I write, play videogames (particularly Pokemon), and do needlework.
For quite awhile I collected stuffed Hello Kitties, and those tiny My Little Ponies that come in the blind bags. I haven’t given up; I just haven’t been following either recently.
I’m currently working on a cross-stitch of the moth Pokemon, Volcarona. Also, I’m near the start of a crochet shawl I’m not entirely happy with. But restarting would be so frustrating. :-/
Heh. I looked it up and sexist is a thing. 
Sewist actually autocorrects to sexist. Damn.
(sewist) Oh I know! Gender neutral and it doesn’t remind you of sewage.
What a wonderful idea! A rat on a little hammock. I love it.
I don’t think you really have a solid opinion of what you think a hobby is. Your statements aren’t completely contradictory, but there’s at least a fair amount of dissonance between them. I’m not trying to be a dick by pointing it out, but you don’t have a consistent definition for yourself, nevermind the dictionary definition.
Is golf a sport or a hobby? How about Ping Pong? Bowling? Skiing? Frisbee? Seriously, if you’re not a professional athlete, what is the meaningful difference between sport and hobby?
The Hammock Rats! Band name!
Kayaking - what about you kayaker?
Home brewing sometimes - Scotch ale bottled a couple of weeks ago.
Camping
But the most awesome of all - flying a sailplane. Someone once called it “The sport too good for kings”. It is amazing.
As I think on it, baking soda s really just a hobby for me, as I rarely eat the desserts I make. Stoopid diabetes. But I enjoy the process for its own sake.
I get in touch with my inner child and I write stories and poems and somehow they all involve terrorist Andreas Baader killing Santa Claus during a hijack.
Whoa, No, mostly I just paint and the docs say since I switched to a new brand of paint thinner, looks like things are getting better.
Dear Athena, I don’t know how soda got inserted into my last post. Goddamn smartphone.
Because writing with a good pen on good paper is really fun? Because it’s kind of a thrill to write a word or a letter that looks like it could have come from the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution? Because there’s a certain elegance to well-crafted handwriting? Because it’s really fun to make swoopy letters?
These are why I enjoy pens and handwriting.
I learned to write using a Schaffer pen which is a refillable fountain pen. I had decent handwring. As soon as I switched to a ballpoint my handwriting went to hell!
I have four fountain pens through which I rotate at work. The kids love them enough to actually want to watch when I sign something for them. I’ve promised lots of kids fountain pens as graduation gifts and I like following through on that.
Yep. More a lifestyle than a hobby, though. Like my beer appreciation.
Hammocks are actually standard equipment for critters, although the ones you can buy at pet shops are usually fleece or flannel. (Knit fabrics are very stretchy, and acrylic yarn can be washed hot-hot, so it’s good at standing up to squabbles and messes.) Rats are sybaritic little creatures, and they think pockets and hammocks are wonderfully comfortable places to nap. Once one settles in, the rest of them tumble onto the bandwagon, and you end up with a little sling overflowing with fur. Every so often, the rat on the bottom of the pile gets too warm, and convection occurs.
Do an image search for ‘rat in hammock’ and you will turn up enough cuteness to last you through the winter holidays.
Get those effin rats out of my effin hammock!
Gosh, that’s adorable.
Huh. I just kind of skimmed past it thinking, Skald’s an interesting guy. Maybe he has come up with myriad uses for baking soda, what do I know?
Am I the only one to notice this post’s What Thing Doesn’t Belong With The Other Things? quotient? Hmmm…
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I’LL SHOOT YOUR F%*#ING HEAD OFF!
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Veddy interesting. Sounds colonial to me. 
Care to fill us in, Rhiannon?
I think the semantics of the (modern–i.e., last 200 years) term have less to do with the activity itself (or how much time you put into it) than with the socio-economic circumstances in which the activity is framed and regarded. Before the rise of the middle class (and the accopanying idea of “work”) people didn’t “have hobbies”–they just amused themselves.
I play chess, bridge, D+D and computer games.
With incredible luck, these hobbies are also how I earn a living. 