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The opposite is also interesting. A surprisingly huge amount of things I don't want at first sight turn out to be quite pleasing. Like sport/fitness and learni
by k__ 6y ago
The opposite is also interesting.
A surprisingly huge amount of things I don't want at first sight turn out to be quite pleasing. Like sport/fitness and learning/practice.
- munificent 6y agoEvery now and then I stumble onto a term that so perfectly describes an aspect of life that I don't know how I ever lived without it. In this case, it's "Type I fun" and "Type II fun": https://www.rei.com/blog/climb/fun-scale https://www.rei.com/blog/climb/fun-scale You're talking about Type II fun and I 100% agree.
- nickff 6y agoType II fun is more about being cold/tired/miserable for a relatively short amount of time; parent is talking more about return on investment for long-term commitment.
- munificent 6y agoI don't think there's a real difference here. All of those long-term returns on investment are just the accumulation of short-term cold/tired/miserable experiences. Getting in shape is just going outside in the cold/heat and running for a short while. You just have to do that over and over again. Getting good at a musical instrument is simply the accumulation of many many boring practice sessions.
- nickff 6y agoI see them as very different; in my personal experience, sailing offshore in a gale was type II fun, cycling an hour a day is just not the same.