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[–] [email protected] 105 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
  • Work from home.
  • Can wear whatever I want.
  • Lots of food and can cook whatever I want.
  • A/C temp the way I want it.
  • Comfort of my own bathroom and toilet.
  • Lots of entertainment options (streaming/TV, laptop/PC, games).
  • My hobby is indoors (music).
  • Don't have to spend money just to hang around.
[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't have to spend money just to hang around.

Not to mention there are no more third spaces. When we leave our home, besides going to a park or something, you’re expected to pay at almost all establishments you go to. As in, you have to pay rent to use infrastructure you don’t own, so why not just stay at home since you’ve already paid for using that.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (6 children)

It really took me the longest time to realise that a huge percentage of people that need to go outside as much as possible do so because they feel unhappy at home ('home' as literal dwelling I mean, they don't know what to do there, aren't happy with or can't be by themselves, don't enjoy their immediate home environment & stuff they have in it, etc).

[–] Noodle07 14 points 4 months ago

Home is the best, if you can't stay home and be happy you need to change your home

[–] Jiggle_Physics 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I enjoy my house, and my things, and use them often. I enjoy my home life. I still feel the need to go out and experience the world beyond my tiny bubble. I get great joy simply out of breaking up my routine, meeting new people, seeing new places, going to local gathering spots. When I am done with all that I also have the benefit of socializing without having a pile of dishes to do either.

Your assessment is right for some people, and you probably have contact with a group that leads to a bias in believing this is what people, generally, who need to do things beyond their house, are like. It is not true for most though. Most people like their homes, and home lives, a lot. They also feel the need to go out and do something other than home life, regularly, in order to be happy, in the long term. Doesn't matter how awesome my house is, doesn't matter how many skills I am working on, or how many hobbies I have, if I don't do something out of the ordinary, on a fairly regular basis, life begins to feel dull, and no amount of improving my home will alleviate that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I play music, games, code , read. Just with music alone I'm already home stuck because of my work schedule. Seriously there is so much in piano technique that with a full time job ur pretty much going straight home and practicing.

Given you care about your hobbies.

[–] Caesium 4 points 4 months ago

yeah, and the modern world revolves around them.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago

Cause when you stay at home, you become comfortable with it and also keep making things better and better. You have full control over your experience so you end up optimizing it.

When you go out to say a coffee shop, that’s optimized for the owner to make the most money.

[–] Etterra 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do people go out and do stuff ALL day?

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[–] SpaceNoodle 21 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Almost made it a whole week but my stupid wife needs a ride to the craft store

[–] Rolando 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Craft store is fun! Get some stuff to decorate your "command center."

[–] SpaceNoodle 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Excuse me but it's my lab in my dungeon thank you very much

[–] Rolando 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I always think of my area as a command center because of:

The Warlock: Why did you bring a cop to my command center?

John McClane : Command center? It's a basement!

[–] SpaceNoodle 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll have you know that my lab is in the basement of my own house

[–] Rolando 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So when are you gonna come and hang out

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind giving your wife a ride.

[–] SpaceNoodle 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm starting to see how the Gisèle Pelicot case started

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What ... Inhales ... THE FUCK?!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

The dream...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Please tell us more about this stupid wife.

[–] SpaceNoodle 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I drove her to the stupid craft store, but first we stopped and had some stupid Vietnamese for lunch, and then afterwards picked up some stupid eggs at the stupid grocery store so I could make some stupid brownies later.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm trying to sum up the vibe here but I'm having a hard time thinking of the right word.

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 4 months ago

That's because you're stupid

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[–] eltrain123 17 points 4 months ago

Why go out when you just have to come back home anyway. Save the trip.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

i would never leave if i didn't have to eat and make money to eat

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All Day?

Those are rookie numbers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

IKR. I'm at home at least 30 hours per day.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 8 points 4 months ago

That toilet has a warm bidet and the other ones don't or are COLD

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Got no choice. My dad has developed dementia, and I refuse to put him in a home until he is completely mindless.

I'm scared only because my health benefits ran out two months ago. But don't worry pops, I got you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For me it's called depression and anxiety.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

I get that from having to leave my house and go to work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Well, you see, I fill my house with things I like, and people I love, so being there is enjoyable.

I suppose if your house is full of things you hate and people you dislike, then you would want to leave.

[–] rustyfish 5 points 4 months ago

Also there are people out there. Fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I'm a home body in most cases but if I stay too long I still get stir crazy. Can only exist in cave troll mode for so long.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I find that leaving the house is good for my health, mental and physical. I don't need to see other people, just going for a walk is enough. Just staying at home is, at least for me, quite unhealthy.

[–] Coreidan 3 points 4 months ago

Uhhhh because that’s where I live

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