Online empaths being harsh critics really serves as a reminder the hypocrisy in virtual empathy.

Is it goofy? Yes. Is it cringe? Yes. Is it funny to watch? Yes. But is it hurting anyone? No. Let her have her silly little hobby in peace 😂

You know, this hobby horsing thing makes me so nostalgic. It was a huge thing in Finland already in 2006, and 11 year old me was a part of it. We made our own hobby horses, made websites for them and attended through internet matchshows and such. I made a lot of good friends back then. I love how the hobby is still alive and well ♥️

If the worst thing that girl did is get a bit dramatic over an unusual past time she lives, which is both physical and creative, then she's a better member of society than most people.

The name "hobby horsing" come from the fact those toys are also called hobby horses, but I think your point is strong.

Stop bullying kids! At least she has a wholesome hobby. Think about the things some kids are into.

Honestly, the amount of hate and bullying that is directed towards hobby horsing is insane. The primary people who partake in it is minors, especially horse girls that for whichever reason cannot have their own horse but still wish to have one. Hobbyhorses are a great way for those kids to have a horse that they can do whatever with to a very very low cost, anything from riding out with friends to competing which is usually similar to that of dance/gymnastics or hurdling, it's a great way to have kids be active and moving. There is also an incredible amount of artistic people within the community that make hobbyhorses or equipment for them. It's such a lovely community that gets such a painful amount of unjustified haterade.

Just the fact that those kids are actually doing something physical is enough reason to just leave them alone.

People making fun of her SOCKS shows you how hard they’re reaching to find a real reason to be cruel. There is no real reason, they just want a justification to bully. And sure, when you post things online it opens you up to criticism, but most of the comments I’ve seen about her are NOT criticism. Because there’s no real criticism to be made.

As a person who has been around A LOT of girls that ride ACTUAL horses... This "hobby horsing" is very common to see .... It's like a way for them to practice their "jumps" while NOT on a horse..... I think people judging from the outside should take a step away from the judgement tea....

If people can be mermaids 🧜‍♀️ , fairies, 🧚‍♀️cats, 🐈, dogs, 🐕 cows,🐄, why can’t she pretended to ride a hobby horse?!

When i was 16 i had a steampunk phase, everyone should be making fun of me 😂

Used to love running around my backyard doing “dressage” with my stick horse. I loved that thing. It was so much fun! Jumping hurdles and would spend hours outside until it got dark. Did the same on the trampoline. Good exercise.

People just love to be mean, probably because it makes them feel better which is gross. I’ve always hated when people even feel the need to comment “who cares” or “this sucks”. Why bother to type anything then? Just move a long. Whatever happened to “if you have nothing nice to say…” it’s so unnecessary other than to make someone feel bad

it sounds like the girl just had a panic attack before her um competition

TikTok users try not to bully kids challange(impossible). Most of these bullies are grown people too, how can they not tell how lame they are. Their only hobby being watching tiktok.

I'm ngl, I haven't seen HER, but some hobby horsemen do really hard shit. Like, they'll jump over obstacles WITH A PRETEND HORSE IN BETWEEN THEIR LEGS. It's actually wild

This appeared on my FYP a couple of weeks ago, and i payed it no mind. Looked into it a little, thought it was a bit goofy, and then just scrolled. How is that so hard for people to just do?

Art teachers are always my fav. Especially when they have internet tea. ❤

I love people that have the confidence to do weird or unusual things and don’t care what people think. That’s the confidence I’ve always admired as someone that gets flustered even doing the most “normal” actions in public. The world can feel so mundane and boring sometimes and it’s nice to see people being “cringe but free”.

I usually try to let people have their niche interests, I’m as enthusiastic as I can be irl about it. I think it’s also very realistic to understand why a teenager would get defensive about her niche “probably-weird” hobby, and that in the age of the Internet she’s definitely not going to stay within a bubble of understanding and empathy…

The modern version of throwing tomatoes

Imagine being an adult attacking someone else for doing something that hurts literally no one. Remember when we were trying to protect children from bullying? Where is that energy now? 🧐

Just a random tidbit. I remember when Cody Ko tried doing this sport. He took it seriously.

Also shoutout cody ko for introducing me to hobby horsing

Dude she was heaving like me when I'd have to run across a huge outdoor mall to work when there was traffic in the parking garage. Still clocked in one minute late cause I was barfing and yes I still got penalized. MAC cosmetics really cares. 😂

not TOO lighthearted 😂😂😂 Thanks for the context btw, its everything. I was ready to laugh myself until you pointed out shes just a kid.

The stick with the horse head was originally a child's toy called a hobby horse.

Empaths aren't real xD Also, I'm not down to make fun of kids online, but this just reminds me of Tina in Bob's Burgers when she takes a horse riding lesson and then end up pretending to ride at the 'end show' because no horse liked her 😂

It kinda just looks like she's having a panic attack in that video and not some physical stress? Idk her life tho

I’m 42 and now want to hobby horse. Why does she get to have all the fun?

all i can say is praise the heavens I didnt have internet access as a kid

I don't like when people put down something someone else loves or is excited about. If you have nothing nice to say don't say it.

The empaths are feeling the feelings of the mean people and are embodying that an empathizing with that that’s why the empath are also making fun of her

There is humor is the juxtaposition of her being all worked up while the competitors behind her are walking around chill af tho

The "stick horse" that they are using is called a Hobby Horse.

It's one thing to see it and go "That's fuckin' stupid" and a whole other thing to bully her for it.

I’ve never heard this story before.people need to leave others alone

As someone who probably will never ride a horse this sounds like a fun somewhat safe way of riding a horse, without a real horse present

Just started the TikTok, and that... honey, that looks like a panic attack to me.

0:15 this legitimately made me laugh out loud 😂

I got chills from the cringe of that riding clip. But we all do cringe stuff. Her flavor of cringe is just less common. I’m a poet, and there are plenty of people who would get chills of cringe if they saw a clip of me reading a poem.

I was luckily a teenager before social media was too big. All I really had was chat rooms so there isn't much in the way of evidence of my embarrassing shit. I mean, I don't really get the enjoyment of that hobby but I don't need to. She likes what she likes, who cares?

I’ve had horses since I was 5. Now as an adult, I still have 3 horses. I love my horses so much, however if I could go back in time and do this instead, I would’ve LMAO muuuuuuch cheaper option. Now obviously I’m kidding LMAO but, let this little girl live her life. We all did weird shit as kids.

I only engage in hobbies that any idiot could do so I don't run into this problem.

I used to do this around my school yard when I was five and six. I even had friends that did it too. We were the my little pony girls for real.

Like the ppl making fun of her should grow up! She is a child who is enjoying her pastime! It’s weird yes, it’s funny, yes, but is it hurting or affecting your life? If not, then f**k off and mind ya business 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

Well now I want to try hobby horsing. I’m not horsing around.

New sub 💕💕 I love you’re just naturally speaking your mind and don’t sound like a robot and you actually do your research ❤️❤️❤️

RTG letting the Dad jokes FLY today

The biggest crime you can commit on the internet is being cringe

Nope, crazy needs to be told to chill.

Idk what the economic status of these girls are, but owning a horse in the US or Canada is *expensive.* Let them live their dreams as best as they can. Also, Tina Belcher would be so proud 🥰

You give the vibe of someone who DGAF and I'm here for it. I think this "sport" is uh.....interesting to say the least. Maybe if they didn't try to imitate horses they wouldn't be in so much pain? I'm at a loss, really.

The laugh I let out when I realized you were talking about the hobbyhorse girl 😂😂😂

I wish people could just leave others alone. She's not hurting herself or anyone else so why dose it matter. Just let people injoy things, even if you (people bullying this girl) don't understand it or think it's just weird it's not for you to understand and thats OK. I was bullied alot all through school and told I was weird because I liked drawing and reading. To hhg be yourself for yourself and if others think it's cringe that's a them problem. Sad people will always try to bring down people that are independently happy because there self-worth is based on others perseption of them rather then there own happiness in being themselves. My one peice of advice to everyone including my younger self is "live as your 100% authentic self" iv been living by that for many years now and I am truly happy because of it.

People being okay with everyday lies, corruption, poverty and violence around, but attacking those who have love and passion on something they do not understand. Not the first time in humans' history, but so hypocrite.

why do so many people have to comment on everything and usually be rude about it

There’s something very English about this hobby, like a mix of Monty Python and English eccentricity.

A hobby horse 🐎 I believe is a pony on a stick.

2:57 why was this so funny😭

Is it cringe? Yes. But she's also doing something fun and exercising/moving about which is 1000x better than sitting and scrolling all day. It's literally healthier

To be fair “stick horses” are also called “hobby horses” so the name is what it is bc “stick horse riding” would be worse

Glad you called all the “saints” out👍

Sure its strange but shes just having fun horsing around lol

2:58 Hobby Heese, I believe.

A clip of her doing hobby horsing would be helpful. I watched the whole video and still don't know what it is!

Term's been around a long time, and though I've never really thought about it, yes, I guess it is pretty stupid. Not sure whomever created them had THAT in mind, though 😂

That's internet culture. You are allowed no joy or happiness, and if you show it, the internet will condemn you. I only share my interests with the like minded and I don't regret it.

I grew up with the Internet and it was always like this. People should learn how to handle the opinions/rudeness of strangers. Just don't give a f8ck, don't read them, do what you want/like, geez...

So glad I grew up when having and online presence wasn't really a thing. These kids would've killed me😅

It rlly shouldve stayed in their community

Your are not being soft. You are just being mature

Why can't people just be allowed to enjoy life

I was 16 before the age of Facebook or even MySpace (or even the internet in its entirety, honestly; thank the gods). My friends and I ran around the school after hours, "summoning demons," because we were deep into satanic panic. Looking back, we were equally cringe in our time as this girl is now.

first time hearing about this so i watched some clips and wow very impressive skills you need

Man there’s so many more things to be angry about on the internet. Like at least she’s doing something so innocent as a hobby. I’m sure there’s a target audience she was making that for, why can’t people just keep their annoying opinions to themselves

Why are people so mean? This has literally been an estabished hobby for years!

😂😂🖤🖤 I so needed that thanks art teacher

I mean I guess my 5 year old does the same so what can I say? Do they have to pay for trainers and all that to do this? I have so many questions.

I love your wig! Where did you get it? Is it synthetic? It looks awesome on you!

I have to be honest, to me hobbyhorsing is ridiculous but when I encountered the tik tok I just thought “this is so dumb” but that’s it. I didn’t leave any bad comment or hate, I just kept scrolling. Not everyone on the internet needs to hear our opinion on something specially a teen. A cruel comment could cause so many bad things in such a young mind.

The viral tiktok is very cringe, and it made me laugh. But I saw it, laughed, and moved on. To bully a child on the internet for their hobby, or for anything, is just wild to me. I too, did some V E R Y cringe things as a child that I now laugh at. But I can't imagine getting made fun of by grown adults at her age, that's rough

People thought she was a grown adult?! Bro she looks at least 14 💀

Well done

It’s weird because I see this and think it seems cool and reminds me of something small European children in the 1600s might do for fun lol

This is the second time hobby horsing is being picked on. 😂 Its silly but harmless. I do love the memes, though. Also the target demographic for hobby horsing is for children and teens.

You should see the hate towards the quadrobics community 😅

I can only imagine the ignorance brought forward by this content. Whhoof, heavy, im just imagining in my head and although i havent read the comments i have a pretty good idea of what the majority of turds on the internet had to say, so feeling compassion for this poor thing, theres a part of me that feels just pity, thinking of basically still a child absorbing the unfettered wrath of trolls and bullies , and then theres another part of me that says, no honey, don’t post that, and well she will learn,. But if im being real im thinking, no probably not, shell get hurt and feel shame embarrassment etc etc and the whole thing will just damage her self esteem and self image, so she probably wont take the learning experience in a way that teaches. Its not like the lesson learned by touching a hot stove unfortunately, you wont do that again, so it leaves me just wondering about the parents, and who raised her think itd be a good idea to post that publicly to the world. Sorry but parents can grasp the concept of internet permanency, children cannot, in theory parents can understand that opinions are like assholes, and that you cant please everyone and that you should derive any form of self worth from that toxic place called social media, but kids, no, their parents apparently think its ok for them to learn this shit the hard way… idk I disagree and would never allow unsupervised internet access to anyone under 16, but thats just me as a person who believes kids are missing out on a great many things when they are glued to their devices when it becomes their babysitter and their fix, but what do i know….

I feel like the parents are going to show up to the next school board meeting to have you fired as their child's art teacher... 🤷🏼‍♂️

I disagree with some of what you said. Because I know if i was doing that at even aged 12, I'd be made fun of for the rest of my life by my peers. I do think it's wrong for adults ridiculing her because she's young, but she's also two years away from being 18. And highschool/teenagers are brutal to each other as they are. I hate how people nowadays are infantalising teenagers and group them with literal kids when they're closer to being out of school. At 16, they can start learning how to drive and do other "adultish" stuff. The only time I will ever make the comparison of teens being "children" is if they just turned 15 or they are teenagers under 18 being approached by adults (which I'm heavily against for obvious reasons). That "hobby" I feel is something I could get away with doing publicly in kindergarten/pre-school. Even ten year olds wouldn't try to do this stuff in public because they're afraid of ridicule. So I don't understand how someone of her age would do this in public especially in the presence of social media and constant camcording?? It's fine to do this, but you have to realise how silly you'd look if you're doing this out in public if your of a double digit age.

I’ve been laughing at (but not hating on) the video because I genuinely thought it was satirical. I had no idea people did this as a real sport, I’ve only ever seen hobby horses being used by small children.

This is on the same level as the paper dragon thing. I can't stand the cringe of it, but the people doing it (kids) are having a great time and feel cool so just move on, people. Scroll on.

SHes reacting like she just did a triathlon and uploading it to tik tok. I get why shes being made fun of lol. But thats not a justification of hate

I’m not gonna lie, I never heard of “hobbyhorsing” until this video lol.

Unfortunately, once she posted it publicly, other people’s reactions are out of anyone’s control.

This girl was cringey as fuck but we ALL were at that age. If anything I ever did at 16 was online I would never be able to live it down. Thank god I never recorded myself.

Everyone was cringe when they were 16, and it SUCKED whenever ya got made fun of for being cringe! Why not break that cycle instead of perpetuating it? I guess it'd involve seeing teens and other cringy people as, y'know, being people, instead of pieces of entertainment.

Lowkey hobby horse reminds me of Tina belcher when she couldn’t ride a real horse so she rode her imaginary friend horse

You look so pretty today 🥰