Birding vs. Sak collecting

Many have queried,  Crumby, as a veteran of both birding and Swiss army knife (Sak) collecting, which of those twain do you feel like is the better hobby?

This question, like any smart question, as opposed to the more common, stupid question, can be rephrased as a Druid dichotomy. Which might be stated as so or so. Which would you rather do for a hobby; bird or collect Saks.  That is a merciless dichotomy fer sure, assuming the average hobby enthusiast would have to absolutely quit or totally give up on one or the other. But assuming an absolute bifurcation, necessitating the choice of one pathway only, Crumby would give up birding.

To explain why, Crumby must first sum up a few of the negatives of the birding hobby.

1)  Many, maybe most, birders are assholes.
2)  Birders, like birds, need to flock together.
3)  Therefore, the odds of associating with an asshole while birding are sadly excellent.
4)  In no trespassing happy La Republica duh Tejas, birders are forced to associate together in a relatively few, small, far flung  public areas.
5)  Thus concentrating the assholes even more.
6)  Crumby could go on, but that's more than enough.

Sak collecting, on the other hand, is solitary by nature.  Why, even the world's least washed hermit could easily collect Saks without aggravation so long as he or she had internet access and a PayPal account.  And the Sak collecting hermit we are now discussing should only encounter the occasional asshole among the many purveyors of Saks, and those, only remotely, via the miracle of electricity.

However, since Crumby introduced the topic, electricity, it must be spelled that the magic of electric photography has enlivened the birding hobby, considerably, with artifacts.   Here's one of a million photos taken of the Burnett County, long-tailed duck.