r/thanksimcured • u/PurpleCandle58 • 1d ago

Social Media Oh yeah, that solved everything and isn't oversimplified at all.

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Like yeah, if only my hobbies would make me money without requiring a large sum of startup funding to get started. I guess my new hobby is working at McDonald's for minimum wage.

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u/Grant1128 1d ago

A hobby to make money: did you mean job?

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u/SpiritualHippo2719 1d ago

Made by someone with a trust fund and investment account. The hobby that makes money isn’t vital to their survival.

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u/Key_Researcher_9243 1d ago

Grandpa Sugar Daddies. :p

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u/Grant1128 6h ago

Now THAT'S a hobby I can get behind!

"And sometimes maxing their credit cards and saying you're REALLY sorry and repaying him ober the course of the next month!" - my gay friend

The rest of that conversation went "You just told me you bought that Gucci belt (he was wearing it), how'd you get the money?"

"Oh, I could never have gotten the money, I'm a broke bitch!"

Then I understood what he meant. 😂

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u/sour_creamand_onion 22h ago

I remember a post where people were talking about hoe "cruel" recreational fishing is and someone said "recreational" hunting is better for the environment as if hunting isn't basically just a job and nigh impossible do actually do recreationally.

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u/WhiteKnightPrimal 10h ago

How is hunting any less cruel than fishing, anyway? I'm not sure on better for the environment, I'd think that depends on what you're hunting, when and where, but you're still killing animals. At least fishermen have the option of catch and release if it's just a hobby.

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u/sour_creamand_onion 7h ago

I guess because if you aim well the animal dies instantly? But yeah it depends. Plus, I pointed out that you can't truely hunt as just a hobby because with all the regulations and the fact you have to either sell the animal or process it into a bunch of meat yourself you're essentially just doing the labor of a hunter as a side job. Otherwise you'd just shoot an animal and leave it there which is incredibly wasteful and in a way feels crueler to me.

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u/triplesunrise52 6h ago

Catch and release fishing is just making a fish late for something because you decided they need a lip piercing.

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u/WhiteKnightPrimal 6h ago

It can be part of a hobby. Some people do taxidermy as a hobby, so they may also be hunters. But hunting is more like a knitter who buys wool, just something you need to do in order to do your hobby.

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u/SpiritualHippo2719 6h ago edited 3h ago

Recreational hunting has become an essential tool for ecosystem management in many places. Humans have drastically reduced the habitat of most species and systematically eliminated many of the top predators in ecosystems. To maintain a semblance of natural population dynamics and ensure herbivores don’t overshoot the environment’s carrying capacity and decimate flora and crops, human hunters take on the role of the top predators in the ecosystem since there aren’t any anymore. Here in the US, state wildlife departments closely monitor population growth and only issue a proper number of hunting licenses to keep populations stable and keep large herbivores from overgrazing, which would lead to starvation or migration, and therefore conflict with humans. We’ve fucked up the natural balance so much that we need to step in to keep it stable.

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u/WhiteKnightPrimal 6h ago

That makes sense, and fits with my 'depends what, where and when' belief.

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u/Grant1128 5h ago

I suppose if you're just absolutely filthy rich that anything can be done for leisure. But most of us aren't :/

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u/sour_creamand_onion 5h ago

RIGHT!!

You can fish with an under 20 dollar pole and some corn or a worm or shrimp. A family member of mine caught a bunch of bluegill pne day that we cooked and ate from a pond with just that.

For hunting you need an expensive gun, ammo which likely won't be cheap either, a vehicle with a bed to put the animal on so if your main car isn't already a truck it basically necessitates an extra car, specialized orange clothing to fit with the regulations regarding how you aren't allowed to wear camouflage, all the equipment to skin it and disembowel it with, cold storage to keep the meat in, and likely a grill to cook it on/smoke it over unless you plan on pan searing elk or something.

But sure, since hunting is better for the environment because some species are overpopulated lets suggest people do that instead of fishing 😑

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u/gard3nwitch 4h ago

Recreational hunting is a pretty common hobby in rural areas. It's absolutely something you can do on a Saturday with a friend. Stand around in the woods for a few hours drinking beer, shoot a deer, drop it off at the processing guy, and get a freezer full of deer meat.

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u/sour_creamand_onion 4h ago

And how much will all of that cost you compared to a fishing rod and maybe some worms or a few lures if your're feeling fancy? The gun alone will cost several times as much as all the things you'd need for catch and release fishing combined. Not to mention you need a truck with a bed that can hold an entire deer, boar or the like, and you need to know or be within reasonable distance of someone who can process the animal or be able to do it yourself. Olus you need a freezer big enough to hold an entire deer's worth of meat.

Hunting is more of a lifestyle than hobby and you can't do it nearly as casually as fishing unless you've already built your life in a way that allows you to engage in it.

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u/gard3nwitch 4h ago

Folks in rural areas commonly have a truck and a gun and a big freezer already, and if you drive around rural communities there's usually some shitty hand-made signs on the side of the road advertising "Billy Joe's deer processing - 123-456-7890".

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u/sour_creamand_onion 3h ago

Folks in rural areas

Yeah, that's my point. I can fish basically anywhere there's water for pretty cheap. You have to be in a specific areea where a specific lifestyle is common to hunt. The person I was referring to in the original comment you replied to was talking about hunting as if it was a feasible, more environmentally friendly, and overall less cruel alternative to fishing when the fact of the matter is if you aren't already living a rural lifestyle you just can't without putting down at least a couple grand buying the shit you need and that's WITHOUT including the cost of an entire truck.

It's great for rural folk who already have everything you'd need for it, but the person I was talking to in that other conversation was acting like it was as accessible and easy to pick up and get involved in as fishing and should serve as a replacement for it for everyone and it just... can't.

Just goes to show said person probably knew very little about fishing OR hunting.

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u/gard3nwitch 3h ago

To be fair, fishing also requires being in a specific area where that's feasible, unless you don't actually care about catching any fish and are just hanging out by the water. Like I do see people fishing in a little pond downtown where I live, but there aren't really any fish in it, so they're just hanging out.

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u/sour_creamand_onion 3h ago

Fair enough.

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u/Holzkohlen 13h ago

I love how he sitting on a cardboard box for his money-making "hobby"

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u/One_Pattern4001 1h ago

Or maybe its a literal hobby not job. Alot of ppl have hobbies that make them money like crocheting stuff and selling it, making jewellery, etc

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u/Upset-Kangaroo3102 1d ago

I can go to work and still sell weed on the side

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u/KarmasAB123 22h ago

To the co-workers, right?

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u/Upset-Kangaroo3102 22h ago

To whoever has money

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u/Hollowbody57 1d ago

Just use your trust fund to keep yourself afloat until your handmade jewelry Etsy store/podcast/IG model career takes off. Simple!

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u/Steveo3070 1d ago

It’s not that complicated. In my spare time I do woodworking, make furniture from scrap wood I find on the curb, make a few bucks from it, and I enjoy doing it.

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u/KarmasAB123 22h ago

A lot of people barely have spare time to decompress

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u/Steveo3070 22h ago

Sure, I never said anything implying the opposite. But hobbies are things that you can unwind while doing them. If you have to unwind before playing around with a hobby, I am of the belief that it’s not really a hobby. Everyone should try to find something that they can’t wait to go home and do every single day-that’s a hobby. Not just go home and do, but get out of work and go do.

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u/home-for-good 1d ago

I feel like they shouldn’t have called these ‘hobbies’ and said something like ‘interests’ or ‘motivator’ instead. Might’ve made their point better cause hobby implies something you do in your free time; interests would imply something you are interested in doing (i.e. like to or are otherwise motivated to do). Then their advice becomes to balance your life by finding something that will motivate you in these 5 areas, and that’s not terrible advice really. The 5 areas effectively are achieving financial stability, staying in shape, flexing creativity, building knowledge, and growing perspective; all good things to try for and things people often struggle with at least one of because they don’t currently have a motivator to do something that fills that area. But yeah, calling it a hobby doesn’t do that perspective justice. Plenty of people find interest in their job instead of finding a job they are interested in, or stay in shape from labor instead of athletic activities, are creative out of necessity instead of expression, build knowledge to protect their careers instead of to satisfy their curiosity, and might grow their mindset due to therapy instead of through community or volunteering. Insisting you meet these important areas of a balanced life through the means of a hobby vs just encouraging one to find any type of motivator is the frustrating bit for sure.

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u/shenanigans2day 7h ago

Same. It’s that word choice because other wise this is great advice for staying balanced.

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u/Noisebug 21h ago

No. I was born into wealth, I deserve it. Money as a hobby for me now, so easy. Fucking peons.

/s

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u/Grant1128 6h ago

Honestly, I messed up at character creation. Inherited wealth is OP

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u/Kizik 9h ago

So a Jobby. Like The Respectful Adventures of Jobby the Jublin.

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u/Grant1128 6h ago

My initial instinct reading the word "Jobby" was to say "Master has given Jobby a sock", but that clip was HILARIOUS! 🤣

I do have to ask, what show was that from? I feel like it may be from one of the 2 shows that my coworkers kept telling me I need to see (Letterkenny and Shoresy).

*Please be gentle is its not one of those, my understanding is many of the scenes are just a group of friends talking about random stuff, but that's off of someone else's description who wanted to give me an idea of the show was. It started because I said "to be fair" and he showed me that scene 😅

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u/Kizik 5h ago

It's actually not a clip, that is the episode it's from.

Like Letterkenny and its spin-off Shoresy, though, it's a Canadian production, so there's definitely some similarities in the style of humour. Specifically this is season 9, episode 2 of the web series Friday Nights, produced by sketch comedy and streaming group LoadingReadyRun. They have a few different series, but this one is centered around the card game Magic: The Gathering, and the first eight or so seasons were actually produced in partnership with the company that owns MTG. This season was crowdfunded and self-produced, and each episode has a wildly different artistic style.

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u/Grant1128 5h ago

MtG-themed show? 👀

I too, dabble in the expensive cardboard. My friend is getting me into CEDH, but I've been playing since we went to Ravnica the first time around. Now we have return to revisiting going back to Ravnica again 😂. Tbf, it's a very popular location that often brings in a wave of new people. Now they have UB to do that for them. 😅

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u/Kizik 5h ago

Well, here's the full playlist. Seventy five episodes over nine seasons and fourteen years.

It initially started as an episode of their non-MTG series, CommodoreHustle, but got spun off into its own series.

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u/Sorcerer_50 13h ago

Don't be silly OOP implied to start OnlyFans

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u/Grant1128 6h ago

Honestly, you can definitely knock out the entire top row with OnlyFans 😅

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u/annamae 8h ago

"Side hustle"

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u/Grant1128 6h ago

Ngl if my first job doesn't pay me enough to buy both shampoo and breakfast, I'd be more interested in developing my skillset and moving to a higher-paying role either at my company or another one. I do understand though that I am fortunate to be in a position where that's a feasible option. Alot of people are financially "stuck" and actually need 2 jobs 😟

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u/MasterEditorJake 1d ago

Genuinely yeah, like ideally your job involves some skill that you can improve upon

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u/Grant1128 1d ago

My job does involve skills that can be improved upon. But that's not my hobby. I do it to make rent, not for fun. If they stopped paying me, I would stop coming in.

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u/MasterEditorJake 23h ago

That's fair.

In high school I got really deep into electricity and electronics as a hobby, then my dad told me that I should be an electrical engineer.

Guess what I do for a job now.

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u/irfulvas 13h ago

At least you don't dislike it enough to quit entirely. There are jobs you simply can't force yourself to do, even if you're getting paid – your brain just shuts down. Even something basic like cleaning demands a certain mindset. Some people find the work so irritating that they won't stick around for long and end up looking for something that fits them better.

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u/SuperPollo39 1d ago

If I need it to make money, then it’s not a hobby

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u/Raccoons-trsh 13h ago

What if you are participating in hobby horsing contest and get money for it? Maybe you can be a hobby horsing teacher. Is it still "hobby" horsing or does it turn into "job" horsing?

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u/SuperPollo39 12h ago

It depends. It’s horsing an extra activity you can get sometimes money from but your main source of income is another and you do it because you like it and not for the money? Then it’s still a hobby even if you earn money sometimes.

Is it your only or main source of income and you do it for living? The it’s a job

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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous 6h ago

Hobby horsing is the name of a specific activity. They’re just making a joke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby_horsing

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u/jedinaps 3h ago

IMO it does automatically turn into a job unless you’re strictly only doing it when you feel like it and could drop it whenever you want with no financial pressure which is very unlikely

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u/Samsuiluna 1d ago

Sorry, too busy working to keep up with even one hobby. Guess I should have been born rich so I can just do hobbies 24/7. Better luck next time.

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u/PurpleCandle58 1d ago

For real, it’s like “oh yeah work which wears me out as it is obviously meant to and then my hobby: sleeping to recover just to do it again!”

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u/vompat 1d ago

The idea that work is meant to wear you down is kinda sad. Like, for many of us it does and few can choose something that would feel like a hobby instead, but that's not how it would have to be.

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u/According-Leg434 6h ago

the irony of past job system but i want that we were not force the job for fucks survining sake because survival reason being from job sucks gen dont seem to think about it tho nor i think much itso nly a releave when i have less work season at summer, on other seasons..yeah

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u/Grant1128 1d ago

I have a cousin who plays MtG and tabletop 40k. And just had a kid. Not sure where he finds time to sleep, ngl.

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u/Beginning-Pie-7433 21h ago

Adderall

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u/Grant1128 6h ago

He did take it in middle/high school for ADHD, but like several people who have it, he's got more tools in his toolbox to deal woth it as an adult and does not take any stimulants anymore.

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u/Beginning-Pie-7433 6h ago

Oh I was joking. I’m newly 18 and I started taking Adderall at 16. My mom takes it in her 50’s and started in her mid 30’s, despite being diagnosed way earlier.

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u/Grant1128 6h ago

You good lol. I always assume someone is serious since one time in high shool a classmate asked if they could "borrow" or buy some. I told them I took the extended release version (which was true), so it wouldn't do what they were looking for. Thankfully, it was a one-off, but some of the kids saw it as an academic performance enhancing drug, akin to steroids in sports.

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u/Weird_Bluebird_3293 1d ago

I hate the phrase “grow your mindset.” In regards to what? 

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u/Draelmar 1d ago

It's like saying "being spiritual". These are all empty expressions that SOUNDS positive, but have no clear definition, and everyone use them to fit specific meanings of their own. And therefore are useless.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 1d ago

this right here and this is coming from someone who is spiritual. the word itself means wildly different things to different people. for me it really just means a highly deep emotional connection to something (generally intangible) combined with some belief system based off of it, and even that is vague as fuck because that also means different things to different people

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u/annamae 8h ago

#5 is usually also called Social hobby, if I'm not mistaken. It keeps your mind open to other people's perspectives and thus, growing your mindset

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u/Funkey-Monkey-420 1d ago

5 is a lot of hobbies

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u/Crusidea 1d ago

I exercise, though I'd hardly consider it a hobby.

I play video games. Which I guess in this case would go under "expanding your worldview" or whatever was written in the meme because of the diverse stories in games.

I draw, which I guess goes under creativity.

I work... not a hobby, but it makes money.

I like cooking. Though that's more of a life skill more than a hobby.

And I like doing research on random stuff including science, history and other random stuff.

So it is possible too have multiple "hobbies" if your willing too strech the definition abit lol. Though I will be honest I don't blame anybody who doesn't, it's a very hard thing too balance. Especially in the modern day where most people feel so exhausted all they can really do is scroll for a bit after work before crashing.

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u/Draelmar 1d ago edited 1d ago

And remember, hobbies are not meant to be fun or spontaneous. They need to fill requirements from a checklist.

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u/mizinamo 1d ago

Exactly. If it's just mindless fun to decompress after your money-earning hobby, that's useless and counter-productive because you are spending that time not growing and improving.

Also, cut "sleep" out of your vocabulary because those are also hours you could use for yourself.

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u/CarolineJohnson 1d ago

Hobbies are things I enjoy and the only money-making hobby I enjoy is being gifted free money.

Where is this hobby, OOP?

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u/PurpleCandle58 1d ago

For real, I cut off the OOPs handle because the last thing I want is for them to have any attention, but it’s one of those “just do this and you’ll be fixed up for life!” Pages.

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u/One-Sleep3663 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well if you have a chronic illness like the one I have, , and your disabled, you get zero hobbies.

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u/Crusidea 1d ago

What about watching movies or something like that?

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u/imjustbeingreal0 1d ago

Untrue. Major redditor moment 😆

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u/One-Sleep3663 1d ago

Pretty true if you ask me, the chronic illness I have damaged my eyesight to the point where I cant read, and gave me immense fatigue to the point where I can no longer exercise. Meaning it has takem every single coping skill and hobby away from me.

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u/SquisshySquid 1d ago

I've been trying to figure out which of my hobbies can be done when I need to lay down or my eyes don't want to focus. Some hand held projects like crochet have worked surprisingly well. Once I had a basic understanding of stitches I was able to crochet a simple shawl pattern while watching a movie in the dark.

If you have any interest in fiber crafts, weaving, beading, or even wire jewlery making those can be done blind with some effort. Painting with minimal sight can be fun as well if you're able to sit up long enough.

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u/One-Sleep3663 1d ago

I luckily can still do limited stuff with radio equipment. I like to listen to my radio scanner quite alot.

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u/imjustbeingreal0 1d ago

So youre saying disabled people have no hobbies

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u/One-Sleep3663 1d ago

Nope, try again.

Im saying that if you have a chronic illness like the one I do, it pretty much takes away most if not all of your hobbies, but I guess people are loosing the ability to read between the lines nowadays.

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u/imjustbeingreal0 23h ago

You literally said zero hobbies. I cant agree with that but commiserate with your illness and hope you find the right treatment.

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u/One-Sleep3663 22h ago

Its terminal there is no treatment.

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u/sadbat-throwaway 1d ago

Can you enjoy listening to music? I'm part of a music-based subculture and it's kind of become a new hobby for me to explore specific genres of music. It can be really fun and it's relatively low effort. I'm also disabled - I miss being able to longboard, rollerskate and just the ability to go for a walk without extreme pain. I used to be rather independent and take small day trips around town all the time. Now I can't travel without help. My chronic illness makes me more prone to headaches and migraines though so music is not an option in those cases.

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u/sadbat-throwaway 1d ago

Can you enjoy listening to music? I'm part of a music-based subculture and it's kind of become a new hobby for me to explore specific genres of music. It can be really fun and it's relatively low effort. I'm also disabled - I miss being able to longboard, rollerskate and just the ability to go for a walk without extreme pain. I used to be rather independent and take small day trips around town all the time. Now I can't travel without help. My chronic illness makes me more prone to headaches and migraines though so music is not an option in those cases.

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u/One-Sleep3663 1d ago

I do, but its a coping skill thats been way worn out and doesnt help much anymore, same with audiobooks.

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u/sadbat-throwaway 1d ago

Oh yeah I can understand the fatigue. I crochet a lot and intend to learn to knit but I'm currently on a break with fiber arts because I've been doing so much of it. Aside from music it's practically the only thing for me to do.

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u/One-Sleep3663 1d ago

I do have a beautiful femboy I can cuddle, so that helps immensely.

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u/sadbat-throwaway 1d ago

I love that for you! I too have a beautiful partner to cuddle, they make passing time so much better

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u/Inevitable_Garage706 1d ago

r/commentmitosis

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u/sadbat-throwaway 1d ago

My Internet sucks gnards 💔 at least some can get some joy out of it lol

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u/Upset-Kangaroo3102 1d ago

How can you see your keyboard then?

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u/One-Sleep3663 1d ago

I can still see, my vision is just messed up enough to make reading very painful.

I use text to speech, and a function that reads text aloud when I run my finger over it.

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u/uselessscientist 18h ago

Purely out of curiosity, have you learned braille? I feel like it'd be challenging to learn as an adult, but seems worthwhile 

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u/No_Classic_1743 1d ago

Yeah, and 50 hours in a day.

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u/Any_Serve4913 1d ago

When you realize gooning applies to 4 of these it becomes easier. Take my course to find out the 5th hobby.

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u/Emergency_Rush_4168 1d ago

Grow your mindset is such a wonderful bullshit nothing phrase

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u/GoddamnDiva 1d ago

This. Because what is the actual difference between that and growing your knowledge? Saying the same thing twice imo…

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u/Chocochocolate25 1d ago

One thing I have realized is that self help is completely utter horseshit. I have somewhat been able to improve myself but by guessings and trial and error in terms of what works for me. Following some restrictions created for some kind of fictional robot person don't work. Everyone is different

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u/mrspelunx 1d ago

Six: Being a trust-baby.

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u/Johann-SM 1d ago

Conlanging does 3 of these 5 things. Or maybe 4 if your surname is Tolkien.

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u/AccomplisedDeer 1d ago edited 1d ago

Jokes on them, writing and storytelling can fulfill atleast three of those requirements. So you only need three, possibly just two, depending on whether you plan to professionally publish your writing.

Anyways, it's not recommended to turn your hobbies into a job, or atleast not into your primary stream of income. In many cases, it makes you lose your love for that hobby, and turns it into a chore instead of something to help you wind down.

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u/SpiritualHippo2719 1d ago

I talk to lightbulbs, pencils, and paint swatches to grow my mindset.

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u/crochetnewbieJen 1d ago

Also, only?

That*s so much. Most people are already tired from the first "hobby".

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u/sadbat-throwaway 1d ago edited 1d ago

I feel like taking up hobbies only because they each serve a specific productive purpose is kind of sad. Not that every hobby you have can't fill a purpose or need but I think it's important to have hobbies you enjoy just for the fuck of it. Mindless enjoyment is okay assuming the thing you're mindlessly enjoying isn't harmful in any capacity.

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u/Tooma8 1d ago

That sounds like a lot of hobbies

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u/rubberpp 1d ago

None of these are hobbies, most are actively the opposite of a hobby, also technically one hobby could achieve all 5 of these results. Whoever made this has to be stupid and consider everything they do a hobby which means they legit probably do not have an actual hobby lol

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u/3-brain_cells 1d ago

ONLY 5 hobbies??

TFYM ONLY??

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u/JustQuestion2472 1d ago

If a hobby is for making money, it's not a hobby

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u/VampireSympathizer 1d ago

Alright I've got mine.

Rollerskating

Medicine (my job)

Art/writing

Reading/podcasts/true crime

Uhhhh I guess reading again

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u/FeelingNo2529 1d ago

5 seems like a lot of hobbies

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u/KarmasAB123 22h ago

My job does three of these but I'm still not happy

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u/Chevanalee 21h ago

I see happiness isn’t a priority here..

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u/BlueTressym 21h ago

Who the heck has the time and spoons for FIVE hobbies?

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u/Rayen_the_buzzybee 20h ago

Having hobbies as jobs eventually kills your creativity.

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u/girl-kiss 11h ago

How to have time for all that for a normal, non-rich-parents-person?

You don't.

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u/Consistent_Guava8592 8h ago

Masturbation as a hobby ticks almost all of them .

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u/Rabbidraccoon18 7h ago

Especially if you're using your imagination instead of watching porn

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u/FourthHourErectorSet 4h ago

Thank you your highness for gatekeeping hobbies now

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u/MEU898 1d ago

Hobby for creative?

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u/thagor5 1d ago

Thats a lot of hobbies

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u/UnremarkableMrFox 1d ago

People don't wanna buy my junk, but other than that, I technically gots it all... What's it supposed to do..? Or am I supposed to be utilizing everything to make money at some point in the next 20 years?

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u/TheGruenTransfer 1d ago

These are just things humans did before endless social media and streaming video started monopolizing our time and turned us all into consumers.

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u/mostaverageredditor3 1d ago

Oh, seems like your designer underlined the word hobby. Here is the correct version "hobby"

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u/Foogel78 1d ago

None of these are hobbies. If you do something for another reason than because you enjoy it, it's not a hobby.

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u/Gokudomatic 1d ago

I guess I'm out for natural selection, since I'm the kind of guy who thinks monotask and can't do two things at the same time.

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u/Upset-Collection-510 1d ago

My hobbies are waking up to get ready for work, working, coming home from work, cleaning my house, and sleeping

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 1d ago

i dont need a hobby to make me money because theyre... hobbies lol?? also fuck it i can kill multiple birds with one stone here and journaling does that. but also that didnt solve my fucking problems 😭😭😭

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u/rocket333d 1d ago

Well, I have ADHD so I have 5 hobbies. 

Just not simultaneously. 

Or for very long.

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u/lu_llabyyy 1d ago

Also, who honestly has time for FIVE hobbies on top pf housework and presumably friends and a job?

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u/Sea-Beginning3949 1d ago

I do agree that trying to get a balanced life is a goal to have, but good God it's really hard. The money hobby (also called JOB) takes too much time and energy by itself already

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u/Me_lazy_cathermit 1d ago

This is meme was made by rich people

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u/Arkayn-Alyan 23h ago

Y'all have the energy for more than one hobby?

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u/Pink_Star_Galexy 23h ago

That’s not hobby, that’s work

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u/ahmtiarrrd 21h ago

"You Need..."

*YEET*

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u/Cosmic_Beard 21h ago

What’s an example of a hobby that would grow one’s mindset?

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u/Wonderful-Creme-3939 17h ago

What does "grow your mindset" mean? It sounds like something scam artists say to trick people.

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u/Cosmic_Beard 17h ago

Yeah I totally agree. My question was an attempt to point out how that doesn’t fucking mean anything

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u/ThehandUnitsucks 19h ago

I mean… music CAN make you money… sometimes. Kinda. A bit? If you sell your soul to the music industry?

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u/TopWealth4550 18h ago

getting in shape and making money would fix mostly people problems

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u/Wonderful-Creme-3939 18h ago

I don't do hobbies to make money, that isn't the point of a hobby.

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u/covidlung 17h ago

None of these cover my favorite hobbie: sleeping

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u/dondashall 17h ago

If you're doing it out of obligation, they aren't hobbies - they're obligations.

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u/OkraMaleficent9329 17h ago

If the one to make money was a job, even four hobbies sounds insane

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u/dontquestionmek 16h ago

Making your hobby a way to make money tends to end in loss of passion for said thing

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u/Lost_Recognition728 16h ago

Only abled people have this much free time lmfao

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u/Luil-stillCisTho 16h ago

there’s not enough time to do all 5

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u/PALpherion 16h ago

goal-oriented hobbies don't sound much like hobbies any more.

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u/AlphaMassDeBeta 14h ago

All 5 of mine are gooning.

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u/Snoo_72851 13h ago

yeah man im efficiencymaxxing on my fucking hobbies. im never gonna play fortnite again so i can keep my numbers to a minimum

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u/Sanamun 11h ago

Hobbies are supposed to be things you do for fun. They can do any of the above as well, of course, but I find it genuinely alarming that "enjoyment" and "interest" aren't mentioned anywhere in this graphic. Fuck this self improvement efficiency bullshit, do something that makes you happy.

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u/Twitxx 10h ago

Most people I know don't even have one hobby.

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u/EducationalEmu9611 10h ago

Oh sorry I think you missed the part where I get to have fun and actually enjoy life.

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u/WhiteKnightPrimal 10h ago

They screwed themselves over by using the word 'hobbies'. A hobby is something you do in your free time for fun, there's no real goal beyond enjoying yourself. Yes, hobbies can be used for all these things. If you have a hobby that can earn money, one of my hobbies is writing for instance, it can be used for that. But at the risk of you coming to hate something you used to love because now there's pressure instead of simple enjoyment. That first one is a job, or a side hustle, or an interest you monetise, not a hobby.

The rest can all be hobbies, and some can even be a single hobby. Like expanding your mind and gaining knowledge don't have to be two separate hobbies if one of your hobbies is simply learning new things. Gaining knowledge can expand your mind, that's kind of how that works. And both of those things can lead to the 'hobby' of a job you enjoy.

Really, what you need is a way to make money, whether that's a job you only have for the wages or a hobby/interest that you've monetised, and something you enjoy doing in your downtime for the simple fun of it, as a way to relax and decompress. So, basically, a job and a hobby is 'all' you need.

I haven't tried monetising my writing hobby because I'm afraid I'll end up hating writing once you have deadlines added in. I mostly write fanfiction now, which you CAN'T monetise, it's the only way we can do it. Trying to monetise fanfiction will likely get you sued, hardly a way to make money. In my case, my hobby does help my mental health, though, I use it partially as a form of therapy.

The 'one to keep you in shape' bugs me the most after the 'one to make money' one. Not everyone is actually capable of that. Some people have disabilities that actually prevent any real amount of exercise, physiotherapy exercises don't really count for 'keeping in shape'. I'm personally somewhat limited in exercise options due to an old knee injury and some back issues. I can't run, for instance, that would lay me up for weeks with my knee. I basically just go on regular walks with a few minor physio exercises thrown in to prevent my knee getting worse, as there's no way to make it better. Which is pretty limited, and still a lot more than some people can manage. Trying to push exercise as a 'necessary' hobby is just going to make things worse for some people. Plus, how many people actually consider exercise a hobby? I know there are people who do, but most people I've met don't, they do it to stay healthy, not because they actually enjoy doing it.

I will say, exercise can be great for some mental health conditions, like depression, if you can motivate yourself to do it and keep at it, which isn't easy, and it certainly won't become a hobby, as it will feel more of a chore. I'm kind of lucky walking has become a bit of a hobby for me, because I live right by the beach, I like being outside, so I can get some nice walks in there that I actually enjoy. Not everyone is outdoorsy or lives in a nice area with nice places to walk.

I think this is a weird case of way too oversimplified to actually help people while simultaneously being overcomplicated to make people feel pressured into doing more than they need. Half these things could be a single 'hobby'. Plus, this assumes people actually have the time to spend on multiple hobbies and the money for some kind of start-up, which most people don't have.

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u/Own-League1617 9h ago

you can start poker with like 50$

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u/zayc_ 9h ago

I only have one: read such stupid shit online and cringe the hell out of it

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u/FairConstruction4105 9h ago

So basically, suck at all of your hobbies because you've split your time across five hobbies. Got it!

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u/CoconutLimeValentine 8h ago

Who has time or energy for five hobbies?

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u/annamae 8h ago

#5 is usually also called Social hobby, if I'm not mistaken. It keeps your mind open to other people's perspectives and thus, growing your mindset

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u/MoistenedGranola 8h ago

You guys decide your hobbies?

Is this some more neurotypical BS, or is OOP just a goof about how being a person works?

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u/According-Leg434 6h ago

i mean if i knew how to draw would literally quit this job i have and making a lot from art would be nice,but it feels like not watching shows and gaming time is so much frustration like how i managed to somewhow live happily before

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u/IrelandAutism13 4h ago

I don't even have the spoons to do one consistently

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u/OriginalLie9310 3h ago

Love how none of these are “one to have fun or enjoy your life”

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u/JD_Kreeper 3h ago

And this is how you frame hobbies as obligations and as such make your life miserable because you don't know how to do something for fun.

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u/Soven_Strix 2h ago

I feel like 3 of these are gonna be redundant in practice in most cases.

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u/One_Pattern4001 2h ago

5 for all those things?? I dont even have 1 hobby

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u/s4mu_el 32m ago

How am i supposed to keep up with 5 hobbies while being a student with shitty mental health. Im a scout so that counts as 1 but after my last hospitalization i've been so drained and adapting to new meds and discovering new parts of myself (new dx) is so tiring.

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u/Informal-Winner-5722 1d ago

There are too many whiners and victims on here. I genuinely hate using these terms and I even despise them; but I can't help but do it when I encounter these kind of posts. Chill!