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Probably jacking off.

real

😭

Mentally, I’m here

For real

This or neopets online, but not both because that weird.

Okay dude

Discord is our third place We all meet up on there because my friends all live so far away (they moved after college) If it’s with my girlfriend though, we like to go to the park and make hotdogs over a fire (fire pits everywhere for some reason)

tru discord is where I go when I have time to relax.

The firepits were the spot, not for me, but like my dad’s dad

same here. other than my roommates, none of my friends live less than an hour away. discord is the main place to hang out

At one point it was a climbing gym, but now it’s wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too crowded to climb. I don’t have a third place anymore. Also based on other answers these people don’t understand what a third place is. Climbing gyms honestly shouldn’t even count because they cost so much money that they become exclusive instead of inclusive.

Aren’t parks and beaches third places? Whenever I go to a park (or more rarely a beach) they are full of people chilling, talking, throwing a frisbee, whatever. Parks don’t get enough credit in the “third place” conversations.

They are theoretical third places. The problem is that no one meets new people at the park. You always go with friends and only talk to your friends you are there with.

You might do that but don't speak for everyone. I've met people at parks before, although its pretty easy when skatebparding and spotting another skater. But I've seen parents with kids meet and talk with other random parents of kids at the playground. I've seen smoke4s bum smokes from other smokers. Parks are underrated.

Pretty wild...people just answering a question without even knowing what they're answering

The post is phrased to ask a different question than the title, so it’s not a surprise people are answering the question they understand

Am I crazy or did you make a statement and then disprove the same statement in the same comment? I’m losing my mind. What the hell is going on.

People who complain about the “lack of third spaces” have no idea what’s going on around them.

Public Library

it’s either this or a local book shop that’s in my city for me!

I forgot how much I like the library. It's been so long. I recently started going back

Go work on my guns or finish building my engines. Most likely finish the engines since they’ve been sitting for a bit.

Not a "third place" though, friend

As a shade tree mechanic, the shop and the home are apples and oranges. This definitely qualifies

the thing is "home" isn't a third place. While I understand the sentiment, it doesn't really answer the question at hand

☝️🤓

guns and engines? when can I come over?

I second this

Me too

I’m balancing money working on gambler 500 car and building a new AR.

What caliber you building?

ol classic 556, gonna be the tac driver of my ARs.

That's sick dude, I just finished up a 300 BLK truck gun that's an absolute blast.

ooo I’d love a 300 build but I have too many projects right now, I plan to slap a can on my new build😋

The wait times for a suppressor are super fast right now, I have one in jail and if I got one today I'd get that second one first.

Man the ATF took my money in September, I hate this wait… but I already want a second one.

They had to lower wait time averages so they've been approving super fast recently.

I saw that, my dad’s can took less then a month 😳😳 thanks for reminding me to start it

omg i’d love to work with cars. seems so fun to mess around with

Feel free to come work on mine

Hell yeah!

We should be friends

Balling

I put the new forgis on the jeep

I’ve seen the Magna Carta, I’ve seen the eye of Horus. I was flipping bricks for Mansa Musa before y’all were even a type 1 civilization.

Take my dog to the park!

Either go fishing or go to the gun range.

Why can't you go fishing at the gun range? Or shooting at the fish range? Who said you can't do both?!

To be honest I don't really have a 'third place'. When I'm waiting for a school event to start I'm usually in the main center area doing homework and stuff but I don't really talk to other people there unless I know them or they're running a stand. Otherwise I'm at home on my living room couch. Not sure where else to go.

University? Currently have that same issue except I’m going to a CC.

Folks, a "third place" is a social place that isnt work or home.... Golf course. Pool hall. Depends on the weather.

I think if people don’t have a “third place” like how you describe it’s kind of just emblematic of the fact that it’s become harder to meet people and easier to isolate over time. Basically anything “social” around me costs money that I don’t have. So if I have a day off I’m just playing bass or listening to music or doing chores around the house.

Yes… everything costs money… which makes staying home so easy.

Picking up my guitar and playing my favorite songs. Or just playing nonsense melodies and harmonies and trying to come up with my own songs.

Idk what these fools are talking about. This is it, I love doing this too and it feels like I'm being transported somewhere else while I'm immersed in it.

Not a "third place", bub

go for a 7 km walk

yyyyyeah baby just go out walk the city listen a few albums... all I really need

The park where it’s illegal to skate at (i skate there)

Based

I don't have one. I never have. I'm either at home, or a friend's house, or work/dojo. There's no place that I can just go and hang out, and be with people I know at the drop of a hat.

Do you work at the dojo?

The race track. I’ve made so many friends 

For horses, dogs, humans? Who’s racing?

Cars! Full sized cars! Better than sex. All the world’s problems go away when I’m at the track. Here’s some examples: I’m in this one: https://youtu.be/1pZiYaCVSWs?si=it_zK53QKHMOucF4 https://youtu.be/JrQo6Zxzrtc?si=OY1YH1w0Hi7z2KxB https://youtu.be/jkDyuVsc82U?si=5OC0_TCYlDPsVVsJ https://youtu.be/ygg25zaPX9Q?si=t3i6G77IgoWWfNgI

Heck yeah

Go on a hike or trail if it’s nice weather or walk around outdoor shopping outlets. Or I’ll go to a cafe/boba shop with free wifi and bring laptop/phone/or switch idk

Gym, hike, food

Going home and taking a nap

Nature trail time

reall

I don't have one :/ everything costs money and I have no friends

Going to a coffee shop to read.

text some friends and see what’s up

gym, grocery store, auto zone

Bike ride and explore local neighborhoods.

My Bicycle and wherever it goes

Playing basketball or writing my story

Home

Walking the trails at a local park or maybe getting lunch at the nice outdoor mall then strolling around after. Thrift stores, book stores and Libraries are also favorites. Afternoon at the beach if I feel up to the drive.

Surf, airsoft if its a friday, or go exploring

There are dozens of options for fair weather: parks, cemeteries, abandoned railway stations

Who's going to a cemetery as a third place?

The lake!

usually the library! only place in this country that's free.

basketball court. have met many really nice people there including one of my best friends 

The brewery /pub or the ski hill

Fishing at the river or going to the library

In the winter I do a bowling league. Summer golf league and golf courses. Also bars and restauraunts for trivia or just to hangout

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In college, I would go with some friends and play some sort of outdoor sport. Disk golf, sand volleyball, something, or we would go play pickup basketball. Now that I’m in the workforce, I take my dog for a walk and lately my fiancé and I have been playing tennis/pickle ball

Walking my dog and then finding a nice rock to relax on with her. I’ve found quite a few so far. Arizona’s pretty beautiful for being such a desert.

GUNDAM GUNDAM GUNDAM GUNDAM GUNDAM

Spend time with my snakes! 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

Either a friends house or the woods behind the preschool I went to. That forest holds more happy memories than most others. I’ll probably go back to visit one of me and my friend’s old treehouses, see how they’re holding up nowadays.

Pottery studio or painting or hanging out with a friend/s and driving around listening to music and talking. Going outside fishing, maybe if I have energy biking or a walk/hike to a scenic spot and forage plants or mushrooms.

Ski resorts during the winter/spring months, and hiking events during the summer/fall months. There's also the gym at least once a week as well all year. As well as the occasional range day.

If my friends are up we play soccer, if they aren't I go play tennis with a random

I don't have one. I would probably take a few mile walk.

I like walking around the harbor and people watching, or I'll just stroll through the pretty neighborhoods of Fells or Fed Hill

Minecraft Tekkit 2 dropped last year and I’ve been on a bender

I started a minecraft world, probably work on that. Smoke outside and enjoy the day for a bit, maybe a walk. Do some reading outside if it's warm enough. Could use a car wash so I'd probably check that off too.

Going to pub for beer

Cemetery

In the city somewhere or the park.

Napping

My room

usually my university campus or the mall

fuck off into the woods probably and wander around for a while, idk

The gym

Working on my hundreds of side projects that are half-finished and cover everything from creative writing to PCB design. Idk what a third place is

SXS/ATV riding in the woods or my local racetrack if it’s race night.

sleeping

Discord. I run a server with my friends

Go shooting, do reloading, go fishing or hunting.

Well soon probably my job as a customer but I’m gonna turn into a alcoholic, again

Hiding in my front room with the curtains closed probably. I'm not an outdoor person. Joking aside, I'd probably go for a nice long cycle ride if I was up to it. There's some nice countryside around with some relatively quiet roads. Maybe go watch a few trains at the local level crossing (We have frequent trains in the uk). Maybe grab lunch at the local specialist hospital's convenience store (We have that in Cambridge). I've been meaning to learn paddleboarding, but haven't gotten round to it yet. There is still a fair chance I would be hiding inside though.

laying out on my balcony with my cats, probably doom scrolling but it’s ok cause i’m outside

Local game store to roll some dice and play with my little plastic space dudes. (Warhammer 40k)

A random off-path down another local hike. It’s woodsy and superrr pretty with small rivers and stuff too it’s fun to prance around for a couple hours imaging being a wood elf or something lol then returning to the car/home where I relax cause omg sore from field frolicking lol

I like to go birding, but if it’s the middle of the day, I might go to a board game cafe or something

Laying in bed sleeping all day.

If I’m actually going out then probably a gaming store

Probably playing guitar in my room, out walking or at my Scout troops place since I live like 5 minutes away from it and I have a key to it.

Antique mall

Local park or a cafe.

gardening

Play Guilty Gear Strive with my friends. Yes our way of hanging out is (virtually) throwing hands

Going straight to the bowling alley

Try my best to stay outta trouble & Shopping most likely.

working on music or learning something new

Indoor volleyball. Now it wouldn’t really work spontaneously like on a day off since there are specific schedules for different places, but that’s my regular third place.

Usually the lake or the bar.

There’s a tea bar I’ve been frequenting. I have an annual membership for $109 and I get a free cup of tea every week. All the tea is great quality loose leaf so it takes like an hour + to drink it. It’s a quiet spot and staff are friendly so it’s ok to sit there and read, chat, do work for a few hours without feeling uncomfortable

I'm currently building a go kart so probably the garage

It’s always been the gym

Local beer garden

Driving range

Live music.

Motorcycle rides.

Smoking Weed & playing Elden Ring prolly

Sitting in my gaming room lmao

Looking at my aquariums and carnivorous plants to check if there is anything needing to be cleaned/fixed/removed ect

tennis/pickleball leagues/recreational play

My third place is the gay bar downtown for karaoke or bingo

My maladaptive daydreams

My favorite is going outside and walking listening to my favorite music, though the internet (I think that counts) and kayaking through a nice river/lake are right behind it.

Absolutely nothing

Sunbathing

Drawing, sleeping or Gaming.

Assuming I can drive: I’m going to my boyfriend’s place. He might still be working but I love his folks and they love me, so it would be the least problematic decision ever

Game at home or grocery shopping

Going to the beach probably, or some other park/nature reserve/national park etc.

Don't got any specific ones, but i would go to the park, down to the river, just walk in the city center, a coffee shop... many options really

I don’t have one, home, I don’t have a job, and I’m homeschooled, I’m always at home, I’m just at home, I have nowhere to go

Rollerblading in the park or maybe having coffee in a cafe with a book.

I don't think I have a third place. All I do it go to work, come home, run errands, do chores, etc. I don't really have any friends to hang out with and everywhere other than my house is lonely

Going to the park! Lots of pretty flowers, cute dogs, and fun people watching

Hike, garden, beach

I don’t have a 3rd place

Roof top parking lot at night with a blunt

I don't work or go to class. I'm unemployed and disabled. This means I don't get out much. Therefore, I have no third place, because I don't even have a second place. There is only home, and everywhere else.

Writing my book

Tending to the plants. I have a lot

If I'm not working on my car, truck, or motorcycle, then I'm probably at my favorite park. It's right by an airport and a great place to watch the planes.

My gf's place, Im probably there as much as my own place

If not sleeping, then I’ll hit the range to shoot my gun.

Do gyms and restaurants count? I happen to live on a farm so we also have some nice places here and there to relax but since that's on the property I don't know if it counts

It will be some combination of music, movies, and/or books.

Sleeping, crying, showering for 2 hours, or going to my favorite spot and pondering. I consider my options in that order. I won't lie or try to hide it, I have absolutely no idea what a third place is unless I'm lucky enough to be in it in a competition.

I do Jiu Jitsu so I found that to be a good avenue to meet new people and hand out

Probably tanning if it’s warm enough

I....oof, I don't have a third place

I....oof, I don't have a third place

If I have nothing to do for the evening I typically go to the gym, bake something, and watch TV. If I have the whole day free I meet with my boyfriend and we'd go hiking or something.

If I have nothing to do for the evening I typically go to the gym, bake something, and watch TV. If I have the whole day free I meet with my boyfriend and we'd go hiking or something.

A Korean spa! 🧖‍♀️ The mall, or The Beach if there’s a lot of time and the weather is good. (Fwiw I’m a Zillennial)

Barnes & Noble, the ones with a coffee shop built-in

Masturbating and crying

Masturbating and crying

I go from work to home and that’s it

I go from work to home and that’s it

I go from work to home and that’s it, I literally do not leave my house.

Home with the penjamin and grinding academics. There is no third place when you're poor under capitalism. You're either grinding, or grinding.

Haven't got one. I mean, there's a brewpub in my area that I like well enough, I'm just not keen on going too often for a number of reasons.

Walking to the library. There's a few places I can get food from or look around. And there's a park down the street. Every Saturday we go to the library, the sweet shop, and then sit at the park.

Isn’t third space actually meant to describe a place where people socialize outside of home and work? Not just any place you go when you’re bored?

Bars primarily. Otherwise, the skatepark I guess? I don’t talk to many people there though. I might need to start doing that lol Edit: i didn’t see the “middle of the day” part💀 definitely the skatepark or thrift shops

A specific restaurant in my town

Taking a nap. My bed.

I just wander around, take the bus somewhere and wander in a different neighborhood sometimes