• dantheclamman
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    112 days ago

    1,2,4,6,7,8,10,12,15 I’d say of any of them that cooking is the one that I think really makes a difference.

  • @lorty@lemmy.ml
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    213 days ago

    I really want to understand what’s the big deal about foreign languages. If both speak the same second language, then maybe having a few conversations in it might be fun, but if you don’t what is exciting about someone that can say things you don’t understand?

  • Blackout
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    314 days ago

    Back in the reprap days it was impressive but now all you do is press a button and you can print any size dildo you want.

  • @captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    3514 days ago

    I’m not into guys but as a woman I’m surprised blacksmithing isn’t higher. How am I supposed to be your knight in shining armor if you can’t make me some shining armor?

    • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      1213 days ago

      I’ve forged everything from aluminum to Waspaloy, from handheld to car-sized.

      Unfortunately, I used an industrial press and lots of math. Not sexy. What respondents really mean is hipsters with an anvil. Then you’re wearing an apron with no shirt, sweating, and smashing something hard and repeatedly.

    • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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      If you were into guys and said that on our first date, I’d be there on our second!

      I’m getting a bit tired of home automation as a hobby anyway - i don’t meet many new people inside my home. 3D printing was next on my list but then I’d have to collect WarHammer miniatures

    • @merc@sh.itjust.works
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      112 days ago

      It’s probably too rare. Like, woodworking is somewhat rare, but to do that you just need a basement or a shed or a garage or something. Blacksmithing actually requires a forge, so I’m assuming that far fewer people actually do it.

      With it being so rare, I bet that the women who don’t have any experience with a man who’s into blacksmithing don’t think to mention it, or haven’t really thought of it. And the ones who do have experience have had a mixed experience. Blacksmithing is loud and dirty so I bet the charm wears off quickly.

  • MacN'Cheezus
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    512 days ago

    I’m surprised that “being rich” and “being good looking” aren’t on the list.

    Then again, I suppose technically those aren’t hobbies.

  • kamen
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    3714 days ago

    When does cooking stop counting as a basic day to day survival thing and start counting as a hobby?

      • kamen
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        1314 days ago

        I placed the thing in a plate. It’s plated now.

        But yeah, I get your point.

        • Miles O'Brien
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          The difference between “cooking” and “hobby cooking” :

    • Skeezix
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      112 days ago

      I stopped making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches because I lost the recipe.

    • @Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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      813 days ago

      When you are making everything from scratch, cooking becomes a hobby. You can make tacos and buy a salsa from the store and make some good tacos, but when you are making the salsa and thinking that you should add just a bit more of something, you are in hobby territory.

      Smoking meats is a hobby. To get dinner ready, you start at 3am and tend the firebox all day. You try different rubs, woods, and techniques to make the product of your craft the best it can be.

      Making pizza from scratch is a hobby. You make may make dozens of pizzas to just get the sauce, dough, or crust right.

      Following a recipe to make something is not a hobby unless it is just a starting point in something you wish to refine and make your own.

      • @TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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        213 days ago

        Smoking meats is a hobby. To get dinner ready, you start at 3am and tend the firebox all day. You try different rubs, woods, and techniques to make the product of your craft the best it can be.

        3am?!? What tiny little brisket are you doing at 225 to start that late? You’ve got to leave time for it to rest.

        Ok, in all seriousness this is one of my main hobbies. By that I mean I do it often and I’ve stuck with it for years while other hobbies have come and gone. I’ve got a couple of offset smokers, a drum smoker that I built, and a pellet smoker when I don’t have the time to tend the firebox but still want to smoke something.

        I said all that to say this: there are plenty of people who couldn’t give two shits about smoking meats who absolutely come ask me questions about it. Not because I’m the best, and not because they want it to be their hobby. But because I’m excited to talk about it. I also tend to bring full plates with me for my friends (and usually a couple of extras) so they get the benefit of having food.

        I’ve also had women ask if they can come hang out next time I crank up the smoker. It’s an easy way in for someone who wouldn’t normally be confident enough to approach you.

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        613 days ago

        I agree with all but the last part.

        Following a recipe can absolutely be a hobby. You can take a lot of enjoyment out of it, and it’s even useful.

        I wouldn’t say it’s an art, but it’s definitely a hobby.

    • @Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1414 days ago

      There are a surprising amount of old kids that can’t even boil water for pasta. No one looking to date wants to date an old kid they need to take care of. (Some people do, but burnout is real)

      • Miles O'Brien
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        1214 days ago

        In my experience most adults can boil pasta.

        … And boil it… And boil it… And DEAR GOD TAKE IT OFF THE STOVE AND DRAIN IT BEFORE IT BECOMES MUSH!

    • MentalEdge
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      1414 days ago

      When you start to have to worry about them finding out you’ve out-pizzad the hut.

      • @Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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        214 days ago

        Yeah I burn the kids out of pizza and calzone for awhile when I got into pizza making. I had to try many different ways to make it so we ate it everyday for a week.

    • @bluewing@lemm.ee
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      1814 days ago

      When you worry about the brand of the olive oil you use and the cost, (over $100 per knife), of your kitchen knives. And your stove is a $4000 induction model with 2 ovens.

      Source: My one Son-in-law. But the son-of-a-bitch CAN really cook!

      • @Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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        414 days ago

        I have two Kitchenaid mixers, and all my specialty tools. Cooking and baking can definitely be a hobby. We have the meals to survive. Then we have the shit I make that tskes a list of ingredients a mile long and all day to accomplish. But goddamm they are some great food.

        • @bluewing@lemm.ee
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          514 days ago

          That brings up an interesting thought.

          Am I a cooking enthusiast because I spend time hunting/fishing/foraging wild ingredients? Many of my neighbors do some foraging and hunt and fish also. (I live on a lake in the middle of a very large forest). Or does the fact I made 10lbs of home smoked Canadian bacon in my own smoker this fall make me a cooking enthusiast? Maybe the breads I sometimes bake? Or the hand harvested and then parched over a wood fire wild rice I traded some of my bacon for from my one neighbor?

          Am I a cooking hobbyist? Or am I just cooking to survive? Where is the line drawn?

            • @bluewing@lemm.ee
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              113 days ago

              Would I survive? Perhaps not so well. Everything I forage or hunt and fish for reduces the amount of dollars spent on buying groceries. And a good portion of what we eat you can’t buy in a store.

              • @RBWells@lemmy.world
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                112 days ago

                The second part of that comment sounds like you are a culinary enthusiast not a survivalist. Like, I grow stuff in the garden to get better, fresher foods and varieties I don’t see in the store, and also for the local bees Saving money is secondary(tertiary?), though I think at this point the lines may have crossed and we are saving some money. I do it because I like good food.

                If I lived where there was more to forage, you can bet your ass I would be foraging too. Wild food is awesome.

                • @bluewing@lemm.ee
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                  112 days ago

                  It’s probable, I do like to cook and do it well. Though I don’t own a single kitchen knife that costs over $10US. But, that foraging really makes a large difference in the grocery bill also. Particularly when the grocery store is a mere 100 mile round trip away.

                  I tend to think I’m somewhere in the middle of surviving and hobbyist. I grew up poor and I’m often just doing the same things I have always done since childhood because we needed to. And I continue to do a lot of it simply because of habit and I do enjoy eating everything I forage.

        • Tar_Alcaran
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          213 days ago

          Why would you need 2 mixers? That’s an honest question, I’m really curious.

          • @Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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            213 days ago

            One got the second on sale, and when baking cakes easier and faster with 2. But also last time I baked a cake and was making cookies. Having 2 mixers was awesome for that.

      • Miles O'Brien
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        1114 days ago

        Jokes on you, my knife cost me $40 in steel, wood, brass, and sanding belts because I make my OWN knives for my cooking.

        You know, I think I might just have two hobbies and one saved me money on the other…

        • @bluewing@lemm.ee
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          714 days ago

          What about the cost of the grinder, HT furnace, drill and drill bits, and anvil and hammers? Are you really sure you saved any money? /jk

          Keep banging them out!

  • Skeezix
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    512 days ago

    What about editing Windows registry? What does that rank? Hkey local machine?

    • @squid_slime@lemm.ee
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      414 days ago

      I read books about social studies and think I may fall into the same camp. What books do woman deem sexy?