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Hope all are alright. Anyone picked up any cool new hobbies lately? Anyone play harp? I’m thinking of picking it up, I already play quite a few instruments, but harp has the highest initial investment of any I’ve done so far.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Myself, full of all of the above because my house was built 100 years ago ^^

I've been playing Kalimba. It's a really nice instrument for people like me who are not great musicians. Really easy to pick up as a beginner, and you can still play "real" songs with it. Sounds good even if you're bad. Even if you already play music, it's still great. Portable too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a kalimba also! I used to be really good with it, but I stopped playing for a while and lost my thumb callouses. Such a beautiful instrument. I’ve long wanted to experiment with retuning it, but I didn’t want to risk making it unplayable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've tuned mine once because it got out of tune and it was fairly easy. I never tried to retune it, but as far as I know it's pretty much the same process and you can't really fuck this up. Don't worry too much. All you need is a little hammer and a tuner.

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

Life in plastic, it's fantastic.

Hahaha, no.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well he might say yes but he might mean no.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm currently trying to pick up Godot, the game engine. I've always wanted to make video games and figured it was time I actually sit down and learn the nuts and bolts of how that happens. Currently making my way through an instructional playlist while working on a design document on the side.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We're all full of microplastics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

🎵 We all live in a micro plastic induction chamber!
We all live in a micro plastic induction chamber!
We all live in a micro plastic induction chamber! 🎶

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

they are all full of microplastic

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been picking up hobbies at an alarming rate lately. Got into custom keyboards, crochet, bonsai, magic (card tricks) possibly something else I've forgotten, too. I think it's probably a sign that something is wrong but let's not worry about it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depending on how long you keep those hobbies up you just described adhd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Want to learn to play the guitar -> buy a cheap, used guitar -> try to learn one song -> never touch it again
Want to start gaming -> build a decent-enough gaming computer -> only use it to browse the internet and play Minecraft sometimes
Want to start streaming -> download OBS -> never even open it
Want to get into parkour -> can't find any spots that look good to a complete beginner within ten minutes -> yeah well maybe not
Want to learn calligraphy -> get a fancy pen -> learn the basics -> now I'm not interested in it any more
Want to get back into drawing -> start a rough sketch -> don't look at it for a week -> start a new sketch -> lose interest in drawing again
Want to start photography -> get a low-end camera -> go out and take some nice photos -> maybe even edit them -> share a few of them on social media -> randomly stop
Want to get into woodworking -> plan a project -> buy wood -> build half of

I'm really glad that I started a few hobbies many years ago, before my mental health went down the drain, and those are the ones that stuck around. Except for photography, I just kinda lost interest in that after a handful of years.