I posted this on another instance, so apologies if you've seen this.
Do you have other interests, passions; whatever you call it, other than Linux & computers, etc?
For me it's cooking, fly fishing, & pottery. Sometimes it feels odd, they're all so disparate, but I really like them all. My partner and I have almost 450 cookbooks (I know, it's a problem) & use them all. I've been fly fishing for 35 years. And pottery is something I've been interested in since university, which is 24 years ago.
Languages (dead and living)
Comparative religions
Tea (I blame my wife for creating this monster)
And, fountain pens
@montdor Brilliant. My first two years of university I was a linguistics major. But that's a long story...
Tea, me too. Just opened a really lovely Oolong today.
@redandgreen14
I majored and master-ed (if that's a word) in Comparative Literature, so that was an amazing experience vis-a-vis languages and different cultures
Which one was it? The wife and I went hard on our tea wishlist on Black Friday / Cyber Monday and some is expected any minute!
@montdor
Brilliant. I was obsessed with learning language and thought linguistics would be the way to do so. Realized I didn't care about the meaning, form, and description of language as much as as the context as understood through communication and culture.
I keep telling myself that I only love green tea, but coming to accept I like all types of tea. And by tea I refer specifically to Camellia sinensis. I realize there are other "teas" out there but they aren't my interest.
@redandgreen14
Yeah, I'd agree with you on that to some extent. Sometimes the passion goes away when things become descriptive like that.
I used to only like plain black (or so I thought) until looking into all the other types of tea (not tisanes, though I do like a cup of camomile when sick or about to go to bed). Oolongs have to be my favorite (Honey Orchid is divine!)
@montdor
Honey orchid was one of the ones I was debating getting. I'll have to give it a try next time. While we try to avoid Black Friday, my partner and I just ordered 1.5kg of tea. 🤦♂️
That will hold us for a little while.
Yes, I enjoy this raspberry tisane from Germany when I'm ill or before bed.
I agree with you and acknowledge my reasoning for moving away from linguistics oversimplified it too much. But it was easier given character limits. 😉
@redandgreen14
Wow! We didn't get that much, but we got a good stockpile!
Our philosophy has been "it's not a sale if you weren't already planning on buying it" so we just keep it in a list until sales. Though, I would expect from your profile our thoughts on this would not align about this stuff (this is why I love Mastodon though, civil discourse about whatever (TEA!) without drama, irrespective of politics!)
Despite the simplicity, I think you made a perfectly good point!
@montdor
I completely agree! That's why Mastadon is the only social media I now participate in.
Sadly, civil discourse seems to be a lot practice at the moment, regardless of where one lives.
I also feel we (as in humanity) need to start at a point of mutual agreement, regardless of how big or small and establish rapport and respect before tackling more difficult topics. When we learn we can identify and have compassion on others, then we are able to take on more complex things.
@montdor
I completely agree! That's why Mastadon is the only social media I now participate in.
Sadly, civil discourse seems to be out of practice at the moment, regardless of where one lives.
I also feel we (as in humanity) need to start at a point of mutual agreement, regardless of how big or small and establish rapport and respect before tackling more difficult topics. When we learn we can identify and have compassion on others, then we are able to take on more complex things.
redandgreen14
montdor 🇮🇱