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Weird or unique hobbies. (self.casualconversation)

submitted 1 year ago by Abird1620 to c/[email protected]

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I've always loved flashlights. Yes FLASHLIGHTS with an A!!! Anyway, apparently not many people share my rather niche interest.

So I ask you, fellow Lemmites, what are your hobbies and weird obsessions that you can ramble on about for hours?

Please feel free to ramble on about your passions here. Maybe you'll find some likeminded individuals!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Let’s see, I got adhd and up until well… next month when I get my first post-college paycheck… been pretty limited on funding. With that in mind

home automation
home server w automated media acquisition, and a random assortment of other services
Fixing things, started out of need to save money… but now I just enjoy doing it. From phones to cars, and soon clothes (just got a sewing machine)
Scripting/automating random tasks, like clipping all the digital coupons for my grocery store. Or auto booking vaccines back when they weren’t so easy to get.
I like a good sounding audio system / headphones… but idk if my small collection really constitutes a hobby.
wife’s got me birding a bit, she’s way more excited about it than I, but I always at least enjoy the walks, and occasionally see something neat.
oh yeah, photography, mostly to capture moments and places for myself… but I’m venturing into trying to get a bit more artsy to try and convey whatever it was that intrigued me to take the photo to others who weren’t there.
board games, but I like the social aspect, and I have a hard time finding people who aren’t like… idk what to call them, but people that seem to be autistic and have board games as a special interest. At least that’s who mostly goes to boardgame meetups around here.
I guess I like collecting useful tools, for the above fixing
VR intrigues me, and I’m starting a job soon where I’ll get to spend more time working in and developing for VR/AR/XR, and with the money from said job I’ll probably invest in some better home vr gear
in college, I really liked being a tech consultant for our student org, learned about and implemented everything from event live-streaming to documentation management systems to web hosting hackathon judging platforms.

So yeah, idk… a little bit of everything

[–] Abird1620 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been into vr for a few years. If you've kept up with vr drama, what is your opinion of Meta?

And to your tools point, any favorite tools or multitools? I've been looking into multitools for a while but am very hesitant to pull the trigger on a leatherman.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

As someone who also watches it: the Quest 3 looks good, but it’s a dumpster fire of a company, the pass through looks usable. So I’m glad to see the Nreal (or whatever they’re called this week) getting close. And if you don’t mind being tied to a computer, every review of the bigscreen beyond loves it. But the $3t gorilla entering the room is either going to show that VR/AR/MR is good and here to stay, or that it will remain a niche for the foreseeable future.

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