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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a way, my interest in internet privacy is almost always met with uninterested "ah" IRL. Even when I dont come off as preachy, when I just try to sell it as "watching YT without ads", people often don't care.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a time that I thought people didn't understand the consequences. Now I realize that most people are just entirely apathetic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am quite preachy about it and am universally met with "but why does it matter?" The future is gonna suck.