What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations?
Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.
Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.
Xantar, Contributing to localization in my language. (I use Localizor or weblate) I’ve helped translation for the Godot Engine and many released games. It’s a free hobby granted you have a PC and some knowledge. I’ve always liked translating stuff for those who can’t speak English. And it keeps my language skills sharp in both.
The1Morrigan, For me it’s being a witch and all witchcraft related things.
rasterweb, I collect photos of sidewalk stamps and try to find as many years (and weird, different, unique stamps) that I can.
http://photos.rasterweb.net/index.php?/category/30
slinkyninja, I’m a contortionist.
PhantomAudio, i collect post apocalyptic books, espicially zombie related books. most are the audio version, my wife swears she will divorce me if i buy any more books, lol
ikidd, Electronics. Its not hard to understand if you get into it, but there is no discussing it without someone already being in to it.
lavadrop, Building old computers.
HowMany, Cat juggling.
CaJoasca_Baloon, playing physical / video games by myself and like playing pretend sometimes with mock items
krimsonbun, I do this way more than I’d like to admit
danie10, Each quirky hobby mentioned here, deserves its own Lemmy community!
Rozz, Agreed. there are a lot of shared ones and unique ones
victoitor, Studying open source cloud infrastructure solutions and open source services. Not for work, just a hobby.
utopologist, If you know me long enough, I’ll reveal my long-standing project of building a hurdy-gurdy
Rozz, how long have you been building it and how far along are you? Do you play too?
utopologist, It’s slow going since I haven’t yet found a laser cutter large enough to accommodate the schematics I have. I have the materials, though. I’ve never played one
fred, Sea shanties 😅
My last girlfriend, I waited until she got herself good and stoned to bust out the playlist
xebrec, Please share your list! I love sea shanties
pH3ra, If I were stoned and my significant other burst out a Sea Shanty compilation, 1st I’d piss my pants laughing and 2nd I’d ask her to marry me.
AngryCommieKender, Well a soldier and a sailor went walking one day!
Says the soldier to the sailor, “Oh Lord, Let us pray!”
“And if we have one prayer may we also have Ten!”
“Let’s have a bloody Litany!” says the sailor,
AMEN!
PhantomAudio, i collect dice. i really enjoy finding unusual dice via kickstarter. im always on the look out for something that hasnt been done before or unusual shapes. when a new type, i.e. liquid core, comes out i usually wait a month or so to see what the market does. if everyone starts making them then i dont usually add them to my collection. i am also trying to collect all the chessex gemini series dice
Boi, Physical media collecting. Particularly if i have a functioning player for it. If i don’t then the interest goes down the drain. That’s why there’s a huge focus on books with me. Pulps. That’s why I’ve got my eyes on a copy Swords And Deviltry as we speak.
jamiehs, I realize you’re likely referring to music formats/players, but…
I’ve wanted to get some Zip disks and a USB drive to just have fun with the nostalgia. Same with Minidiscs. Every time I see a Techmoan video with Minidiscs I say to myself “you don’t need them… you don’t need them…”
Venomnik0, I love collecting CDs especially from thrift stores. The hunt for some rare or obscure albums or even some of my favorites is always thrilling.
Boi, Yes. I especially love vynl. Like i found a copy of Plastic Beach the other day. Snagged it. Taped a dime to my needle and have been enjoying it
PraiseTheSoup, Recently found the somewhat rare Daron Malakian CD art version of Steal This Album! for $6 and was overjoyed
Venomnik0, Damn that was a lucky find!!!
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