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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

What if I'm not qualified to glue two pieces of cardboard together? Where is my hideout?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In that case, you have a few options:

    • The home office/battle station where you can pipe the output from one bash command into another bash command, or set up your media server or just play video games.
    • The kitchen where you can knead and bake sourdough, roll your own pasta, braise a hearty stew, or roast a leg of lamb.
    • The backyard where you can smoke a brisket, bake a pizza, host a wine tasting.
    • The garden or lawn where you can cultivate plants, grow something to eat, design a beautiful landscape, or restore a native sanctuary for migratory insects like the monarch butterfly or birds like a hummingbird or songbirds.
    • The gym where you can get ripped, build up your personal stats, and let off some steam through physical activity.
    • The closet or bedroom where you can plan out your fashion choices and wardrobe, iron your clothes, shine your shoes, and otherwise make stylish choices.
    • Some sort of room or garage where you can jam out with musical instruments.
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    This guy fucking gets it. Let's go with hobbies. Show your kids passion and a love of learning, the ability to have fun, and wrap it all in in emotional support and love and everything will be fine. I have an office with a bunch of nerd projects and we're building out the basement workshop. My 3 year old already "helps" me build stuff and I hope that only increases. Mom has a second husband of her job in athletics, so kiddo is learning about normalizing hard work and athletic endeavors, visits Mommy's office and weight room, etc.

    The meme is funny. A lot of this conversation is definitely not, glad there's some reasonable takes down here.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Dungeons and dragons was developed in a man cave.

    Also, 1 of the guys' wives thought he was cheating on her. She followed him to a house and thought to catch him in the act, when he went into the basement. Instead, she burst in on him and his friends playtesting D&D in their basement mancave.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    If we're going by this logic, I would say that the personal computer was invented in a "man cave".

    Though I guess those kids weren't married yet (right? probably?)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It might have been his GF. Definitely his female other half.

    The difference between a mancave and a workshop is 90% mentality. A workshop is generally to do a job, or a chore. A mancave is focused on enjoyment. The line is extremely blurry, however. Particularly if you enjoy making stuff.

    By example. Developing D&D in a cosy basement, with the intention of having fun, it's a mancave. By the time you're using the same basement more for boxing and organising shipping, it's a workshop. It's akin to the difference between a bedroom and a brothel.

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