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Telegram.
Telegram Will die, Matrix will takeover
Mr. Anderson!
Is matrix more of a discord alternate or telegram
Originally a federated E2EE alternative to IRC. But it can replace any instant messengers (Discord, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, etc.).
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Telegram, viber etc.
telegram is unencrypted by default. Use something else if you value your privacy
I am willing to sacrifice my privacy for accessing the 2nd largest chat mobile app.
None of my family, friends or assosiates uses Telegram as a main chat platform.
So i use Telegram as my space to exchange and talk about NSFW content.
I second this! That being said, I've been successful in recruiting almost my entire friend group over the last few years. All of the people I talk to daily or regularly are on it. Once people use it they realize how superior it is to anything else we've been using and end up staying.
Honestly, hope more people start fixing their own stuff
It's so satisfying fixing things
Especially when I find them near a dumpster or on the curb
Privacy.
Learning how to get better at critical thinking.
I study rhetoric and argumentation for fun. Rhetoric is for understanding how people persuade me, argumentation is for understanding the tactics they use to achieve that goal. I've developed a certain style of rhetoric and argumentation that I like a lot. Essentially, I think people should learn to identify their own assumptions and make them explicit. Far fewer misunderstandings would happen if people know wtf they themselves were saying.
I got recommended to read Thinking Fast and Slow on lemmy and I've been really enjoying it, much of it is about hidden assumptions and critical thinking
Linux
Thinking.
Okay what is your answer then?
Best answer here lol
Reading math books, Linux, Lemmy, and Extreme metal. I have nothing to talk about with people IRL other than the fucking weather (that I actually want to talk about).
The overlap between math and death metal fans is larger than im comfortable with.
Death, Black, Grindcore, Slam, blackened deathmetal, shoegaze, Deathgazeโฆhit me up :D
Guess i'm the first to say it, sewing. Not necessarily making things from scratch but just fixing what you got and adding features. Fairly affordable hobby, easy to get into and plenty of tutorials.
Juggling. Friend decades ago taught me how to group juggle with other people. Lots of fun. But I've learned never to admit I'm into juggling, cuz apparently it's serial killer weird
I can juggle 3 balls but no more, its quite intuitive once you try! I know 3 is basically nothing, I just learnt it when I was like 10 and never took it up.
But that is a great hobby man, join a circus or smth idk.
Honestly I can't narrow it down to less than 2:
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Australian Stingless Bee "farming": as the hobby is niche, even in Australia, there isn't much publicly available advancement in hive designs, propogation methods and care techniques for native bees. This makes the barrier for entry high, and the chances of losing a hive when inexperienced is moderately high too. More people in the hobby would hopefully bring in more discussion and experimentation, and make the hobby more accessible to others by hopefully bringing the price of hives down.
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TTRPGs/Wargaming outside of the big 2 games: if its not 40k or D&D, you are unlikely to find anyone that knows of alternate systems, let alone wants to play them. Makes it a lot harder to find a group outside of a game over discord or similar
If you're looking for a TTRPG and not wanting to worry about the lfg hassle, check out Ironsworn! Grimdark low fantasy, playable in solo or co-op. Just takes some getting used to, and reading lots of player advice, but playing solo become very easy if you already have that rpg brain leading the way. Also free materials online, but I bought the core rules and the "dungeon" expansion hardcopies for about $50 (USD).
I've since converted a couple of things and am solo playing to beef up the plot of a book I'm writing in a world I've been working on for about 5 years. Makes that process engaging for the gamer side of me!
Can't help you with the bees, I'm afraid...
I'll have a look into this! I've been playing solo OPR to get the wargaming itch, but I haven't found anything for TTRPGs so Ironsworn might fill that hole nicely.
It did just that for me, gets those creative juices flowing!
Conlangs, we could reform the language world.
Saluton mi amiko!
Meditation
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Privacy
Protects one of your fundamental rights, or nearly all of them if you think about it, as well.
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ham radio
Getting certified is super easy in many places and there are many hobbies within, such as electronics, building antennas, etc.
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poetry
This hobby has to be the cheapest of all. Go to the park with a pen and paper, bonus points if you leave your phone at home, and let your mind wander :)
Gaming, particularly games from 2013 and before. ๐ฎ
Surely that's not uncommon, is it? The more obscure games I suppose but people play stuff like pokemon and mario kart etc all the time.
Mario Kart for sure.
But pokemon "fans" treat me as a dinosaur just because i stayed on 3rd gen.
I havent played anything beyond black and white and dont care to.
TOUHOU!
Radio control airplanes. It's being regulated to death since the advent of quadcopters/drones.
Learning languages. It'd be nice if I could meet people irl who are interested in learning different languages and it'd probably keep my motivation up as I've been slacking.
Taking classes would basically put you in the perfect situation.
A few years ago I was in some discord servers for language exchange, but I had to put it all on the back burner to focus on job hunting and I lost motivation ever since, but I'm trying to reignite the flame.
Karaoke. After losing my old friends circle, I no longer have anyone to go karaoke with. :(
Same!