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Is there a "type"?

josie

josie

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I have been told several times that I do not look the "type" to have snakes....Is there really a type? I also get told I don't look the type to have tattoos either but I have them.
 
I get told that all the time too. People seem to think you have to be a stripper or a hardcore Harley rider to own snakes. :roflmao:
 
This is something that is very prevalent here & I have to admit that it's a notion I even had about snake keepers. I think it is because the people who most visibly own snakes (a lot of the time, not always) are whatever your area's "rebels" look like & they show off their big bad snakes as part of their image but they are actually a minority of the herp keeping community. But they are the ones non-snake people think of when they think of someone who keeps snakes. Just my thoughts on it.
 
Yes - There is a "TYPE" it is called "weird"

Not everyone can be in the club. The ones that scare me are the ones that look normal on the outside.

Love the Fatman

Yes - I am the fat normal looking guy in the corner who is really the fat weird guy with snakes in his house.
 
It is truly disheartening that many people "judge a book by it's cover" rather than getting to know them. I know that I don't fit the image that many people have of a person who has hermit crabs, frogs, snakes, lizards, tarantula...oh yeah, and the dead mice, crickets, mealworms, waxworms, fruit flies that accompany the former. :roflmao: The singer in my husband's band takes great delight in just waiting for me to rattle off my zoo to new people that I meet. I think he just likes the looks I get!
I've met some of the nicest people w/similar interests & they're far less judgemental. :cool:
I do believe that I'll leave the tattoos to my husband. :eek:
 
I have worked in administrative positions for the last 20 yrs. I have people tell me all the time that they would never guess that I have snakes or tattoos (one of my tattoos is a asian phoenix that takes up my right leg including knee). They are also shocked when they hear my boyfriend is a tattoo artist because he doesn't "look" like one. He only has two tattoos. LOL
bksbuddha said:
It is truly disheartening that many people "judge a book by it's cover" rather than getting to know them. I know that I don't fit the image that many people have of a person who has hermit crabs, frogs, snakes, lizards, tarantula...oh yeah, and the dead mice, crickets, mealworms, waxworms, fruit flies that accompany the former. :roflmao: The singer in my husband's band takes great delight in just waiting for me to rattle off my zoo to new people that I meet. I think he just likes the looks I get!
I've met some of the nicest people w/similar interests & they're far less judgemental. :cool:
I do believe that I'll leave the tattoos to my husband. :eek:
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Fatman you crack me up. I guess i would be one of the normal looking weirdos. LOL
Fatman608 said:
Yes - There is a "TYPE" it is called "weird"

Not everyone can be in the club. The ones that scare me are the ones that look normal on the outside.

Love the Fatman

Yes - I am the fat normal looking guy in the corner who is really the fat weird guy with snakes in his house.
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When I've talked about it at work I've heard "Yeah, you look like someone who would own snakes"

Well thanks, since they're awesome.

I guess there is a more noticible types... I mean when you go to shows... You see a lot of guys with tattoos all over and not too many girls wearing hot pink dresses.
 
I have owned snakes since 1995.
I have no tattoos.
I am middle aged and overweight.
I have been told I don't look the type too....
 
Yes were a *type* I could only call it ummmmm AWESOMENESS you can only see it in people if you have it yourself so no weird people without snakes dont see us as *the snake owning type*. lol Fatman I think you have a little more awesomeness than most(you people may not but 4some reason when I read that I thought it came off as a fat joke witch I Did Not mean it to)
 
I'm fashion-conscious and feminine on the outside and a tomboy on the inside I think. When my boyfriend and I go to shows, the vendors seem to notice him first, prior to learning that I'm the one with a bunch of snakes and an interest in breeding scorpions (not to mention that I spend inordinate amounts of time crawling through bushes in the dirt looking for bugs and snakes). I pretty much look like I should be a cat person, if anything, and not someone who keeps snakes or possesses an interest in the outdoors.

I agree with Tavia's theory. Within any group, certain people stand out. Although the tattooed rocker types are probably a minority of the reptile-keeping community, they're the most visible, so it's a given that they'll be more recognizable to those outside of the reptile community. Their visibility within a certain group creates a psychological association with said group.
 
My boyfriend is a tattoo artist and only has two tattoos. One is a Ohio flag and the other is of a rooster (cause he says he's cocky LOL) All of the guys that work at the shop with him are totally freaked out by snakes. My boyfriend isn't bothered by them but has not held them. Now if I had to feed them live mice and bring live mice in the house then he would have a big problem since he's totally freaked out by mice, which is hysterical to me.

GSDlover said:
When I've talked about it at work I've heard "Yeah, you look like someone who would own snakes"

Well thanks, since they're awesome.

I guess there is a more noticible types... I mean when you go to shows... You see a lot of guys with tattoos all over and not too many girls wearing hot pink dresses.
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No one has ever actually said it, but I guess I don't look the type either, judging by the looks when I say I have 22 snakes. I have a tattoo, but it's not generally visible, so that wouldn't be a clue. LOL
 
GSDlover said:
When I've talked about it at work I've heard "Yeah, you look like someone who would own snakes"

Well thanks, since they're awesome.

I guess there is a more noticible types... I mean when you go to shows... You see a lot of guys with tattoos all over and not too many girls wearing hot pink dresses.
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Hey GSGlover,

Sorry, but the Texas Redneck in me is yelling at me to say we need a pic of you in the HOT PINK DRESSES.

Again sorry but I am a normal looking Fat Texas Redneck.

Love the Fatman
 
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