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[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Telling myself I’ll go to the farmer’s market and then not doing it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know there is a wide variety of times but I feel like 2/3rds of the farmer's markets near me are at inconvenient times for me. "3-7PM on a weekday" nope, "8AM-12PM on sunday" MAYBE if I wake up early and am feeling adventurous.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Working out. (I do it most weekdays, too).

I work in software, and I've seen far too many guys in my industry who are either skinny as a rail and surviving on Cheetos dust, or painfully overweight. Had several co-workers croak unexpectedly, at shockingly young ages.

It's a real problem in the industry. People simply plop themselves down at their computers and forget to do anything else for an entire day.

I have kids, and refuse to let them lose their dad early, so I hit the gym for an hour in the mornings, at least every other day. I do a mix of cardio and weight training. I also never stay seated for longer than 45 minutes.

Seriously, guys... If you work in the software industry, make a habit of getting up and moving around. It doesn't actually take much to reap enormous benefits just from staying more active.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have an IT company, and believe the same. We’re all working remote, and we organize competitions regularly like who is doing the most interesting sports, making the most progress, being the most consistent, etc.

I think it’s also important for the long term sustainability of the team too, we want people to have healthy lifestyle balances and not burn out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Bingo. When my body is healthy, my brain is healthy. When my brain is healthy, my code is better.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I started working out because I was super weak and just had a kid, and I realized there was a legitimate risk that I wouldn't be able to pick up my own child, so I started doing some strength training and holy crap this is amazing. Then I went back to college and lost my workout schedule, but after college I started running the following super smokey summer and didn't make much progress, but this summer I've picked up biking and I'm currently up to about 3 miles of extremely hilly biking every day.

I seriously forgot how fun biking is, and it's also nice just how much healthier I feel from the regular fitness

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Pretty much same, but TTRPGs in general. I abandoned D&D after it became clear that Hasbro is going to continue making the game worse to squeeze money out of the fans.

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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Everybody else in the group, however...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Their kid was ill, their partner had a thing, they didn't remember another event that they had previously agreed on, they said yes but they were thinking of another date, "is it for that game? I thought we were gonna play something else.", that's a long weekend week so they had out-of-state plans, etc.. etc..

I sometimes feel bad for DMs.

Edit: If I say I'll come, I will come, I'll force myself. Otherwise laziness will get the best of me. Few things I own, better to keep my word.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's the admission cost to Castle Anthrax?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

You must spank us all.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago
[–] bugsmith 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Five-a-side football (soccer). I'm not a sporty person, but started going with a local group a few years ago and have reaped the benefits of doing some intensive team exercise once per week. I go with a bunch of guys way older than I am, and it's amazing how fit and healthy they are compared to the average person I meet of their age. I certainly plan to keep this up so long an injury doesn't prevent me.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Breathing, even though breathing is extremely dangerous. Evidence shows that 100% of all people who breathe will die. This can be traced back genetically; everyone who breathes was born to people who had also breathed during their lifetimes.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Apparently, waking up by 6 or 6:30 because my stupid body is on a schedule and we're sticking to it every day, I guess.

Oh, and laundry. No matter what else I have going on, the laundry never stops.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Laundry is the real answer

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You do that anyway, choose another one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ohhh myyy. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I go boxing every weekend I'm home and will keep it up thru retirement just to stay mobile.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Training for boxing every weekend, very good. Doing actual boxing and getting repeatedly hit in the head every weekend, not exactly the most senior friendly activity.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Reading a book (hopefully)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What I'd like to do? Play Pente with friends and family in the morning in a cafe. It's an easy going game that you can have conversations over and it is a family favorite of mine.

Realistically? Forage for mushrooms and be successful at hunting in a post apocalyptic nuclear wasteland.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gardening and plant care. Winters would be quiet tho

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Greenhouses and indoors plants exist though. And some vegetables like kale grow well in winter. And I've seen some impressive greenhouses that use geothermal energy (think water pipes 3 meters deep feeding warmth all winter long).

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

being irritated with myself at the end of it that I didn't get all the chores done

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Learn something.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Hitting the gym

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

eating döner kebab

oh and also some kind of yoga in a park.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Any kinda craft. Right now it's basic woodwork and crotchet.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Started geocaching, I could definitely see myself doing this every week with my family.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

DMing Tabletop RPGs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Taking a 1 hour nap

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Making pancakes for my kids.

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