Mearcfara@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
It’s wild, like people get into things when there is novelty and affordability and then leave when one of those goes away.
My biggest question now is, what will supplant PC building/other super high end stuff? I grew up on Halo and early CoDs, but now that I’m old and suck at video games (particularly online multiplayer), and seeing a huge shift toward battle royale and dark souls style gameplay, I felt like I was long overdue to start reading more/working out more/hiking/etc.
Might I suggest model railroading? Plenty of expenses to sink money into plus you can make almost everything yourself or buy used stuff from the 80s to save money if you wish too. It can be very time consuming if you want it to be too!
Also you mentioned reading and hiking, both are brilliant hobbies. I fell in love with biking by accident and just rode 7 miles today! Only problem is if you go hard enough into biking you’ll sleep too hard to read before bed!
Username checks out, lol.
I’ve actually always thought model trains were super cool when other people were into them. I’m a little too much of a neanderthal to be into them, but I love hearing about the worlds people build and how people pick their favorite engines (?). In fact, I’d love to hear about yours- your favorites, your grails, your setups.
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Join an improv group, take dance classes or join a theatre club. If that’s not your vibe then join a board game club or learn to play an instrument. I’ve seen lots of people take up new hobbies since this nonsense started. At first this whole AI thing really bummed me out but it’s made me get in touch with the things I really care about. I think we’re headed for interesting times
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 days ago
Lol, I love my instrument, but it was about 4x the cost of my computer. Right now prices, with the same rough performance of a computer, it would still be about 2-3x.
For a kid, a cheap instrument isn’t going to be a big deal as you learn, but if you really want a decent sound from one as an adult that cares about it (because you actually know you’ll want to stick with it), you’re going to be spending a decent bit of money.
laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
If you live in a major city your public library might have musical instruments to loan.