Tell me about the most straight-up hedonistic things a person can do

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surf rock: Aug 12, 2007; We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.

I'm in the middle of my first full week off from work in the past four years, and it's been loving awesome. I've gone to amazing restaurants that are really out of the way, I got a massage for the first time, I've had a couple of long phone calls with old college buddies whom I hadn't talked to in a while, and I bought a VR headset and have been trying that out. I've also gotten a ton of boring life stuff (filing taxes, fixing car, etc.) done that had been stressing me out.

I definitely want to take a similar-length vacation every once in a while going forward, and I was hoping I could get some ideas on what to do in future rounds. I'm not really looking for illegal poo poo and/or "do a fuckton of drugs" answers. That said, I'd like this thread to be useful for anybody with some spare time on his or her hands and a desire to be the most self-indulgent person on Earth, so feel free to give pretty out-there or specific answers, since maybe that'll strike a chord with someone.

Thank you!

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surf rock: Aug 12, 2007; We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.

In hindsight, I don't think "hedonistic" was the right word to use here. Maybe decadent would have been better. The idea isn't that these are necessarily immoral things to do, just that they're over-the-top indulgent.

Sorry, I'm a bad OP.

dumb and kinda scared posted:

Go to the south of France and do totally old-school hedonism. Check in at the best hotel, eat oysters with champagne for breakfast, best cheeses with best wine while sitting at the sea side. Ask the chef to grind a truffle into your borcht while you dine.

Oh man, I like this one.

grack posted:

gently caress a shark. Not like, a Wall Street stockbroker, an actual shark.

Just make sure you take it out to dinner and a movie first, they like that. Any of the Sharknado movies would work. Gets 'em in the mood

I keep trying to write a response to this and I just start laughing, so gently caress it.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 15:09

surf rock: Aug 12, 2007; We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.

Mr Enderby posted:

Buy some quality indoor clothes. I'm thinking silk dressing gowns, cotton pajamas, light cashmere sweaters, Moroccan slippers, perhaps a cravat. Think Noel Coward. Don't sleep in them, or put them on in the evening after work. This is the uniform you put on when you are about to spend a day doing nothing.

Disconnect from the internet. You can buy a dumb-phone, so that you can still invite people to your happening soirees, but despite what you think you can easily do a week without a smartphone or other internet-device. Stock up on books and films beforehand. Listen to a whole album. Read a newspaper start to finish. Sculpt clay. Take a shower with a person of your preferred gender. Maybe try taking a shower with a person of your non-preferred gender, just to check.

Take a drink for a walk. Make yourself a stiff drink, with ice and a slice. Go far a walk with your drink. Perhaps do some shopping. The world is your bar. You'd be amazed how much more relaxed the world feels when you're strolling through it like it's a cocktail party.

Take MDMA and go to a spa. Obviously steer clear of the sauna, but definitely get a massage.

Hell yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

Beachcomber posted:

Go to the Napa Valley and get a mud bath. It can smell a little sulfurous, but it is totally amazing. Think about a full body hug. Most packages come with a mineral bath follow-up, and they keep bringing you flavored waters. Schedule a massage for after, now that your muscles are primed for it.

For lunch, walk literally a block and there's tons of amazing restaurants with high quality ingredients. Wine tastings in the afternoon until about 6 or so.

For dinner there's still great restaurants, but you could also just chill at your residence with your new wine and a variety of local and imported cheeses. Also, chocolate goes well with red wine.

There are a few places that do mud baths, this one just has one of the nicer websites.

This sounds pretty awesome.

Mr Enderby posted:

Buy a whole Vacherin Mont d'Or. It's a soft cheese made every year when the cows come down off the mountains, so its only available over the winter months. Cut the rind off the top, then bake that motherfucker like a giant Camembert. Dip bread into the top, like its the most luxurious fondue imaginable.

I'm not a big cheese/fondue guy, but I like the mindset here.

I LIKE COOKIE posted:

Oh.

Rent a woman and drag her whiny hooker rear end up a mountain and proceed to gently caress her once you reach the peak. Probably bring coke for bonus points. Worth it for the story, man that'd be a good story.

Alternatively, you ever tried deep sea fishing? Nothing quite like feeling the power of a monster fish on the other side of the line. Feels less like fishing and more like a loving battle, it's badass.

Ever thought about going to southeast Asia? It is where a man can go go truly feel like a king, for pennies on the dollar. Do it.

Deep sea fishing sounds rad. I haven't gone fishing in nearly a decade, but I used to really like it.

Mountain hiking's too much work. I think I'd want to do some backpacking through a forest instead.

Pixelante posted:

$5 hour-long foot massages with a free beer do a person a lot of good. If you find the right guy, you can throw a grenade at some chickens, or fire a rocket at a cow. I stuck with the foot rubs.

Goddamn.

...I'm not saying I'm not interested, but "fire a rocket at a cow" gave me the most amazing/hosed-up mental image.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2017 16:26

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