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You shouldn’t be bothered that someone else does your hobby better. It’s a hobby, it’s meant to be for you, for no purpose other than fun, experimentation, entertainment, what have you. The outcome isn’t as important as the process.

That’s my take on this, at least. I’ll never be very good at Scythe, or the most creative role-player, certainly never managed to do anything beautiful in pottery class (although the glazing is pretty).

That’s fine. I achieve enough in other areas ._.

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> you shouldn't be bothered that someone else does your hobby better

I don't know, I'd feel this way a little. if it's something that's not obvious how much effort goes into the underlying process, it can feel pretty deflating if the craft behind it has felt like it's eliminated.

I can't really think of a good example, but if my hobby was glueing precision glueing little 3d models, then suddenly the hobby has exploded because 3d printers have made it easy, it suddenly feels like it's devalued my collection of manually crafted plastic models

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3D printing nonsense can be its own hobby! Let’s be happy that more people are getting back into hobbies over doom-scrolling all evening.

Aside: I had to get into puzzling to manage stress, my doctor actually ‘prescribed’ it, and hours go by while you mindlessly hunt for sky-blue pieces. There’s no point thinking about people that puzzle faster than you :)

I think we need to enjoy the process of things more. Life is precious. If someone else does your thing harder/faster/better/stronger, what are you gonna do? Doom-scroll? Nah, enjoy your special little thing.