Arasha

Playing a sport, learning an instrument, singing, dancing, painting, writing, these are activities that require time and years of effort to become good at.

They're admirable not just because they're cool, but because there is something deeply attractive about a person who has dedicated so much time to mastering a hard skill that executing it now feels relaxing to them.

Lately, there's been a growing push online to classify things like watching movies, playing video games, watching sports, or listening to podcasts in the same category as these kinds of hobbies.

They aren't.

They are based on consumption, not creation.

That doesn't mean consumption-based activities are bad or useless.

Everyone needs ways to relax and unwind.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying a good show, a game, or a YouTube binge after a long day, but if that's all there is to your personality, then you are, unfortunately, a boring person."

edit i've wrongly added video games to the list of other passive activities gamers are like that i agree that many require a lot of skill it's true we do okay i i think it makes me i have a lot of thoughts regarding like this stuff in the way people are talking about stuff online of just like they're not equal like all these things a part of me kind of just boils it down to like

¿Por qué te importa?

¿Por qué me importa?

No sé por qué me recuerda a... La gente habla mucho de esto con la lectura.

La gente dice, los libros de audio no cuentan, ¿verdad?

Yo oigo eso mucho, esa opinión.

Y yo sigo pensando, ¿cuánto es lo que?

¿Qué estás hablando?

A veces cuando leo un libro, me siento como, ¡he ganado un smartphone!

¡Me encanta eso!

Yeah, like, okay.

That's so funny.