Is there anything you're into that no one or basically nobody is into?
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I’m the only person I know IRL who uses lemmy (lol) and openstreetmap
I came to this thread to mention that I love editing OpenStreetMap, but then again, it really isn't all that niche. It just isn't talked about much.
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I mostly do ornamental penmanship, which is like a fancy version of American cursive
Very nice! That's really cool. I mostly just did simple blackletter but was working towards 1800s Kurrent as I love the style.
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I'm not into gaming. I think I'm the only adult male I know of comparable age that isn't. I don't really know why. I think it's a mental block. I was big into 16-bit Atari/Amiga games in the early 90s. Then I just hit like 16/17 and got into music and drinking to fit in. The gaming scene at the time (pre-internet) was social kryptonite, and I lived in rural Scotland so I left it all behind.
Oddly, I returned to general computing in my early 20s as the internet was blowing up and now work in the IT sector.
But still not a gamer, which ironically is quite isolating.
My fiance is not into gaming whatsoever. He only played a handful of games as a kid. He's 30
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Gee, what gave it away?
I popped an edible and watched his entire catalytic converter video last night. Shit's great.
I really loved the decal he put on his lift to make it seem like the brand name of his one armed car lift was "TIPPI."
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I really like killing invasive plants. I think that's probably my most niche passion. Like when I have some free time I'll just go into the woods behind my house and cut down wisteria, ivy, Chinese holly.... I just find it extremely satisfying idk. I love the idea that I'm clearing out space for native plants (and in turn native animals) to grow.
That's a cool idea. I also like illegal urban gardeners, so long as they aren't planting invasives of course.
Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't inspired me to give it go next spring:
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There's an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It's in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it's one of my goto games.
Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you're into there's at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It's actually novel to fly under the radar for once.
What do you do that doesn't have a community associated with it?
Making almost all of my food from whole ingredients.
The most processed ingredient that I would use is corn flour and such, or maybe cheese. I'm not gonna find wheat or whole dried corn and fire up a grindstone lol. But yeah everything is made from the whole ingredients to the greatest degree reasonable. An example I think everyone can relate to is ketchup ... If I want it I start with fresh tomatoes and a cutting board.
But yeah it's fun as hell for me - a wonderful blend of nerdy science & chemistry, plus that beautiful artistic side which allows me to be a rule-breaking creator.
Most people think its cuckoo that I ferment my own peppers for hot sauce, make tortillas from scratch, braise my meats for hours, cut and desiccate potatoes for fries, pickle various vegetable concoctions, make mustards, fry my own chips for nachos...
I love the hell out of the craft but many think I'm a little overboard. Fair enough. No family, kids, girlfriend, mostly a loner... I got time plus it's super fucking nerdy and process-driven (in many ways) if you lean into it that way!
I also developed some great "systems" so I can batch cook, and its become so routine after 5 years that I've slip-streamed it all into my daily puttering so its like hours of time overall, but minutes of actual work.
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It is textured, and catches the light in very interesting and beautiful ways. This one is the SRPC93 "Save the Ocean" Samurai, which has since been replaced by the SRPD23 "Great White".
They both use the same 4R35 movement, but I prefer the look of my dial
Oh, for sure yours looks way better. Yours has way more dimension to it. The scallops give such a feeling of depth to it. The other one looks simple. Plain. Flat.
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He started mouthing off to us in the commons because a chick he was trying to pick up rejected him. We just walked over to security. Bye bye Johnny boy, he got walked tf out.
Well, there goes that quirk of mine XD
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Lemmy is like internet jail. We got sent here for breaking the rules on Reddit, but now we're institutionalised and it feels safe, even if there are some very odd people here with us - they're mostly nice and just serving their time...
Not all of us...
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My experience with DIY home networking and self-hosting has been "This is going to eat up your weekend if you want it to work as intended".
You can buy premade nodes on AliExpress or Etsy that are easy to use and portable. Pair it to your phone and start war driving.
