reading literature, history, and academic stuff. I have been reading several books about the creation of the MFA programs in the USA, for example. i also like studying languages and have studied 7. i also dig fountain pens and fancy pencils and stationary, makes writing and note taking a very enjoyable experience.

Mountain biking/cycling. I also do advocacy and education and trail building for this and have CPR/first aid wilderness certs I have to re-up every couple of years. hiking and camping too.

I also am into gaming, cooking, and DIY projects but that is touch and go depending on the season or other stuff going on. i mostly only game when it’s winter or I’m injured/sick. I also love training my pets. My dog and I have done several training programs and my cat is basically a well-trained dog.

usually people think at least one of my hobbies is some social faux pas when they find out about it.

i use forums. but the average age of the userbase is like 55-60. you won’t find anyone under the age of 40 on them.

i still use mine to do this day. 25 years of gmail.

in 2026 we consume it like a drug and end up craving more of it and become rage-addicts.

we don’t do anything positive with it.

No, they can’t. They are ‘raising awareness’ and they think anyone who doesn’t want to politize everything and be angry about Trump 24/7 is ‘apolitical’ and/or a Trump supporter.

There is no middle ground with folks like that, let alone separation of powers. I had someone argue with me that taking a dump is a political act because you use a toilet and toilet paper when you do it and those are ‘political goods’. And you better buy TP from a pro LGBT+ TP company otherwise you are ‘part of the problem’.

I got banned from reddit for the first time over posting a picture of my cat sitting on my porch. Why? Because outdoor cats are violent psychopaths murdering cute innocent birds and I was a clearly pro-bird murder.

Yeah, I have some lemmy stalkers who keep replying to me in various threads based on one comment I made weeks ago. Shit is weird.

The issue is people post once then give up because their post doesn’t have 100 comments.

They also whine that the same person posts too much.

Truth is you need a baseline of content to attract users, and that takes time to build up. A long time.

isn’t that what discord is about? sounds like you want a chat room community.

Spend more time studying, both past and present.

And less time wasted on socializing with self-important jerks.

Gundam

i started drinking at 14/15.

i have been on fedi for over two years and there has been a huge uptick in crazy bullshit since last summer, i think that was when there was a big reddit ban wave that drove lots of angry/violent people here.

there are some really good threads I stumble across that are mostly good content with shitty inflammatory content downvoted.

but most are full of inflammatory shrill idiots trying to one-up each other about how leftist they are.

the biggest differentiator is word count of the comments.

dating was like that before online dating apps. you just went to bars or clubs with a lot of people.

they used to be called ‘single’s bars/clubs’ for a reason… because people went there to shop.

Everyone is a stranger until you get to know them. Dating is one way of getting to know somebody. But I don’t think it’s ever ‘accidentally’.

10oz is a normal mug. a big mug is 20oz.

unless you use tea cups as your ‘normal’ mug or something? tea cups are 4oz.

you are probably drinking close to a 1000mg a day dude. that’s a lot of caffeine. the rec daily dose is like 400mg, which is 3 8oz cups.

do you make it?

I can’t find any good roasters that make half caf blends. usually at best they have one mediocre decaf. occasionally there is a really good decaf and i will just blend it myself 50/50 with another coffee.

only one roaster around me makes half caf and it’s not regularly available.

minimum of 1 cup of coffee and 1 cup of tea per day. sometimes more.

i can’t drink caffeine after 3pm or coffee after noon.

there are tons of different stitching arts. they use different mediums, threads, and techniques.

my sister has done cross stitch her entire life. it’s basically pixel art irl.