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Not streaming and finding a different way to enjoy your time. Honestly, at this point, I'm getting less interested in things I enjoyed as a younger person and more wanting to do models and tabletop things I can now afford to buy.
I think that's a great comment to make under a post that asks about hobby ideas. Some people work 12 hours a day and just want to watch a show or movie when they're too exhausted to do anything more active.
The quality of popular media has declined, but I still like watching DS9 when I'm tired, for example. I have other hobbies, but they take energy and have a different sense of enjoyment than a piece of media I have fun with.
It's always appropriate to talk about getting into hobbies. Not all are strenuous or high energy. Even just reading about your hobby is good as well. Most of us have time and energy to get online and talk on platforms like this. Why not discuss it with others as well? I'm offering something that isn't piracy, not that I think anything is wrong with it, but because people don't consider alternatives to what they do on the norm.
How do you know that?
I have a friend who recently retired and is building all the Lego sets he could never afford to buy!