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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sing in chamber choirs

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remote control tanks. Nothing brings me more joy than seeing the suspension on the tracks of an RC tank actually react to bumps

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This sounds awesome, how did you get into it?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mag fishing. Tonnes of fun for little entry cost.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I read that as unrecycling at first. I like to remove bottles and paper from the bin and throw it in the trash.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've tried unicycling once, there were people who did trials and Muni, very difficult!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Iโ€™m 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. Iโ€™ve built growth chambers, plant lights, automated waterers and yet none of that was for weed.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

-Making sprite art and turning it into perler/ the plastic bead things.

-Chiptune and synthesizers

-Tabletop RPGs

-Card games

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