Zen, don't lose your idealism, just search for someone else who shares your views. We have seen matches here of people far away from each other geographically but close together in their values. They have made it work.
We also inadvertently translate English from Irish. So for example, an English person would say 'I have already eaten dinner' . We'd say 'I'm after dinner '
I guess it depends how interested you are in them in the first place. If it's just casual chat then it wouldn't matter either way. If you were interested in them and they did it, then they aren't worth bothering with again.
RE: Hobbies
I used to collect lots of things.I hsd stamps from all over the world. I used to love the bright colourful ones from exotic islands in the sun.
I used to also collect coins.
I'm sure if I did a good search in my dad's house, my collection would still be there somewhere.
Maybe one of them is now worth a fortune