Came through the reading list this week… seems there must be a push again about something or someone really complaining that others are not “real hams” if they didn’t do something from the past. Guess we all get a little protective about things that we have done and figure others have not earned that same status by not doing that same thing.
In some cases I think it may apply if the function in question is still current or relevant, but in many (most) cases it is just a badge that we all think we have earned that puts us ahead of the others that have not. I have been a ham now for ….. uh… 34+ years. Takes awhile to figure all that