Ask an Admin (Admins being the term for Reddit employees) is a weekly column connecting Redditors and Upvoted readers with the people behind-the-scenes at Reddit. Got a question for Greg the Admin? Email him at askanadmin@reddit.com.

A lot of people go to specific subreddits because of a hobby they already have, but have you ever picked up a hobby because of something you read on the site?

– Reddit user Sanlear

Reddit has taught me a lot of important skills, and made me interested in things I had no idea I should care about.

For starters, I fancy myself a savvy traveler. I’ve been to several countries, seen the United States from east to west, yet I never took advantage of all that money I was spending. It turns out, there are credit card companies and hotels that will give you these things called “rewards” for using their services. Ha! What a novel idea, right? I was a traveling chump until the day I found the Reddit community Churning, a community dedicated to helping users make the most of their points, miles, and all other things travel card related.

I was also a complete novice when it came to cooking, before I accidentally stumbled upon the AskCulinary community. I say “accidentally” because when you spend all of your time in FoodPorn like I do, you sometimes fall down a rabbit hole of links, finding yourself actually learning how to prepare the meal you’re drooling over. In a way, askculinary is like a poor foodies ELI5 (Explain Like I’m 5), but it taught me that cooking is actually pretty easy once you stop telling yourself that you “don’t know how to cook.” The thing is, anyone can cook, and if you ask others who have the same types of questions, then collectively, all of your meals will be better. Put it this way: I was not a cook before finding Reddit’s askculinary community, but this Thanksgiving, I made ALL OF THE THINGS.

There are also moments that happen that are not necessarily “hobbies” that I’ve picked up, but rather, subtle details and nuances that I previously would never thought about if it weren’t for various Reddit communities I’ve found. For example, I would never have cared about a path cutting corners through grass if it weren’t for DesirePath. Now whenever I see a mini-trail between an established walkway, I always think of Reddit. Another example is ggggg. Of course, my name is Greg, so I see a lot of Gs, but now if I ever see a stand alone G in the wild, I think of Reddit. So, definitely not hobbies, but definitely acquired ticks with Reddit solely to blame.

To be sure, there are so many communities on Reddit that have affected the way I act or think, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that! If we’re willing to consider Reddit a zeitgeist for today’s culture, then hell, the community as a whole is forcing me to finding new and fresh points of view on Reddit everyday, simply because I browse it. Reddit to have your mind blown? Hobby: I often think in puns. Boom, micro hobby thanks to Reddit (deep, I know). But seriously, I’d like to leave you with Reddit user hellohobbit’s take on this question—it’s a good one.