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[–] 47 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Blacksmithing. Just don’t really have the room in the backyard.

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    [–] 42 points 4 months ago*

    I wish I had the time to get involved with the hobbies I already have

    I don't think I've had a decent chunk of a few hours of time with the energy to actually be creative in like a year now....

    I hope I'm on the other side of this soon, life is supposed to be for living

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  • [–] 39 points 4 months ago (15 children)

    Magic the Gathering. Seems fun but I can't justify new video game prices for individual cards

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    You could play MTG: Arena for free, but I'd understand if online play wasn't your thing.

    You could also have a look at pauper decks, which are focused on being very affordable.

    I must also admit that, as a longtime player, I can't wholeheartedly recommend the hobby right now due to how the game is managed and the insane amount of releases they put out.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    At work a long time ago they played mtg with fake cards, like home printed.

    I don't know if they had the same or whatever extra rules surrounded it, but I sure do know that the scarcity thing is just a dark pattern to rob players of their money.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Neither can I, and I have 9 Commander decks. Very rarely do I spend more than a few dollars on a single card, and even then it's been maybe $15 at most.

    Those cards that are that expensive are good (provided they aren't just special printings of cards that are otherwise less than a dollar), but they're absolutely not necessary in casual formats. Most of the time, there's a <$1 card serves the same purpose. There's even a format called Pauper where only commons are allowed.

    Standard is where it gets excessively overpriced, and it's a big reason for its decline in players over the past few years. If you want to play it, play Arena, which is F2P.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago*

    I mean, you don't have to buy those absurdly expensive single cards to have fun. I bought my first cards in 1997 and have been playing on and off since then. I have only ever bought pre made decks or booster packs, not once have I even been tempted to buy some stupidly expensive single card.

    You can buy a starter pack that comes with two decks for you and a friend to learn to play with for like £15 - 20.

    I won't deny some of the shit it out of control expensive but you don't need any of that trash to both learn to play and have fun with it!

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    [–] 30 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I've always been really interested in aeroplanes. If it wasn't €100 for 20 minutes, I'm sure I'd have taken a few flying lessons by now.

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    [–] 23 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Bird watching. I'm going blind in such a way that makes binoculars impossible to use, and am completely deaf in one ear, so I can't even tell which direction the calls are coming from 😅

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    [–] 21 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Woodworking/carpentry has always fascinated me.

    My dad would build all sorts of shit. Decks. Bars inside those little sheds for some reason (man cave?). I always watched a growing up and I still think it was super cool. But now I live in a 700sq ft apartment. So that’s a big hindrance to doing most things.

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    [–] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    As someone with ADHD: All of them.

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    [–] 18 points 4 months ago (13 children)

    I want a bicycle. I have nowhere to store it, and I suspect it would be stolen within a week. Not enough room inside either. Also, I haven't biked in...20 years!

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    [–] 15 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Falconry. I mean, it looks bad ass but then you have to acquire maintain an avian predator that is expensive and likely hates you.

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    [–] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Woodworking and just making shit in general. It's the main reason I'm so frustrated about not being able to own a house. I'm constantly thinking about things I'd like to build or learning about methods of doing things I'd like to try and I just can't. Closest I get is fixing shit for my friends sometimes.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    I want to get into rock climbing but I feel like I just don't have the build. I'm 6'5 260 lbs with size 16 feet. I climb around stuff at work sometimes and really enjoy that. But the one time I did go to a rock climbing gym my dumb feet were barely able to get purchase on the rocks. I lift weights 2-5 times a week depending on my work schedule but body weight stuff has never really been on the agenda. I still think I'd probably really enjoy it.

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    [–] 13 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Flying. AVGAS100 is fucking expensive.

    I've got quite a few hours logged, tho

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    [–] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I'm now of the age where building a miniature railroad city seems interesting, but I don't have anywhere near the space.

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    [–] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    D&D. I've tried a few times, but I have no imagination so I can never really get into it.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Rally car racing. (or any motorsport that isn't F1 or boats/planes, really) But I'm too broke for that.

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    [–] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    When I was young I always wanted to skateboard. I was kind of scene adjacent being into punk and metal in the 90s/00s, but none of my close friends skated and the kids I knew that did seemed kind of gate keepy. I bought a decent board and a vhs (pre youtube) on how to do some tricks. I was even saving up and making plans to build some backyard ramps or half pipe since we didn't have a skate park near by. Despite this I could never figure out an olly which seemed to be the entry level trick and since my friends didn't skate I was only ever practicing on my own and never got direct feedback on what I was doing wrong. Now I'm in my 40s and even if wanted to pick it up, I'd break something for sure.

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Coding. I just can't stick with it and can't find anything I'd like to make that interests me. any cod3 class I take I can follow chapter 1 and then I fall off a cliff. It feels like I'm wasting time if i try. I guess in my head I feel like I really want to know it, but when I'm doing it I'd rather be doing other things. Its more so I need to have the understanding because I don't like using things I don't fully understand. It just is such a time consuming thing.

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Gardening.

    I love plants but I dont have the time to micromanage. Ive set up automatic systems in the past, and found that the plants that want to live will live. And just propagate those to hell. I have loquat trees that love neglect. I have grapes that are WAY overgrown that need trimming each year and produce way too much. Ive tried other things but one hot 110F+ (43-44C) day and most plants die. And we get months of that kind of weather.

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Motorsport, specifically drifting.

    Mucking around in digital audio workstations.

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Exercise. Even a little bit makes me miserable. And I'm not even physically disabled.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Honestly, I find it to be miserable at first too, which really sucks. I've stopped and started exercising multiple times in my life and it's always difficult for me to get back into for this reason. However, I've found that if I comfortably push through I get to a point where I'm struggling less and it becomes more satisfying. That's when I start enjoying it because I can start setting specific goals and working towards them.

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    [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Fixing old cars, but I can't justify the cost or the storage requirements.

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    [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I've wanted to get into making stained glass art for about a decade now. I've spent countless hours watching instructional videos and researching, I just can't justify dropping a thousand dollars on just beginning a hobby, not to mention the space & clean air requirements

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    [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Coding. I love gaming and I love mods for games, but even my best efforts don't get me very far. I can't fully grasp how it works, what it means, or how to ask for what I need to know. It's not for lack of trying or exposure, I've been bullshitting my way through linux for about 16 years now and only recently learned how to use systemctl without without copy paste.

    You want literally anything physical I'm your guy. This week I'm researching how to reflow the APU on a ps4 motherboard and it just makes total sense to me, but I'm struggling just to make the json files in a mod for vintage story. Totally lost when it comes to the C#.

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    [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    Glassblowing

    It's too damn hot.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Woodworking, gem faceting, "real" astrophotography.

    I rent a garage "apartment" so I'm too poor to justify the expense of "real" astrophotography (I just have a "cheap" smart telescope) and I don't have the space or stability of living location to start buying equipment for the other hobbies.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    I used to be really into traditional archery. Throught my teens, Emphasis on the "really", Pretty sure I spent more time on the range than i did at home. I trained myself to shoot accurately no matter which hand i used. I traveled to attend and perform at archery shows hosted by castles

    But it's difficult to find space to do it in a city.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Filming and starring in porn and not just collecting it.

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    [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

    Gaming. While I loved the arcade as a kid, I just cant seem to get into any modern game. Seemed like the more advanced they got the less I was interested. The last game I tried was RDR2 and gave up on the second mission. Just bored to tears.

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    3D printing. No dedicated space in my house for such a thing, plus there's no way my kids would leave it alone or not constantly ask for more 3D dragons.

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Machining. I have way too many hobbies already, no money and no space. But goddamn does creating things with my own hands scratch that ADHD itch for me.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Macro digital and large format film photography. The reason, money 🙁

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Nazi hunting.

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