This could be things that once were commercialized but are now public domain, or have largely resisted commercialization to this day. In this context I mean this as aiming for profit and being sold/monetized.
There is still a lot of nature related things to do with minimal to no entry fees (often times you just “pay for parking”).
I’m big into hikes on public lands or going to a public park. Met some awesome people and seen some cool shit that way.
Somewhat nuanced, but riding a bike anywhere. There have been many failed attempts to license or tax bicycles. The bicycle has been around in various forms since 1817, and in most cases, the laws on rights for cycling are as old as the corpus itself. Once you have a bike, you are as free as you dare or as free as your local independent cycling infrastructure supports.
You can get a DUI on a bike in a lot of the US. The same DUI you can get driving an F350. I dunno, feels kinda fucked up to me
It sounds even dumber for the rider, and you can still hurt pedestrians. I dunno about it being the same as for cars, but it is a heavy moving object.
Bikes are an order of magnitude less dangerous by virtue of being an order of magnitude less massive.
Many board games, such as chess, go/baduk, backgammon, and mancala were played before capitalism or copyright were invented; and thus have always been in the public domain.
Precursors to chess date to the 700s CE, and chess was played under recognizably modern rules in the 1400s. Go may date to the 200s CE, but took its modern form in the 1500s. Backgammon-like games are known from Persia circa 800 CE, and modern backgammon from the 1600s. And mancala games are over 6000 years old.
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Fan fiction.
No thanks. I’d rather not read erotic literature of some niche genre written by lonely virgins.
OP just asked what was popular. Judging by the volume of fan fiction on the net it’s super popular.
Heaps of it’s not erotic any more as far as I can see.
I read it if I don’t like the ending of a movie or book, they have a genre called “fix it” where they write a more sayisfying ending.
Judging by the volume of fan fiction on the net it’s super popular.
IDK about that. It’s a bit like saying “judging by the amount of shit in the sewers, shit is super popular.”
Shit existing in a sewer isn’t a cultural activity.
But yes the contents of the sewers show that creating shit is super popular.
Shit existing in a sewer isn’t a cultural activity.
Neither is fanfiction existing on tumblr.
@bionicjoey Correct. Fanfiction isn’t the activity. Writing it is.
I think maybe you’re one of those people who thinks “culture” is art snd ballets and operas and stuff.
But the broader meaning of the word is just production related to customs and social behaviour. Any kind of writing is a cultural practice.
Maybe doesn’t quite fit but tabletop role playing games. Most of everything you need to play is available for free online, even for the popular commercial games. All you need really is paper, dice (sometimes), some imagination and some friends.
Paper… Check.
Dice… Check.
Friends… shit.
You can also play with enemies, but I don’t know if I’d recommend it.
Geo-caching.
Run by a for-profit company and they do hide a lot of features and even caches behind a premiun subscription.
It’s not that bad though, most do just fine without paying a cent.
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I know, I solely use CGEO. It’s awesome. I’ve even logged one premium cache just for the hell of it. It’s just good to mention to people that there’s this premium thing since people bump into it anyway.
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Your original comment made it sound like there is no alternative for accessing those premium chaches though
You can go around it but it’s annoying and not really intended for anyone but premium subscribers.
Premium-only caches: Find geocaches designated for Premium members only.
Premium-only caches offer VIP access to thousands of additional geocaches all around the world. Cache owners decide if their geocache pages can be seen by all members or only by Premium members.
Dunno why some decide to set them premium only
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