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Northern California is a straight clusterfuck right now, and I'm in a relatively rural area so it might be awhile before I get my power back. What do yinz do to pass the time aside from doomscroll and shitpost?
Edit: Just to give you all an idea about how bad it is right now. Rual Northern California towns are much smaller than a lot of people think, so a lot of those outages are entire towns.
Surf. Jerk off.
Jerk off while surfing.
Kill cops (no cameras).
i remember about 10 or 12 years ago the power in my neighborhood went out for a night, so my family took the dog out for a walk. Seeing everyone outside, candles lit everywhere and neighbors chattering with each other was probably the only time i felt a generic sense of community. I fucking hate the suburbs
Not to diminish your troubles, i mean i never suffered through what you guys are going through :meow-hug:
Run around with a torch pretending I'm in a survival horror game
I'm gonna run around without a torch and staple random ass drawings of a grotesque horror owl to trees for you to find :sicko-yes:
lay in bed staring at the ceiling
I cannot stress enough how dark it is here right now. I still have 5g because I'm close to the hospital but aside from that, the blackout is going for literal miles in every direction from me.
Look at the stars, might be your only chance to see them
Can't see them through all the clouds. But also I'm 45 minutes from being at like 7k feet in the Sierras and miles away from another human so I see the stars all the time.
One time the power went out during the evening in the summer, and literally everyone in the neighborhood was outside doing activities. It was like the first and only time I saw so many people just walking, playing in their yards, going to the park, and talking to neighbors and random strangers from the neighborhood. It was like I was living in a whole different country. I live in the US for context.
TV is mind control
so many people just walking, playing in their yards, going to the park, and talking to neighbors and random strangers from the neighborhood. It was like I was living in a whole different country.
I honestly wish we could get rid of screens. I'm as much of an introvert as anyone but this shit is getting crazy.
Cower
Finally a realistic answer
Arts and crafts are fun
Read a book, listen to any audio book
Go for a walk
Place your hand on top of a candle to see if you can still feel
Do some photography
Sex
I don't recommend puzzles but candle light
Sex
god I wish I could get my hands on some o' that
390,000 people without power, apparently. Yes: that is the correct number of zeroes.
Richest country in the world 
Yeah, PG&E (being the west-coast private owner of all the electrical grid infrastructure, so other local power generation companies—even when they exist—have to lease the lines from them) of course keeps getting soothing "It's OK BBY, you don't have to fix anything, and we'll absolve you of the murders you've done and most if not all liability too" from the completely capitalist-captured courts and Public Utilities Commission. It's no surprise that their shit can't deal with a little intense (but completely predictable) wind and rain. But at least it's wet enough right now that this time it isn't that they set a quarter of the state on fire. Silver linings!
I like to strum my guitar and walk my dog.
Then when I'm done with that I sit in my computer chair rocking back and forth.
I light a candle and read I book
Unfortunately I moved in relatively recently so I dont have a stockpile of candles yet.
Dance in the dark? (be careful not to bump into things)
Depending on how long this goes, I might give it a try. it's better than my old crystal lady neighbor who just told me she's been meditating the whole time so far.
Well, he can't start a fire
Can't start a fire without a spark
When the power went off a couple weeks ago I took it as a chance to read a book I hadn’t in ạ while
Time to catch up on sleep that you've neglected for so long. Yes, I'm projecting.
Masturbate
Smoke a doink and kick the genny over
i sleep as much as possible to pass the time.
It's a really good opportunity to light some candles and play some tabletop games. The mood fits D&D rather well.
I need to make some more friends in the neighborhood because unfortunately its too wild out there right now for me to go anywhere or have anyone over.
Read and sleep. And game on portable consoles.
I like to take a walk outside when the power is out, but if the Sun has already set, I'd just go to sleep early.
battery powered flashlights/string lights
charge up any portable chargers u own
Camping rocket stove if u absolutely have to cook (stove is $20, fuel is $5)/boil water
freeze a cup of water, put a coin on top. When the power goes out u can check if the coin fell down to see if your stuff thawed out.
I'm up in Humboldt and feeling thankful to have power. If it goes out I have a small generator I can use to power the fridge, TV, internet etc. We also have a small propane heater we can use inside to keep warm.
stuff
and things
I have a little battery powered camplight that I use to read books.
It's not a question of like. I dream of the internet and wait for the power to come back on.
Not really much to do if it's late at night and you're at home in your apartment tower on the 20th floor, which has been the cass for 90% of my experiences with power outages.
Can't read because it's dark. Shouldn't play games/watch videos on phone especially if already on low charge. Can't sleep because it's only 23:00.
So all roads instantly lead to "jerk off".
Death to America
In related news, it's also the most likely time for me to practice drawing
I thought it was "now I got something to shout about"
Commune with the Shadow Realm aka meditate
With everything out, it's actually surprisingly peaceful where I live
Play my Switch or play banjo.
wishing is allowed, but possession is a crime