[VyseofArcadia]

3D printing is a fun hobby that combines engineering skills with actual useful stuff. Just printed a set of tablecloth clamps for camping.

Speaking of, camping! Nice to get some fresh air and away from screens for a bit. And I love cooking over an open fire.

Speaking of, cooking! Once you get a little practice, you can really dazzle yourself and others with some delicious food. Especially when you realize that cooking is not actually as fiddly as it seems. Once you have enough experience under your belt to substitute and improvise and just throw something together the real fun begins. I recommend https://www.youtube.com/c/GlenAndFriendsCooking . Just pick a recipe and go for it, and Glen has very practical advice about exactly how unnecessary the fiddly parts of cooking are.

Other things I do: retro video games and related electronics projects (currently building a supergun to play arcade games at home), learn yo-yo tricks, read books, garden, play music.

Lack of hobbies isn't the problem. If someone would pay me a salary just to do my hobbies I'd be extremely happy.

[PretzelPirate]

I’d love to get into 3D printing, but the sheer amount of waste I’d produce is too much for me. I looked into recycling wasted filament into new filament, and all the reviews of different devices made it seem very hit or miss.

Is there a good way to not generate plastic waste and still get into 3D printing?

[willcipriano]

If you print things that you'd buy anyway the packaging would make up for a good bit of waste plastic.