Besides the obvious juvenile answer I could give… But won’t…
As a kid I used to play games against myself… Playing roles as different competitors. I had regulator competitors who would compete on the various games…
@jouest@OnionSoup it’s nice that some games have a solitary mode. Though one game I have makes it even more depressing. The game is called Your Friend Is Sad and it’s mechanic is to draw cards to complete hands, occasionally discarding to screw with everyone else (not unlike mahjong or Uno); the solo mode is called Friendless Mode. https://www.drinkingquest.com/games/your-friend-is-sad
Personally I like to think any single player activity is really <insert juvenile joke>. It really pushes me to put on pants and get out into the world. (I seriously need more motivation to put on pants, especially when frying bacon.)
@jouest@OnionSoup@pakopako I thought that the threat of splatters of hot grease onto uncovered lower portions would be enough motivation to put on pants when frying bacon.
Unless by “put on pants” you just mean “change out of pajamas into day clothes” — in which case I’ve got nothin’ for ya. I’d gladly stay in pajamas full-time if I didn’t need to be presentable to the world occasionally.
When I lost my partner of 20 years to cancer, I did not expect that I’d find another. I was resigned to being single from there on out. There are a lot of things I can do solo and still enjoy, but there are many which just aren’t all that much fun when done alone. For example, exploring national parks turned out to be one which I’d happily pursued unaccompanied back in the '70s, but it just didn’t measure up without someone to share it forty years on. I spent a year doing not much after Lee’s death, and then the impossible happened; someone I’d known for 30 years needed crash space that I could supply - and it turned out that we had a lot more in common than we thought. That was four and a half years ago. We’re still together. It’s been very different, and there are places where our interests don’t precisely overlap, but it turns out that this can be a good thing. It’s working.
Going to the movies alone is luxurious. Get the snacks you choose, sit precisely where you want and no questions or comments allowing you to focus on enjoying what unfolds in front of you.
In addition eating out, traveling domestic/internationally, going for walks (although you know who likes to tag along on those), shopping, I could go on.
@jouest@tinamarie1974 I don’t think I’d want to go to the cinema alone, but I watch films at home alone all the time. I personally don’t really like the cinema experience… Sticky floors and seats, no control over volume, people waving cell phones around, etc… to me the only reason to go to a cinema is to be with someone, so if I’m not going with someone I’d rather watch a film at home…
@OnionSoup@tinamarie1974 I have enough kids that my living room is already sticky and loud—the theater is an oasis! (Also they apparently serve beer now.)
@jouest@OnionSoup beer and wine. Some serve full dinner w wait staff service! You can bring a blanket, recline your seat, turn on heat/massagers and have your dinner delivered. Luxurious I say!
@jouest@OnionSoup it is. I’ve not been since covid, but did it lots in the “before times” lol.
Took my dad once and he thought I was a little weird for bringing a small blanket w me, but was quite jealous after about 5 min!! He LOVED the whole concept, made him feel extra special
@jouest@OnionSoup@tinamarie1974 The last time I saw a movie in a theater was Blade Runner 2049. The volume was set so loud it was uncomfortable which caused me to not enjoy the experience, and I was really looking forward to it (the original Blade Runner is one of my all time favorite movies). So now I only watch movies at home where I can control the environment, eat or drink whatever I want and pause/rewind the movie if I need to.
And you damn kids get off my lawn!
Actually I’m quite content to do most things alone. Matter of fact sometimes at a big event where there are lots of people I’ll just wander off alone if possible.
Restaurants alone? Delightful. Well, before restaurants started their general downhill trend, anyway. So in 2024, restaurants alone? Fairly OK to somewhat disappointing.
Driving alone? Walking alone? Flying alone? No problem. Would almost prefer it.
About the only thing I won’t do alone is go to the movies. Not because of the lack of company, though. Only because if it were up to me I wouldn’t go to the movies.
This actually has me wondering, do I actually like doing anything with people?
As much as I push people (including myself) to be more interactive, I am unfortunately a strong independent engineer. I find ways to do tasks by myself, often trying with pistons, ropes, or other tools to help <insert another juvenile joke>.
I’ve even played 2 player action video games with my own hands and feet. It’s not perfect, or pretty, but it kind of is fun; you appreciate being the lodestone of a team effort when you’ve experienced dragging a player controlled by the back of your brain (as opposed to a crapshoot AI).
I prefer shopping alone, whether it’s groceries or clothing or just for fun. My husband doesn’t enjoy shopping and I do, so when he’s with me I always feel rushed. I’d rather be able to take my time and look at ALL the things!
@jouest@Pony
She does - but she’s only bought one thing here! It was the extra large Ninja Foodi Pot; I told her about it. She could never really see why I got hooked on Meh; she thinks the forum is “stupid.”
If I want to do something and no one wants to come along I do it alone. Sometimes I prefer to do things alone so that I can go where I want, do what I want, go home when I want… Then there are other things that if no one wants to go I’ll go do alone - that would be anything from sailing, canoe trips (rock climbing you can’t do alone - that needs someone to belay), things around town, whatever. I prefer to shop alone as then I can leave when I want. I hate it when I take someone who doesn’t have a car grocery shopping with me. I am usually done way before they are and so have learned to only grab the frozen things when they are done. Hanging around in a grocery store with no place to sit to wait is a pita.
@jouest I agree. Drives me nuts especially when grocery shopping with someone who wants to go up and down every single aisle sight seeing rather than get what they want and get out.
That being said, there are things that I enjoy more with someone else. and oddly enough, in most cases ,with another introvert. I think we get each other over the humps of ‘lets give it up and go veg’ so we enjoy more of it, example, large museums.
I find when I go somewhere after about 2-3 days I’m done. When I am with someone else, it’s 3-4. LOL, yeah, I know.
When i dine out alone it is at my pace. That being said as well, that fine dining (something I rarely do) I do not like to do alone, because I always read while I eat, even at home.
Besides the obvious juvenile answer I could give… But won’t…
As a kid I used to play games against myself… Playing roles as different competitors. I had regulator competitors who would compete on the various games…
I go hiking alone a lot.
@OnionSoup was just playing some board game or other that had detailed “play it solo” instructions, thought it was cool
@jouest @OnionSoup it’s nice that some games have a solitary mode. Though one game I have makes it even more depressing. The game is called Your Friend Is Sad and it’s mechanic is to draw cards to complete hands, occasionally discarding to screw with everyone else (not unlike mahjong or Uno); the solo mode is called Friendless Mode.
https://www.drinkingquest.com/games/your-friend-is-sad
Personally I like to think any single player activity is really <insert juvenile joke>. It really pushes me to put on pants and get out into the world. (I seriously need more motivation to put on pants, especially when frying bacon.)
@jouest @OnionSoup @pakopako I thought that the threat of splatters of hot grease onto uncovered lower portions would be enough motivation to put on pants when frying bacon.
Unless by “put on pants” you just mean “change out of pajamas into day clothes” — in which case I’ve got nothin’ for ya. I’d gladly stay in pajamas full-time if I didn’t need to be presentable to the world occasionally.
Sometimes everyone is busy with something else:
@rockblossom Such a smart dog!
@rockblossom “silly dog doing pointless crap” opens minesweeper
When I lost my partner of 20 years to cancer, I did not expect that I’d find another. I was resigned to being single from there on out. There are a lot of things I can do solo and still enjoy, but there are many which just aren’t all that much fun when done alone. For example, exploring national parks turned out to be one which I’d happily pursued unaccompanied back in the '70s, but it just didn’t measure up without someone to share it forty years on. I spent a year doing not much after Lee’s death, and then the impossible happened; someone I’d known for 30 years needed crash space that I could supply - and it turned out that we had a lot more in common than we thought. That was four and a half years ago. We’re still together. It’s been very different, and there are places where our interests don’t precisely overlap, but it turns out that this can be a good thing. It’s working.
@werehatrack well this is unexpectedly touching in like three ways.
Absolutely.
Going to the movies alone is luxurious. Get the snacks you choose, sit precisely where you want and no questions or comments allowing you to focus on enjoying what unfolds in front of you.
In addition eating out, traveling domestic/internationally, going for walks (although you know who likes to tag along on those), shopping, I could go on.
@tinamarie1974 can confirm. did this for the first time this week!
@jouest @tinamarie1974 I don’t think I’d want to go to the cinema alone, but I watch films at home alone all the time. I personally don’t really like the cinema experience… Sticky floors and seats, no control over volume, people waving cell phones around, etc… to me the only reason to go to a cinema is to be with someone, so if I’m not going with someone I’d rather watch a film at home…
@OnionSoup @tinamarie1974 I have enough kids that my living room is already sticky and loud—the theater is an oasis! (Also they apparently serve beer now.)
@jouest @OnionSoup beer and wine. Some serve full dinner w wait staff service! You can bring a blanket, recline your seat, turn on heat/massagers and have your dinner delivered. Luxurious I say!
@jouest @tinamarie1974 sounds nice. We’ll probably get all that in theaters in South Carolina in 2055.
@OnionSoup @tinamarie1974 where I live is unable to support a Gap, so the very fancy theater is probably a stretch, but dang this sounds fun
@jouest @OnionSoup it is. I’ve not been since covid, but did it lots in the “before times” lol.
Took my dad once and he thought I was a little weird for bringing a small blanket w me, but was quite jealous after about 5 min!! He LOVED the whole concept, made him feel extra special
@jouest @OnionSoup @tinamarie1974 The last time I saw a movie in a theater was Blade Runner 2049. The volume was set so loud it was uncomfortable which caused me to not enjoy the experience, and I was really looking forward to it (the original Blade Runner is one of my all time favorite movies). So now I only watch movies at home where I can control the environment, eat or drink whatever I want and pause/rewind the movie if I need to.
And you damn kids get off my lawn!
/giphy doing the wave alone
Actually I’m quite content to do most things alone. Matter of fact sometimes at a big event where there are lots of people I’ll just wander off alone if possible.
Restaurants alone? Delightful. Well, before restaurants started their general downhill trend, anyway. So in 2024, restaurants alone? Fairly OK to somewhat disappointing.
Driving alone? Walking alone? Flying alone? No problem. Would almost prefer it.
About the only thing I won’t do alone is go to the movies. Not because of the lack of company, though. Only because if it were up to me I wouldn’t go to the movies.
This actually has me wondering, do I actually like doing anything with people?
@djslack driving alone is better than driving with people. Can duet with the radio the whole time and not worry about how you sound.
@djslack @OnionSoup amen (loudly, and off-key)
@djslack @jouest @OnionSoup I can hit a note if you give me time to sneak up on it and bash it.
/image Nissan Note
As much as I push people (including myself) to be more interactive, I am unfortunately a strong independent engineer. I find ways to do tasks by myself, often trying with pistons, ropes, or other tools to help <insert another juvenile joke>.
I’ve even played 2 player action video games with my own hands and feet. It’s not perfect, or pretty, but it kind of is fun; you appreciate being the lodestone of a team effort when you’ve experienced dragging a player controlled by the back of your brain (as opposed to a crapshoot AI).
@pakopako flashbacks to killing zombies while dual-wielding arcade handguns doubling up on House of the Dead
I prefer shopping alone, whether it’s groceries or clothing or just for fun. My husband doesn’t enjoy shopping and I do, so when he’s with me I always feel rushed. I’d rather be able to take my time and look at ALL the things!
@Pony I like shopping with my sister, but we’re bad influences on each other. “Oh, sure, buy it, why not!”
@Kyeh @Pony ok but does your sister know about meh?
@jouest @Pony
She does - but she’s only bought one thing here! It was the extra large Ninja Foodi Pot; I told her about it. She could never really see why I got hooked on Meh; she thinks the forum is “stupid.”
If I want to do something and no one wants to come along I do it alone. Sometimes I prefer to do things alone so that I can go where I want, do what I want, go home when I want… Then there are other things that if no one wants to go I’ll go do alone - that would be anything from sailing, canoe trips (rock climbing you can’t do alone - that needs someone to belay), things around town, whatever. I prefer to shop alone as then I can leave when I want. I hate it when I take someone who doesn’t have a car grocery shopping with me. I am usually done way before they are and so have learned to only grab the frozen things when they are done. Hanging around in a grocery store with no place to sit to wait is a pita.
@Kidsandliz grocery shopping is not a team sport! some people don’t even know the optimum route through the aisles!
@jouest I agree. Drives me nuts especially when grocery shopping with someone who wants to go up and down every single aisle sight seeing rather than get what they want and get out.
Do we have rules against meme dumps around here?
If there weren’t before, there probably will be after this.
Either way, I blame the goat.
In any case, here’s some of what I’ve saved up over the years, mostly on topic…
But then again, there’s also this:
@xobzoo I like the energy of the “do something nice” one very much.
@jouest @xobzoo
Anything, everything but not all at once, LOL
That being said, there are things that I enjoy more with someone else. and oddly enough, in most cases ,with another introvert. I think we get each other over the humps of ‘lets give it up and go veg’ so we enjoy more of it, example, large museums.
I find when I go somewhere after about 2-3 days I’m done. When I am with someone else, it’s 3-4. LOL, yeah, I know.
When i dine out alone it is at my pace. That being said as well, that fine dining (something I rarely do) I do not like to do alone, because I always read while I eat, even at home.
@Cerridwyn introverts unite! quietly. nearby, but mostly separate. keep it down, I’m trying to read.
If I didn’t do things alone, I’d never do anything.
Only all the time because I’m usually alone.