are we really at the point in human society where dictionary.com is the english dictionary? Edited November 15, 2007 by gaia.plateau

[hookah hippie]

More of a social past-time
Like poker
but better.

They go well together, have a few beers and you are in a type of paradise

[chinamon]

Edit: Also... are we really at the point in human society where dictionary.com is the english dictionary?

find me another source that defines it differently then.
i think the definition that it provided to be rather accurate.

[gaia.plateau]

Edit: Also... are we really at the point in human society where dictionary.com is the english dictionary?

find me another source that defines it differently then.
i think the definition that it provided to be rather accurate.

Well, the definition that I made up on the spot was effectually identical to the one you found on the site... so why? I was just expressing the chagrin I would feel if dictionary.com was widely considered to be the paragon authority of english vocabulary.

[ASUSEAN1]

hobby? hookah is a sport dammit haha

[Ooph]

hobby? hookah is a sport dammit haha

Lol, damn guys you got really deep into it huh?

You guys smoking at the moment? lol.

[Dekon]

Consider it both a sport and hobby.

Sport wise : biggest hit, biggest O, etc.
Hobby wise : always expanding your "Library", making things better, figuring out what goes where, tinkering with parts for better smoke, etc.

[Dr. Atkins]

Edit: Also... are we really at the point in human society where dictionary.com is the english dictionary?

find me another source that defines it differently then.
i think the definition that it provided to be rather accurate.

Well, the definition that I made up on the spot was effectually identical to the one you found on the site... so why? I was just expressing the chagrin I would feel if dictionary.com was widely considered to be the paragon authority of english vocabulary.

It is a useful tool, in that it draws from many different databases. However, like Wikipedia, this strength can easily turn into a weakness, given how lax the standards for some of these sources are.

[shisha fan]

yup hookah is a hobby of mine. i also call it that way to justify all the money i put into it.

[Cheese//]

I've actually been thinking about it
and it depends on how seriously you take it.
I'd say that if you're serious enough to post on a hookah forum then it's a hobby.
But if you sometimes have it with your friends and are only interested in the bare minimum of smoking it and that's it the it's a social past-time.

So for me it is a hobby.
Even if I wouldn't list it on a CV

[EternalSoil]

Consider it both a sport and hobby.

Sport wise : biggest hit, biggest O, etc.
Hobby wise : always expanding your "Library", making things better, figuring out what goes where, tinkering with parts for better smoke, etc.

You have a library!?

Geez... i have to keep mine in the closet in little tubs...


*sniff* i wish i had a library... with shisha and books and stuff...

*sniff sniff* I wish i could read them too...

[camelflage]

a state of mind. a way of life.

[shonimus]

it's more of an obsession for me...

[JillyIsJustKidding]

Hehe a hobby. Hookah is one of the things to me that are worth spending a lot of money on!

[PirateNinja415]

i'd consider it a hobby. It's something that i enjoy spending my time on, with friends or by myself.

[Elky]

I would seriously consider hookah smoking a hoby, as it is something that is an enjoyable distraction from the mundane. As far as considering it consumption goes, I would consider consumption to include the nececities, eating, beathing, etc.

With regard to a hoby being somehting you have to spend money on, nothing coul dbe farther from the truth. think of all the people who's hobbies are collecting things.

Just my 2 cents