The situation is too much. I feel helpless. I cannot even imagine the suffering of disabled and wounded people in Gazan hospitals cut off from electricity and water. I’m recovering from a surgery myself and it’s difficult with water access and it would probably just get infected and take me out if I had no water.

I’ve been using Lemmy a lot during the recovery as my body’s weakness affects the skull organ as well, making me function barely if even (thrown trash into sink without realizing, going out to buy something I need only to be completely unable to remember what, waking up from pain and so on). I think I want to pick up a hobby and I figured video editing. I know I won’t make it as a content creator, but at least I can kill time and have the 0,00…01% chance of perhaps no longer needing to work for corpos, so I don’t have to prepare for libs rejoicing in genocide of brown people while patting self on the back for being so progressive by it. I just downloaded two open source video editors and will see if I can muster the strength to record sth to edit, or if I even have enough storage to actually do this. I wanted to watch tube in peace, but every video is jokes about homosexuals, homeless and China and I’m tired. Some videos about MineCraft were straight up advertising Christian youth camps in the middle. I don’t like this. So I guess I’m gonna spend my life listening to my own voice, unless I give up one hour in or sth.

Anyone else picking up new hobbies?

  • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
    14·
    11 months ago

    I’ve been indoor gardening for a while. I’ve got a tomatoplant going, some herbs and a pepper plant. I made homemade, handpicked jalapeno sauce a couple of days ago.

    My gf is doing crochet and has so far made me a shirt, she is finishing a bag and has made some bookmakers, a lamp shade and a bookcover. It’s a pretty cheap and easy hobby.

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    11 months ago

    I’ve started building models. Easy to start, but there’s a very high skill ceiling and very difficult. I’ve been slowly improving though and having fun with it! It allows me to spend a few hours not thinking about anything else, and I can watch tv or YouTube while I work. It also lets me be very creative with myself and build whatever comes to mind.

    My most recent finished project was a Sdkfz. 223 Armoured Scout Car, and I built it a North African desert ruins diorama with a mortar team in tow.

    I’m currently building a Stug IV, haven’t decided what camouflage pattern I might use for the painting if I get that far, or what diorama I should build. Have been debating a diorama of it dug in in a ruined city defensive position under fire from a T-34 I completed earlier.

    I’m debating doing a dug in Zis-3 under maneuver, Flak 88 firing position/command post, Uboat Type VII at sea, or Sturmovik for my next project.

  • azanra4@lemmygrad.ml
    11·
    11 months ago

    i’ve been learning chinese as an intellectual hobby. it’s a great but rewarding challenge to train the skills and gain increasing access to a different society’s culture and worldview. it’s a humbling experience

    • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      我也中文学习！我明年会去中国旅游见我的女朋友。你有母语人的朋友吗？

      Humbling is a good way to put it. So much amazing culture I never knew. The mandopop scene is amazing!

      • azanra4@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        10 months ago

        我有很多中国人的朋友。我的女朋友也是中国人，所以我学习中文。我也非常喜欢学习语言。你几年学习中文了？

        Thanks! I agree - having a window into a different perspective is awesome. Got any recs for mando pop? It’s not pop but I’ve been banging 北京欢迎你 and 老鼠爱大米

        • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          我只有学习了中文二个月。你呢？我的最喜欢中文乐队是”福禄寿Floruitshow”。 他们也有乐队叫”DOUDOU”。

      • sobuddywhoneedsyou@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I know the basics of readline bind well enough. When I meant was configuring the keybindings. Figuring out how to use define-key is a challenge in itself but there are other ways too like general.el and use-package’s :bind directive. Then I also had to figure how to have decently helpful messages for some keys and prefixes.

        • ByteFoolish@lemmygrad.ml
          2·
          10 months ago

          Ah got it. Two sources I wish I knew about in the beginning are Xah Lee and Mastering Emacs. I linked keybinding specific pages, but both have a LOT of content and are super helpful. I’ve never read them start to finish, but just picked topics I was interested in learning about.

  • Prologue7642@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    I have had my first dnd game few days ago. Now I am getting more into 3d printing miniatures, studying how to role-play, and trying to create a good character.

  • Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    11 months ago

    A few months ago I picked up Guilty Gear Strive and I’m trying to take my Testament to celestial.

  • zila@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    11 months ago

    I started painting minis. I’ve always loved painting but honestly I get frustrated with drawing. Minis provide a good amount of structure and challenge while allowing me to have some creative freedom. Bonus that I end up with cool tokens for my DND games :)

  • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    I started learning Chinese and kung fu. Thinking of picking up a new instrument too.

    I’m sorry to hear of your struggles, I have also been struggling with recent events. I don’t have any advice to offer, just solidarity.

      • CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml
        1·
        11 months ago

        It’s about 1.5’ long. My music friend tells me the keys are a little small. Half the features don’t work. I got it secondhand from a store. From the 80s, I think, lol.