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Remote control tanks. Nothing brings me more joy than seeing the suspension on the tracks of an RC tank actually react to bumps
I collect plushies/stuffed animals (to the point where I'm running out of room for more) and I've played Tabletop RPG games like Pathfinder, Shadowrun and GURPS for a good few years.
Mag fishing. Tonnes of fun for little entry cost.
I just like to experiment with Linux distros. I like to get into a problem and then fix it, even if it is really annoying. After solving a problem, it's satisfying to watch the Program or something like that run like a charm.
Large format film photography. It's a awesome hobby, although expensive, that requires a lot more indepth knowledge of the basics of photography to nail the shot. You can also get way better quality for way cheaper if you get the right films.
Unicycling. It's hard to do, but super fun and great for balance and core strength. Plus, once you learn to ride, you can start getting all different kinds of them. Ones for doing tricks, jumping, off-road riding etc.
I read that as unrecycling at first. I like to remove bottles and paper from the bin and throw it in the trash.
I've tried unicycling once, there were people who did trials and Muni, very difficult!
I like traditional slavic folk music and leatherworking (which is misleading what I do is more like crafting rather basic things out of leather, I don't tan or work the leather myself)
I'm pretty into conlanging, which is basically making up languages. There are tons of different approaches and ways people can go about it, but like probably most (or at least a plurality of) other conlangers, I generally go for something as naturalistic as possible. I'm also into linguistics so it serves as kind of an interesting way to explore different features and grasp them better, as well as just an excuse to do more research to find out more about something.
Looking for and archiving recordings of old and modern announcements in commercial and industrial settings. Like mind the gap on trains or there has been a broadcast tower failure in your area or Pan Am boarding call welcome and instructions. these can be on reel to reel or 8 track tape.
Iโm really into electronics and plants. Together. I grew up on a farm with greenhouses so my interest in control systems, electricity and plants developed all together. Iโve built growth chambers, plant lights, automated waterers and yet none of that was for weed.
I haven't done much with it in a while, but I'm also not giving up on it, so I suppose it's still valid lol.
I collect LaserDiscs
I got started with the format around 2010, and it was super neat to delve into this old, but strangely good, format. I found that most players and films were super cheap, and as a poor family with really no ability to move to HD yet, the SD format picture was clearly worse than DVD, but not so much so that it was unwatchable or anything.
I spent a lot of time collecting new films, looking at players, etc. etc., but I took a break while in college. Turns out that in that time everything went wild, and now the format is expensive to collect for. So much so that I've basically stopped at the moment. It's still a super neat format though, and I'm not about to offload all my kit just yet.
For anyone looking for info about the format, I'd recommend Techmoan on YouTube. Matt does a lot of interesting tech videos, and the handful he's done on LaserDisc are quite good.
Painting miniatures, I'm new at this (less than one year) but I not so bad at this, and recently started to play street fighter 6 and really sucks buts is fun
-Making sprite art and turning it into perler/ the plastic bead things.
-Chiptune and synthesizers
-Tabletop RPGs
-Card games