We can do almost anything sighted people do.

Audio description is an additional audio track for movies and TV shows that describes visual aspects that a blind person would need to know about to follow the movie or TV show.

We can read books by using braille or audio.

We can browse the internet using assistive technology (see the stickied post on r/blind to understand this more).

We can craft things. There are blind people who enjoy carpentry, and sometimes have even made a career of it. Blind people also enjoy knitting and other similar crafts.

Blind people can play board games like chess and Monopoly, and card games. We can use game pieces that have braille, large print or QR codes that we can scan with devices to hear the information on the card.

We can also play audio games—video games played entirely using audio. Some blind people have even managed to play mainstream video games by using sound alone.

Blind people can engage in sport and recreation activities of all kinds.

There are a lot of things that blind people can do in their free time.

Dress up in red and fight crime.

We can literally do anything with assistance we’re not tHAT different to you

As another poster said, I think a better question to ask might be: “what don’t we do?“ :-) Personally, I do lots of stuff with music.

Most of the things that blind people do have already been said, but I'd like to add that lots of blind people write code during their free time.

I'm not doing that myself, but many of my friends do that. I'm more into playing instruments and video games myself.

Read a metric buttliad if books at high speeds using text to speech, draw cartoons (yes really; can’t read print but I can draw heh), watch movies and tv and documentaries, go for a walk, martial arts... The easier question to ask is what don’t we do. :)

I definitely get that it’s hard to imagine how we do things because your first thought is to wonder how you would do it. We’ve got resources you aren’t aware of and all humans are very adaptable. At this point, I think the only thing blind people don’t do is heart surgery and there’s probably a blind surgeon doing it right now that I don’t know about. :D

Right now I’ve really been enjoying makeup. Watercolor is fun but I’m too self critical so it’s not my main outlet. I also play drums, piano and sing and love to act. When all those fail I like learning stuff and reading. I’m currently beta reading a fanfic and it’s really fun.

I volunteer. Involved with 2 local charities, some committees from the city and a College. Public speaking too with Toastmasters. I also spend time on NetFlix and Crave. Along with that, I am a full-time student doing BBA.

My friend loves running, cycling and swimming.

We also often watch TV series together.

He tells me he loves to keep busy to not think too much about the visual impairment. I've stopped thinking hes disabled as he is able to do pretty much anything he sets his mind to. His name is Haseeb Ahmad.

If anyone of you are struggling or want something inspirational to read you should check out his blog!

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He's a world record holder! So you can achieve a lot in your spare time!

I go for walks, I explore my city and try out restaurants, I have learned a little guitar, I do a lot of cooking, I go to work out twice a week, I hang out with friends, I watch lots of tv and Netflix, I read lots, I scroll the internet frequently.

Some of us are trying to get our Bachelor of Science.

A lot of blind people make music as well

A lot of the time the back rider on a tandem bicycle is visually impaired.

Radio and audio-books replaces TV.

Dancing works well when it is partner dancing and a sighted partner can take the responsibility of making sure collisions with other couples are avoided leaving the VI partner to get on with the glamour, flair and flourishes.

Other things are more tactile. Holding hands can be the rule than the exception when going for walks as a mixed-sight couple.

I think a distinction needs to be made between what a blind person *can* do for fun and what is *actually* fun to do. I can't help but feel like half of the suggestions on here are people saying it in the hopes that they'll one day believe it. Described video isn't as good as *real* TV and movies. Audio games aren't as good as video games, Tandem biking isn't as good as just going for a ride whenever you want, etc. If someone wants to try arguing against this they must first answer this question. If they really are just as good then why aren't droves of sighted people also using them in equal amounts? The answer of course is they're *not* as good and sighted people don't use them because they don't *need* to. The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. I much prefer to recognised that basic fact of reality rather than lie to myself as if I'm dumb enough to believe it. Things that were never visual in the first place are things that you have an argument for. Music, meditation, working out, reading, etc. I for one am into a lot of paranormal stuff and to a degree vision loss helps me run tests on my intuition since I already don't have much vision left to get in the way of it. It's made out of body experiences and remote viewing sessions interesting since in some cases my blindness goes away. Which as I've learned is an interesting facet of some near death experience research since congenitally blind people will report vivid visuals that they physically should not be able to report. Personally I think these things could be turned into a therapy, namely remote viewing since it's actually been used successfully in things like nautical archaeology and clearly, obviously works.

Watch porn. Masturbate. Post my sorrows on social media. Twiddle my thumbs. Complain about life in general because I'm blind and everybody should feel sorry for me. lmao i can't continue with this bullshit question