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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I try to make something that looks good (or at least doesn't look like random static) by running pictures I've taken through audio editing software. There are some extra steps that go into it to "trick" the program into importing the picture as if it were a sound file, making sure the header (information that tells your computer that this is a picture) doesn't get fucked with, and then exporting the data in a way that it will be saved as a picture and not an mp3 or something else.

On the rare occasion I do bring it up, I can literally watch people's eyes glaze over. Until I show them a picture

Edit: internet is really bad right now, will reply with an image when I can

Edit2: picture was too big at 7MB. Hopefully a screenshot of the picture doesn't look too bad

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

I've never let it stop me, but:

  • ethical philosophy

  • social dance, especially contra and square

  • chromosomal / genetic inheritance simulations

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

I was learning Gregg Shorthand at some point just for the fun of it and every time I brought it up people had no idea what I was on about.

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

I'm old enough to remember when shorthand was a required course for women in secretarial schools. I always though it was black magic and very cool.

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

In my 60's. According to Internet sources, shorthand was taught in schools until the 1990's. It's likely that shorthand use declined as PCs became common in offices.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dildos, especially Bad Dragons. I genuinely love just collecting them

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You should just go work there. Make your own.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I intend to start my own company at some point :)

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

Of dildos? That's great. Good luck to you! When you do, tell me about it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Model trains. I don't bring it up because it's obscure, but I've definitely found there's a stigma. "Oh he's the guy who plays with trains". Screw the haters, I like to relax after work and do a bit of escapism. Eventually I got over it though and talk about it with friends, but it's not the first thing I bring up either

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let’s see those train pics, my dude! Let that conductor-freak flag fly here.

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

Not quite ready unfortunately, still in the "lots of pink fiberboard and paper mache" phase, but oh I will when we're done. We're probably too small for a model trains community, but I'll probably be hanging out in [email protected]