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Are they a thief of focus or simply very efficient entertainment? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I lean toward "efficient entertainment", but I do sometimes wonder what that chunk of my free time would look like otherwise.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

(disclaimer: OP was more clear than I initially read it and maybe my original comment doesn't hold up in reference to it. I'm just replying in reference to the bigger concept and it's so long because I'm procrastinating pretty hard right now. I wanted to be clear that I'm not upset or anything, just putting off cleaning lol)

Hobbies shouldn't have to be "productive," whether financially or otherwise. Who is to gauge what counts as meaningful anyway? Not everybody can contribute "meaningful additions to collective human knowledge," especially now. The bar to do so is so much higher than it was in 1820.

While Hypothetical German Lad could go collect beetles and have it be counted as a meaningful contribution as implied, I would have to (realistically, barring some 1 in a million happenstance) need a lab or something to make some big much wow discovery/contribution. If I went outside and collected beetles today, while it would count as a hobby, it wouldn't be the contribution being implied here, I'd just be a bug collector. Mildly interesting, but no more productive than making some progress in Baldur's Gate or doodling or whatever else menial pasttime.

I'm not interested in watching people play video games myself, but I'd argue it's a productive hobby if it brings joy or information to others. In regards to OP: A 26 part youtube series about how to get all the rings in every sonic game is going to be useful to people trying to get all the rings in Sonic Generations or whatever entry they're playing. There being 26 parts means they know that's going to be a resource they can come back to when they boot up Sonic 8: The Ocho later. It's still an addition to collective knowledge, just not all knowledge is deep cosmic understanding. I can have the knowledge of how to reach Burger King from work, bestow that knowledge upon a new coworker, but yknow nobody is going to write a book about me for it and that's ok!

The world sucks right now and people are struggling, let folks have their silly hobbies without having to justify them. 🤷