Comment on How do you combat boredom?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day agoIt was a tongue in cheek comment, but, since you asked…
If I said fishing, would you have considered that succumbing to boredom, or overcoming it?
I’m going to guess overcoming, because that’s a legitimate hobby. You sit there, tug your rod for a few hours and then go home. And, if you’re a catch and release fisherman, you’re going home empty handed. Really nothing more fulfilling about wasting an afternoon fishing than jerking it, but society has deemed one a hobby and the other a “dirty thing we don’t talk about”
anothermember@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Well mine was a tongue in cheek comment too, and I thought quite friendly, and then you decided to call me prejudiced. The main point I was picking up on was mindless internet scrolling which is something I do when I’m unhealthily managing my boredom, it’s a warning sign for me, maybe it’s not for you, but I thought I would share my perspective, as I did in a non-judgemental way. Masturbation is perfectly fine, it can be healthy, it can be not, when combined with mindless internet scrolling it didn’t sound healthy to me but that’s just me. I don’t get fishing either but I wouldn’t judge someone for it, just like I didn’t judge you, but you responded like I did judge you, it’s like we’re on Reddit or something.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
😂 Wait. Did you think I called you a racist?
anothermember@feddit.uk 1 day ago
No. OK, you’re not being a rational person here so goodbye.
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I don’t think they were calling you “prejudiced” as it were, they were just outlining that judging whether something counts as a “real” hobby or just succumbing to boredom is flavoured a bit by our own views and opinions :)
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Alright. Later