• Mearcfara@lemmy.ml
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    22 hours ago

    It’s wild, like people get into things when there is novelty and affordability and then leave when one of those goes away.

    My biggest question now is, what will supplant PC building/other super high end stuff? I grew up on Halo and early CoDs, but now that I’m old and suck at video games (particularly online multiplayer), and seeing a huge shift toward battle royale and dark souls style gameplay, I felt like I was long overdue to start reading more/working out more/hiking/etc.

    • musubibreakfast@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      Join an improv group, take dance classes or join a theatre club. If that’s not your vibe then join a board game club or learn to play an instrument. I’ve seen lots of people take up new hobbies since this nonsense started. At first this whole AI thing really bummed me out but it’s made me get in touch with the things I really care about. I think we’re headed for interesting times

      • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
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        12 hours ago

        Lol, I love my instrument, but it was about 4x the cost of my computer. Right now prices, with the same rough performance of a computer, it would still be about 2-3x.

        For a kid, a cheap instrument isn’t going to be a big deal as you learn, but if you really want a decent sound from one as an adult that cares about it (because you actually know you’ll want to stick with it), you’re going to be spending a decent bit of money.