Name some believable hobbies for me

[zanemoseley]

Golf
Brewing Beer
Boating
Playing Pool (not of the pocket variety)

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Honestly, I'd say "I really enjoy browsing the net. Especially any technology-related websites. Knowing what the next big gadget will be is interesting for me." That's an honest, adult response. The jocks and mentally small might call you a nerd, but really, in the big picture of things, who's the real smart guy? You are. Down the road, after this point in your life, the people that search and read and click the link to read some more are the ones that get ahead. Know all you can about what you like, that way you're always prepared to explain your position. Whether that be to get a job, make yourself interesting to that girl or just socialize in a social setting. Our differences are what make us unique.

To me, as long as someone has decent social skills and isn't obviously insane, they are interesting to me. I don't care that you don't look like me. What matters is who you are as a person. I can respect those who are respectful and enjoy their own life.

Now, not everyone I meet becomes a "friend". But we are the sum of our experiences. I may meet you at some gathering and you say that you hang out on this techie forum calleed Anandtech. Someone else may say they have been posting on Arstechnica (dunno if it still exists) for a long time. I can relate. Be yourself, but be mindful of your surroundings.

I.E. if you really enjoy dressing up as Honkers The Goodtime Clown, that's fine. But at a frat party it's probably not a good idea to let your freak flag fly like that.

Although I have virtually no interest in technology (I'm here for the trolls and neffers), that is something I could still probably get away with. The only thing I have to worry about is people asking me to build their computers and crap. Thank you for the idea.

 

[gorcorps]

You can't lie, because eventually you'll run into somebody with the same hobby. Then you better know your shit or you'll look like a fool.

 

[CPA]

fapping

 

[HamburgerBoy]

You can't lie, because eventually you'll run into somebody with the same hobby. Then you better know your shit or you'll look like a fool.

Yes, that is the source of the predicament, hence "believable" in the title. I could bullshit knowing computer tech stuff because I'm nerdy and most of my peers aren't, and if some anal retentive super-nerd wants to call me out, I won't argue. It's the more physical things I'm worried about, i.e. if I pretend to skateboard as a hobby it might only start out as a vague hunch, but if someone handed me a skateboard and said "Go ten feet without falling on your face" I would be utterly exposed and embarrassed.

fapping

Goes far beyond hobby.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Pissing my wife off

 

[IndyColtsFan]

 

[Gibson486]

I went on a date the other week. We discussed our hobbies, and it turn out she really liked going to car boots.

I should let the bitch out now, it's been 5 days...

So...WWYBYB? It seems like the majority of your posts are just post count ++ nonsense.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

So...WWYBYB? It seems like the majority of your posts are just post count ++ nonsense.

:thumbsup:

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Get some hobbies then you won't have to make stuff up.

You really can't be fulfilled with ATOT as your hobby can you?

 

[SlitheryDee]

You've got to be doing something other than staring at the wall when you're at home. Just think of everything you do on a daily basis, pick one of them and call it your hobby. I go to the gym, work, mess with gadgets, drink, read, and cook on a daily basis. I could say my hobby is fitness, gadgets, reading, or cooking even though I don't consider any of that to be a real hobby.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Making stuff-up? Why?

You're in college. There has to be a hundred different clubs, intramural sports, activities, events going on for any interest you have. Even if you're not 100% interested in one, try and experience some of them, maybe you'll develop a stronger interest.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I have this problem too.

I don't even play games anymore. The time I have to myself after work and school, I like to spend on easy relaxing things like surfing the net, watching movies, or reading a book. There are other things that I am interested in but don't feel like investing myself in at the moment. I guess that is a problem, I don't casually get into hobbies.

When asked, I usually say what some of my previous hobbies were, what my interests are, and explain that things are currently on hold due to other priorities.

 

[chalmers]

Brewing beer and bbqing are my main hobbies.

 

[OverVolt]

Making coffee is my hobby hah I do it every morning.

Most peoples hobbies are bull****. I've known people who do something 5 times and call it a hobby just to be cool. I've had cool hobbies in the past but all are time consuming. If you work and go to college you literally have no hobby short of ones like "making good coffee or going to the gym between class"

I did kayak a few times for example but it definitely wasn't a hobby. Its also expensive to store the damn things once you live in a city, so you had REALLY LOVE kayaking.

You should make a new hobby called "calling bull**** on other peoples hobbies" whenever they bring it up, it would be good lols I bet.

"Really you go whitewater kayaking!? When was the last time you went, oh yesterday? Your voice sounded shaky... The last time I managed to go kayaking was a year ago and it was in a creek. That sounds unrealistic because the next day your at a concert! Damn is your real hobby 6 cups of starbucks everyday? I guess you don't work then, herp derp."

The question irks me, it is a white middle class question so it is usually easy to obliterate the air heads for bull****'ing.

 

[Perknose]

So if you were in my shoes and a classmate asked "Hey, what do you do in your free time?", you would reply "I post on ATOT"? And don't say "No, I'd stop being a shut-in virgin" because that's what fulfills my life. I look at my life and I literally spend 90% of my free time on the internet, reading and replying to random crap. I couldn't ever admit to that.

As an internationally unknown personal consultant and life coach, I'm here to tell you that your answer is REBRANDING!

Don't change one thing that you do, change how you portray what you do to others.

Examples:

"I post on ATOT" becomes, "I participate in vigorous, freewheeling, and intellectually rigorous discussions on life's most notable issues and challenges with a select circle of my electronically enabled peers." :sneaky:

I'm "a shut-in virgin" becomes, "I lead a highly disciplined and intentionally monastic life wherein I renounce the frivolous and transient pleasures of the flesh in a high-minded attempt to attain a serenity and centeredness the mindlessly copulating masses can only dream of."

"I live in my Mom's basement" becomes, "For reasons I can't fully disclose, I have gone underground. This has literally brought me closer to Mother Earth. Powerful forces of darkness may or may not be arrayed against me, though an extension cord run down from the kitchen helps."

 

[schneiderguy]

Making coffee is my hobby hah I do it every morning.

Most peoples hobbies are bull****. I've known people who do something 5 times and call it a hobby just to be cool. I've had cool hobbies in the past but all are time consuming. If you work and go to college you literally have no hobby short of ones like "making good coffee or going to the gym between class"

I did kayak a few times for example but it definitely wasn't a hobby. Its also expensive to store the damn things once you live in a city, so you had REALLY LOVE kayaking.

You should make a new hobby called "calling bull**** on other peoples hobbies" whenever they bring it up, it would be good lols I bet.

"Really you go whitewater kayaking!? When was the last time you went, oh yesterday? Your voice sounded shaky... The last time I managed to go kayaking was a year ago and it was in a creek. That sounds unrealistic because the next day your at a concert! Damn is your real hobby 6 cups of starbucks everyday? I guess you don't work then, herp derp."

The question irks me, it is a white middle class question so it is usually easy to obliterate the air heads for bull****'ing.

I give this rant 8.483/10, would read again :thumbsup:

 

[Imp]

Photography - you never said you were good....

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Have you ever considered getting a real life instead of trying to fake having one?

 

[amdhunter]

nude male photography

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Not being gay.
Not making shitty threads in ATOT.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

You've got to be doing something other than staring at the wall when you're at home. Just think of everything you do on a daily basis, pick one of them and call it your hobby. I go to the gym, work, mess with gadgets, drink, read, and cook on a daily basis. I could say my hobby is fitness, gadgets, reading, or cooking even though I don't consider any of that to be a real hobby.

I'm being serious. This three day weekend I plan on doing little other than eating, sleeping, and sitting in this swivel chair in front of the computer. I spend almost all that time on forums listening to music, and even then I'll spend probably half of that time drifting out of internet-thought and into a pleasant day dream bubble. The only time I accomplish stuff is when my schoolwork load becomes heavy. Free time? Nef and day dream.

But the point isn't me doing stuff. The point is me being a successful poser.

I have this problem too.

I don't even play games anymore. The time I have to myself after work and school, I like to spend on easy relaxing things like surfing the net, watching movies, or reading a book. There are other things that I am interested in but don't feel like investing myself in at the moment. I guess that is a problem, I don't casually get into hobbies.

When asked, I usually say what some of my previous hobbies were, what my interests are, and explain that things are currently on hold due to other priorities.

I was actually stuck on campus for a few hours yesterday with little studying to do (just finished a couple of exams) and checked out the first novel in my life (The Difference Machine). I do enjoy reading, but for some reason I never do it. I'll try and work on that, and maybe read cliff notes of other books that don't interest me yet are obligatory in establishing my position as one that reads for a hobby. Yes, that could work. Thank you for the suggestion.

As an internationally unknown personal consultant and life coach, I'm here to tell you that your answer is REBRANDING!

Don't change one thing that you do, change how you portray what you do to others.

Examples:

"I post on ATOT" becomes, "I participate in vigorous, freewheeling, and intellectually rigorous discussions on life's most notable issues and challenges with a select circle of my electronically enabled peers." :sneaky:

I'm "a shut-in virgin" becomes, "I lead a highly disciplined and intentionally monastic life wherein I renounce the frivolous and transient pleasures of the flesh in a high-minded attempt to attain a serenity and centeredness the mindlessly copulating masses can only dream of."

"I live in my Mom's basement" becomes, "For reasons I can't fully disclose, I have gone underground. This has literally brought me closer to Mother Earth. Powerful forces of darkness may or may not be arrayed against me, though an extension cord run down from the kitchen helps."

These are good ideas, but I think I lack the charisma to pull it off. I'll meditate on this. Thank you.

 

[Raduque]

Making coffee is my hobby hah I do it every morning.

Most peoples hobbies are bull****. I've known people who do something 5 times and call it a hobby just to be cool. I've had cool hobbies in the past but all are time consuming. If you work and go to college you literally have no hobby short of ones like "making good coffee or going to the gym between class"

I did kayak a few times for example but it definitely wasn't a hobby. Its also expensive to store the damn things once you live in a city, so you had REALLY LOVE kayaking.

You should make a new hobby called "calling bull**** on other peoples hobbies" whenever they bring it up, it would be good lols I bet.

"Really you go whitewater kayaking!? When was the last time you went, oh yesterday? Your voice sounded shaky... The last time I managed to go kayaking was a year ago and it was in a creek. That sounds unrealistic because the next day your at a concert! Damn is your real hobby 6 cups of starbucks everyday? I guess you don't work then, herp derp."

The question irks me, it is a white middle class question so it is usually easy to obliterate the air heads for bull****'ing.

As an internationally unknown personal consultant and life coach, I'm here to tell you that your answer is REBRANDING!

Don't change one thing that you do, change how you portray what you do to others.

Examples:

"I post on ATOT" becomes, "I participate in vigorous, freewheeling, and intellectually rigorous discussions on life's most notable issues and challenges with a select circle of my electronically enabled peers." :sneaky:

I'm "a shut-in virgin" becomes, "I lead a highly disciplined and intentionally monastic life wherein I renounce the frivolous and transient pleasures of the flesh in a high-minded attempt to attain a serenity and centeredness the mindlessly copulating masses can only dream of."

"I live in my Mom's basement" becomes, "For reasons I can't fully disclose, I have gone underground. This has literally brought me closer to Mother Earth. Powerful forces of darkness may or may not be arrayed against me, though an extension cord run down from the kitchen helps."

You both win this thread.

 

[pyonir]

I spend almost all that time on forums listening to music,

"I like music" can lead to a conversation and fill the need to have to explain other fake hobbies. Everyone likes music, so you just would have to find common ground with whomever you are speaking with and discuss bands/music genre you both like.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

"I like music" can lead to a conversation and fill the need to have to explain other fake hobbies. Everyone likes music, so you just would have to find common ground with whomever you are speaking with and discuss bands/music genre you both like.

Yeah, but that usually comes up as a separate question. It's usually "So, any hobbies?" and then after I say "I play computer games sometimes" they'll say "Yeah, that's cool. What music you listen to?" and I'll say "Mostly heavy metal stuff" and they'll say "Yeah, that's cool" and the conversation ends there.