Most overrated leisure activities

[AnaboLecter]

fine dining, spending an arm and a leg for snack sized meals

dass not it

[Nox13]

fine dining

So Fine Dining

fine dining

fine dining, spending an arm and a leg for snack sized meals

dass not it

i knew the misc was uncultured but this is wild

going to for a nice meal at a quality restaurant is amazing, even 1/2/3 michelin stars are worth it. it's an experience, an art form even. the finesse and technique that goes into some of those dishes is next level, pair it with a nice wine and you're set

golf getting hated on too lmao never change misc

just say you're too poor for good food and too uncoordinated to hit the links

[Akd123]

idk meh, whatever makes someone happy I guess. Sometimes ya find a really good spot to chill at for awhile

Ive lived all over the country. Every place ive been i get bored with. Best place was living on my uncles llama and horse farm but that got old too. ill say it again yall motherfukers are boring as hell. WTF wants to drink and watch TV all day? ive done that for 20 years.

[MisquePhaggot]

New years celebrations by far and its not even close

[PowerPal]

having a chat on your phone
having a girlfriend/wife
visiting your parents

[Pats2022SBwin]

Why do you think concerts are meant for single people. I see tons of couples and families at concerts I go to. My son is my main concert buddy since he was 15.

Let me know if you ever need another concert buddy, nomasayin?

[andyray]

travelling

[FelixTheCat1919]

Traveling never really excited me that much in a world where you can see literally anything with a few clicks.

New years celebrations by far and its not even close

Agreed, and it's good to see someone else say it, too. All New Year's celebrations ever are is getting drunk around a bunch of morons and waiting until countdown/watching the ball drop on TV. Let's get hammered and obsess over complete nonsense while drinking so much we're almost too sick to go into work the next day! Gee, what a holiday...

[Dontoewsmebro]

Sports events srs and I love Sports check cig.

Worst was college sports brb college football stuck in the sun for 2 hrs as I hear people yell.

Then when fans start fighting each other because MAH TEAM DIDNT WIN! Meanwhile the players on the teams leave in their lambo laughing.

[Pats2022SBwin]

Traveling never really excited me that much in a world where you can see literally anything with a few clicks.





Agreed, and it's good to see someone else say it, too. All New Year's celebrations ever are is getting drunk around a bunch of morons and waiting until countdown/watching the ball drop on TV. Let's get hammered and obsess over complete nonsense while drinking so much we're almost too sick to go into work the next day! Gee, what a holiday...

Bro it's once a year. I wouldn't call it an activity.

[FelixTheCat1919]

Sports events srs and I love Sports check cig.

Worst was college sports brb college football stuck in the sun for 2 hrs as I hear people yell.

Then when fans start fighting each other because MAH TEAM DIDNT WIN! Meanwhile the players on the teams leave in their lambo laughing.

Agreed

I don't really get going to watch live NFL games. Been to like 5 of them in my lifetime. The traffic, the grossly ovepriced tickets/food/parking/etc., dealing with public restrooms that are extra vile at sports stadiums, people walking in front of you during plays you don't want to miss, about 70% of the stadium gets a bad to iffy view of the field at best, the woke political garbage inserted into the games, etc. That's not worth spending hundreds of dollars on, imo.

[miscinbro]

Agreed

I don't really get going to watch live NFL games. Been to like 5 of them in my lifetime. The traffic, the grossly ovepriced tickets/food/parking/etc., dealing with public restrooms that are extra vile at sports stadiums, people walking in front of you during plays you don't want to miss, about 70% of the stadium gets a bad to iffy view of the field at best, the woke political garbage inserted into the games, etc. That's not worth spending hundreds of dollars on, imo.

So, what do you enjoy?

[snowergrower]

Miniature golf, only fun if you are rinsed.

[DanteEdmond]

I disagree with the mention of live music events. There's a certain vibe to a concert that you can't get when you sit at home alone, listening to the music in your headphones. There's the community element, with people dancing, clapping, singing along. The music won't sound as perfect as they would sound in your headphones, but good performers make up for it with their stage presence, charisma, theatrics etc.

[FelixTheCat1919]

Drinking. This one really starts hitting home hard after you get past the partying stage of life and spend some time around people drinking when you are not. A couple beers or so is fine, but when you're stone cold sober and don't really drink anymore, people start to seem like absolute fuktards once they get 3 or so beers in. Some women can't have more rhan 1 - 2 beers before they start getting annoying.

I disagree with the mention of live music events. There's a certain vibe to a concert that you can't get when you sit at home alone, listening to the music in your headphones. There's the community element, with people dancing, clapping, singing along. The music won't sound as perfect as they would sound in your headphones, but good performers make up for it with their stage presence, charisma, theatrics etc.

Music concerts are fun when you're a teenager - 25 years old or so. I've been to plenty of them, including a lot of classic heavy metal shows. It starts to get old at some point. Nowadays, I couldn't be bothered unless it's one of my absolute favorite bands of all time, and they just happen to be making a tour stop near me. Definitely never understood making an event out of music shows and traveling to them and all that. Again, that stuff is fun when you're about 21. Seems like a big pita to me at this point, though.

[jimmybobjim]

having a chat on your phone
having a girlfriend/wife
visiting your parents

You okay buddy?

[jimmybobjim]

Yea I know a few serious golfers who I would say its a real hobby. But 90% imo are just the guys on auto pilot who live a life of:

- suburbs
- they and wife are overweight not obese
- get into other meme hobbies like smoking meats
- do draft kings and talk sports nonstop
- arent athletic but need something to do with friends
- does annual dumb beach vacation in florida or hilton head

so end up golfing as a default and are pretty bad. Compare that to other hobbies like skiing, rock climbing, cycling that imo you need intentionality to get into and get good. Golf is just the typical boring suburbanite dude who goes where the wind blows in terms of lifestyle. NOT talking about scratch golfers, who are a rarity but actually are good at the sport

Wood rep. This is an absolutely brutal post that sums up 90% of my white collar coworkers in the Midwest. I'd add a few things for most of the men I see:

-Owns a massive gun collection and fetishizes guns and firearm safety
-drinks whiskey and beer only
-non-practicing Christian

[fishnbrah]

golf. married dudes need it as an excuse for their wives to let them out to drink.

edit: read fine dining itt. that as well. massive amount of cope. again, something done to please women.

[fishnbrah]

Drinking.

oh no. probably the only thing worth doing tbh

[WHChampion]

Sporting events

brb looks worse than if you watched it on a 13 inch CRT unless you have mogger seats
brb $10 beers
brb takes 10 minutes to go take a piss

[fishnbrah]

yeah sporting events, massive cope. id also say concerts, the prices are crazy.

basically anything thats relatively expensive since its never worth it. golf, dining, sporting events

[FelixTheCat1919]

Sporting events

brb looks worse than if you watched it on a 13 inch CRT unless you have mogger seats
brb $10 beers
brb takes 10 minutes to go take a piss

That's the thing that really gets me the most about live sporting events. You can't see chit unless you have amazing seats that cost an arm and a leg just for the tickets themselves. Never made sense to me to make live sporting events any sort of regular thing as entertainment when I'd have much a better time watching it at home even on an ancient 32" TV I have stocked away in the basement somewhere. It's just so much money and effort for a few hours of entertainment when you'll spend half of the game looking at the jumbo tron anyway.

I'd apply all of the same logic to live music shows, as well. You won't see chit at any halfway decent sized show unless you pay out the asss to get great seats, mosh pitting stops being fun around age 22, most acts sound 10x worse live than in studio, the insane prices on drinks. Like, is $300+ total really worth standing in a big amphitheater for a few hours to see a band play while you can't see for chit, and the opening acts probably suck? For me, not really.

[Akd123]

Jesus christ you are some lazy insufferable whiney ass pussy motherfukers. Every little inconvenient problem for you guys is a hurdle. Your worse than women. No wonder you guys dont do chit. Cause your such crybabies no one wants you around cause your buzz kills. I wouldnt invite you guys either. Stick another tampon up your asses.

I wanted to go to a cheap concert in my area with tons of hot chicks but i cant cause i got to take care of my dying mom. Wish i could complain about it. fuking losers. i used to be the same way. Then i grew up and grew a pair of balls. Agoraphobic fuks

[userO1ROTHKVUIA]

Lol misc is miserable af… people enjoy things, find things you enjoy and get some fun out of life man..

Having said that, I gave up rugby because I’m a tradie and can’t afford to get injured, and since then I have literally no hobbies unless you count drinking, watching sport and reading hobbies.

[FelixTheCat1919]

Lol misc is miserable af… people enjoy things, find things you enjoy and get some fun out of life man..

Having said that, I gave up rugby because I’m a tradie and can’t afford to get injured, and since then I have literally no hobbies unless you count drinking, watching sport and reading hobbies.

- rips on others for being no fun

- states he has no hobbies at this point in his life

[low_clazz]

I've always found airports/travel relaxing. Its the one time in my life where I allow myself to really break routine and just relax and not give a F what happens. Even if I miss a flight not a big deal. I can just catch the next one.


However when I travel. I don't just go look at tourist sites. I'm traveling to a specific area to go diving/snorkeling. Or I'm going to the mountains with a specific snowboarding/mountain biking/kayaking trip. Etc.


In essence I travel to do things I can't do at home. I'm not just there to look around/eat/drink. I rarely go to 'cities' and crowded places.



My last trip was to the mountains and I basically just bought my tent/camping gear. I did some fishing. Kayaking. Swimming. Hiking. Cooking over a fire. Etc. Over a week and I only spend around 12 hours in an actual city. (srs) Was amazing to unplug.

This.

Wife and I travel to do things we can't do at home, whether that's hiking or immersing ourselves in another culture.

Getting away from where we work and live is GOAT.

[FelixTheCat1919]

This.

Wife and I travel to do things we can't do at home, whether that's hiking or immersing ourselves in another culture.

Getting away from where we work and live is GOAT.

I can go hiking at home, anywhere in my state, or across the giant country that is the U.S. I don't need to go travel to some 3rd world chithole to do that and have a blast.

Most people who obsess over traveling (I'm not knocking it altogether, just calling it overrated) have this weird idea that "immersing themselves in other cultures" somehow magically makes them more enlightened. If you enjoy that, then by all means, go for it. But simply surrounding one's self with people who act a bit different than they do does not automatically make them enlightened, cultured, or any of that. I've literally never met someone who seemed extra enlightened just because they hung out with some poor people in Africa for a couple weeks or whaever. They think it makes them super special, which is far different from reality

[meanstringbean]

New years celebrations by far and its not even close

yea this is true. Fuarking hate new years eve

brb right after Christmas the GOAT holiday. Tonal whiplash going from christ / family/ peace on earth holiday to slooting holiday
brb cant get a ride to and from anywhere
brb insane covers
brb very long line at each bar
brb if you are unable to score then you will feel like king of all Timothys when clock hits midnight and no one to smooch


Even as a hookup holiday its behind halloween and st patricks. That said girls in NYE sequin dresses hnnnnnng

[meanstringbean]

I can go hiking at home, anywhere in my state, or across the giant country that is the U.S. I don't need to go travel to some 3rd world chithole to do that and have a blast.

Most people who obsess over traveling (I'm not knocking it altogether, just calling it overrated) have this weird idea that "immersing themselves in other cultures" somehow magically makes them more enlightened. If you enjoy that, then by all means, go for it. But simply surrounding one's self with people who act a bit different than they do does not automatically make them enlightened, cultured, or any of that. I've literally never met someone who seemed extra enlightened just because they hung out with some poor people in Africa for a couple weeks or whaever. They think it makes them super special, which is far different from reality

Disagree. It's clear when you meet someone that has never left their state, and whose vacations amount to all inclusive beach trips, that they typically have no intellectual curiosity and tbh lack the courage to leave their comfort zone and travel alone

Yea Wandersloots of girls being 24 and partying around Europe has received pushback from the contrarian Misc crowd, but travel is something that libs are legit right about.

[meanstringbean]

Drinking. This one really starts hitting home hard after you get past the partying stage of life and spend some time around people drinking when you are not. A couple beers or so is fine, but when you're stone cold sober and don't really drink anymore, people start to seem like absolute fuktards once they get 3 or so beers in. Some women can't have more rhan 1 - 2 beers before they start getting annoying.





Music concerts are fun when you're a teenager - 25 years old or so. I've been to plenty of them, including a lot of classic heavy metal shows. It starts to get old at some point. Nowadays, I couldn't be bothered unless it's one of my absolute favorite bands of all time, and they just happen to be making a tour stop near me. Definitely never understood making an event out of music shows and traveling to them and all that. Again, that stuff is fun when you're about 21. Seems like a big pita to me at this point, though.

Drinking is a big one. IMO people who drink all the time just really have nothing better to do. If you are fit/healthy/happy then you shouldnt want to change your mental state several times a week (same goes for stoners btw). Even worse, are people who cant do ANYTHING without beer involved. Want to go to park and play frisbee or volleyball? Gotta have beer. Go to a ball game? Gotta have beer. Enjoy the porch? Gotta have beer. Go to zoo? Beer.

Im not a square promise, love a good cold drink every now and then but got damn you dont need to inject it into anything.

Also my mom is an alcoholic so know what you mean with being around annoying druk people. Whenever I visit she will have 2-3 (minimum) glasses of wine every fuarking night and begins repeating herself, crying, saying dumb chit, etc. Just has turned me off booze entirely