Sorry to sound hysterical, but as an actual history buff I hate these fucking memes. The only reason you'd prefer "history as a hobby" is if you're trying to prove some vague point through cherrypicking historical fact.

Maybe I'm jaded because I know way too many people (I was one of them) who claimed to be "into history" but all they ever wanted to talk about was a few random factoids about World War 2 battles.