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I just like spouting nonsense about nothing.

But seriously, I like philosophy and discussing political and economic theories.

But do you actually *do* anything specific like go to political debates or attend philosophical debates and such?

Not really.

In other news I also play Ultimate Frisbee and lots of other board games.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mountain biking and snowboarding.

For me, most of my hobbies revolve around video games. Right now it's Civ 5 and CS:GO that eat up most of my time. However, I also enjoy programming, watching anime, keeping up with the news, and discussing politics (in a civilized manner mind you, everyone you talk with is still a human and can be persuaded to your side with the right techniques).

Playing music, wilderness backpacking, kayaking mountain lakes.

Pretty sure RUFFHAUS is into phychedelics and Mapu does human taxidermy, while BobRoss was telling me about his collection of bottled farts.

Beer drinking, hell raising... I used to play soccer on several teams, but my knees are wrecked, and those days are over. I have bounced around in the World of Warcraft universe for years, but I'm on another long sabbatical from that.

I should also throw in hiking. I live in the foothills of some smaller mountains, so I can get to some pretty good hikes in under an hour's drive from my house. However, when I'm either in college or grad school, I'd enjoy doing a road trip to do some of the bigger hikes out west.

I should add I play hockey in the winter, play some Destiny 2, and (cheers, RUFF!) beer drinking!

I was never really into Hiking, but I got into Pokemon Go recently and that's had me walking around a hell of a lot (including wandering around the park & canal at 2am at times, which is actually surprisingly relaxing).

I'm aware that I'm a year late to it, but that's actually pretty awesome. Barely any server crashes (which were apparently a huge issue on release) and I have some friends who are happy to go out pokemon-hunting with me despite having not touched it for 9 months prior to me getting it.

Aside from that, I'm really not an active person. Hobbies mainly revolve around gaming (love Civ 5 & other strategy games, story-heavy games, and I held a speedrunning world record for a Rayman game for about a year), programming and messing around with video editing.

I also play a game called Geocaching, which is, in extreme brevity, is using million dollar satellites to find Tupperware in the woods.

Hiking. I live near the Rockies and go every chance I can get.
Swimming. Got my lifeguarding a long time ago and just love swimming. The three dimension movement options always made me happy.
Board games. (Probably obvious one being on this site)
Piano. #Best instrument.

And a bunch of lamer sounding hobbies.

Apart from reading and drinking, most of my spare time after work is taken up with doing my masters of fine arts. I also collect bottle tops from around the world.

I'm a hobbyist at magic. I do some street performance and the occasional venue. I'm sometimes paid for this, but it is a trivial part of my income and I still treat this as more a hobby than even a secondary profession.

That's awesome, yoak!

Dr. Recommended, I enjoy it. Perhaps the best part of it for me is that both of my kids (11 and 9) decided that they like it. I've built stage shows for them for the last two years for their school talent show, and they've even played a restaurant / dinner theater and other small stages. They've worked out this stage personality where they pretend to bicker, while actually assisting each other in making impossible things happen. It's great!

They've done bigger shows than I have. :-) I'm a not-so-great magician in his 40's. But for a 9-year-old and 11-year-old, they're amazing. People humor them when invited to watch them perform and have their "We're going to make the kids feel good about themselves." face on. Then when they actually fool them, it kills them dead. Two kids levitating an audience member four feet off the stage horizontally isn't what you expect from a couple of kids. :-)

That is awesome.

Wow, fantastic. Thanks for sharing that. The experience will benefit them in so many ways, for life.

May seem obvious but I'm heavy into board game. Particularly euro board games that revolve around strategy instead of rolling dice *cough* ameri-trash *cough*. My collection is nearing 30 games and I fear I'll get there soon.

I grew up playing cards with my grandparents and have enjoyed any and all card games I've learned. As a kid I started collecting decks from places I visited and am over 120 different decks now from places I've visited and cool ones I've stumbled across.

Last biggest hobby that's soon to be dormant is golf. Always loved it despite the frustration and disappointment it provides. Actually just shot the best round of my life (77) today after work which felt great!

I'll throw in a couple seconds to drinking (RUFF, Dr. R. and kaner, cheers!) and Pokemon Go (1 pokemon away from finishing my regional pokedex captainmeme!)

Apart from my collection of bottled farts (haha, thanks for that doc), I am very much invested in finishing my MA in Philosophy. Though i'd say my true passion lies with the Asian religions/teachings and contemporary art.

Not much of a gamer (apart from diplomacy) really. Instead i'd like to be busy with Photography, Photoshop, Poetry, Movies etc (some in an active, some in a passive role).

Drinking beer is also a skill i'm cultivating quite frequently and apologies for placing myself on a high horse here, but I can say i'm quite good at it.

- Archery
- Camping
- trying to get a business off the ground (probably not a "hobby", but its an interesting challenge)

I've enjoyed playing chess for a couple of decades. I probably like it for the same reasons I like diplo, chess is kind of the Diplomacy of chess. Some long-distance running as well when I have the time to practice.

Is partying a hobby? :D If it is, guess that's one of my main hobbies, including festivals, concerts, clubs and of course drinking, which is usually accompanied by smoking...
Also reading, skating and of course gaming both virtually and on boards.

@YCHTT weren't you into smoking some time ago as well?

Whisky, wine, travel, reading, futbol (and football), other board games,

...all the other boardgames

https://boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/BenjaminHester

I sing.

@GOD - I still have a pipe a couple times a week and the occasional cigar (never did cigarettes - nasty things), but since my heart attack, I've sold off 6 or 7 boxes from my humidor and only have 3 nearly full ones left that are also for sale. I decided living was better than enjoying a daily pipe and a cigar every Saturday and Sunday.

In fact, I got back into modeling of all sorts to keep my mind focused and not thinking about having a pipe or cigar in the evenings. Healthier and not really any more expensive considering the cigars I bought cost $7 to $12 a stick (typically $150-$250 per box of 20-25). Some were more at upwards of $30 per in a box of 10, but those were Churchills I could smoke for 90+ minutes and truly relax with a scotch (speyside single malts are the best). I've also cut way back on the scotches, vodka martinis, and sea breezes.