How do you find a social activity that doesn’t get ruined by corporate and political enshittification.In my 35 years I have watched every single thing I enjoyed go through the same cycle.>I find a fun hobby that I can enjoy with my friends>the hobby slowly becomes more popular>people become attracted to the hobby because it’s popular, not because they enjoy the hobby>a corporation buys out the original makers of the hobby and makes the entire thing progressively shittier in the name of access and appealing to new people, while also driving up prices>scalpers notice that the older parts of the hobby are more desirable and buy up the entire secondary market making prices skyrocket>the hobby is now inaccessible to anyone>the hobby diesWhat can I do that doesn’t get this treatment?
Go fishing
>>532211814Source Engine modding
>>532211814> my hobby is consooooming lifestyle accessoriesYou brought this on yourself, fag.
Get into magic
>>532211882Fishing is corporate as fuck. You can’t even pour your own sinkers for a decent price anymore
>>532211814This didn't happen a single time, you're just a delusional bandwagon jumper who wasn't part of the original fanbase. Corporations do not take over hobbies by hostile intent, the original makers are themselves the original fans and build these companies up with the purpose of making their products more popular. None of these hobbies were ever your secret club, that's why the original makers and fans are the ones who most rejoice in how huge the hobby has become.
>>532213443The wheelchair knights in D&D would like a word with you.
>>532213443The original makers often complain and when they don’t it’s because they signed a contract for a shit ton of cash to look the other way as their baby is destroyed.
>>532213608You're mentally ill if you care about wheelchair contraptions in D&D, you were never part of the original fanbase and you only care because you regurgitate culture war grievances you've gotten off social media rather than wheelchairs in D&D ever having a negative impact on your life. >>532213742No you make up that bullshit because you have a mythology where you're the victim despite being nothing more than an entitled bandwagon jumper mad that the actual fans don't cater their hobby to you
>>532214119You’re fucking retarded
>>532214306You're whining about hobbies as if your life has been ruined because fanbases and the creators who make the hobbies haven't done what you wanted. There's no one more retarded than losers like you.
>>532211814>enshittification
I tried to join a D&D group because I thought it would be a place where I could practise rhetoric, imagination, and humour. I thought I would be something heroic, surrounded by outcasts autists and idiots. Two sessions in they told me I couldn't come anymore until I went to therapy and started taking medication. I still think about rolling a propane canister into their room, under the table, while they play, and shooting it.
>>532214745>I still think about rolling a propane canister into their room, under the table, while they play, and shooting it.Sooo...they were right about you
>>532211814Drunk driving while smoking cigarettes and listening to classic rock on the radio
>>532211814very gay anon, sounds like your just a whiny bitch that is easily influenced by others, you should take up bridge flipping
>>532211814get a real hobby like wrenching on old cars.
>>532212804Sure you can. My gf caught a 2.5lb rainbow trout with a $20 kids Spider-Man fishing Rod, a 50c jighead and a piece of cheese. Brown people are distressed by nature, peace and quiet so you don’t see them at the good fishing spots.
>>532211814Corporate Jews buy-out hobby from original owner.Shit it up with troons and niggers.rinse and repeat.
>>532214568What an odd word to seethe about
Gunpla is still fairly accessible. But it is ran by a megacorp, but the prices are still fairly accessible for what you get and how much tech they've poured into it. No one else can really wedge themselves in and intervene.
>>532211814I think the answer is to shut up when those how do you live as a NEET threads appear because it really is the satanic global elite looking for ways to crackdown on the little people in both finances and potential social prestige. I used to go to many concerts cheap, affordable, and even meet big name musicians without buying VIP passes, making me kind of cool despite not going anywhere in life. Now there are few concerts with super jacked up prices and premiums on every aspect. Sure feels deliberate to keep social status aligned with income which they have full control over.
>>532211814Learn to play an instrument
>>532211814>>532214745This is one of the reasons I’m making my own tabletop game which will be FREE online
>>532215009>wrenching on old cars.If you actually did this yourself, you'd know it's one of the hobbies that has explicitly been destroyed by corporate enshittification. Nothing made in the past 20 years is worth "wrenching" on, and even if it were, it would be prohibitively expensive because Obama and COVID destroyed the used car market.
>>532211814Read books exclusively by dead people.
>>532211814You don’t. Stand up or lie down.
>>532211814bro got that one red eye
>>532211814>What can I do that doesn’t get this treatment?disc golf99% of places are free to play and you only have to buy discsused rack at places are a great start because beat in discs are good anyway
>>532211916spbp based source engine chad
>>532216508Bullshit.I got a first gen rx7 from a faggot who 'wanted to rebuild it' who thought it was toast.It was missing a female to female connector in the cooling system.There is a guy down the road who does nothing but buy cars from wannabe mechanics, fix them and then put them out in his yard with a 'for sale' sign on the windshield. He makes half a million a year doing this.
>>532216538>Read booksWhen was the last time you bought a book? They're all printed on rough newsprint, horrible bindings, and they're loaded with typos. There is nothing in this world that kikes, niggers and women haven't ruined.
>>532216942So buy old books.
>>532215956If only you knew.Before 2012 the internet has hundreds of semi-popular forums/message-boards for dedicated hobbies. Every popular one had atleast one active MB, maybe even a couple less active boards. These MB's were run by fans for free, covering hosting and operation costs by selling premium account subs or finding an in-hobby advertiser. It worked well. Around 2012 the thirdies flood began. All those MB's got so flooded with spam most of them eventually shutdown. The hobbiest migrated to FB or reddit, both corporate owned kikesites. All these hobbies got the corpo/PE treatment that OP described. Worse, hobbies that has niches people could sell in (lets say making shit and selling it on ebay or etsy as a side hustle) got flooded by chinks and jeets doing the same. So now all the hobby communities are dead, hosted on FB (which sucks and doesn't even load properly on most computers) or Reddit (which is run by kikejeets who ban IP's for life thus decreasing engagement) and all the while profiteer thirdies have displaced the actual fanbase.Yeah, it sucks man. Used to be able to cover some of my hobbies costs before JeetChinks ruined it.
>>532211814in my 34 years on this planet my hobbies have never been taken from me. if you base your life around consumer products, don't get surprised when those products are marketed to a wider audience
>>532216942So what have you made? Surely you can do better, right?
>>532211814This is literally late stage capitalism. There is 0 competition, so rich cunts buy out everything and price gouge. All of our issues stem from the same thing.Even if principled people take strong positions and don't sell out, the capitalists are so rich that they just starve out those people by operating at a loss. There is no solution that doesn't involve kneecapping big corporations and wealthy freaks
>>532214745Modern DND is the gayest shit ever.
>>532213443>nooo this doesn't happenBrain damage. And you're the fucking problem.
>>532216508>Nothing made in the past 20 years is worth "wrenching" oni said old cars as in 1970s and earlier, not 20 year old nu-cars. there is nothing made after 1990 worth owning
>>532221243It didn't happen though, this is all bullshit made up by reactionary tourists who were never original fans. It's the same shit as gamergate, a "movement" entirely comprised of people who hate the hobby they claim to represent even though they were never gamers.
>>532211814try some real world hobbies like exercising, biking, hiking etc
>>532211814im pretty sure rc cars arn't political its just the people holding the remote. im sure you could visit a few estate sales or something and find old gear. thats how i got into quarter scale but yeah
>>532211814make your hobby tunneling underground...nobody can take that away from you
I dont get it, I have a few hobbies that could be described as that but more people/nigs/fags being into it makes no difference to me as I dont engage with them anyway, I dont get what it is they ruined as long as you dont willingly go to discord servers or whatever.
