Choose a cheap hobby. I do art journaling - everything except the glue is free.
surely your hobby can't be that expensive
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aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
…watch collecting, photography, motorcycling, hifi equipment & vintage synths, 😭😭😭
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It only feels that way because corporations and their billionaire leaders keep eroding our ability to afford anything beyond basic requirements and decreasing the amount that they pay for labor. Working 40 hours a week should give you enough money to survive and have a couple of hobbies, at a minimum.
Scrizzle@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I play Star Citizen. My wife has no idea the cost. I have no regrets.
t_berium@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s why I won’t start painting 40K minis, even if I’d love to. I wouldn’t even want to play. Besides, I wouldn’t have anyone to play with, anyway.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Og dawn of war with unification is fucking awesome. It’s not entirely like the tt game, but I personally think it’s better.
t_berium@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
DoW is what got me to 40k in the first place! After all these years I’m still not interested in playing the TT. I just read the books and play the video games. But I imagine painting the minis would be therapeutic.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
My hobby is burning other people’s money.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
…Joker? What are you doing on Lemmy?
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Do Thinkpads count?
debil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Quite literally: en.wikipedia.org/…/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Qu…
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
These guys seem awesome. They deleted their backlog in like 1992 or '93 and said they wouldn’t release an album until world peace was declared.
They didn’t really keep that promise, but their next release was “K Cera Cera (War Is Over If You Want It)” in 1993, released exclusively in Israel and Palestine after the peace deal between Israel and the PLO.
BuckenBerry@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Have you considered flying a black flag?
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I love that band, but their albums cost $$$
gnu@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Between photography, motorcycles, and tools (woodworking/metalworking/automotive) this does seem accurate for me - I have ended up spending a fair chunk of money between these over the years.
Every now and then I think paragliding would be an interesting thing to try but I have to tell myself another expensive hobby is hard to justify when I’d like to actually own a place to live some day.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Every now and then I think paragliding would be an interesting thing to try but I have to tell myself another expensive hobby is hard to justify when I’d like to actually own a place to live some day.
What do you mean? You will simply live in your paraglider! You’ll be like one of those birds that stays aloft for months at a time. There you will be, a child of the sky. No need for land. No need for rent. Just a literal leaf on the wind.
You can’t take the sky from me…
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Hobbies be like: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
BanMe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not in America! My hobby is my second job
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i mean, my hobbies have major upfront expenses but are cheap afters. bideo games: console expensive, library games free. musical instruments expensive, reeds/springs cheap, music cheap/free. smoker expensive, food only a little more expensive. just gotta choose well.
Tinks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My major hobby is like this mostly. Backpacking. Upfront cost for gear, but once you have it the only real recurring cost is food and gas to get to a spot. Sure sometimes you have to replace gear, but if you take care of it you can go for years with no gear costs except maybe shoes.
bobo@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Well if I stop buying fishing gear, at some point it’ll be financially worth it. I mean I’ve already “paid off” the license for this year. Yup… Ignore the brand new rod and reel I got for black Friday, it was on discount. Or the fact that I got a gold membership discount at the local tackle store because I spent enough money in a year.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
But think of all the money you saved eating the fish you caught, and other lies we tell ourselves, available 2026
bobo@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I mean, we did legitimately save a lot of money this summer. Catch of the day in an overpriced seaside vacation area is not cheap at all.
The rest of the year though…
mickus@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
My hobby are maths and programming, both fairly cheap. Other than the cost of getting a computer of course (and maybe some maths textbooks if you feel the need)
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
[deleted]freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You can do maths and programming on a very cheap pc, don’t necessarily need an expensive PowerPC with i dunno which graphics card is currently the hype
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My hobby costs nothing after that initial ten years and a total of $10k investment in classes & equipment. Now with my own gear I can do it anytime, anywhere in favorable weather plus expending a shit-ton of physical exertion.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
sex swing, huh? Yeah I remember my first one too
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Outdoors??
dejpivo@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
…the suspense is killing me! What is it?
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
suspense
It does indeed involve being suspended in the sky. Aerial Silks.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’d love to just fall into enough money to:
- Retire
- Pay off my house
- Hire a maid
Then hobbies begin. Options:
- woodworking, furniture
- Backyard forging
- leather working
- make a video game
czer0_@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
If that was warhammer they would be shovelling gold bricks
TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Coffee beans take up 12% of my grocery budget :(
It’s delicious though.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
Yooo no man that depends on the hobby completely! Taket it from adhd guy that can optimize hobby skips, you know if a hobby got ya, you can overcome anything and use mostly duct tape, and know to not go for top shelf material the first year. Else, shopping is probably actually your hobby. And that’s not a bad hobby you just gotta start shopping for others and hijack on their signal substances. Many people hate shopping, find the right pers
BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s what happened to me and buying some old books. I’m kinda baffled how I manage to buy the same shit ten times cheaper all time while everyone else bitches the prices are insane. Like come on - these old books - you have a dozen ways to chip away the price by literally describing the yellowness of the paper.
StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My brother gifted me his old motorcycle. I know it is gona try and kill me. Spent more money on safety gear that what it would have cost to buy the bike. Then there is tires, $300 to 500 Chain and sprockets $250ish Then I need a adapter to fix the speedometer $200ish And then and then then… Not complaining but man this is either a hobby or a car that needs way more maintenance
kamen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For me it’s been mechanical keyboards as of late.
Maybe I should start stocking up on GMK sets - those seem to resell nicely.
demizerone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Add two more shovels and you have home ownership
TheTiltster@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Yeah, as a Larper, I feel that (in my wallet…).
Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Too real, lol
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I have below beginner level astrophotography gear, and I’ve still spent over $500 on it. A proper tracking mount costs somewhere in the ballpark of $1,000, and that’s just the mount. Granted I’m happy with the OTAs I have, so I’m probably not buying a new scope for a while
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yeah, $500 is tough to get into astro with.
plenty for general photography, but astro can get gear heavy fast. astro landscapes are becoming more accessible as more fast lenses get cheaper, but the kind of astro that needs a tracker is just pricy.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I really thought I could just put some elbow grease into a Canon EOS 300D and a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ and make it work… at least I know that I’m into this hobby, and I know what upgrades I need to make