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I'm unfortunately currently in a situation where I don't have a lot of options for activities and find myself somewhat bored... What do you do when you're bored?

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[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 9 months ago

scroll Lemmy

[-] peto@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

There is always self improvement. Read, exercise, meditate. So much philosophy is public domain, if you have internet access and a device to read ebooks on then you can read most of the famous texts. https://www.gutenberg.org/ is great. If you have access to a local library then use that as well. You can access almost anything with a library card.

[-] vorpuni@jlai.lu 7 points 9 months ago

Libraries even have video games including consoles nowadays, in some places. Can't go wrong with a library card.

If your home gets too cold for extended office work in winter without massively increasing your energy bill you can also use their premises just fine as long as you stick to their rules.

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

librivox.org (audiobooks)

yucata.de (online boardgames)

libregamewiki.org (FLOSS games)

foodista.com (recipes)

https://alternativeto.net/list/28655/the-ultimate-f-droid-setup/ (FLOSS Fdroid apps)

[-] Asnabel@szmer.info 4 points 9 months ago

libregamewiki.org (FLOSS games)

You know it's open source cause it's broken AF

[-] cloudless@feddit.uk 10 points 9 months ago
  • Post comments
  • Games
  • Watch something on Youtube/Netflix
  • Go for a walk
  • Cook
  • Gardening
[-] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 9 months ago

FMHY opens all the media content open to you

[-] StickyDango@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I drive lots on the weekends, so I listen to podcasts. I'm currently listening to "Behind the Bastard" and I'm spending time here and there reading up on very dark history that I was never taught in any level of school.

So to answer your question, podcasts and reading! I've also made lists and info sheets on all sorts of things like what to look for in health food supplements, what my regiment is when I'm sick, list of books to read, ideas for birthday gifts, price comparisons.. I also recently bought a Kalimba so that's keeping me busy, too. It's an instrument that's easy to carry, so I dream of being able to play it by a camp-fire since I am hopeless at guitar.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Nothing like a good casual conversation.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Try to find something that involves physical activity and interaction.

If you have a community center or neighborhood gym or shared garden, go hang out there, you'll usually find something to do.

Call a relative you haven't talked to in a while. Is there an elderly person in the neighborhood you're acquainted with? Give them a call, go check in on them.

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Doomscroll, read, doomscroll some more.

[-] livus@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

I try and learn something random.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
  • play tinder
  • Go on casual dates
  • Meet up with friends
  • Travel (drive, train, walk, just get out there)
  • Learn something new
  • Visit a community center
[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[-] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 5 points 9 months ago

Read, play games, watch something, try to do something productive that you've been putting off

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Reading or audiobooks

Ask for recommendations how to start off on the internet and you get the same pretentious wanky comments saying their favourite book is Fahrenheit 451 or whatever that is in Celsius

Fuck that, get into some rip-roaring yarns, thrillers etc

Jack Reacher is a good place to start. Spider Shepherd is even better

The Breach by Patrick Lee is an amazing mini series

Though my favourite adventure of all time is The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared

Thanks for the reminder. My brother accidentally bought me the second one for my birthday a few years ago, and I stopped reading it when I realised that there was a first book. I completely forgot to start the first one when it was delivered.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Oh what a lovely surprise awaits you. The second one is nowhere near as good!

[-] june@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Depends on the type of bored. It could be smarting from tackling a project to playing a game to watching something stupid on tv.

[-] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Read, doom scroll lemmy, play casual games on my phone, catch up on my YouTube subscriptions, doodle/draw, listen to audiobooks, take a nap if able

[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 4 points 9 months ago

Recently got into sewing. Would recommend! If you can find a nice second hand sewing machine, you can have a pretty cheap new hobby!

[-] berryjam@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Read, work out, take walks

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago

I have a whole pile of musical instruments. If for some reason none of them can scratch the itch I might take a walk in the woods that surround me. I also dabble in small electronics, guitar pedals and the like. So I always have projects I can get back to.

[-] vorpuni@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago

History books, notes with org-roam (logseq seems good if you don't mind the bloat of Web stuff and US cloud services), games sometimes (better with friends).

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I haven't been bored in 21 years

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 8 months ago

I'm rewatching - again - The Wire. Never ceases to amaze me, every time I find something I had missed in the previous runs. And there's plenty of it to last for a while!

[-] suction@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Fire up the FUT

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