this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
14 points (93.8% liked)

Casual Conversation

1285 readers
89 users here now

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.


RULES

  1. Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
  2. Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including heavily implicative subject matter when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
  3. Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
  4. Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
  5. Keep it clean and SFW
  6. No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

What are some of your favorite relaxing activities? Could be anything that puts your mind at ease, a relaxing game, a hobby, a place you visit or music.

@Casual Conversation

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Bags@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm a massive fan of stringing a hammock somewhere quiet and reading for a couple hours.

I also really enjoy flying kites. I live by the ocean, so there's usually enough wind. Over the last couple years I have really gotten into quad-line stunt kites like the Revolution, I have a bunch of them and one just always lives in the trunk of my car for when I want to swing by and have a fly after work.

[–] sk@utsukta.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thats a great reading setup! Are there any special books that come to mind?

[–] Bags@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There's never really anything I habitually return to, I am pretty much just always reading some different sci-fi of some kind. Currently working on the Zones of Thought trilogy by Vernor Vinge. I finished the first book and was so absolutely ready to plow straight into the second book and follow the same characters and alien species through some new crazy adventure, but was met with a completely different set of characters and completely different aliens, which was a bit surprising. Still enjoying it, though!