• tyler@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    You’re calling it a hobby. That’s not what the image says. They’re behaviors. Like walking. You wouldn’t expect someone to think walking is a “fun activity in which your skill with it generally increases”. It’s just a fact of existing.

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      1 day ago

      The image doesn’t mention walking. Singing, dancing, and art. I consider those to be hobbies, don’t you? I define hobbies as fun unnecessary activity, or in this case - behavior.

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        16 hours ago

        If 99.9% of people on the planet do it, it’s not a hobby. It’s a behavior.

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          7 hours ago

          Yeah, I suppose I’ve used the word beyond its scope. Let’s take dancing for example. People go to social events, like clubs, to socialize, dance, and hookup with people. That’s definitely beyond the word hobby. However, let’s say you want to learn to dance and decide to go to a dance school and take classes. I would consider that a hobby. Now, in context to the OP, activities conjoined with skill implies, at least to me, that maybe they’re talking about the latter kind of behavior. I dunno, but your view is perfectly valid.

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      24 hours ago

      My behavior, now and a as child was to open things for curiosity. My hobby now is to thinker with dismantled electronic. Is this a hobby or a behavior?

      I don’t think such stricts definitions really apply to humans.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      You wouldn’t expect someone to think walking is a “fun activity in which your skill with it generally increases”.

      I do. Why? Cause there are people who don’t know how to walk. Or have any spatial awareness.

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        16 hours ago

        But 99.9% of people on the planet do know how to walk. If people don’t have special awareness, then doing more walking isn’t gonna help that.