“I knew someone in college whose hobby was restoring old books, like classics he found in a goodwill or that had been handed down and were well-loved. he would repair the glue, trim down the weathered edges of the pages, etc. I wish I had talked to him more about it.”
..and now you go and ruin a wholesome post with negative comments.
explain?
I bet you are a millennial just being self righteous. It's not just the hobbies, because making an awesome Pic for a loved one on an AI generator is also a green flag hobby. It's whatever hobby connects them to a moment in reality and marks it with a success whether you are good at it or not.