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Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #1196512
Not for the faint of art.
#988560 added July 19, 2020 at 4:04am
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Solitaire
Does sleeping count as a hobby?

PROMPT July 19th

Besides writing, tell us about a hobby you have. How did you discover it? How long have you been doing it?


Eh, probably not.

How about drinking?

Nah, that's more like a sacred calling for me.

I've had several hobbies and interests over the centuries, and I tend to cycle through them. But there's one hobby that's been my constant companion since I first got a computer when I was... 13? Something like that. This was long before the internet or handheld devices. I'm referring, of course, to video games.

And by "video games" I mean "games played on a computer." Never got into consoles; I hate those controllers. I'm also not a fan of multiplayer games, because gamers are dicks and I'd rather play solo games.

In the early days, I got interested enough to learn some basic programming to code my own games, but tech quickly outstripped my ability to keep up. It's like beer: if I could be arsed, I could probably learn how to brew, but I'd rather just enjoy the fruits of others' labor.

So yeah. I'll call that my major hobby. Some people might consider it a waste of time, I know, but I see it as the purpose of time. Everything else is a waste of time that I could be spending playing a game.

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