• exasperation@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      In that case, you have a few options:

      • The home office/battle station where you can pipe the output from one bash command into another bash command, or set up your media server or just play video games.
      • The kitchen where you can knead and bake sourdough, roll your own pasta, braise a hearty stew, or roast a leg of lamb.
      • The backyard where you can smoke a brisket, bake a pizza, host a wine tasting.
      • The garden or lawn where you can cultivate plants, grow something to eat, design a beautiful landscape, or restore a native sanctuary for migratory insects like the monarch butterfly or birds like a hummingbird or songbirds.
      • The gym where you can get ripped, build up your personal stats, and let off some steam through physical activity.
      • The closet or bedroom where you can plan out your fashion choices and wardrobe, iron your clothes, shine your shoes, and otherwise make stylish choices.
      • Some sort of room or garage where you can jam out with musical instruments.
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        2 months ago

        This guy fucking gets it. Let’s go with hobbies. Show your kids passion and a love of learning, the ability to have fun, and wrap it all in in emotional support and love and everything will be fine. I have an office with a bunch of nerd projects and we’re building out the basement workshop. My 3 year old already “helps” me build stuff and I hope that only increases. Mom has a second husband of her job in athletics, so kiddo is learning about normalizing hard work and athletic endeavors, visits Mommy’s office and weight room, etc.

        The meme is funny. A lot of this conversation is definitely not, glad there’s some reasonable takes down here.

    • cynar@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Dungeons and dragons was developed in a man cave.

      Also, 1 of the guys’ wives thought he was cheating on her. She followed him to a house and thought to catch him in the act, when he went into the basement. Instead, she burst in on him and his friends playtesting D&D in their basement mancave.

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        2 months ago

        If we’re going by this logic, I would say that the personal computer was invented in a “man cave”.

        Though I guess those kids weren’t married yet (right? probably?)

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          It might have been his GF. Definitely his female other half.

          The difference between a mancave and a workshop is 90% mentality. A workshop is generally to do a job, or a chore. A mancave is focused on enjoyment. The line is extremely blurry, however. Particularly if you enjoy making stuff.

          By example. Developing D&D in a cosy basement, with the intention of having fun, it’s a mancave. By the time you’re using the same basement more for boxing and organising shipping, it’s a workshop. It’s akin to the difference between a bedroom and a brothel.

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            Oh, I was thinking it may have still been their parents’ garage. But I guess they were a bit older than that (and back then, college dropouts could afford houses with garages).