PC Gaming

8374 readers

84 users here now

Rule #1: Be civil

Rule #2: No spam, memes, off-topic, or low-effort posts/comments

Rule #3: No advertisements

Rule #4: No streams, random gameplay videos, highlights, or shorts

Rule #5: No erotic games or porn

Rule #6: No facilitating piracy

Rule #7: No duplicates

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

workerONE@lemmy.world

271

PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Stupendous@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.world

78 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Tinks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A hobby is just something someone does in their free time for pleasure, so yeah, watching TV would certainly qualify. I suppose masturbating could too but I would argue that falls closer to a physiological desire rather than a hobby. Hobbies can be just about anything - bird watching, walking, caring for a pet, reading, playing sudoku, etc. Playing video games has been shown to be good for mental acuity and hand eye coordination, so I would argue it's even good for you! Hobbies don't need to be an investment of time at all, they just need to bring you pleasure. We as humans need relaxation and decompression time, and that's exactly what a hobby is. Sure some hobbies produce things or results of some kind, but they don't have to.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I don't think by your own definition you can exclude masturbation. It's free time for pleasure. It's non obligatory.

It also makes looking out the window a hobby... which makes me think this definition is overly broad.