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[–] eek2121@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Play Factorio. Realize it has become a full time job. ??? Profit!

[–] drekly@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Complete it.

Then complete the K2 mod.

Then play the space exploration mod

Then the new expansion will be out.

That's how my YEAR is going. SE takes forever.

[–] eek2121@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep, but you missed a step. Get all achievements. Also, Play through K2 + SE. Also, Seablock.

I have gotten the achievements, but II haven’t “beaten” SE or K2 + SE, nor have I beaten Seablock.

I have thousands of hours in the game. I am a married guy with many kids. Pls send help.

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[–] Spamdump@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I like to putter. Find little projects to do like organizing the junk drawer, rearrange the furniture, reorganize the pantry or kitchen. Little stuff like that.

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or eat it. Just grab yourself an egg and beat it.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

Cooking. Plan a meal and take a day to make it. Like last night I took a chicken out of the freezer. In the morning I cooked the stuffing and choppped the veggies. In the afternoon I stuffed it. Then I put it in the oven a couple hours later and I’m about to eat it soon

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Games. Both video and board games. There's always someone playing something in this house.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

How do you get bored at home?

What is this boredom of which you speak?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Code, play computer games, read, browse Lemmy.

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Listen to audio books, plays video games, socialize with friends on discord, work on computer projects, spend time with pets.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 1 year ago

I end up doing chores.

[–] XBannedx@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

I would saying trying new recipes to cook or bake. Everyone always appreciated something new and tasty to eat. Sitting and listening to music exclusively and actively hearing it rather than is being a source of background noise.

[–] RampageDon@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Printing and painting minis and other things

[–] phant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Generally I try to have a creative, hands-on project on the go. Lately that's been rebuilding a guitar, but it could be designing something on the computer.

Otherwise; playing guitar, gardening, practice putting (disc golf). So I guess hobbies.

[–] cozy_chameleon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I like making costumes. It’s creative, hands-on, it gets me away from a screen (3D modeling aside), and it still intersects with my nerdy interests like video games or sci-fi and fantasy worlds.

And as a bonus, I get to wear it to nerdy costume parties when it’s done!

[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago
[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Build and paint models. Play with the dog. Go for a walk. Tend the garden. Clean the car. Read a book. Sleep.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Good suggestions here. If nothing seems to interest you, you might be experiencing anhedonia, inability to experience pleasure. Often goes with depression.

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Read. I honestly don't think life would be as enjoyable if books didn't exist. And thanks to libraries, you can read them for free.

Unlike movies/TV/games, they're entirely portable without loss of quality, so you can take a book with you on a walk, to the pub, to the coffee shop etc.

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Sewing, learning to draw, knitting, reading, macrame, playing with my dog, video games, pottery. Maybe go to thrift shops and look for hidden gems that you can fix up?

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Write code, web series (such as Critical Role. Technically doesn't qualify as tv/movies, right?), 3d print stuff, design models (mostly utilitarian stuff) to 3d print, vidja games, Dungeons and Dragons (remotely), cook, meditate (but not as much as I should), Lemmy, Hacker News.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I like to make things more efficient by crafting stuff. So I had to organize all my tools and fasteners that I just keep in one super cluttered cabinet and every time I want to do a project I have to search for a couple minutes for anything I'm looking for.

So I cut up an old pair of jeans and learned how to make drawstring pouches and just made half a dozen pouches to organize every thing. More organized and now I can make useful pouches whenever I want.

I just look for stuff like that to do when I can't find media that holds my interest.

[–] Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish I had time to be bored. How does one go about getting this time?

[–] Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Can't you just start being depressed like the rest of us?

[–] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Woodworking

[–] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gym, yoga, lifting, running. But i am still bored as hell.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

No i do not, I have skin loss, I'm look like a snail naked.

[–] ____@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Which leads to another hobby…

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Play video games, jogging.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reading is always good.

Knitting is very time consuming if you're terrible at it like me :D

I've also got a workshop so building random things is probably my favorite - coming up with the idea is the hard part.

I also have a reloading setup in my shop so I can load my own ammunition. There are so many variables, loads, powders, etc that it can keep me busy for weeks... Especially once you catch the subsonic bug.

[–] ____@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Two hobbies I don’t see combined very often, for no real reason. Curious which you picked up first, always interesting to see how people got to enjoying two disparate things.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm guessing the knitting and reloading being the odd ones?

Reloading first. I built a .300 Blackout back when ammo was rare and expensive so I started loading my own (via 5.56 brass conversion) in order to afford to feed it.

Knitting was maybe two years later. The spouse and friends signed up for a knitting class but only told me later. At that point the class was full so I said "fine I'll learn it myself" and here we are. I recently 3d printed a circular knitting machine in an attempt to speed up sock making... still working out the kinks but I have high hopes.

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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Crafting. I'm making RPG terrain out of discarded cardboard, plastic, hot glue and acrylic paint. Haven't cut myself yet. I'm mildly proud of that, given how clumsy I am.

[–] timo_timboo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's pretty cool. Hope you have some fun with it.

I cook. I never thought I'd take up cooking as a hobby: it was always kind of a chore. but since i bought a house that has a full kitchen (as opposed to the 8sqft of counter space in my 500 sqft apartment), and i started drinking soylent, i find that when i have TIME to cook its a lot of fun and then i get to feed my wife and friends n stuff so that's pretty cool.

and it's pretty cheap as hobbies go if you go for that full scratch cooking because you are basically always just buying ingredients like flour and eggs and heavy whipping cream and then like one or two items for the specific dish (i do a lot of baking), then relying an the arsenal you've built up over time.

[–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
  • Playing/Learning a musical nstrument
  • Reading books
  • Cooking
  • Throw a party for friends or host a board game/poker night
  • Any number of hobbies one could take up (woodworking, coin/stamp collecting, models, knitting/crocheting...)
[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love stories, journaling RPGs and solo RPGs make writing stories fun and easy.

Itch.io has a ton of them for super cheap. Thousand year old vampire, one of the most popular journaling RPGs, has plenty of free community copies to grab.

[–] XBannedx@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Wow this sounds awesome. I have to check this out.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Video Games. The new Forza Motorsport is very pleasant, and me and my housemate play Farming Simulator 22 sometimes.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Audiobooks. The lady and I hang around listening to audiobooks. Secondary entertainment includes mobile videogames, etc. It works, so long as neither of us starts reading something else and misses a chapter, but then we just have to back up a little.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Work on my forever computer project (lots of reading & research). Podcasts, keeping up with YTube channels, audiobooks. Mourn all the things I don't find time for because of -all the damned media!-

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I like to make wire puzzles from junk material. I give them away to kids and addiction treatment facilities.

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