vrchat is a free game… that I have spent over $1,200 on… 😭
that’s what i call a hobby! thanks for the detailed insight
You’re cooked dude.
Yep. I tried getting into paintball back in 2000, bought a gun of of a friend but never had the opportunity to even shoot it. Kept it through HS, college, and the first 5+ years of work before a friend said he was trying to get back into it. I told myself I wouldn’t buy any new gear until we had a few good games. We did a couple 1 v 1 and 2 v 2 and i finally decided to bite the bullet. New mask (custom paint job), new gun (azodin blitz), mechanical hopper, some other accessories, etc etc.
Played once, he got bored with it again, started dating a new girl and disappeared.
I bought a used school bus for $3600 on eBay to turn into a motorhome (“skoolie”). Best $50,000 I ever spent.
This post is meaningless without pics of your build
Well OK, but it will take awhile …
I teach guitar lessons. They’re only £15 per hour. But the guitar will cost you £150. And the amp will cost you £100. And being in a band will cost you £10 per rehearsal for the rest of your life. Wanna tour? Bad news, bud. It’ll cost ya.
EDIT: Also, the feral cats that hung out in my yard were free, but the vet bills are about to absolutely destroy me
I wish it stopped at $500 😢 hobbies are expensive
What hobby do you do?
Everything that sounds fun! Haha but a lot of different craft type things (cross stitch, crochet, quilting, etc), Lego, and rock climbing to name some recent interests lol
I have 7 guitars, a bass and 6 3d printers
My wallet is tired boss
Why so many 3d printers 😮?
I print ALOT, also a couple of them are more specialized, I have a belt printer for super long prints and a large format printer for things like helmets and shelves,
Also, I just think they’re neat. My newest is the Snapmaker U1 which is a-freaking-mazing,
I also have a laser engraver/cmyk printer and a cnc for metal work. I like to mix mediums so I’ll build things that are part plastic metal and wood, stuff like that
That’s fucking glorious!
Any photos of those mixed media things?
I’ll see if I can dig stuff up, Usually just make stuff as gifts, I’m sure I have some pics backed up somewhere
Yes
Violin is a very expensive hobby. So are harps. Such beautiful instruments though
But a good violin lasts a long time!
Strings break, bows gotta be re-haired, sheet music isn’t free, not to mention getting those dirty F-holes clean…
Me: I’m gonna take horseback riding lessons! Maybe I’ll get my own horse in like five years!
Me two years later: pays at least $350/month on the horse I was given for $0
Also me: I’ll never financially recover. Yee haw! 🤠
honestly in terms of monthly cost to coolness ratio that aint the worst deal
Oh no, I’m really lucky. Most places cost at least $500.just to keep a horse in a stall.
I got into making and designing small tabletop model steam engines because they are cool. So I needed to buy a small lathe, a mill, a metal cutting bandsaw, and all the tooling each machine needed. So much tooling…That’s the part that will break you financially.
And then you discover you need to design and make a jig or fixture to make a special tool to make another special jig and fixture to make a tool to make that one tiny part for that engine. None of which you will probably ever use again. You end up making tools to make tools to make tools. You can spend 6 months to a year designing and building tools just to get to make that one little part.
I’ve got thousands of dollars and thousands of hours into making engines that I just give away over the years. But I can’t stop this hobby. And I have added 3D printing to my list of hobbies as well.
At least it got me away from collecting fine antique shotguns and importing hunting dogs.
This sounds more like skills than hobbies. You might not get paid for it but you totally could. What you are making is valuable to someone
Yeah, I was a toolmaker for a while. So there is more than a little skill and knowledge. But I had issues doing that kind of work and had to find another career.
Some people love woodworking. I love working with steel and making tools.
I’ve realized my hobby is optimizing my space to do my hobbies. If I ever get my workspace just like I want it for projects, I won’t know what to do with myself. The workshop is the project.
You ain’t the only one in that boat. And there is nothing wrong with that either.
NGL making tools to make tools to make tools scratches a persistent itch in my brain. That all sounds very satisfying.
It is very satisfying. That’s why I was a toolmaker for a dozen years or so until I got so cranky and pissed off angry I had to find a new career before I DID skin some idiot alive and nail their hide to the wall.
But I do enjoy the process of making a good and accurate tool. The problem is, I tend to be a perfectionist. And when I realize I’m on the third iteration of a tool that really isn’t that important, it can be hard to pick up the old thread again. But I do enjoy it.
What is worse is spending a bunch of money on a new hobby only to get bored with it.
I can tell this is not about Warhammer because it starts impossibly low and ends impossibly low.
I did NOT consent to being in this post.
I’ve been watching YouTube videos on diy yacht building. That’s not going to be something I can afford
That entirely depends on your tolerance level for debt, lots and lots of debt.
too real
40K, not even once.
If you’re into dumb shit then it is a lot of fun, though, and a great creative outlet. Expensive as fuck, though.
Not saying dumb shit in an insulting way, my favorite genre of anything is dumb shit.
So far I have only spent £200 on 40k because I’m such a slow painter that I’m still on the starter set 7 months later. Procrastinating saves a lot of money.
