Bahaha, I think I interact more on this forum than I do in my "real" social life (and I'm hardly as active as some of the people on here ). I actually forget how most people consider snakes to be unusual pets, and when the topic does come up I just list off all the reasons they're great (no smell, no noise, no house damage, once per week feeding, you guys already know the picture )

I've been pretty lucky though in that most of my friends didn't bat an eye when I started keeping reptiles, they've seen me do much stranger things. It's the encounters with the general public (small talk in waiting rooms, grocery store, work, etc) where I'm reminded the whole world doesn't love snakes