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Due to an unfortunate series of coincidental events, I have nothing to do on a Saturday night. I usually don't even like staying in on a weeknight, so this I find incredibly tedious. I will go back to work and it will be as if I never actually had a weekend, and it's the middle of winter so there's sod all to do on a Sunday either.

I could read, but I can't be bothered. I can sit on the internet, but it feels like a waste of time. I only get channels 1-4 on TV. Any suggestions?
 
Yeah yeah, we get it. You have a really happenin' life and what not.

Go ride your bike in the rain while simultaneously ****ing your g/f.
 
Surely you can spare 20 quid for a Freeview box.

Or buy huge amounts of books from charity shops and read them. I could recommend some or you could join a book club?

Or look at the IF community, get a Z-machine interpreter, and download all the games that have won awards.

Or download free adventure games from the internet. Yahtzee's are good.

Or watch enlightening documentaries on Youtube. I'd recommend 'The Power of Nightmares', and 'The Trap'.

Or have dinner with a friend in a cheap place (or invite one round). Go for drinks with individuals.

Or frequent brothels and prostitution services.

Or read Paradise Lost, one of the greatest poems ever written and one of the few true British epics.

Or research in copious detail the structure of American politics.

Or visit academic libraries which let anyone in (there are a few, or you can blag) and read articles in journals of subjects you are interested in.

Or work out.

Or watch a different movie each week, plumping for titles that you want to see but have never got the chance to. Mail-order or download rental services will be useful.

Or download new and interesting music that you would not normally consider trying to listen to, then put it on your MP3 player and go for an evening ride on your motorbike while listening to the tunes.

Or sit around composing lists of things for other people to do.
 
TimoJay said:
Yeah yeah, we get it. You have a really happenin' life and what not.
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It's quite understandable to hate having nothing to do on a Saturday night. I didn't mind it so much when I lived with family, but I live alone so it's crap. And I live five miles from the nearest shop of any description, which somehow makes it worse.

I've already done the rocking out thing. Hmm...
 
Grab yourself a whisky and sit in a high backed brown armchair considering the meaning of life.
 
Sulkdodds said:
Surely you can spare 20 quid for a Freeview box.
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My neighbour gave me one, but we can't figure out how to get it to work. Apparently you can't get any decent channels on it round here anyway, not sure why.

Or buy huge amounts of books from charity shops and read them. I could recommend some?
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Got books, but I'm currently reading Peter F. Hamilton stuff. Amazing writer, but it's not an easy read. Have to be in the mood. Suggestions welcome. :)

Or look at the IF community, get a Z-machine interpreter, and download all the games that have won awards.

Or download free adventure games from the internet. Yahtzee's are good.

Or watch enlightening documentaries on Youtube. I'd recommend 'The Power of Nightmares', and 'The Trap'.
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Ooh, Infocom. There's an idea! Haven't played those in years, used to have a load of those on the Atari ST...any good sci-fi ones you know of?

Or have dinner with a friend in a cheap place (or invite one round). Go for drinks with individuals.
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Friends all busy or out of town. :|

One of my friends has come out twice all month because he's so obsessed with studying for his exams, which end on Wednsday thankfully. It can't be healthy.

Or frequent brothels and prostitution services.
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:E

Not my thing. But, when I had absolutely nothing to do, I used to go to swingers clubs because it's the one place you can turn up alone and chat to loads of new people without being out of place. With the obvious side benefits, of course. Unfortunately, Devon is too rural for that kind of thing. 140 mile round trip to the nearest and to hell with that in this weather. Coming back from London in sub-zero conditions was an ordeal I have no desire to repeat any time soon.
 
Nitre said:
Grab yourself a whisky and sit in a high backed brown armchair considering the meaning of life.
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I like this idea. But it's a 20 mile round trip to the nearest supermarket, which seems a bit wasteful for the sake of a bottle of whisky.
 
Observe the rest of my suggestions!

I don't know any good sci-fi IF games specifically, but you can find a list of award-winners here. Pretty useful.

There's also a list of graphical indie adventures here, presumably possible to organise by rating. Of the ones on that first page, '7 Days A Skeptic' and 'The White Chamber' are both sci-fi and both ones that I can vouch for as being excellent.

As for reading, Iain M Banks right be right up your street aesthetically while on the other side of it politically, and I'm really serious about recommending Paradise Lost (but don't bother with the sequel).

Also, no Freeview? Ouch.

Oh! John Adams is on channel 4 every Saturday now. It's nearing the end of its run by this point, but you could always download the other episodes and watch one every weekend or something.
 
To achieve the perfect position in sex no matter how many times it takes is how you get enlightened.


I'd give up beef.
 
Sulkdodds said:
Observe the rest of my suggestions!

I don't know any good sci-fi IF games specifically, but you can find a list of award-winners here. Pretty useful.

There's also a list of graphical indie adventures here, presumably possible to organise by rating. Of the ones on that first page, '7 Days A Skeptic' and 'The White Chamber' are both sci-fi and both ones that I can vouch for as being excellent.
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Thanks. :)

I'll take a look at those two then.

As for reading, Iain M Banks right be right up your street aesthetically while on the other side of it politically, and I'm really serious about recommending Paradise Lost (but don't bother with the sequel).
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Yeah my friend keeps going on about the Culture novels. What kind of style is the writing?

Hamilton is amazing, but I sometimes have trouble actually picking up the book to read it because your standard chapter is 80 pages long, the books are about 1200 pages a piece and it's all very descriptive.

Snow Crash was great btw, if you haven't read that. And the Hyperion books.

Also, no Freeview? Ouch.
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Yeah I know. Can't even pick up channel 5 here.

Oh! John Adams is on channel 4 every Saturday now. It's nearing the end of its run by this point, but you could always download the other episodes and watch one every weekend or something.
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Never heard of it? Google only tells me about a dead president.

CancerOfYourSoul said:
To achieve the perfect position in sex no matter how many times it takes is how you get enlightened.


I'd give up beef.
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So basically you'd swap beef curry for beef curtains. Very brave of you.
 
Here's a fun idea.

Find excuses to not do almost every suggestion people give you.

You OP.
 
repiV said:
Yeah my friend keeps going on about the Culture novels. What kind of style is the writing?
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Usually fairly punchy. His new book, Matter, is 800 pages and was publicised as being "wow Iain M Banks does a huge long book!" as well as the obvious "the new culture novel" (which is enough for many people).

You can read extracts from some of his sci-fi books at his website, although I don't think the parts it uses are fantastic indications of what the books are like or how good they are. You might consider getting his short story collection The State of the Art: it's a bit hit and miss, but its centrepiece, the titular novella, is worth the asking price. Or you could just go for it - the books aren't hard to read and they aren't massive.

repiV said:
Never heard of it? Google only tells me about a dead president.
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That's why they made the series.
 
CancerOfYourSoul said:
Roast Beef. :naughty:
Ew.
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Spit-roast beef.

KineticAesthetic said:
Here's a fun idea.

Find excuses to not do almost every suggestion people give you.
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The point of your comment being...what? Besides, I'm downloading The White Chamber.

Sulkdodds said:
Usually fairly punchy. His new book, Matter, is 800 pages and was publicised as being "wow Iain M Banks does a huge long book!" as well as the obvious "the new culture novel" (which is enough for many people).

You can read extracts from some of his sci-fi books at his website, although I don't think the parts it uses are fantastic indications of what the books are like or how good they are. You might consider getting his short story collection The State of the Art: it's a bit hit and miss, but its centrepiece, the titular novella, is worth the asking price. Or you could just go for it - the books aren't hard to read and they aren't massive.
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I'll borrow Consider Phlebas off my friend then.


That's why they made the series.
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Ah, neat. Odd, I've never seen it advertised.
 
Order a take away, watch Air Force One and then switch to ITV at 11.30pm to watch Carlito's Way, then have a wank and go to bed.

My plan any way, still nursing an awful hangover.
 
Ah sweet, I didn't know Air Force One was on. I've never seen it before, but I shall watch it now. Cheers.

Can't do the takeaway thing though, noone will deliver out here. :)

Have you tried the drinking lots of water before going to bed thing? I've never actually had a hangover...
 
Half of a hang over is dehydration. Alcohol is a diuretic. Don't drink to much, make sure you drink plenty of water during, and eat food too. Then get a bottle of water by your bed, have a big drink before you go to sleep, and it'll be there when you wake up thirsty.
 
Yeah drank a bottle of water and had some pepsi before sleeping only thing was my friends and I had to sleep in my mate's car as we got booted off the campus we were supposed to be staying at, which was extremely uncomfortable. Long story short it was due to toothpaste, office chairs and lots of noise being involved.
 
Or consider stabbing yourself with a water IV so you can drink while you sleep.

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Air Force One was a brilliant film. Cheers for the heads up. :)
 
repiV said:
Due to an unfortunate series of coincidental events, I have nothing to do on a Saturday night. I usually don't even like staying in on a weeknight, so this I find incredibly tedious. I will go back to work and it will be as if I never actually had a weekend, and it's the middle of winter so there's sod all to do on a Sunday either.

I could read, but I can't be bothered. I can sit on the internet, but it feels like a waste of time. I only get channels 1-4 on TV. Any suggestions?
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I don't understand how so many humans are like this. Especially on Saturday nights. I really don't understand it at all "Oh man, I'ma be home on a Saturday night! I'll ****ing die if I don't get to party for one weekendddd :(" It's like the bitches that complain about breaking a single nail.

People are just so..... incredibly dependent.
A big part of this is because I have several hobbies, so I am almost never bored. Get a hobby, stop being dependent on cheap gimmicky entertainment, and stop being dependent on other humans, they are perishable and you probably won't care that much about a lot of them in a few years.
 
zombieturtle01 said:
I don't understand how so many humans are like this. Especially on Saturday nights. I really don't understand it at all "Oh man, I'ma be home on a Saturday night! I'll ****ing die if I don't get to party for one weekendddd :(" It's like the bitches that complain about breaking a single nail.
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I work hard and I like to have a similarly busy weekend.

People are just so..... incredibly dependent.
A big part of this is because I have several hobbies, so I am almost never bored. Get a hobby, stop being dependent on cheap gimmicky entertainment, and stop being dependent on other humans, they are perishable and you probably won't care that much about a lot of them in a few years.
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I have a hobby. At this time of year, it's something to be endured rather than enjoyed.

Anyway, we're all wired differently. I'm a very sociable person and an adrenaline junkie. Some people need very little stimulation to be entertained, others need to go out and nearly kill themselves. Most of us fall somewhere in the middle.
 
Koola Mena said:
Go for a ride, brother
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No fun in that at this time of year. :(

Even when it's relatively warm (6-9C or so) the roads never dry out and are always greasy. We've had a viciously cold winter this year too, a whole week where it barely got above freezing in the warmest part of the country where we get a handful of overnight frosts in a normal year. I've got a heated vest now and even that makes sod all difference when it's -4 out and cold enough that I have to torch my key with a lighter so it will melt the ice stuck in the ignition.

I'm looking forward to springtime, I shall be making the most of every nice day. Hopefully off on the bikes to southern France for a week and I'm going to do a couple of days advanced training because my riding is still shitted up from my accident. Almost all the roads round here are very technical and hilly, one local road has a series of relentless sharp corners with a 10-20% gradient which scares the crap out of me. In the past I would have loved riding that. I think some weekends away are in order too.

You're very lucky to have a climate that gives you a year-round riding season. :)
 
go buy a telescope for some "star gazing"
watch the show the office, enjoying that myself right now
doodle in a sketchpad
go snowboarding
improve your body with exercise (it'll make you feel better)
fap at least 5 times a week
read a book from start to finish in one day
clean the messiest room in the house
 
zombieturtle01 said:
People are just so..... incredibly dependent.
A big part of this is because I have several hobbies, so I am almost never bored. Get a hobby, stop being dependent on cheap gimmicky entertainment, and stop being dependent on other humans, they are perishable and you probably won't care that much about a lot of them in a few years.
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I dont see what is wrong with asking for ideas. Hobbies get boring after a while, or sometimes you just need a change from routine. Who cares if you dont take suggestions on what to do for an evening, sounds like some sorta pride issue.
 
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