[sofixa]

> How many people live pretty sad lives distracting themselves with toys, electronics, crappy content, and self-medicating with marijuana or even opiates.

And how many people lived pretty sad lives being nothing more than serfs or farmers, without even the comfort of a distraction?

[baremetal]

Software engineer and a farmer here. distractions are overrated. i ditched mine and my life improved greatly. ive since learned that building and making things is much more fun than crappy electronics toys content or drugs. Passive entertainment is for the lazy and those that lack creativity. Try picking up a hobby like woodwork or blacksmithing. Having sampled all of those listed distractions extensively, i can say im qualified to make the assertion.

[sofixa]

And that's for you, not everybody is made of the same cloth, some might live for the distractions.

[jdmichal]

There's a huge gulf between "making things is a fun hobby" and "if I don't make things, I may not be able to eat / have shelter / clothe myself".

[kortilla]

“Rich person who farms for fun instead of to barely feed a family suggests farming is fun. News at 10.”