Why are people amused when I list Sleep as a hobby?

A foodie's hobby is preparing or trying different varieties of food, not just act of eating. Sleep would only be a hobby if there were any possible variety in sleeping.

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CastleMeadowJim@reddit

Isn't there a lot of variety in sleeping?

Time you go to sleep, length of sleep, location, position, bedding, lighting, temperature control. I'd hardly say that sleeping on the ground in a tent and sleeping on a memory foam mattress on a ship is zero variety.

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Rich-Peak-3902@reddit

Nope. Once you're asleep, it's the same sleep as it always is.

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CastleMeadowJim@reddit

I wish. Sometimes I wake up feeling worse than before I fell asleep.

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theredvip3r@reddit

Extreme sleeping has got to be a thing.

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MyCatIsFluffyNotFat@reddit

I am very good at napping. I consider it a skill. I look down on people who can't nap, cant caffeine nap, dont know their deep sleep from their REM.

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whatanabsolutefrog@reddit

Slightly off topic but I think eating absolutely can be a hobby.

Cooking can obviously be a hobby, but even someone who is just really into learning about new food and trying out cuisines/restaurants.

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solidalcohol@reddit

In defence of foodies, it’s about more than just putting food in your body to live.

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seklas1@reddit

I’d argue being a “foodie” is not a hobby. Cooking is a hobby. You have to eat, but you don’t have to cook.

Sleeping is necessary. So it can’t really be a hobby. If all you do is sleep, that makes you a - boring person? 🤷‍♂️ If you don’t have any hobbies, then that also speaks for your character.

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YouSayWotNow@reddit

Being a "foodie" isn't just "eating". It's seeking out enjoyable food experiences, whether home cooked or eating out. And whilst I agree that cooking can be a hobby, not everyone who is interested in food enjoys cooking.

I have friends who aren't that interested in food, and who will happily eat the same few dishes on rotation for the entirety of their lives. One tells me she sees food as fuel and if she could take a pill a day not to have to eat, she would! Foodies are more likely to seek out and eat a far wider range of foods and take a great deal of enjoyment from it all.

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seklas1@reddit

Sure, but I don’t think that’s a hobby. I think it just means the person is either - rich, or gets easily bored, or both.

“I like doing laundry” - okay?.. I don’t think that’s a hobby to like having to put dirty clothes into a washing machine and then take them out of the washing machine.

“I like shopping” - sure… you like the feeling of dopamine hitting your brain when you look at things you don’t have yet and then you buy them. But it’s not really a hobby…

But I can see somebody trying to justify that anything that brings pleasure to a person, is a hobby. Fair enough, but for me there is a line I draw where a hobby is more than just a simple “I felt good”.

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YouSayWotNow@reddit

If you invest a lot of your free time into seeking out great food, either by researching great restaurants and visiting them, even travelling to various countries to try their cuisines, reading lots of cookery books to find new dishes and learn how to make them... there are many many ways that enjoying food is absolutely a hobby.

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seklas1@reddit

Yes, if you buy cooking books and researching how to make them - that’s called cooking, which is a hobby.

If you travel to try different foods, that’s just an extension of “I like to travel/explore”. Like, we have indian, thai, korean, chinese etc foods at home. I cook them sometimes (if he can’t cook) because my partner likes trying new or different foods, or even just something more complex than what a british food generally is. He likes cooking. I don’t like cooking, I like baking.

We go to nice places to eat sometimes, michelin star places etc, because it’s fancy/interesting/fun, but I don’t think it’s a hobby. It’s just a vanity thing, because we can afford to go somewhere new and try what they offer. I like eating new foods too, but I don’t think eating fancy is a hobby. It’s a nice luxury to have.

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YouSayWotNow@reddit

Enjoying food is not just about cooking though, that was deliberately one item in a list, and no, most people who consider themselves foodies (or food lovers) aren't seeking out great restaurants out of vanity! You have some "interesting" ways of thinking! 🤣

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seklas1@reddit

I think I made it pretty clear that I don’t consider “eating” a hobby. Just because you like something different other than bangers and mash everyday, doesn’t change the fact that it’s still “eating”.

It’s fine if you think it’s a hobby, I don’t think it is.

If I ask somebody “what’s your hobby?” And they say - “I like to eat new dishes”. I’d just think they have no hobby. Like, I don’t care if you take lunch breaks in Venice or Tokyo, or Beijing or whatever, if you travel to just eat food, that is weird and you have a problem.

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YouSayWotNow@reddit

So judgemental on what other people consider as hobbies! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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LewisMileyCyrus@reddit

I get the same reactions when I list breathing and blinking as hobbies

They're just jealous man. Thinking of taking up perspiring as a weekend hobby

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Adm_Shelby2@reddit

I've been an amateur defecator for years and am thinking of turning pro.

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Renew3DUK@reddit

Bullshit.

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Adm_Shelby2@reddit

Working my way to that level.

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BuckfastAndHairballs@reddit

Personally my hobby is peeing. Really good at it too, not to brag but got up to do it 3 times last night!

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BuncleCar@reddit

No sweat ;)

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SnooozeFezt@reddit (OP)

If you enjoy blinking. You carry on good sir!!

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BuncleCar@reddit

Sleeping is a way of life ;)

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loudnoises31@reddit

its literally no way to live, nobody's on their death dead being like those 6 months I spent sleeping round Europe were amazing. Or that new years I spent in Brazil asleep was incredible, best experience of my life.

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HellPigeon1912@reddit

I think there's a difference between a "hobby" and a "thing you spend your time doing" and in my opinion the divider is a hobby requires some kind of active participation.

Playing basketball is a hobby. Learning the flute is a hobby. Writing poetry is a hobby.

Watching TV, doomscrolling on your phone, or sleeping are not hobbies even if they fill a lot of your time

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Theratchetnclank@reddit

Watching movies can be a hobby, if you are really into cinema and seek out different films for different experiences.

Watching eastenders every night probably isn't though.

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Dragonwithwhiskers@reddit

If you were into trying different sleep products, bedding, and bedroom decor and maybe experiencing hotel rooms and other novel sleeping arrangements... then maybe writing reviews or at least collecting comparative thoughts on them then you'd be a sleepie rather than simply someone who sleeps

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adammx125@reddit

Being a foodie doesn’t mean you just eat food, it means you are invested in finding new flavours, interesting places to eat, new styles of food and cooking etc etc. Unless your hobby is finding weird, new and interesting ways to sleep then it’s not a hobby, you’re just doing what literally 100% of the world do. It’s like when people list ‘watching TV’ as a hobby.

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pullingteeths@reddit

I think by the "foodie" definition it can be. There's a lot of "hobby" stuff at that level that applies to sleep, for example researching how to do it most effectively, having beauty and relaxation routines before it, getting into all the products that can be involved with that as well as sleepwear/bedclothes. I don't think of it as a literal hobby myself but there can be a big difference between someone who approaches it like that and gets particular enjoyment and relaxation out of it and someone who views it as purely functional

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BuckfastAndHairballs@reddit

Yeah i guess sleep could be a hobby in the way you're describing or having interest in various things around sleep- improving the quality of it, researching it etc.

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66f6@reddit

I bet you're the kind of person who lists 'sarcasm' as a language they speak, and thinks that's hilarious

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SuccessfulBenefit972@reddit

Do you hang out with other sleep enthusiasts and go to bed and linen expos on a regular basis? If so, then yes you can state this. If not, you’re just a human, doing human things.

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trypnosis@reddit

Never thought to classify it as a hobby but a prolific napper I will be adding it to my hobby list.

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YouSayWotNow@reddit

I also love sleep! If napping were an Olympic sport, I'd be winning GOLD every time!

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SnooozeFezt@reddit (OP)

I've found my people.

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811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit

Because it's a necessary biological function. As much as 'eating' is - but the difference between 'someone who eats' and 'a foodie' is how they choose where to eat, how they explore different cultures and food types.

There aren't many ways to 'sleep differently'. There isn't a movement for people who explore new exotic ways to go unconscious for 6-8 hours a night.

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SuperDinkle406@reddit

Becauase they are starting struck meeting the real Sleeping Beauty.

... and good on you.

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socratic-meth@reddit

Same, people look at me funny when I say taking a shit is a hobby. It is important, you would die if you didn’t do it, and you feel refreshed after.

And I get some time to make Reddit comments.

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