What do you like to do in your spare time? - What do you say when asked?

[Clop]

Funnily enough I have had this conversation with a person I met for the first time.

I told her I was a Nazi.

 

[Kuchipatchi]

I've told my best friend about coming on here. I just say it's a forum for laughing at stupid people.
I also told her that there are people using the forum to take down animal abusers (aka, zoosadists) and she seems quite pleased about that.

 

[Some JERK]

You don't actually have to explain or justify what you do to strangers, you know. Just tell them you like to read. If they ask what you read just say 'biographies' and change the subject. It's not hard.

 

[Wurstbrot]

I prefer to talk about my other real hobbies. Which is harder than it seems as this here is the most recent fascinating dumbsterfire. I would like to say "A forum where I laugh at people who embarrass themselfs at the internet, and their stupidity and scams get pointed out", but if you don't understand the context this could mean anything and weird looks are the result, in the end it simply backfires.

On the other hand, why would I mention this forum anyway? This non-doxing-rule works also quite well in real life.

 

[gaarashatan]

phil is the only one i follow, i pop it up, check out about 30 forum posts. 5-10mins, post a few things. then come back tomorrow usually. lately ive been browsing it morning, noon, night. for 5-10mins cause i got alot of freetime on my hands right now. but thatll be gone here in 2 weeks or so.

i mean, people can judge me how they want. but theres tons of people who will watch pewds videos for hours, of watch phil for hours, or just do nothing productive all fucking day.

and in some ways, i actually use this experience to learn for myself how not to act like a twat. and remain self aware of my actions and verbal choices. i actually think about what im going to say for a few seconds before saying it. too many people speak with their frontal lobe

 

[XE 600]

Kiwifarm users never go outside so no one here has to worry about being asked this question.

 

[Bryan Dunn]

Spend time with my wife and kid. Ride my motorcycle and vlog it. Plan dead mall explorations with friends or just abandoned factories. Monster hunter world on ps4. Do adult stuff like chores and shopping. Shitpost on here.

 

[RG 448]

Just have more than one hobby.

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

Is it safe to powerlevel here or something? I just go for bike rides. Videogames seem like a grey area as a hobby. Some see it as a hobby, some don't. So I don't usually include that.

If someone was to ask I'd just say I like observing animals.

 

[Cool kitties club]

I analyze and discuss strange subcultures and individuals created by the problems associated with late stage civilization developments

 

[Gorillagorillagorilla]

 

[Prince Lotor]

It's 'People Watching', on the internet. If they don't understand from that and actually need what 'People Watching' is spelled out to them I would say something like,

"You know when you see some rampant asshole, or someone who seems to be mentally unravelling before your eyes, or a dimwitted slob with their shirt tucked into their underwear or their nose hair combed down into their mustache or a fat emo kid with the top third of their ass squished out of their skinny jeans just walking down the street living life seemingly with no sense of self-awareness or critical analysis? Some really exceptional specimen and you find yourself wondering: How did they get like that? Are they like that all the time? Do they think they're not exceptional? How delusional are they? What are they're hopes and dreams? At what point did they just give up trying?
That guy you saw smearing mud on himself and growling, but you didn't feel safe stopping because you couldn't tell if it was performance art or a mental breakdown and you didn't want to get shit on yourself, but then you spent a week wondering WTF that was and you NEVER found out??
Well on the internet you can scratch that itch and find many of those things out with less mental effort and no physical leg-work, and then you can share those stories, information, and observations with others interested in the same. Instead of being left with just questions you can get hilarious answers and witness complete meltdowns as they happen."

Of course why the fuck would I ever tell anyone about this shit? The only scenario I can see myself needing to explain this to someone IRL is if they somehow stumbled upon my cow-watching while using one of my devices. If you really feel the burning need to bring up lolcows in IRL discussions just say someone you were chatting with online told you about some funny gossip, or be a more witty and interesting conversationalist.

 

[Wurstbrot]

Is it safe to powerlevel here or something?

It's a trap and traps are gay.
Read the main post my friend.

It's actually a social experiment to find out who shouts their opinion by just reading the header, just like Phil. And I ruined that by pointing it out. You are welcome.

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

It's a trap and traps are gay.
Read the main post my friend.

It's actually a social experiment to find out who shouts their opinion by just reading the header, just like Phil. And I ruined that by pointing it out. You are welcome.

Oh, I'm aware. No need to point it out; for me at least.
I don't think it's a very good idea to even mention the fact you watch some retard like Phil for fun because you will get strange looks on that alone.

 

[Prince Lotor]

Oh, I'm aware. No need to point it out; for me at least.
I don't think it's a very good idea to even mention the fact you watch some exceptional individual like Phil for fun because you will get strange looks on that alone.

Yeah, like I can explain cow-watching in general to people in a way that makes sense. . .I cannot explain cow-watching Phil. Something along the lines of 'I'm watching someone who I'm fairly certain is mentally ill drive their life into the ground, either that or I'm watching a brilliant method actor and scam artist.' I would never mention I watch Phil and would try to pretend I'm barely aware of him in passing from cow-watching

 

[Dick Pooman]

I visit an autistic human zoo every day on my lunch break.

 

[Tesshollidaysflupaknees]

You know how you watch Dr.Phill or TLC? I can do that with train wrecks on the internet.

 

[BrunoMattei]

This isn't really a hobby to me. This is more like an IRL soap opera.

As an aside, I do find it funny that if you mention Phil especially in a negative light (such as "Don't be a DSP, dude.") Everyone in a game knows exactly who you're talking about.

 

[Doomfist]

I have mild panic attacks when I have spare time because I assume I have forgotten something deathly important to do. Sometimes I have nightmares about it. That’s why you’ll see me posting at odd hours. Or I’m drunk off my ass and trying to focus on something to keep the room from spinning.

But what I tell people who aren’t mental health professionals is I send dick pics and videos of me getting sucked off to random sluts dumb enough to post their Snapchat name on dating apps. What amuses me the most are the dumb bitches who take a screenshot and then snap it out to all their friends asking them to report me. Without fail, a few of their friends hit me up for more material.

Sometimes it’s their male friends but any port in the storm, y’know?

Edit: meant to be in reply to @Outer Party Member

Godspeed, you glorious disaster.

 

[oldTireWater]

I just tell people I spend my time on a hate site. I'm not specific about which one.