I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a truly off topic thread here, but I’m not aware of them ever having been disallowed or discouraged and I felt like starting one.
What are you guys enjoying for fun aside from Grin?
I got back into motorcycles, dirt bikes, which I used to ride as a teenager. A lot of other people did too in recent years and used bike prices went crazy along with everything else outdoors. But I still had the old bike I abandoned as a teenager and I’m enjoying fixing it up as much as riding it too. After being interested in cars and getting disillusioned with them it’s so refreshing to work on a machine where I can do everything with my hands, no lifts, no heavy equipment, and so many little things to tune and improve without the need for expensive aftermarket parts.
I used to play a lot of counter strike as a teenager (I was one of the few Condition Zero players) and had a second wind of gaming when I built my own computer for the first time in 2012, 3570k + 680!
Then I enjoyed Battlefield 3 and Far Cry 3 a lot then, and going back to play Far Cry and Crysis.
I have trouble really getting back into gaming these days, but sometimes like Far Cry 5 and any Gran Turismo I can manage to get into it for a campaign.
I used to play Unreal Tournament 2003 and participate in european non professional contest. We even won. That was a lifetime ago though. Even longer ago I loved to play Warhammer and a cart game called magic the gathering
More recently I like(d) to practice martial arts and parkour.
Been a pretty avid counter strike individual myself, starting with 1.6 back in the day, then GO more recently. My friends got me into Overwatch though, and I haven’t looked back since
I think there’s supposed to be a new counter-strike coming out in the next few months though; will definitely check it out.
Other than that, I’m interested in renewable energy and sustainable agriculture. I have a photovoltaic certification and plan to explore the latter at an opportune time in the future.
DIY electrical work is borderline a hobby for me. It’s really satisfying to unlock an understanding of the split phase power we use in north american residential.
I find solar very interesting but have become a bit of a contrarian on the subject especially in regards to the fairness of concepts like net metering. It makes intuitive sense at first but when you actually look at the economics it’s a bit unfair to exchange retail rate on both import and export and the end result is that solar programs like we have in California causing a cost shift and increasing burden on non solar customers. I should be careful though because this is a hobby thread and I am getting into the political part…
No worries, all good. California certainly has a heavily regulated market in regards to solar, but also a lot of exploitative “leasing” from companies like SolarCity. In this state, (east coast), leasing is not available, and it’s kind of in a stagnant market in regards to tax credits and cost-benefit versus nuclear.
My hope is that the market continues expanding, but in a smart direction that would allow free enterprise and competition to drive down costs etc.
Swimming mostly, some weightlifting in spare times and movies. I used to play resident evil game at PS.
I did some boxing stuff, quitted after family life.
I have an above ground pool and taking care of it is itself a hobby, but it’s not that great for actual swimming it’s only 5 meters across so the most you can do is strap yourself to a bungle cord and swim in place lol.
Who will help me after summer season work for a new hobbie? I want to learn Rust programming language. I will be back from work during September. So I would like to start lessons in October. If anyone is interested in giving me lessons online and getting paid accordingly in grin I would be very interested. Btw my hobby for many years is vynil collection.
Hobby mining crypto since 2017, weightlifting since age 15 (age 47 now), calisthenics for past couple years (can hold human flag for 20 seconds when fresh, best timing as of last week), someone asked to record me back in February, wasn’t fresh, 3rd or so set: Flag hold at Esporta Memphis, TN February 20th, 2023 at age 46. - YouTube
Heavy into ccg mtg (magic the gathering, as another mentioned here) since 1995, bicycling regularly during warm seasons for hours at a time (~24 mile trips), audiobooks (sci-fi and fantasy), anime shows (Crunchyroll), bullion collecting (only buying new style poured RCM 100oz bars), NFA collecting (transferable machine guns, suppressors, SBRs, AoWs), early paper currency and coin collecting (mainly US), stamp collecting (US only), neo-geo video game collecting, which turned into an occupation (see user name), and now I’m attempting to quit playing a mobile video game which is more of a job than a hobby because I play ultra competitively as a full time degen:
That flag is impressive. I really need to get back in shape it’s been such a goal for so long I need to focus on it. Lost 20lbs in 2019, then gained it back and more since then!
