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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] 36 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Video games. Even with how popular they are, it's not something easily brought up in a casual conversation. I hardly ever run into people my age who even play games. :/

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm starting a new job tmrw and I said to my wife earlier that I really hope someone there plays video games like me so I can finally talk to someone about them in rl lmao

    I've worked with call of duty/NBA2k normies for the past 3 years and I'd like to talk to someone about Baldurs Gate or some shit

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Man I'm even farther into the weeds than that. I play shit like Satisfactory and Factorio. Subnautica is as "normie" as I get. Even among my friends, many of whom are avid gamers, I'm just alone. There are big communities around these games. Lots of people play Factorio. Never met one in person.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm 33 but most people I talk to in my regular life only play stuff like COD or 2k, maybe a big release here and there like God of War but that's it. Most people aren't playing indie shit or RPGs anyways

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not saying they aren't playing games. They play games, they just only play the most popular stuff and anything else is weirdo shit to them. I actually think I work with some of the most normal people in existence lol

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It also generally isn't a primary hobby. It's something they do for like an hour at most at a time, specifically to kill time. You're not gonna discuss nuance and other, deeper things about gaming in general without having them glaze over.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Exactly true with it not being a primary hobby for most people who game.

    When I was a kid gaming wasn't as widely considered as an acceptable hobby in general, but as a kid you just didn't care what grown ups thought (games make people violent anybody?). By the time I hit university, people got shamed for it by non-gamer peers and I did a computer science degree too so it wasn't a group of non-tech people who did the shaming either. By my early twenties I learned not to talk about it and just mention gaming as a hobby if asked and never elaborate further...

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Absolutely. I play a huge variety of games and genres, I adore it as an art form, and love delving into the development and theory of it all.

    "Hi, I like video games"

    "OH LIKE COD AND FIFA ON XBOX?"

    "No..."

    "Oh..."

    "Nice weather... "

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