Did 3 of them already in the past two years, and was considering signing up for Pickleball.
Japan…
i just really freaking love public transportation infrastructure
i want to ride ALL THE TRAINS
You might like the AdamDoesNotExist YouTube channel
Notjustbikes is also wonderful.
I sort of wonder if the next generation will still romanticize Japan in quite the same way. We’re past the peak trendy-products era of Weird Sony and the Toyota MR2, anime is no longer a secret exotic thing, and it feels like if you want “15 years ahead of us optimistic techno future”, you could easily slide in Chongqing or Seoul instead of Tokyo.
As far as I can tell, gen z’s more into Korea, Japan already seems passé (being in a midlife crisis meme doesn’t help)
None of the above?
Strength training and returned to a hobby of my younger years - cars.
E: wouldn’t even call it a midlife crisis. Just finally having a little time to have a hobby and understanding that being healthy will extend what quality years I have left.
I’m not quite there yet but i would probably just keep on cycling. It’s a great sport and even better for a midlife crisis. There’s even a word for it: MAMIL (Middle-Aged Men in Lycra)
There are many different sorts of cycling though. Mountain biking and road cycling seem to be the two that can involve spending a lot of money on high end gear that is well suited to a mid life crisis.
I just go on bike rides to the beach on my bike that only cost mid 3 figures.
I have done all of these. None of them were a midlife crisis - that was straight fucking.
Go on…
BDSM. I have integrated pretty quickly into the local community, and I’m a regular at munches and play parties.
Wait, BDSM is a group event?
I thought it was more like a partner tennis, not community soccer.
Think of it as more of a space where people can meet up and get freaky. 90 percent of the time is people standing around and chatting in fetish gear.
As a elder millennial, I am slotted heavily into the running category. Everyday!
Add gardening, birdwatching, golf, volunteering?
[email protected] is a community on Lemmy! we have birb
You must be thinking of a retirement-crisis
oh weird, same. Though switch golf with mushroom foraging
Cycling, an instrument, home brewing, a golden retriver…
Home brewing started in my mid 20s for cheap mead. Now the only difference is slightly nicer gear like glass demijohns instead of cola bottles and added variety. Started infusing spirits with things too.
Homeassistant/homelab, Nintendo Switch with the kids, getting back into playing bass, and Walking
These are just hobbies.
Aren’t all of these things?
I feel like a midlife crisis is supposed to be a significant deviation/extreme deviation where you panic for lost youth and run out and buy something silly you wouldn’t normally get and start running marathons.
Hufflepuff.
Wait a minute…
No, I stand by it. Just replace the badger with a blunt.
Um, a deep dive into moral philosophy? No academic institutions were attached to it. I just read a lot.
Thrifting should be an option.
I can tell I’m the target demo because the Goodwills all play music I like.
I know it’s a thing, I see kindred souls with the same millennial dork vibes all of the time.
My local Goodwill sucks so I go to a thrift shop run by a church and listen to their horrible Christian rock.
Man are those dudes horny for Jesus.
The closer the music is to this, the more likely you are to find something that goodwill would have auctioned off for $300+ going at like $5. Some Alpha MTG booster pack, a forgotten Nirvana cassette demo, all of these things lay buried in the bottom floor of some church basement. The place will only accept cash though.
Le sigh. Grad school
I’m turning into a bog witch
I’ve let like half my yard grow out and turn into a de facto butterfly garden. I’ve got a birdbath where I leave shineys for the crow. It’s going pretty well, I recommend it.
I was gonna say, women have been getting sick of men and turning into bog witches for centuries now, probably longer. The more socially acceptable version was nunneries for a while, since men need to feel like they’re in control of that some way or another. I’m the city apartment version where I’m becoming a night shift vampire /other undead into tarot cards and Gnosticism.
Oh yeah I did that when I was like 18-20, it’s cool. Gnosticism and tarots are fun, I’m incorporating them into my middle aged dad bog witchery for sure.
I’m going bog witch, but I’m a dude, so I guess druid?
I’m a dude. I’m still calling it bog witch. If anyone has a problem with a dude witch they can kiss my ass.
I feel like witch accurately incorporates the spiteful aspect of nature-loving that I’m going for. I’d like to weaponize my yard.
You’re doing amazing.
Aw thanks 💜
Which AI generated slop are you?
I will come back to this post in 20-25 years time.
