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Astral Codex Ten suggests taking the PHQ-9 questionnaire for self-diagnosis of depression.
Based (1 2). This is the part where we suddenly fall in love.
Or not.
Well, I sort of have hobbies, mostly "reading, listening to music, and getting away from people as fast as I can". All the solitary pursuits. It was a constant problem when writing up CVs because you're supposed to put a list of hobbies which are thinly-disguised (or not disguised at all) lists of achievements for why you are such a go-getter successful hard-charger who will maximise value for any employer: captain of this, winner of that, involved in club A and sport B and activity C where you were leader and organiser and winner winner winner.
Having "I don't do any of that" on the 'this is where you sell yourself' document never helped, so eventually I just dropped it anyway. Ironically, the first time I handed in a revised CV with that taken off and went to interview was the first time ever an interviewer asked me "What about your hobbies?" š¤£
Quote from a text message sent by me to my mother (who has failed to take up any hobbies several years after I pestered her into retiring): Reading books and watching shows are not sufficiently interactive to count as real hobbies.
Hobbies can delay cognitive decline in old people. Try designing a code-compliant dream house.
This is the most ToaKraka sentence I can possibly imagine. I'm not sure if the emotion it evoked in me is surprise, per se, I'd need to consult that stupid book Tumblr loves, "A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows".
Occhiolism? Adronitis? They're all made up words anyway, more made up than words normally are.
Your "dream house" is code-compliant. Of course it is. It could never have been otherwise.
What would be the point of designing a house that you can't build?
Codes don't cover just structural integrity (though you should look at those parts, too, in order to avoid laying out a gigantic living room without realizing that it needs a bunch of obstructive columns in the middle to hold up the roof). They also prescribe minimum dimensions for rooms (both habitable rooms like living rooms, and non-habitable rooms like bathrooms).
Realistically, who's going to stop you? Genuine question, if you submitted a compliant project and then built something else that's not very obviously out of code, barring some incredibly nosy neighbours, as long as you don't have to sell it, wouldn't you just be able to do it?
The local code official conducts inspections throughout construction. If he isn't slacking, he presumably will notice the difference between the 7-foot-wide living room shown on the plans (code-compliant) and the 6-foot-wide living room from which you have cannibalized a foot of width for the adjacent bedroom (not compliant), or between the 77.5-% stairway shown on the plans (code-compliant) and the 85-% stairway from which you have cannibalized a foot of length for the adjacent bedroom (not compliant).
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The only houses I've ever built were in the Sims or Rimworld, and I doubt they were up to code. If they were built in real life, I'd be sued. I'm glad that this is only an academic concern, I'm a doctor and the House of God has all the planning permits it requires.
But yes, if you're designing a house you intend to build and then live in, code compliance isn't something you should ignore. I'm just wistfully observing that even your recreational activities are incredibly pragmatic.
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