I started music when I was like 7/8, my parents encouraged me to do so. And here we are, 20 years later, my dad told me cocaine would’ve probably been way cheaper.
What started out as picking up C64, Atari, and Nintendo games in the 80s and 90s has turned into a collection of thousands of games totalling tens of thousands of dollars…
It’s something you can do for free, and I started decades agp when I was broke. But over time I started paying for a domain, and then hosting, and then mire domsins, and after 25 years that builds up.
Pc gaming. I started off with a refurbished HP omen, but now I’m wanting something more. I’m aiming for a custom built and that has led me to the discovery of companies like Digital Storm, System 76, and Falcon Northwest.
Torrenting and data hoarding are also hobbies of mine. Every so often I’ll buy an external hard drive once I max out the storage on a current one. One hard drive failed a while back and now I’m looking for data recovery companies, but their services are a bit pricey.
Cycling. I started with a bike that was given to me by my uncle. Now I have a road bike, full equipment x3, a direct drive trainer for the rainy days and a subscription to use that.
It’s funny because you can go buy an old rugged K-1000 with a basic 50mm prime lens for under $100, a couple rolls of film for less than $20, and the developing costs you can put off until later. That’s still about a tenth of the cost of a good new digital camera and this thing is built like a tank and forces you to learn the fundamentals. Very quickly, you’ll discover that your film and developing costs will quickly outpace the initial investment on a digital camera. Moreover, you’ve discovered that finding good glass to match you camera is no cheaper and a lot more difficult than finding lens for that sexy new digital camera that was outside your budget initially.
I ended up having a lot of GAS. So I now have tons of bodies and lenses in 35mm and 120… I’ve spent more obsessing over film stuff than I ever could have with digital.
oh, I haven’t tried this developer on this film yet. Guess I have to go shoot a $10 roll. 😅
It does make you think twice before hitting that shutter. Lots of life lessons when shooting film, such as learning to appreciate a lot less instant gratification.
My homelab started off pretty cheap. But, at this point, I am quite certain I have a few thousand bucks worth of hardware. Shit- I have two thousand bucks in just HDDs, SSDs/NVMes…
Knitting/crocheting and cannabis. Not (always) together. Yarn art to pass the time while sitting with my mom - I start a lot of things and always need new yarn, but I never finish anything. Cannabis because I started making candies for a sick friend and it’s pretty easy to get caught up in different strains and what’s on sale this week.
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