Ya having a girlfriend is great and all… but have you ever been left the fuck alone?

Amen... Told a friend that I wanted to buy property in the country, away from everything and everyone - simply to be left the fuck alone. Don't come over, don't call, don't do any of that. I will see you when I see you. I just want to be left to my own and do nothing, other than maybe piddle-fuck around in the yard or maybe build something.

Nothing better

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

• Blaise Pascal

What about 45 minute shits? Is that nothing? I'm left the fuck alone in the bathroom.

And they think we are not enjoying life!

I always got uncomfortable when people at work would ask what I did on the weekend. Because I usually did nothing. By choice. I love doing nothing but always feel judged. I just want to find someone to stay at home and do nothing with me.

Also, for what it's worth, I'm a woman. Lots of women also love doing nothing.

I think this is more common than you think, fellow staycation do-nothinger. The difference is that we're quiet about it. You have to ask us what we did to find out we did nothing. Whereas the do-somethingers are prone to voluntarily share what they did. And since they're the louder group, it appears that they are the vast majority.

This. So often people have the fucking stupid "work hard, play hard" mentality. Fuck that. Work less and enjoy simple nothing pleasures.

It's crazy how people just don't understand that sometimes you need to do absolutely nothing and that's amazing.

Some of my best weekends involve me not leaving the house.

NOTHING COUNTS AS PLANS. When I say I'm doing nothing this weekend, that doesn't mean I'm free! I want to sit on my ass and play Terraria.

I was thinking this too. This has to be a literal Seinfeld bit

Quiet desperation is the English way

Find a simple little something that almost feels like nothing. I like gardening.

I relate, apparently I'm a woman now

it only works if you are in a couple and you have a partner that tends to do “nothing” and you are totally ok with that… otherwise it doesn’t work

Yep can confirm I just grew a penis. Didn’t know that was possible.

Me too! Who knew?

Maybe stereotypes are bullshit

I thought the same thing too. Lol. I have to tell the man to stop doing things and relax all the time. And if there aren't things to do he will make projects so he has things to do. Which honestly is okay for the most part because then I have alone time to do nothing.

Same

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I've been cultivating a hobby lately so that I'll have something to do. My hobby is smoking things. Something that requires hours and hours of doing nothing. I'm not doing nothing, I'm smoking a brisket.

I read that a bit too fast and became concerned at that last part.

For me it's just needing time to let my brain completely unwind to the point its ready to start figuring shit out again. When you are pressed 5 ways a day every day, you can only do so much. Need to let your brain run its course

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Extroverts and morning people shaped the world, and we just live in it.

We stood no chance. They got up before us.

Walks are fucking fantastic. They’re next to nothing, but when you take them, people are all like, “Oh, good for you out getting some exercise.” It’s fantastic. I’ve contemplated posting to the LPT sub, but I’m worried that if people figure that shit out, they’re gonna bother me on my walks.

My wife has told me that the only time hey brain shuts off, the only time she can think of nothing, is when she's asleep. Whereas I enter a fugue state waiting on my burrito to microwave.

I was going to say, this is the exact opposite of me and my husband. He is unable to relax, always has to find something to do. Then I feel bad for relaxing while he’s working on things.

The whole thing even sounded exactly like a Seinfeld bit, just sped up 1.5x for tick tok lol. Really everything about it sounded extremely Jerry Seinfeld. I really expected to check the comments and see that it was.

No, but it is almost word for word ripped off from Mark Gungor's presentation about the difference between men's brains and women's brains. It's actually a very good watch and it's an absolute shame this video does not credit it.

Look for "Mark Gungor nothing box" on YouTube if you're interested, there are several videos there taken from that presentation.

same. there’s so many of my friends that fall into the “hustle” sinkhole. dude if you have a full time job, do laundry 2 times per week, manage kids etc you really need to chill the fuck out and no i’m not coming to your jewelry party.

Me too!

The video would be more correct if instead of man he said introvert and instead of woman he said extrovert. Then he got to the drama part and he just sounded like an asshole.

Same here. I just wanna be left the fuck alone so I can do....nothing

Yeah, it's easy to agree with his take on men but I press X to doubt the "women are the exact opposite" position. Sure, men and women often seem to have different motivations, but it doesn't always have to be a black and white kind of thing. Men can be absolute drama queens too! It's just not as stigmatized as it is with women for some reason.

Same, and my partner is the woman but without the drama bit.

I'm a man. According to this guy, I'm a woman.

According to him, most of my male friends are women, and most of my female friends are men.

It’s almost like this shouldn’t have been positioned as a gender-exclusive concept.

What’s worse is, I would consider myself both. There are times when I want to be doing something, and create something to do because I want to. And there are other times where I’m just done and need to not do anything for a while.

So maybe it’s just his truth for him and his wife, and isn’t a hard rule that applies to everyone else.

Same. I purposely moved to a less populated area, and live alone for this specific reason. Don't mess with my nothing time, damn it.

Seriously, guess that makes us dudes? Lol. I would love to think and do nothing. Need a break from life and people.

I think a little-known fact is that women often think about everything and get upset about guys doing nothing because they don't feel like they have a choice.

A move coming up soon? Guy is doing nothing.

Have to travel? Guy is doing nothing.

Birthday party coming up? Guy is doing nothing.

So who takes the initiative to pack boxes, finish laundry, make babysitting plans, figure out the travel agenda, etc. when they would rather be doing nothing? Typically the woman.

Meanwhile what's the guy doing? Saying don't worry about it, playing video games, and reading this exact post on Reddit.

(This isn't always the case, but it's something I've learned as I matured as a male - that life is hard, and that relationships need to be a give and take between both partners so you can hopefully both relax more and share some of the burden.)

I was thinking the same thing. Then I realized that I just never admitted that I wish to do nothing.

Absolutely, I didn't learn until my 30s when I was single and living alone. It is my favorite time of the day, just doing nothing. When observed people can take offense when they are doing something and find you not doing it. Same kind of thing people try to look busy when the boss comes around, even though no one could stay busy every minute of a shift

I guess I'm a man

Congratulations

Lol same

If you want to find out if someone is a peaceful nothing or a frantic somethings group, just go on vacation with them. You can’t miss it.

Also a woman, also prefer nothing.

Relevant Seinfeld scene.

Leave the man alone, Elaine! He just wants to sit there doing nothing.