(31 Jan 2015, 6:57 pm)MarcTheA4 I've never had any bother at school about my hobby.
I've mentioned before that everyone who knows me knows about what I do in my spare time, and I've never been given the business about it. One or two sly comments from one or two people who needed to be put in their place, mainly just calling it sad and a waste of time and money - one used to have a cyst above his eye so I asked him if he was getting it sown back on, and he shut up.
I can get along with most people, because when I'm not on NEB (I know I seem like it's my life when I reply to something within a minute lol, blame push-notifications!) or Flickr (again, push-notifications) I'm with my friends on PS Network. GTA 5 and CoD...brilliant!
So, just don't make it your life. Juggle other things around with it; for example aside from PS4 and buses I've got Instagram (I found out recently it's the most useful form of social media for teens)...and I think the reason I manage to fit in so well is because I only ever really put memes up. And people find them as funny as I do. lol
I only bothered with it in mid-September and so far I've gotten 203 followers, most of whom are actually people I speak to on a regular basis, or people I just steal memes from. 
It does annoy me though when somebody follows you, takes a bunch of memes, and then uploads them as their own. Especially the ones I make myself...I feel like saying something but I think I'll leave it...
So yeah, as I say - just balance your interests, have a variety of friends and acquaintances and you'll get no bother!
But having said that, I think it's harder when people already see you as a 'weirdo' or 'freak' - people started to realise my interest in buses back in January in Y7, people were still making friends and getting to know each other, etc, and I think the fact that I was in that position helped me a lot.
People always come to me if they have a question regarding timetable and stuff, and I suppose the added assistance I offer helps.
Could not say it better myself Marcus...
I could do with taking some of your advice, while I am drifting slightly away, NEB is my life for reasons you point out, I have notifications switched on, so I get to reply in an instant...
The one thing I really enjoy is playing Football Manager on my phone and sometimes play for hours on end
One piece of advice I would give anyone, go all over the place, I had an explorer every weekend for years in the mid/late 90's and I would spend most Saturdays on my own, going all over the region, Berwick, Hexham, Morpeth, Alnwick, Scarborough, Whitby, Ripon, Thirsk to name a small few...
Hey Marcus, at the end where you said people ask you bus related stuff, It is the same with me, people rely on me to tell them service changes that I know of, will ask me what buses to get, and on more than one occasion some drivers have said to passengers when asked about bus stuff to 'ask him'(referring to me)
