Mine is playing AOE2 in easiest (or standard if I want a bit of challenge) mode against 3 bots. I just build my economy, wall up (and laugh at the enemy soldiers attacking my walls in vain), reach imperial age and attack once my army reaches the population limit. I also send 104 in the chat so they don’t surrender and I can enjoy razing their all buildings one by one. If any of them builds a castle, even more fun. A build a trebuchet and watch it raze the castle from a safe distance. If there is sea, after I am done with the land, I build 3 docks, do research and build a navy and hunt down ships around the unxplored sea. It is fun, satisfying and relaxing.
What is yours?
Ah, you mean what do we do to cope with the crushing existential pressures of modern existence?
In order from productive to not productive:
Hike, photography, walking, playing music, writing music, editing photos/videos, producing music, cooking, playing videogames, Lemmy, porn.
That about accounts for all the time I’m not sleeping, working, shitting, showering, or shaving,
Sir/Madam, as an expert in this area, I draw issue with your comment: several of these can be performed WHILE shitting. The determination of which specific activities are compatible is an exercise left to the reader.
Since when is producing music less productive than playing music??
… okay so first, the word produce has like 600 definitions, so start there.
Playing music takes me away from reality and my thoughts a fuck ton more than producing ever will.
It is far more productive in terms of stabilizing mental health.
What the fuck did you think I was “producing” on hikes?
I have two:
- Lichess vs computer, easiest setting, trying to promote as many pawns to queens as I can before checkmating.
- Civ 5, duel, Shoshone vs. Venice. No city-States, the only winning condition is time. Farming generals until Venice is reduced to a single hex.
I don’t normally watch streamers, but I suddenly want to watch you streaming lichess.
It would be kind of boring though. I rewind the moves quite a bit when I’m doing this. (Kind of weird since I make a point of never rewinding moves when actually playing, at difficulty 5.)
Whenever I feel like I need a breather, I ride my bike. Just ride, not hard or fast, just spinning the cranks. Feels amazing.
Same. Moving my body, experiencing the world, it’s good.
Agreed, this can be so zen.
Walking and running
You might also enjoy hiking, which is pretty much those two things but mostly the first.
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I like to cross stitch. It’s calming and satisfying when a project is finally finished.
These comments are more safe for work than I expected.
Getting near blackout drunk and then hating myself for doing so for a couple days with a hangover.
Lemmy. Lol. And a nice walk with my favourite music is good too
A nap.
Sitting in silence.
Recently it’s listening to audiobooks. Makes commuting or doing chores great.
I found this post while playing AoE2. I enjoy playing the campaign a lot because there are so many and because of the sandbox gameplay.
So I can pretty much infinitely play them and have done so from time to time since it launched :)
Watching cartoons from my childhood. Not quite as so early it’s Nick Jr level. But like I’ve watched Hey Arnold so many times at this point(my favorite), Are You Afraid of the Dark?, the Angry Beavers, Ahhh Real Monsters, Pete and Pete. I was so happy to hear Paramount+ had a bunch of those shows… but then all the striking stuff happened so I just went back to my hard drive with a bunch of the shows.
Riding a bicycle, browsing forums, drinking, fishing, hiking, and vidya games.
Walking, watching lets plays, playing minecraft
