I posted something similar before, but it did not gain too much traction, possibly due to time zones.

It would be cool to see a Lemmy online pen pal/chat pal thread. Tell us about yourself and your hobbies in comments! I’m a person in their 20s who likes world football, theoretical maths and physics, and FOSS stuff. I also like the outdoors and would love to share about outdoor adventures. Feel free to send me a message if you’d like to talk!

I’m a 28 yo trans woman and switched careers from arts admin to data science in healthcare. I’m learning UE5 in the hopes of realizing a game idea (city-builder/resource manager on a floating Rubik’s cube).

Special interests change regularly and include: electrical engineering, software development, anything space / cosmology / physics, sewing, piano, etc… It’s a problem.

I adopted to cats Shadow Lady and Stinky Jane last year and they are everything to me.

Anti-hobbies include eating, partying, public speaking, and dancing.

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I’m 33M, single dad, and recently widowed. My son takes up a majority of my time and I love just about every moment with him. In my spare time I’m learning guitar and enjoy playing video games with friends. My job is in software engineering and I enjoy tinkering with computers.

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I really enjoy video games, crafts, dnd, reading, and taking care of my critters. I have one dog, 2 cats, and 10 ducks. I will be getting a puppy next weekend. My dog is a beagle, my cats are just regular tabbys, and the breeds of ducks I have are: 4 French white muscovies, 1 jumbo Pekin, one regular Pekin that’s crippled, 2 cayugas, a golden layer, and a khaki campbell. The puppy I am getting is a goldendoodle.

I work in IT as a tier one help desk tech as a means to feed and shelter myself and my critters.

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Hi! I’m 70, so retired and have many hobbies and interests. At the moment it’s beekeeping and coastal rowing that take up most of my time. I took up rowing after arthritis put paid to dinghy sailing, and it’s fantastic. I gave up racing this year but I sort of miss it. I keep bees with a community group, we have 15 hives on two sites. I’m also into photography, hill-walking, knitting, travel, gardening, all the old-lady stuff. And I enjoy tinkering with tech, I run a club website and a blog for a friend. What else? Baking, jam-making, DIY… I’m sure there’s something I’ve missed. Oh, I made a pond and some frogs moved in, so I guess frog-watching? Is that a thing?

I always had penpals when I was a kid. My mother had one when she was a girl too, and finally got to meet her when they were in their 60s.

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Go you! I wish I would be cool as you when I’m 70.

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I really like your idea.

OK so I am 33M, i was addicted to drugs for my whole adult life basically up until over a year ago. I am a spiritual person, for lack of a better term. I have almost too much empathy for my own good. I love music. I play guitar and drums, write and record, for myself as therapy/meditation. I love writing poetry and im just starting to write my own story in a sort of stream of conscious style. I love all types of art, anything that captures the human spirit. I have a ton of wild stories of my escapades. I like lifting and being outside. I never went to college. I am a tradesman. I like to think im a good listener, who knows. I love talking to people, especially one on one. I like to think im honest, too much so. I can be quite entertaining, like a clown or jester. I am content with my life…for now. I’m kind of super into anime lately(3yrs). I’d also like to think I give somewhat serviceable advice, cause i Iived through a shit load of my own mistakes, and I am better for it. I practice reiki, and I believe the oneness permeating all things is malleable to the human consciousness… to an extent. I’m a fkn weirdo. Like a cat, I am entertained by very very small and seemingly meaningless and obvious things. I have an appreciation for life and its experience. I love thinking, learning and pushing the limits of my nervous system❤️

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