Personally I’ve gotten embarrassingly deep into fanfic and CYOAs in the last couple years. What are you doing to stave off crushing existential dread?
I don’t escape it 👍
Doing a hardcore run of life I see
You have mistaken my “I’m losing my shit and nothing is working” with a badass “I just don’t mind it 🕴” smh
Ya I get that, shit is rough. Take solace and enjoyment where and when you can is all I can really suggest.
Embracing pain and dark life moments is certified by me
✅
Pretty goth.
Games, reading. Used to be drugs, I’ve stopped that.
Working out helps me focus on what I’m feeling physically rather than analyzing how terrible things are and are going to likely get, too.
Gaming, but even then it’s gotta require a certain type and level of focus so my mind doesn’t wander (and the game can’t have any socio-political-economic themes for it to really be an escape). Sim racing has been doing it for me this year.
I like series, movies, and novels as well, but as it all makes me think about the world and the narrative it’s not really escapism.
Video games and listening to music while I imagine cool ass scenarios.
And sleep, god damn sleep literally helps you escape the waking world. Uncritical support for sleep.
Watching movies from the USSR and DPRK.
(I may be overdoing this tankie thing a bit)
Every once in a while I find something very interesting that occupies me until I get burnt out. A few days ago I watched a video on YouTube called astrophobia. I found it really cool so I started looking for information on Earth and the solar system and it sucked me right in. Tomorrow my toe might start hurting and I would google it and then my entire search history becomes full of biology stuff. Otherwise I don’t feel too bad about myself, thankfully.
mostly just distracting myself with games and graphic novels 😑
of course, there’s no complete escapeWhat genres of games and novels are your go to?
Games: various platformers and DOOM II (1994)
Graphic novels (not actual novels): no specific genre. I’d like to read some revolutionary stuff but haven’t found any good ones so far. The next-best thing for catharsis is a well-written (with a likable protagonist) power fantasy, because I’m a weak and insignificant creatureYa as far as no revolutionary fiction, I’m hopeful that with China’s rise and the gradual introduction of Chinese works, we might see that develop as a genre. I’ve noticed over the last few years that Xianxia and Chinese translations are growing in popularity within the west. So hopefully in time, the less reactionary portion of their work will reach us.
Hopefully. I want some good manhua (ideally written by communists), but most of the stuff that’s been translated seems pretty mediocre
I’m addicted to videogames and youtube
Nothing to be embarrassed about in fanfic or CYOAs. Both good options when linear fiction is too mild a dose.
Studying music in school
Writing, creativity for lyrics or script ideas
Enjoying/studying music and Cinema.
Some video games not too many like before, my life is busier since moving out.
Weed, Shrooms and LSD
Sometimes all the above together.
Daydreaming, sometimes it’s involuntary which can get annoying
Relevant maybe? a nice song anyways https://youtu.be/BhB6Lb7_kN8
Music, watch anime, movies, YouTube, videogames etc
Yo! If you like CYOA, I’ll have to let you know when me and my friend’s videogame is wrapping up (ETA 1-1.5 years), it’s a CYOA 🤩
Anyways, I rotate all my leisure activities frequently, but lately while I work (DoorDash), I’ve been getting 3-5/10 high and listening to 2000s-2010s pop/hip hop hits. I spent most of the first half of my life hating Top 40 music with a passion but I’ve slowly learned that I love Ke$ha, 2 Chainz, Lady Gaga, B.o.B, Lil Wayne etc. etc. It’s obviously heavily distorted by capitalist poison but if it slaps it slaps. Brings me back to middle/high school carpool and busrides.
Creativity is also always my primary escape though. You can express what you are upset about, cherish what you love, and venture out into the unknown and fictional.
Also ya’all check out “The Way I Are” by Timbaland, surprisingly based lyrics:
Used to be video games, watching 90s shows, gardening, or smoking weed if all else failed. Now I can’t get my mind to focus on anything for more than a few minutes. So all I have left is sleep. It works, except for the part where I wake up most days and wish I wasn’t alive anymore. Anyway, spoiler alert I still am. Cheers to finding a new route of escape comrades.
Cheers to the new escape route you will find!
Painting miniaturers mostly. But recently I picked up solo ttrpgs. If this sounds like something you might enjoy try Ironsworn or Starforged. The systems are self contained and very narrative focussed.
Oh nice. What sort of miniatures are you into? I used to collect warhammer like 12+ years ago. Before they got stupidly expensive.
It’s mostly Warhammer. I am a huge sucker for Orks but I also got some stuff from Corvus Belli (Infinity and Aristeia) and some minis that don’t belong to any game from Etsy.
How does the etsy thing work? Are people just designing and 3d printing their own original minis?
More or less. It’s mostly people printing designs others created (for this purpose) and selling them. It would be cheaper if I had a 3D printer myself but I don’t have the space or time required to use one properly.
Very cool, I’ve painted a WW2 tank or two in my past (sadly only American or Nazi, though I just got my dad a KV2 hoping it would reignite his interest)
