I was like, “I’ll just check out Kill Team, that way I can limit it to just the starter set and a few extra teams maybe, seems fun.”
Anyway, I just need one more Eliminator Squad with a Phobos Librarian and another Redemptor and I’ll be up to 3000 points of Blood Angels. I’ll be dead before they’re all painted.
So far, I have started collecting Classic Oliver people sunglasses from the 2000s. Niche fragrances from perfume houses such as Kilian and Parfum De Marly. And then theres the lego…
And I tell ya, even when you go looking for fragrances that arent expensive, you end up buying more trying to find the perfect one. And all those 20 quids start adding up fast. But the sunglasses, the fucking sunglasses. I live in Scotland, its not even that fucking sunny. The summer is like one week a fucking year. In saying that, my pride and joy right now is actually a more recent pair. Victory LA in gold with a burgundy lens. So fucking cool. It really is a shame to put them on my ugly mug lol.
Fuck, I just remembered I also collect power tools that I rarely use. Spent almost 200 quid on a purple Makita impact driver. I have zero need for an impact driver lol
I think the people I feel for the most when it comes to hobbies are the ones who are into computers/games, guns, and Lego all at once. Those guys could make six figures and would still be fucking broke.
Video games are not that expensive IMO, unless you really want it to be. It’s my main hobby, I certainly don’t have a crazy income, but I still have enough games for several lifetimes. My bank account is not the limit here, my time is.
Sure, hardware cost might be a bit steep once in a while, but you don’t really need to go for the cutting edge, and there is no point having everything on release either.
You can buy one game and put thousands and thousands of hours into it.
But pretty much all of us have games that we bought and have put exactly 0 hours into…
I have those too.
Those are not the game I spent the most on though, they’re the bundle extras, the games I’ve found dirt cheap and thought “yeah, I might play that sometimes”… And I am trying to limit those, I had a phase like that but I don’t care much about the bundles/big sales craze anymore.
My hobbies are distrohopping and reading books
What’s on your bedside table?
All sorts of things, books, parfume, candies, calculator, printer and laptop
>printer
That’s no bedside table that’s straight up a table.
What is your current distro?
Debian 13
Time to stop distro hopping
True, but I am kinda interested to try devuan just to test it but Debian 13 with KDE plasma works great
Ever look into atomic/immutable distros? It’s a whole different way of doing things, but so far… I really dig it.
I have a tendency to muck about in the settings and configs, and make my system… Unstable…
But with an atomic distro, running flatpacks for most things and containers for anything exotic, my fingers stay out of the pie, and my system has been rock solid for 3/4 of a year, which is impressive for me.
I don’t think I’ll go back, not for my main machine anyway.
I love distrohopping, then I decided to try CachyOS for a few days and it’s been months.
Cooking is a cheap, easy to start hobby with endless possibilities for development.
“Cooking is a cheap” how costly is groceries at your place?
there’s cooking to eat and cooking for fun. cooking for fun can get pretty expensive
Thiiis I was struggling to properly articulate this It isnt that I don’t cook, it’s just that I can’t afford to cook for fun due to tight budget, and cooking always out of necessity makes it hard to call it a hobby Its like saying drinking water is a hobby, which… Well there are people who are really into drinking water, so scratch what I said XD
Yeah, one of my hobbies is smoking meats. Those meals are more expensive (because we usually don’t have that much meat in one meal) but it brings me more joy (than what the meat cost) to produce some fine smoked ribs than to buy them elsewhere. Also more bang for my buck.
Cheaper than any other way of eating. Single McDonald’s for me and my partner costs the same as 4 to 5 home cooked meals.
Being more relative to itself from a few years ago doesn’t mean groceries are objectively expensive. Especially if you’re buying ingredients and not premade shit- that’s where most of the increase has gone
Were you just not gonna eat otherwise?
On the assumption that you need to feed yourself regardless, cooking as a hobby can be really cheap, since worst-case you only spend whatever you’d have spent on food anyway. You might even end up saving money!
I do understand the bit of needing to feed myself and all, but just randomly going up and cooking is sadly not something I can afford Which is quite f-ed, I like to knead bread loaf
Can you explain? Is it cheaper to eat out / eat processed foods than buy groceries to cook? I’ve never lived in a place with that situation, but I understand it’s a possibility.
Not cheap to eat out (and processed food is… Only one I get is instant noodles but that one is just cuz I’m a lazy bastard XD) Another user pointed out the difference on what I said, not cooking out of necessity but cooking for fun is what I’m saying is expensive Cooking for myself is literally how I can make-do with all expenses, but actively randomly going to cook something when I dont have the necessity for it(eg. for fun) is something I can’t spare because the amount of groceries I end up being able to purchase tends to be counted to last for the month/week in quite a tight budget
It isn’t always like that, sometimes I can afford to get some extra eggs and flour to do a small cake, or last time with my mom we tried to make a sourdough(it was a disaster, I fucked up badly lulz), but those are quite hard for me to be able to do enough to call cooking a hobby.
Assuming that you can cook well enough that your meals are guaranteed to be edible, which is assuming a lot for novices.
The biggest factor to success when starting out is your ability to follow instructions.
Pick a recipe, read through it, buy all the ingredients, and follow the instructions.
It’s not that hard. The reason people struggle is because they ignore the instructions like a dad in the 80’s
Cooking instructions don’t mesh well with some people. I’m one of them.
Half of the time the instructions are vague (like “golden brown”, which has vastly different definitions based on what you’re cooking) and the measurements are often inexact (“to taste” is completely useless to someone who doesn’t know how the intermediate product is supposed to taste). Plus, you often have to do things during the heating process and if your multitasking isn’t good enough your meal is ruined.
All of this is less of a deal if you have someone with cooking experience in the kitchen. If you don’t, well, good luck.
I consider cooking to be highly stressful even with a recipe. Baking is much better since the measurements tend to be precise to the gram and the heating step happens in isolation.
Good point. Some meals are pretty hard to mess up, though. Beans, rice, stews.
Me and selfhosting :3
Self-hosting is calling to me right now… I’ve been watching videos on it for the last couple of nights. I fear it’s too late for me.
Tbf, it CAN be pretty cheap, depending on where you live (or what you got available at home), all things considered. Might even save you some money in the long run from not having to pay subscriptions.
I have a cluster of $100 Lenovo mini PCs that I’ve been using for 5 years now. The hobby doesn’t have to be expensive.
Until you get to storage. I’ll admit, I dropped $4500 on VM and Media storage a few years back. But that should still last me a few more years before that fills up!
“Should” is doing some serious work in your last statement.
As someone with ~72 TB of raw storage… Heh. Good luck.
12 TB raw SSD and 200 TB of raw spinning rust. :D
Sadly for me, my region is terrible for buying any kind of tech, so its been quite expensive. Still better than most hobbies however! Storage really hurts tho yeah, its never enough (never enough RAM either).
My plan is to start by turning an old PC into a Jellyfin server, just to see how everything works. Then later I might buy dedicated hardware.
Smart. One tip is if it is really old and can’t do AV1 hardware transcoding make sure to set it up so it downloads HEVC or H.264 only. I also started selfhosting this year and one thing I wish I knew from the start is about https://github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane , makes it much easier to spin up new docker containers or update them.
Wait what’s arcane? Like portainer, but good?
I’m not sure what this means yet, but I’ll try to remember when it comes up, thanks. The PC I plan on using is fairly old - a 2013 build with a 770.
fairly old
770
For a Jellyfin server.
Uses the same card as my current gaming rig…
Aww jeez. I am but a peasant in a lord’s world.
To be fair, I’m a complete noob and don’t know if what I have is too weak or overkill. I just figured that it’s a 12 year old computer and might be worse than what others are using.
Ah sorry, putting the carriage ahead of the horses here. I think that pc will be really good to get a taste of the hobby but if you do decide to stick with it you might wanna switch to something less power hungry (since servers are on 24/7). Anyhow, the selfhosted community can be helpful but often they assume you know a lot of things so feel free to dm me if you have questions, I’ve gone through all the beginner hustles just recently
Will do, thanks! I haven’t even thought about the power consumption yet. Hmm… maybe I’ll do some math once a power bill comes back to bite me.
Just spent two hours looking for cheap hdd online… I’m poor in a poor country man…its expensive af to buy PC parts even used ones because everybody is poor and don’t just sell them for cheap to buy new ones
Flight sim, motorcycles, self hosting, legos, 3D printing.
Help I don’t make enough
i’m trying very hard not to get into electric motorcycles. i just don’t trust myself going faster than 20mph.
just reprogrammed my bike to have cruise control tho, so that’s nice
Electric bikes got me into electric motorcycles which got me into all motorcycles. Once you go faster than 20 ur world will change. Too addicting.
i’ve got a trike, so basically a lowrider. 20 is fast that close to the ground.
Here’s why bread making is the best hobby:
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Minimal equipment and ingredients to get started
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Amount of time is up to you. You can select a recipe that suits your needs. Plus you can go and do other things while the dough proofs and cooks, so if you make a 3 hour loaf, you still get some of that time back.
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Most of bread making is working on your skills and knowledge and is highly rewarding as a result
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You make tasty bread that will either contribute to your weekly pantry or makes a great gift for others.
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Store bought bread sucks ass. Once you start making your own, you’ll never go back.
I went back because I wasn’t getting good enough results
I want to try again. but I did start making my own and then go back
Same here. French bread is weirdly hard to make.
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Activism and community organizing is a great affordable hobby. Can’t say it’s easy on the calendar though.
For some cheaper options drawing, writing, reading, used guitars have been much cheaper the last couple of years, chess, fishing, meditating, retro gaming, learn a new language, hiking, try to visit all the parks in your city/county/state, discussing hobbies online, etc.
6 strings only or basses too? mine got stolen a decade ago and i haven’t had the heart to buy another
Pretty sure it’s both, reseller sites like reverb & ebay cutting out brick and mortar stores & letting individuals resell easier flooded the market, then a bunch of sellers after the height of COVID pushed it even further. there’s just not enough people looking to buy what’s already available.
woah, the ibanez i’ve been lusting over is only 250, used to be 600… i may have to talk with my wife about this.
thanks for the heads up.
Try having multiple expensive, time consuming hobbies. Gazes at unfinished minis and drawer filled with whips and sex toys
Glances out across growing 3D print farm, Lego collection, and media server at project truck sitting in the driveway
I have no idea what you mean…
Quality sex accessories of any kind are stupid expensive
Looks at unfinished server, armor, and rpg terrain
Well down the rabbit hole I now go. At least it’s not expensive. 😅
I really need to buy a new lens for my camera. This meme explains it all for anyone who would like to ask me why I haven’t bought one yet.
Do you or is it just gas?
I have a 50mm lens that came with the camera itself. However, it’s not great for long distance shot. I need better and wider lens for that purpose.
Yeah, 50 is nice until you want to zoom. I’ve found a lot of use with a 70-300 I got cheapish a month or so after getting my first camera but the electronics are becoming less reliable so I’m looking at others in the same range now. Very easy to spend a lot of money but I’ve been having fun with some weird vintage lenses. Got a 500mm soviet one a couple of months ago and that’s surprisingly sharp, I think I spent around £30 on it.
Or 3D-printing!
FPV drones!
RC cars
Magic: the Gathering
Psh! Unless you’re constantly buying the newest machine every year, 3d printing isn’t that expensive of a hobby. Not compared to shit like golfing or being a car guy or ATV/snowmobiling
it is when you factor in the amount of time you use it, just to let it collect dust afterwards.
Well, why aren’t you using it?
If you’re not using it, it’s not a hobby. Buying shit you don’t use is just consumerism.
Arghs, wrong community, sorry. Thought we where in an ADHD related topic, where buying new (and expensive) things just to loose interest shortly after is pretty common. This comic was posted there already multiple times.
i don’t find it to be that expensive tbh.
That depends on what you’re printing!
3D-printing Warhammer figurines ? (No, that sounds like heresy)
I got into target shooting. I really enjoy it, so much so that I actually felt like joining some competitions. My brain goes to research mode and I find out how much just booking time to train on active movement courses costs.
Yeah, I’ll stick to plain ol lane shooting at the range, that’s expensive enough.
Yeah, $50 per session is on the low end
Hell, 50 barely gets me and the wife into the cheapest 25yd lane indoor range for an hour. There’s one in the area with a really nice action shooting area, but they want almost 200 for a couple hours, or their training classes on the course for about 400. Never mind the cost for ammo.
Wft. Where do you live for prices to be that crazy?
