People don't have hobbies anymore. I can probably count on 1 hand the number of people I talk to that actually have a real hobby, something they do in their spare time. Everyone’s just scrolling these days.

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jemmyw an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I can't really think of anyone I know who doesn't have a hobby. Of course, most people I've met are via a hobby.

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nicbou 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's not my experience at all. My friends have plenty of hobbies and so do I.

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negativezone 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or the hobby folks are all too busy with their hobbies to chat these days.

It's too bad, though. Regardless of what hobby you're in, it's a golden age to have it.

	▲	ionwake 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		surely coding projects is a hobby surely eveyron HN is finishing all their "dream" projects that were vastly impossible to finish before AI? otherwise thats just me
	▲	vouaobrasil an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I don't think it's really a golden age. Personally I find people more superficial and distracted in their hobby though. It always has to be something to be superfially shared on the internet.... some people are fine with that but I think it's a loss. Not everyone will agree but that's just different values.

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Markoff 36 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

It comes down to your definition of hobby. For instance some people consider listening to audio books as "reading books" or riding e-bike with hardly any pedaling as "cycling".

I can assure you my "hobbies" (not sure whether reading/discussing about tech, following news, watching movies, playing (video) games, travelling/hiking, ocassionally playing table tennis or minigolf qualifies as hobbies) are pretty much same as they were before smartphones, I just have much less time with work and kids than I used to have, though at least trying to incorporate kids where possible like table tennis, minigolf, hiking, playing (video) games.