Is Perusing Social Media A Hobby?

Asking for a quarantined friend.

So, I have this friend.

We’ll call her Lacy.

Lacy has always done her best to avoid small talk, so she rarely finds herself swapping hobbies in idle chit chat. But, in recent times, it seems all anyone is talking about is how they’re spending their time while “in quarantine” and their various newfound hobbies.

While some have doubled down on pre-Coronavirus hobbies like knitting or sewing, acrylic painting, gardening, or music, others have turned to puzzles, crafts, and board games to keep their families entertained.

Those things are all fine and well, but after this review of what others are doing and some light soul searching for her own hobbies, it turns out Lacy’s coming up empty-handed.

Sure, she watches some Netflix and her DVR is well-stocked with her favorite shows, but is that a hobby? Certainly not one that she’d feel proud to share. I mean, who would be proud to say they watch an abundance of television?

She’s also been spending more time in the kitchen. Cooking, looking for things to cook, and looking for things she doesn’t have to cook. But she doesn’t consider herself to be an aspiring chef and would hardly say that cooking is a hobby of hers.

Realistically, what this time in the kitchen has taught her is that she’s not even hungry; rather, just bored.

Maybe she could take up calligraphy as a hobby and make a nice sign to remind her of this before she commits the next refrigerator raid?

Maybe not.

Well, what does she spend most of her time outside of work doing? How does she like to relax?

By mindlessly scrolling through one social media app newsfeed after another. And then back. Lacy could scroll for hours. Similar to a person working a puzzle or a quilter working square by square, I suppose.

Facebook. Instagram. Snapchat. Pinterest. Even Twitter, if she’s really bored. And she’d really have to be bored…

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