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The American time use statistics make it pretty clear. Our hobby is watching television and using our phones. Anyone who says they have "no hobby" almost certai
by dougmwne 8y ago
The American time use statistics make it pretty clear. Our hobby is watching television and using our phones. Anyone who says they have "no hobby" almost certainly spends hours of entertainment time each day at a screen. People just mean they have no other hobby aside from the default hobby.
The same goes for anyone claiming they have no free time. No free time after sleep, work, kids and screen entertainment.
It's not at all clear to me that people WANT a different hobby than the one they've got.
- Eridrus 8y agoYeah, I'm not entirely clear what counts as a hobby and what doesn't. I went to a comedy show tonight. Does that count as a hobby? I don't think so, but it's also clearly a leisure activity. Does reading count as a hobby? It's still fairly passive, but less so than just watching. What about video games? Definitely not just passive, but how much do you have to play for it to be a hobby? I also have no idea where this claim that we're all to competitive to have hobbies comes from. I, like the tech bro stereotype, enjoy rock climbing, the only thing that gets in the way is my laziness, not comparing myself to those far better than myself. No-one I have climbed with has expressed status anxiety about what they can and cannot climb, though I admit to being a tad competitive with those who I am close in ability to. This author is in some super weird bubble that I have never really seen, but that's probably because I don't have kids, and that probably has a bigger impact than anything this article is talking about.