zedgeist
I always think of my area as a command center because of:
The Warlock: Why did you bring a cop to my command center?
John McClane : Command center? It’s a basement!
Warlock Command Center
- Work from home.
- Can wear whatever I want.
- Lots of food and can cook whatever I want.
- A/C temp the way I want it.
- Comfort of my own bathroom and toilet.
- Lots of entertainment options (streaming/TV, laptop/PC, games).
- My hobby is indoors (music).
Don’t have to spend money just to hang around.
Not to mention there are no more third spaces. When we leave our home, besides going to a park or something, you’re expected to pay at almost all establishments you go to. As in, you have to pay rent to use infrastructure you don’t own, so why not just stay at home since you’ve already paid for using that.
You pay for parks too and in fact have partial ownership over most publicly funded parks though since everyone has property interest is still held as the property of another for trespassing after hours and such.
Ed: why downvote? It’s a verifiable fact and implied by the phrase “public park”. It’s not free you’ve just already paid it via taxation.
Pirky
Signtisti saw my friends kinda go nuts too
it was surreal
I was one of those extroverted people going absolutely nuts, and I never stopped working. However, my leadership had split us into 2 separate shifts, and so I was seeing the same 5 people every day versus a normally bustling workcenter. I joked to one of my Airmen that I wasnt sure if she was real or a figment of my imagination to keep me company.
I was literally constantly exhausted even though I wasnt allowed to do anything aside from work/home.
It did give me new insight to one of my best friends though, who is an extreme introvert. She lived with me for a brief while in our 20s, and I would get so frustrated when she would come home and immediately disappear into her room, and then Id have to fight her tooth and nail to get her to come hang on the weekends. I really was like “Why tf do you live with me if you obviously dont like me?” I always thought her “Nah Im tired” was just an excuse, and it made me feel really bad about myself.
Now? I definitely understand the difference better, and Im a lot more patient.
solsangraalI play music, games, code , read. Just with music alone I’m already home stuck because of my work schedule. Seriously there is so much in piano technique that with a full time job ur pretty much going straight home and practicing.
Given you care about your hobbies.
I enjoy my house, and my things, and use them often. I enjoy my home life. I still feel the need to go out and experience the world beyond my tiny bubble. I get great joy simply out of breaking up my routine, meeting new people, seeing new places, going to local gathering spots. When I am done with all that I also have the benefit of socializing without having a pile of dishes to do either.
Your assessment is right for some people, and you probably have contact with a group that leads to a bias in believing this is what people, generally, who need to do things beyond their house, are like. It is not true for most though. Most people like their homes, and home lives, a lot. They also feel the need to go out and do something other than home life, regularly, in order to be happy, in the long term. Doesn’t matter how awesome my house is, doesn’t matter how many skills I am working on, or how many hobbies I have, if I don’t do something out of the ordinary, on a fairly regular basis, life begins to feel dull, and no amount of improving my home will alleviate that.
Yes, “you people” were my default assumption.
What I said was that only later I found out (well, more like “realised”) that there are also a bunch of folk that are miserable in their home environment (like living in a shoebox apartment or a house they just mentally arent able to customise it to their preference).
Most people dont know how to find novelty in old thongs.
And some people cannot form routines.
The need is there, even with introverts (that dont give into it).
rustyfishCause when you stay at home, you become comfortable with it and also keep making things better and better. You have full control over your experience so you end up optimizing it.
When you go out to say a coffee shop, that’s optimized for the owner to make the most money.
Got no choice. My dad has developed dementia, and I refuse to put him in a home until he is completely mindless.
I’m scared only because my health benefits ran out two months ago. But don’t worry pops, I got you.
x00zaThis is a lie.
Otherwise he would have said “here” instead of “there”.
All Day?
Those are rookie numbers
MinnesotaGoddam