โฒ 541 โผ What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 3 years ago by Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 891 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.
[+] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] glau@lemmy.world 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... permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] glau@lemmy.world 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... permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] glau@lemmy.world 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... permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] glau@lemmy.world 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... permalink fedilink source parent