I love painting but I'm never going to be able to sell any off it (I wouldn't want the pressure even if I could paint) but I enjoy it even if it ends up looking like a 4 yo threw up after eating paint. Sometimes we do things just to enjoy it.

Keep playing. When I asked for piano lessons at the age of seven, my parents were hoping I'd become a concert Pianist or a piano teacher. I HAVE taught students here and there over the years, but I truly just wanted to learn so I could play for myself. I still enjoy it and still play...for myself, 47 years later.

I got a 3D printer, and immediately heard “you should sell figurines.” I got an automated die cutter (to make vinyl iron-ons). “You should sell t-shirts!” I keep having to explain that I just want to enjoy myself.

I never really thought about that, but it's true. I like making stuff, crafting, art stuff, woodwork, etc.. and all of ever turns into its conversations about how iHAVE TO put up a website or sell on eBay or whatever. And the conversation always gets aggressive, especially when I'm like, no, I don't really want to do that... I hate it

Rock on!!!

YES! I was a scratch baker before the pandemic and I truly enjoyed it. That is until everyone asked me if I was going to open a bakery, tell me I should go into business, or ask if they could have whatever I was baking that day. Sucked a lot of the joy out of it.

You can and should do things for your own personal enjoyment and growth. If anybody says otherwise just simply ignore them. Not everything needs to be a side hustle or a competition.

"Time enjoyed is not time wasted" - I wish I could upvote this a thousand times!

Same. Music and art. I love/hate it and I do it for myself. I don’t want to be famous. There’s a weird joy in getting frustrated at yourself for not being great. A reason to toss drum sticks across the room or violently gesso over canvas. There’s times when you hit a sweet spot and times where you can vent. Both are necessary and both feel awesome.

My writing is effectively that, which is fine. I just want to share it.

I too like to play and compose music for the sheer fun of it. Nothing wrong with it. I wish there were more people like me around to play with.

I used to draw so, so much. Then I started taking commissions and getting paid for it and now I struggle to draw anything.

I have not run into this. I wonder if its regional/country oriented?

Same here. I gave up stressing about making a living playing music years ago. I find when I do play I enjoy it more.

This happened to me. All my life I have been a writer, but felt I wasn't allowed to be if I wasn't going to make a living from it. For years I didn't bother writing. Within the last few years I've started again and have just finished the first draft of a novel.

So true - we should do our hobbies because we enjoy them and not worry if we are good at them or making money.

I burned out in my job. Why would I want to do the same with my hobby? Now I'm spending (relatively) lots of money just for enjoyable activities, just to mend my mental health. And it's all worth it.

My hobbies are writing and coding, also whittling and pottery. No, I do not plan to gain a career with this, but I may try to have my book published. That is it though. I just enjoy the others.

This. I love keeping fish, but making money from breeding and selling fishes is absolutely different. Monetizing your hobby can take some of the joy out of it.

The saddest thing on this list.

Hey, look where nationalism got Germany in '38. Let that be a lesson.

I was going to add this! Their credibility has plummeted, and they earned it.

RIP MTV

Didn't think it was possible for US healthcare to get *MORE* corporate

It was known he was an idiotic clown brat with inherited fortune to a lot of people in the bay area. It was (and is) painful and aggravating to hear and read people idolising him thinking he invented Tesla. Glad things are coming up now, albeit possibly too late.

That time and date specification of the Hello Kitty onesie: Straight up gold. You rock.

Here’s the original company still making the original quality boots. They’re now branded under their own name rather than the now Hot Topic quality DM. - https://us.nps-solovair.com/collections/boots

Our local newspaper hired two young inexperienced journalists and put them in the outback part of the region. The part that other journalists don't bother to cover. They are amazing! They have uncovered corruption and criminality. Their interviews hit the nail, while the experienced journalists fumble. Their topics are interesting, even if it's stories that are not relevant to us. It is a joy to see that young journalists have the skills.

We don't want outsiders (i.e., a Union) coming between us.

Loyalty is a two way street. If an employee shows loyalty and it’s reciprocated by the employer, then it’s advantageous for everyone.

This is a bunch of bulldust!!! Eat what you want to eat, BUT IN MODERATION!!!! And to ALWAYS up the green veggies. Why do we always have to complicate sh!t????

Thanks to social networks, we realize how disconnected from reality and fundamentally stupid they are. Not all of them, of course, but a lot nonetheless.

So much this. They have been sabotaged by politics, funded by political donations from less capable competitors interested in pushing us to use their overpriced alternatives.

I enjoyed it during the early years... nowadays I check it once every few months and even that feels like a chore.

Still gets bundled pre-installed on new computers and laptops. It's the first thing I uninstall

If the government is “of the people, by the people, for the people” who is failing who?

Levi's still have a 2 year warranty against manufacturing and fabric defects and a 6 month return policy. Levis used to be guaranteed for life. Still, If you turn in a worn out pair or jacket they will give you a gift card equal to the value of the traded in item, which can be used to purchase new merchandise at a Levi's store or on their website.

now its just Premium and extra Premium (thx for telling me how to spell it)

What is up with that?! I hadn't logged in in a few years and was taken aback by the amount of paid propaganda answers and just nothingness. Really sad, it was a great platform.

The supreme court is about to make regulation of any industry neigh impossible. The Republicans are pushing a legal theory that Congress cannot pass off the ability to regulate to executive agencies, that any and all regulatory action must be a direct act of Congress. Which is an institution which is totally incapable of being reactive, and can take years to pass any legislation at all. This would effectively destroy all regulatory bodies in the US. No more FDA, SEC, OSHA, FTC, etc. Should be interesting to see what companies start selling as food when there is zero regulation.

I had a tremendous respect for them back in the day. Not anymore :(

True, my co-worker had clippers that he had for 15 years, they finally broke, he bought the exact same company ones again (for a hefty price) and those only lasted 2 years.

Agreed. Above is mention of Craftsman tools. A number of us on here are old enough to remember the giant Sears catalog that we pored over all year to figure what we wanted for Christmas. Sears-Roebuck literally sold houses in their catalog.

I think a lot of the power and prestige suffered from dilution. Go back in time and a town might have one or two banks. Also credit cards were not common. I can recall going into a bank for a $300 loan for parts so I could overhaul my car. Now I'd just toss that on my credit card. So if you pissed off the bank manager it mattered. Now there are umpteen banks in each town and each bank has multiple locations. Someone can be a lot lower in the food chain and still make manager and their powers are mainly their own local branch. My bank manager has been quite helpful a coupe of times and I like him but if I didn't I'd just go to a different branch.

Talking Heads.

They've been slime bags at least fifty years, I know from personal experience.

I like a lot of these shows. Particularly the ones from Germany, France, and Brazil.

I used Blackberry for many years and I still miss them....