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I wouldn’t call model railroading my main hobby, as I only touch it once in a while. But that’s also what I do love about it. You leave it packed away in a closet for YEARS, then one rainy day you stumble across those boxes & decide to unpack them. And they still work like you remember as a kid. It’s like reconnecting with an old friend.
That I don’t need to do it if I don’t want to.
The things I love about reading is that I don’t need people to do it, it can be done anywhere, and I get to direct the movie happening in my head.
The thing I love about weight-lifting is putting Gen Z’ers to shame on the bench press.
If I see it, there’s a good chance I can make art of it, if the conditions are right.
I really get to know the geography of neighbouring cities when looking for places to hide the bodies. I also get great exercise shoveling at night, I don’t need a gym membership.
It’s straight forward you just run
Well I got to play my synthesizers on stage last night so that was cool
It saves me thousands of dollars that are immediately spent on tools!
Breaking even
The explosions.
The way it combines most of my autistic predilections; the collecting aspect, the sheer history of the objects, the cultural implications, and last but not least, shiny. My hobby/hyperfixation is ancient coin collecting.
I have a few old roman coins. They are well worn, having been used for many transactions by people over 2000 years ago. I can imagine them buying bread or fish.
The strategy (billards).
I’ve been golfing (yea, I am aware that the majority of Lemmy hates golf) a lot more recently. I enjoy that it’s something that can be done with people of varying skill levels while still being fun. Ultimately, the competition is just with yourself to keep improving.
Lemmy hates golf? Never noticed. Weird.
Golf courses and some golfers I could see
It’s the golf courses I would imagine, and you can’t really have golf without them.
I just don’t like paying that much to suck at something so hard
Yeah, it’s definitely not the cheapest sport. I’ve got a buddy in Texas who uses an app that finds him cheap golf for a like $10-$20 a round. Apparently if you don’t mind playing at shitty courses in hot weather at 1:00PM on a Tuesday, you can play on the cheap.
Plants don’t have opinions and flowers are pretty.
i became obsessed with succulents a while back, when i was still in subs for identifying plants/succulents. really wanted to grow some but.
My… hobby? Which freaking one 🫨
Any or all you feel like you have a good answer for!
Take badminton.
- Great exercise (number one sport along with tennis that increases lifespan the most).
- Socialize.
- Endless avenues of improvement, from footwork, racket technique, strength, endurance, strategies regarding service, returns, attack, defense, different ways of playing singles, doubles, etc, etc, etc.
- A way to get out of the house for a bit.
Cons:
- Expensive equipment
- Can’t really do it by yourself
I’m also into speed cubing since a couple years back. That also shares the quality of having a lot of areas where you can improve. My records for 2x2 and 3x3 are about 1s and 19s, respectively. But the world record level cubers can solve a 3x3 in the time it takes me to finish the last layer. 😅 But that’s the beauty of it. The more you cube, the better you’ll get.
My exact same thought. Just those that persisted over the years.
It’s how I’ve made like 80% of my friends.
