Knitting or crochet. All you need is a bit of string. But seriously one you get the basics there are so many areas to explore. You can of course make things for yourself or others. You can choose easy patterns to relax or more complex patterns to challenge yourself. Some people get into making and dying the yarn while others getbinto creating patterns. Also there is typically a community of introverts that have no problem sitting together to quietly work on their projects.
Thank you. I play D&D and our DM was super hyped about some holiday one shot scenaios they got from ChatGPT. They were on and on about how they would never have to think about plot planning ever again. We dint end up playing them but I read the 3 different scenaios and I just wasnt impressed and I didn’t understand why. It was completely predictible in a weird way. After reading your post and thinking back on it the scenarios felt more plagerized predictable rather than trope predictible. Tropes while predicitble can be funny and charming. While a knock off reproduction is only enjoyable for its ability to miss the mark.
Anyway, thank you for helping me figure out how to put into words why I was not on the “this is amazing” train. I thought I just didn’t get it.