Basically just "what's your happy place?"
For me, there's this obscure card game that I was really into years ago. It's out of print, the company shut down years ago. But there's still a very small online community that discusses it (and by small I mean like, maybe a post every two weeks on the message board) and it's kinda nice to see people still talking about it. And I have thousands of these cards I still need to sort so I can finally try and get at least a copy of every card before it becomes so obscure you can't even find copies.
Whenever I'm feeling doomer about the state of the world or even just mentally ground down by life, I get those cards out and start sorting. I can easily lose a few hours that way but I'm vibing the whole time. Just wish I had more time for it.
So what about you all? Just be careful not to dox yourself or anything.
This sounds like a fucking awesome setting for some short stories!
Well, @CopsDyingIsGood , first, your name is correct and good. Second, I'm just starting to realize the potential for this world. If done properly, you could spend your while life talking about it. At present, I'm writing with two POVs. One to talk about the MC and the other to be antagonized by him. But inside a world where states are only necessary for antagonizing reactionary states who are wanting in power, there's certainly some stories there. The problem with writing outside of the video game is that I don't have any lore as to why the world is in late stage communism 100 years from now. That's the trick of a politically agnostic MC; the world is moving around him and he never stops to ask why. He just enjoys his functional society, futuristic tech, and the actualization of labor around him.
Hmmm yeah having an intentionally ignorant MC does make exploring the lore a bit more difficult, it would take a lot more craft to make even the broad strokes of the history clear and interesting without allowing the MC to know about any of it lol