This Is Not A Hobby Video (But You Can Listen While You Hobby)!! [Ep. 77]

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  • čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
  • I fell behind and I wasn’t able to make a true hobby video this week. Humble apologies all ‘round.💥More below!⬇
    Sometimes work just gets in the way, right? Right?! Yes, correct. And so … you get this video. 😬
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Komentáře • 115

  • @normanlennox4949
    @normanlennox4949 Před 3 měsíci +14

    As a small scale manufacturer and businessman, I get it, totally. My day job and family life often throws off my ability to create and post new products for sale. You do what you need to do, my brother. Your fans aren't going anywhere.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Brother-in-arms, much appreciated 🤙🍻🏴‍☠️

  • @mikibabic8187
    @mikibabic8187 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Beer, philosophy and rolling dice. If I ever open that tavern/book-reading bookstore/coffee place whatever, that will be the name of the place, inspired by this video 😁
    And what do you mean, this is not a hobby video, you have a t shirt with dice on it, so it counts!

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +3

      lol the shirt counts, dang right it does 😂 ah ha tavern naming in full swing🎲🍻🏴‍☠️

  • @jeffsmith7740
    @jeffsmith7740 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Philosophical ramblings are fine. I'm here for it. Just let me know so I can grab my drink first. 🍺🍺

  • @jamesmaas7244
    @jamesmaas7244 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I've got to say, for using only ambient light, this video looks great.

  • @michaeltribou4261
    @michaeltribou4261 Před 3 měsíci +4

    No worries. We watch your videos as part of our hobby. You making the videos is part of your hobby. Sometimes life interferes and I can’t see your video until a few days later. Sometimes your life interferes and even your hobby time gets interrupted. One of the reasons your videos resonate with me is that you’re human, not a full time scripted entertainer. I get it, and I respect your need to keep things in order

  • @graefx
    @graefx Před 3 měsíci +5

    I appreciated the vibe and freewheeling ramble of this. Cheers.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Awesome, thanks lol 🍻

    • @graefx
      @graefx Před 3 měsíci

      Also the dark beer and everything else made me think of GenCon so it always comeback to the hobby.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      @graefx nice!

  • @joshuaparise8933
    @joshuaparise8933 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Bruh??? Deep thoughts. What's in the brew, and does your brother sell those beers? 😂
    Great episode!

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Lol I keep asking him when he’s gonna start distribution 😂🍻🏴‍☠️

  • @shiny_button
    @shiny_button Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love ALL Tabletop Alchemy videos! Including philosophical pub rambles.

  • @MidgardSurvival
    @MidgardSurvival Před 3 měsíci +2

    I wish I could sit a listen to this while I worked on my hobby stuff. I'm working on a commission piece and it's an absolute blast. But instead, I'm working my 2nd job and modeling parts in CAD. I'm just glad to have your ramblings to keep me going while I push through the monotony. Seriously, these videos that aren't "videos" but are videos worth watching are some of my favorite videos. Carry on good Sir.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Well thanks, super glad they work for ya. 🤙🍻

  • @RodBatten
    @RodBatten Před 3 měsíci +2

    Just watching the beer sloshing in the glass is making me thirsty! I need to start a batch of beer.

  • @Mark-cl4dd
    @Mark-cl4dd Před 3 měsíci +2

    Cheers

  • @thedourkin
    @thedourkin Před 3 měsíci +1

    Really appreciate these free-form videos. Love the beer chat. I found a stout in the local supermarket, made with coffee and an ABV of 12%. I can't sleep if I do caffeine after lunchtime so I'm thinking it'd make a great breakfast 😀 Ramble on, dude!

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Awesome, thanks! And c’mon oatmeal stout is definitely made for breakfast 😂🍻

  • @MadAdamStudio
    @MadAdamStudio Před 3 měsíci +2

    Y'know, I had a beer while watching this video. Thanks for the hangout, brother!

  • @LordOftheremote
    @LordOftheremote Před 3 měsíci +1

    Well, my previous comment was unexpected... I drew comfort on your words today. It made me think a little bit. Thank you.

  • @Mcdanian
    @Mcdanian Před 3 měsíci +1

    Honestly I love these videos. I see them as the alchemy side of our hobby lives. 😀 Gotta follow where our oddball 😉 (oops philosophical, I meant philosophical honest) thoughts take us.😊

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Ah ha, oddball is definitely the right descriptor. Glad you enjoy them. 🍻

  • @terrencemiltner1005
    @terrencemiltner1005 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Glad to hear the Day Job is picking up. Gotta pay for those hobby supplies.

  • @jamesb.7859
    @jamesb.7859 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hang in there. Enjoy life.

  • @AndreSjoberg
    @AndreSjoberg Před 3 měsíci +1

    I’m saving this for tomorrow morning coffee while packing orders - 01:00 am now so time for some sleep

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Might wanna put a shot of … amaretto? in that coffee 😂🍻

  • @MacMcNurgle
    @MacMcNurgle Před 3 měsíci +1

    If determinism implies that I have no free will, then I reject that philosophy at my core. I require at least the illusion that I have agency in this 'verse.

  • @CraigSteinhoff
    @CraigSteinhoff Před 3 měsíci +4

    Lol epic beer fueled ramble!

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      What other kind of ramble can there be?! Don’t answer that … 😂🏴‍☠️🍻

  • @nigelbetts1745
    @nigelbetts1745 Před 2 měsíci

    It’s a great , honest ramble of truth life from a very creative guy 👍🏼

  • @fisherguy45
    @fisherguy45 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Everyone has limited time, energy, and attention, so if you run out of one or more right now, that's cool. I am the exact type of beer drinker you are. Beers with a friend over dinner are fantastic, but beer alone is not my thing anymore.

  • @theDexMcHenry
    @theDexMcHenry Před 3 měsíci +1

    I think it's called 'Keeping it real!' Own it! Now I want a beer too....slainte!

  • @vectorshaman338
    @vectorshaman338 Před 3 měsíci

    One of the best beers I ever had was one my paramedic friend would make in his closet. I don't know how he created that chocolate stout, but 15 years later I still remember it.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      lol gotta love those magical small batch once in a lifetime specials! I had a tequila once that falls into that category 😎🍻

  • @BanditoStu
    @BanditoStu Před 3 měsíci

    This was very fascinating to me! I mean, I thought my brain was going to explode keeping up with the understanding. But I really enjoyed it. It’s understandable to have off videos especially when you have an another day job! Keep fighting the good fight whatever that may be! Cheers! 🍻

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Many thanks and will do - bayonets up! 🤙🍻🏴‍☠️

  • @rorag111
    @rorag111 Před 3 měsíci

    As someone who works a 40 hour desk job, I am unable to blame you. The difficult finding time for things you enjoy being this common is truly a modern problem.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      True, yet I imagine we have a lot more “free time” than folks may have had say a 150+ years ago (at least I tell myself that all the time lol)

  • @fionainscotland258
    @fionainscotland258 Před 3 měsíci

    Never played a TTG in my life; just here to hang out with the wizard and his familiar. Don't give yourself such a hard time, just go with the flow. love you guys.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Very much appreciated 🖤 (also … I think you mentioned a castle at some point … I could be wrong, but if I’m not mis-remembering, I might have a question or two for you …🤔)

    • @fionainscotland258
      @fionainscotland258 Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy Yes, many castles around here. I used to live in a turreted gatehouse of one.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @fionainscotland258 “many castles” 😂 Yep, I probably need to ask you some questions, but we’ll wait til after next video 😉

  • @garyjenson1326
    @garyjenson1326 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I was reading Brian Greene's hidden reality and I had this existential crisis from a mathematical perspective. Thankfully there is equal evidence that the universe is open ended...the catch is you have to imagine the superposition of the particle is dominant not the particle..in English for the universe to be open particles have to be imaginary...it's not difficult.
    If you are in the ocean and are tossed by a wave you only react with what touches you but the entire wave still exists and could be argued is more real than the small part you are interacting with.
    Oh the singularity that may have started the universe was concidered to be highly ordered. It was chaos that made it expand.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Ah ha that last bit is very interesting! I like it! 🤙🍻

  • @johndarhower
    @johndarhower Před 3 měsíci

    Very unique show today, watched it and then watched it a second time with an open bottle of good scotch and after a few shots the show really spoke to me. Now having a good buzz and the wife watching me strangely time for bed. Keep up the great unique shows.🎉

  • @robot7759
    @robot7759 Před 3 měsíci

    The universe likes balance. The balance of chaos has to be in order 😁
    I admire your trust in "science" 🙄
    The human brain is best at pattern recognition, searching for order in everything. Seeing patterns still doesn't mean their real, to anyone else but us puny humans.
    Chaos forever.

  • @bradcraig6676
    @bradcraig6676 Před 3 měsíci

    When you look back in time, everything is deterministic in the sense that it has already definitely happened. When you look forward in time, everything is stochastic (chaotic, random) in that it only _might_ happen.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      I have heard this as well, yep. Everything being essentially un-provable one way or the other is what fascinates me lol. 🍻

    • @bradcraig6676
      @bradcraig6676 Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy There may be a way to prove the universe is deterministic (or more accurately, "superdeterministic"); if quantum detection methods improve to the point where quantum measurements are more predictable than they are supposed to be, as hypothesized by Sabine Hossenfelder. I myself am very skeptical of determinism, but mainly because it just sounds wrong, rather than due to any particular science. It may all turn out to be moot anyway, as the dimensional theory of reality (each resolved quantum state creates a new universe slightly out of phase with its parent) renders superdeterminism irrelevant.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @bradcraig6676 Ah yeah I watch Sabine too! Can’t follow half of what she goes into lol but I love her content. “Reality” Is so nuts lol.

    • @bradcraig6676
      @bradcraig6676 Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy Haha, you're a good sport, sir. Did I say dimensional _theory_? That was a slip caused by nerdiness, I of course meant hypothesis.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      😂

  • @smurfnhat
    @smurfnhat Před 3 měsíci

    "Order is the prevailing form of chaos"
    --something Runequest I think
    Anyhow, cheers. Glad to have a beer with you :)

  • @monohymn
    @monohymn Před 3 měsíci +1

    Seeing as I'm part of the handful that are still around from your Minecraft days, I hope you realize that there are people that find you and keep coming back because of you, and not any particular thing that you are doing (but, you know, the things that you do do are pretty entertaining, not trying to discredit any of that), so the inevitable waxing philosophical episode is always welcome.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      And I don’t forget you guys lol much love always! 🌴😎

  • @andrewluchsinger
    @andrewluchsinger Před 3 měsíci

    I feel your pain brother. One of the advantages I have is being able to voice out a :30 or a :60 sec commercial in under 5 minutes if I don't get to flustered by the client. Or if they are not asking me to put in a shit load of sound fx or change the background tunes. I can just imagine what you go through. The broken up monologue had me just about rolling on the floor. You jumped around more then a six year old after eating six regular size Hershey Bars. From Asteroids to traffic lights. "Out of Chaos comes order" Friedrich Nietzsche. I can't have a beer. I am on the air.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      lol! Never let air stop the beer! Consequences be damned! 😂

    • @andrewluchsinger
      @andrewluchsinger Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy What does a 5 digit fine mean to me anyway? LOL

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @andrewluchsinger with enough beer … not much 🤣

    • @andrewluchsinger
      @andrewluchsinger Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy Amen to that.

  • @anthonywaggett9317
    @anthonywaggett9317 Před 3 měsíci

    Don't worry, you aren't drinking alone, I have a beer and a soju - just a week later than you. Order Vs. Chaos - I have never understood organised Anarchists. Also, this is so like some of the conversations I have been involved in during a good drinking session. And string theory, the multiverse, you did hit the green lights, you never left home and watch Run Lola Run - getting an anniversary re-release.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Oh man Run Lola Run, such an awesome flick! And I loved The Princess and The Warrior too. Cheers to the soju! 🍻

  • @peetkrayons6126
    @peetkrayons6126 Před 3 měsíci

    You should check out the miniseries "Devs" which explores themes around free will and determinism very much like what you were talking about.

  • @robertwilder4953
    @robertwilder4953 Před 3 měsíci

    I hate due dates... they are rude and unreasonable... so I talked to my boss about this issue. She too was rude and unreasonable about due dates as well. Being an adult and responsible is serious hampering my hobby time.... hahaha

  • @shenkyeirambo5601
    @shenkyeirambo5601 Před 3 měsíci +1

    a fun debate is predeterminism vs free will. is your free will predetermined by some outside force you can't control, or is your belief on predeterminism where your entire life is set in stone chosen by your free will?

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Excellent fodder for the rodeo for sure! 🤙🍻

  • @tinaprice4948
    @tinaprice4948 Před 3 měsíci

    gluing minis from dungeons and lasers together for the past couple weeks and will be gluing for a few more :D so this is entertaining!

  • @dirigoallagash3464
    @dirigoallagash3464 Před 3 měsíci

    I went to Basic in '89. Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.

  • @davidjanoskovacs5440
    @davidjanoskovacs5440 Před 3 měsíci

    Man, it's fine, I also think about the most random existential shit when doing whatever, like eating a salad and then I'm on a tangent of vegetable evolution and genetics and then bam I'm wondering whether I'm just a few inherited preferences guiding a meat computer that has varied actions because of hormones. Rambling videos are part of why I like this channel btw.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      lol I’ve tripped down that same rabbit hole! Much appreciated🤙🍻

  • @johnkelly4941
    @johnkelly4941 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Beer!

  • @helixxharpell
    @helixxharpell Před 3 měsíci

    I'd like to trade beer recipes with your brother! My "Sembian Ale" was a big hit back in the 90s! 🍻

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I shall point him toward this comment lol

    • @helixxharpell
      @helixxharpell Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy Please do! I'm always excited by the opportunity to discuss the brewing hobby with anyone! Even with a couple of old dudes whitling wood out in front of my hometown courthouse!

  • @jamesaskins9547
    @jamesaskins9547 Před 3 měsíci

    Three Body Problem. 😂
    Free Will, does it exist? Wrong question.
    The correct question is, does knowing the answer change your actions?
    If your future is deterministic would you act differently?
    Then does it matter if you have free will or only the illussion of free will?
    A phrase used by the title character in the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. Hamlet suggests that human knowledge is limited: There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy [science].

  • @MacMcNurgle
    @MacMcNurgle Před 3 měsíci +1

    I see these sorts of videos pop up from time to time. Oh no, real life has interferred with my YT production. I try and limit my YT consumption to two hours a day. It's one of my main sources of entertainment. And as a good human, I'm going to take a leap of faith and assume I'm some what representative of your community. A small part of your subs will be here for niche topics they wish to learn. But the majority of watchers are here to immerse themselves in the belief that if we are not actually friends, we certainly would be, IRL, if we just lived down the road from each other. So [almost] no one cares a jot that you didn't get to make the content that you want. We just want to sit and imagine we are drinking a beer with you and shooting the breeze about home-brew and hobby. I bet this doesn't help your anxiety. That's because you are a person of integrity. Maybe if you check the stats, you'll find very little difference between last week's views and this week. People want, nay, are crying out for ethics and integrity, interesting and engaging content providers. People they want to invest their time into. You have those qualities and you will get people watching your content for as long as you put it up. Have a good one. Cheers.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Well thanks, that is certainly a boost (and not at all nerve-wracking 😂), much appreciated!

  • @thactotum
    @thactotum Před 3 měsíci +1

    street light, dinosaurs, determinism... are you sure it's 8.9%? I dislike determinism of certain types, because it suggests that we don't effect the outcomes of the course we're on. the idea that it's already determined if I become homeless, have a stroke or lose everything in a fire. So it doesn't matter what I want or do, and it doesn't matter if i believe it matters, and convincing me about a deterministic universe doesn't matter either, what's already happened in the future will happen, so why try at anything, why seek anything, why try to change course for better health, save for a future etc.? it has parallels in the brain in a vat idea, where you can't prove this world isn't just fake sensory data sent to your disembodied brain floating in a vat. At a certain point you have to decide to act as if this is all real, because if it isn't it doesn't matter, but if it is it makes all the difference in the world. So it makes more sense to live your life like the outcome isn't yet decided and you have agency in deciding the course of certain things. because if you don't, you'd not change anything by believing one way or the other, but if it matters what you do and think and you chose to live like it doesn't you can create a mess of a life that didn't have to be that way.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Great points! Pretty much feels like how I feel about the illusion of free will - the illusion (if it is an illusion) is necessary for us to live, yep. I’m just fascinated by the whole thing. 🍻

  • @jshud3
    @jshud3 Před 3 měsíci +1

    🍺... 🤷‍♂️.... 🤔....🤦....😁....😂

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I tried to spell out “This is the way” hieroglyphically … 😂🍻

    • @jshud3
      @jshud3 Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy Dude that talk was awesome!!

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @jshud3 lol excellent!

    • @jshud3
      @jshud3 Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy Made me laugh out loud! Bill & Teds

  • @paulfarmer745
    @paulfarmer745 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Your Catholic education is coming through :)

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      Lol - my Catholic family members bristle at the notion of “illusionary free will” 😂🏴‍☠️

  • @HuntingHeresy
    @HuntingHeresy Před 3 měsíci

    There cannot be total chaos. Just by looking at the mathematical configurations in nature it's clear there's some form of ordered design going on, whether or not it's inherent to the universe or something set out by a higher power.
    Another layer to consider is fatalism. Some believe in total fatalism, wherein all things are preordained and we only have the illusion of choice.
    Then there's also limited fatalism, wherein SOME things are predetermined, but most of life is seemingly random.
    I tend to believe in limited fatalism because total fatalism means we have no actual impact on our lives. All choices and thoughts are illusion. We're just along for the ride. If that were the case, we're literally in a simulation... The asteroid example as a case-in-point for limited fatalism. We can impact things around us... within a limited scope.
    I got up to 6000+ level Philosophy courses back in college as part of my studies. Focusing in Epistemology, Existentialism, Ontology, Ethics... Fun times. Great conversations over beers.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      I wish I’d been smart enough to know I would like philosophy courses back in college but … well, I’m me for better or worse lol. I suppose late to the game is better than never attending … right?! 😂🍻

    • @HuntingHeresy
      @HuntingHeresy Před 3 měsíci

      @@tabletopalchemy Intelligence and awareness are mutually exclusive. I think we'd have some fun conversations over beers if we ever met up. Thanks for the entertaining philosophical dip into my past. Nowadays, I make video games for a living.

    • @tabletopalchemy
      @tabletopalchemy  Před 3 měsíci

      @HuntingHeresy well that is all pretty cool! I agree, beers and philosophical exploration would indeed be fun lol.