Music.
I'm a shitty musician, but I love it. Guitar, keyboard, clarinet, I love playing.
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Same, got Rocksmith and a couple bass guitars. Love it, but even after five years I'm not willing to try playing in front of anyone.
There are several tracks of learning musical instruments, at least the way I see it. Learn to play other people's stuff for fun solo, compose and record your own stuff, or jam with a group of buddies.
I'll be honest I never got into playing other people's music but composed in the past. That was nice because you had absolute control but it also limited the creative input and stunted my own growth in music theory that becomes a must when jamming.
This past year I've played more than maybe my entire life with jamming with family. It has been by far the most fun. We just make up our own simple shit and grow together.
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Video games. I play a lot of them, and I suck at all of them, but I’ll be damned if I don’t enjoy them.
no shame in switching to easy. I personally don't have the time to "git good" but I do enjoy me a good story
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Ah yup. I'm pretty good at the single player games that I play, but whenever my buddies want to do any kind of matchmaking, it's some of the best fun I have being absolutely awful at something. Consistently at the bottom of the squad and loving it, baby
RTS games.
Same. I don't like playing RTS games the good way. I just like building a cozy little camp and defending it, slowly exploring the map and just building whatever units I feel like building. I enjoy games like Age of Empires and Beyond All Reason because the maps tend to be quite large and random. It usually takes a while before I get overwhelmed if I'm losing I those games, and if I'm winning I can spend a lot of time just messing around without the game being over.
Games like Starcraft or Warcraft seem to be built too much for quick games where you have to be constantly moving. Expansion locations are very determined and scarce and resources run out way too fast to just turtle in my little corner.
+1 for Beyond All Reason :)
So far I've only played against the simple AI bots and some easy barbarians; mostly I team up with my kids and we just try out different ways to mess around. Fun times.
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After the first few campaigns, all my hours get logged with mods and God mode, ain't nobody got time to constantly grind for weeks, my campaign needs to wrap up by the end of the day!
Sleeping. Being happy.
I'm not bad at these I'm just out of practice 😢😴
Just about anything creative: music, art, writing. It doesn’t stop me from trying, but it’s clear the creative vision or raw talent that some others have is missing.
Playing Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Life.
I was gonna say this, but OP also said "something you enjoy"...
I have my moments of joy in life. But I still suck at it, IMO.
Dancing. I did go to a party last week with a DJ and danced my ass off anyway.
Playing Football (Soccer). I've got the stamina and speed well above average but my aim is beyond horrid
Running. I'm slow and can't run particularly far for how long I've been doing it.
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Playing guitar. Strum (no, wait), strum (no, wait), etc.
Disc golf
I don't have the power or accuracy to score well nor the time to invest in improving. I do love the time walking through the woods with family and friends sharing the experience as we goof around.
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Graffiti drawing
Cycling. I'm suck at it as i don't have the stamina to ride further than 5km and my place is hilly. So that's why i convert my old bike into ebike hence eliminating the stamina and hill issue.
I sorta feel everything. I feel like im not very good at doing things in general. Planning and thinking yeah. Like in video games my characters are better from the build than my game play. Even then though I do weird builds that do interesting things but are not necessarily optimal.
It's OK. You can be a sneak archer. No one is going to judge you.
Vidya games!
Specifically, any games requiring “twitch” reflexes. I love ‘em, but I do not have the genetic material to master them.
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Chess. It's taken me a few years to climb from 400 to 800 elo (1100 on lichess). Then I see comments from people who say "I got to 1000 after I learned how the pieces move" and it's so demoralizing
I've been playing Clonehero drumming for about four years now. Nearly every day... and I still suck, miss pads completely, piss poor timing, no groove. Still enjoy it.
pretty much everything i do.
I'm an amateur at most things, don't have the time/money/energy to become an expert in anything really. But I like trying new stuff all the time. I've learned 6 different foreign languages, but am fluent in none of them, for example.
Breakdance
History
I was gonna say chess but i checked and I'm 90th percentile. So I'm shit but far too many people are worse.
I'll say cricket then. I can't ever play at a professional level or even expect to, but still not terrible. Could play at a club level at most.
Edit. Oooh writing. I love writing and im completely terrible at that.
Leaving good comments that aren't polarizing and don't hurt sensitive feelings since my take on something doesn't match your take.
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Making videos for my YouTube channel. I like having random ideas, making the vids then uploading them, but man am I not good at it. My vids are mediocre at best compared to other YouTube channels I watch, but I enjoy the process.
I really like when I'm doing a funny video, I'm working on editing and think "oh this would be funny here" and add that, and do that over and over until it's been 20 hours of editing for a 10 minute video and I have to force myself to export it and be done.
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Pinball
Singing & drawing. I do also try to do things I am not naturally good at on purpose, because I am not good at them, though I wouldn't say I enjoy those things. Ended up enjoying gardening that way, cooking, dancing, and am good at those now, and enjoy them. Spanish, any language except English I suck but keep trying.
my job
Sewing, mending, repairing clothes. I am really bad at it. Also knitting. I will never be able to understand wtf I am seeing.
Making comments on here.
Drawing. I like doing it, but my stick figures look rather ill.
singing. i don't really suck at it that much; I'm not tone deaf. but i just have an annoying voice.
Living.
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