Mine is gardening. Cheap to start, gives you exercise, and ultimately pays you in food.
Except if you plant flowers. Bulbs taste awful.
Depends on the flower. Brassicas are generally edible and technically flowers.
Asparagus is just a fern. Idk what pineapple is but it looks fake.
Sunflowers are nice too
You can trade or sell bulbs though
Be sure to see if your local library or community center has hobby stuff to check out or cheap classes! YMMV depending on how well funded they are, but it’s becoming really common to have a 3D printer, specialty baking pans, tools, etc.
Bruh. 3d printing is a mildly expensive gateway hobby that funnels things into other hobbies
It’s free at my local library because it’s new. Their cost plan for when they start charging is free for the first 3 hours of printing and then a max of $10 for a 10 hour print.
Turns out PC's are a cheap hobby.
Many hobbies are cheap if you choose wisely out of your possible interests; and then go with cheap, good enough options rather than getting swept up in online echo chambers (where nothing less than top tier is acceptable).
Yeah but they don't pull the dopamine like the expensive ones do
lmao, what? Ground floor for building a usable gaming PC is $1,000. A lot more if you want to play new games with decent graphics.
And those games cost money too.
Realistically you're spending $5,000 on a nice PC, monitors, speakers, accessories, and a collection of games. You're going to need upgrades and additional games over time so even more money.
Compared to other "adult hobbies" such as cars even the highest end PC costs peanuts.
A relatively cheap PC with Factorio and you are set. You won't spend much on food either, so win-win.
5k? I don't believe it. When in get home I'll total up my setup and compare notes
EDIT- So I bought some stuff at different prices than you'd get today (cough GPU) so I will list a few prices for.
PC Hardware
Intel i5 10400 - $180
RAM 16GB DDR4 - $40
Mobo - $180
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Used on ebay) - $215, New is about $450
AverMedia HD2 Capture Card - $150 (now $99)
PCIE Wifi Adapter (Amazon) - $20
250Gb SSD (system and files, gift) - $80
2Tb HDD (Games, tried to save on budget) - $80
PSU - $120
Total Spent - $985
Total Value - $1300
Peripherals
Total Spent - $787 (927 if free was included)
All in - I'm at about $2k and can run Space Marine 2 and Warzone.
I don't buy it either. My PC + an upgrade 3 years later (with a Ryzen 5800X and a used RTX 3090!) cost me about €2,000. If you want to push it, you add the TV (€1,000) because it serves as a monitor and the whole home cinema setup because the computer is hooked to it (probably about €1,000 as well).
That's 4k and I'm stretching it. Buy a good monitor for €300, monitoring speakers or headphones for €250 and you're already set for a high end experience.
As for games... C'mon, y'all know we sail the high seas.
I can see how it would get to 5K including games over a long enough period of time but realistically most hobbies accrue cost over time.
The boobs on that dude on the left.
#expensivehobbyautism it gets us all at one point.
I got some 35mm film cause I was playing with the idea of film based astrophotography on my 3d printed telescope and wanted to test out a few different types of film.... And since the local places are charging $16+ per roll, was going to develop them myself.
Am I doing this right?
My bike is my pride and joy but good god she is also a money sink.
Do you mean bicycle or motorcycle? What do you find yourself spending most of your bike money on? Most of my bicycle maintenance is for brake pads and the occasional replacement chain; not as many replacing tire tubes after getting nicer tires. Although I haven't been able to enjoy mine lately after putting on weight and 4 seats I've tried still make my butt numb after 20 minutes.
I ride downhill mtb. Most of my money is spent on replacing broken parts from crashes and maintenance. Can’t have things failing when you’re flying down a mountain.
There is a hell of a lot of things I would have loved to turn into hobbies if weren't for the money
Gunpla gives me great joy, until I look at my bank account.
Well it's not like I can spend it on house,kids, vacation or anything else high ticket.
We are not a waste of money!
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