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BucketCat
04/24/24 6:04:57 PM
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do you have any hobbies where you think you'd get weird looks if you told other people about them?
or do you have any hobbies that are really niche like stamp collecting?

mine is that I really like to look at home listings online and then try to recreate 3D models of the homes in Blender. I also recreated all of my furniture and like to furnish the 3D model homes with my modelled furniture to see how it'd look if I moved there.
I even imported a few into Unity, put in a first person perspective controller, and added stuff like interactive light switches, TVs that can play shows I have stored on my HDD, interactive fans, trees, wild life, etc. there's one that has the basis of a farming sim (the house listing was on a 4 acre lot, so I built a mini farming game in it to see how life as a farmer at that house would be)
I've told a few people about that and they said it's weird and kind of creepy.

anyway, what are your strange hobbies if you have any?

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furb
04/24/24 6:06:00 PM
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I have an amateur radio operator license. I also really like shortwave radios.

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HylianFox
04/24/24 6:06:26 PM
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Sprite ripping, I guess

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BucketCat
04/24/24 6:09:52 PM
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furb posted...
I have an amateur radio operator license. I also really like shortwave radios.
that's really cool, have you ever been on air?
whenever i hear shortwave radios, I think of the episode of malcolm in the middle where Hal had a pirate radio station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVZVhfbgCsw

HylianFox posted...
Sprite ripping, I guess
do you mean like ripping sprites from games? I like doing that with 3D models lol, especially of older games like ps1 or n64

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ThisIsAKnoife
04/24/24 6:12:16 PM
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No Im usually too mentally (sometimes physically) drained after work and then chores to do anything but play video games or watch something.

Im jealous of people who enjoy doing things.

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ToucheTurtle
04/24/24 6:12:42 PM
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Probably restoring vintage Fountain Pens.

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The_Popo
04/24/24 6:13:31 PM
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I post on GameFAQs

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HylianFox
04/24/24 6:15:22 PM
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The_Popo posted...
I post on GameFAQs

That's an affliction, not a hobby

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wannabepranksta
04/24/24 6:16:03 PM
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Attending fur meets

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atom27
04/24/24 6:40:04 PM
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The_Popo posted...
I post on GameFAQs

Yes, I was going to say this. I like to browse GameFACKs message boards.

HylianFox posted...
That's an affliction, not a hobby

Ehhhh...

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vycebrand2
04/24/24 6:43:41 PM
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BucketCat posted...
do you have any hobbies where you think you'd get weird looks if you told other people about them?
or do you have any hobbies that are really niche like stamp collecting?

mine is that I really like to look at home listings online and then try to recreate 3D models of the homes in Blender. I also recreated all of my furniture and like to furnish the 3D model homes with my modelled furniture to see how it'd look if I moved there.
I even imported a few into Unity, put in a first person perspective controller, and added stuff like interactive light switches, TVs that can play shows I have stored on my HDD, interactive fans, trees, wild life, etc. there's one that has the basis of a farming sim (the house listing was on a 4 acre lot, so I built a mini farming game in it to see how life as a farmer at that house would be)
I've told a few people about that and they said it's weird and kind of creepy.

anyway, what are your strange hobbies if you have any?
I might have a good resource for you. There are some out of copyright Home catalogs from the 20's and 30's on the internet if you look hard enough. I made a few in sims 4 that came out decent

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BDSMKane
04/24/24 6:44:41 PM
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Amateur firearm enthusiast. I enjoy trying to educate and assist others, especially people who inherited things they know nothing about.

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bnui_ransder
04/24/24 6:44:57 PM
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Cosplay tbh

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Robot2600
04/24/24 7:01:42 PM
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i paint abstract art. i have 200+ canvases in my other room, paintings hanging all of my place.

i ran out of space and stopped painting. someone just offered 1600 USD for one of my paintings, but i turned them down. i rent out several of them but its my hobby and im really lazy about the entire thing.

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HannibalBarca3
04/24/24 7:36:21 PM
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Collecting and wearing vintage clothing. Not so much today but I was really into it ten years ago. I think I have clothing from ever decade of the 20th century minus the 1920s.

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pretzelcoatl
04/24/24 7:40:09 PM
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Lockpicking, it's not something I can tell many IRL people because it weirds them out.

I used to be really into collecting pocket knives too, but stopped when I was saving for my wedding/honeymoon. Hard to justify $400-$500 dollar hobby purchases when you're saving for life events.
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bnui_ransder
04/24/24 7:40:46 PM
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HannibalBarca3 posted...
Collecting and wearing vintage clothing. Not so much today but I was really into it ten years ago. I think I have clothing from ever decade of the 20th century minus the 1920s.
Personally I think thats pretty damn cool

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pretzelcoatl
04/24/24 7:41:15 PM
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BDSMKane posted...
Amateur firearm enthusiast. I enjoy trying to educate and assist others, especially people who inherited things they know nothing about.
That's super cool and admirable. Lots of people who inherit guns just turn them in because they've never owned one before, despite it being a pretty personal item for whoever owned it before. It's a shame.
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furb
04/24/24 7:43:43 PM
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BucketCat posted...
that's really cool, have you ever been on air?
whenever i hear shortwave radios, I think of the episode of malcolm in the middle where Hal had a pirate radio station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVZVhfbgCsw

do you mean like ripping sprites from games? I like doing that with 3D models lol, especially of older games like ps1 or n64

I have using a handheld radio.

I don't have the space for an antenna or a room full of transceivers. When I buy a house I would like space for such things

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modena
04/24/24 7:46:06 PM
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Looking at food pictures from random spots on Google maps/images search.

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STEROLIZER
04/24/24 7:46:43 PM
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I fight people in cages and pits
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Glob
04/24/24 7:49:47 PM
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Does it being niche make it strange? I used to fence quite seriously. Retired now though.

Also, not niche at all but a number of my colleagues think its weird how much I enjoy sparring (mostly kick-boxing these days but its been all sorts over the years). They just dont see how you can enjoy something where people are trying to hit you in the face.
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Hayame_Zero
04/24/24 7:53:01 PM
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Watching reaction videos, I guess. After game directs and finishing shows/games, I love to watch content creator reactions afterwards.

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bigtiggie23
04/24/24 7:53:42 PM
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Collecting stuffed animals. My wife and I have a ton all over the house. All different kinds of animals, all sizes too. Some are just a couple inches tall, a few are big enough to use as a mattress and sleep on.

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modena
04/24/24 8:06:26 PM
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bigtiggie23 posted...
Collecting stuffed animals. My wife and I have a ton all over the house. All different kinds of animals, all sizes too. Some are just a couple inches tall, a few are big enough to use as a mattress and sleep on.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9e872dd1.jpg

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Enderknight17
04/24/24 8:17:15 PM
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furb posted...
I have an amateur radio operator license. I also really like shortwave radios.

I don't have a license (and definitely don't broadcast anything) but I enjoy listening in to hams and the like. Shortwave is great, too. I love DXing and overall just seeing what I can listen to. I have several portables but my favorite is a C Crane Skywave SSB. I don't travel without it. Heard some really cool stuff with that little radio.

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SiO4
04/24/24 8:18:13 PM
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furb posted...
I have an amateur radio operator license. I also really like shortwave radios.

...And Alvvays!

Ya that checks out! :-)

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SaikyoStyle
04/24/24 9:15:07 PM
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Virtual Reality

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Homeless_Waifu
04/24/24 9:19:57 PM
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Drawing waifus!

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K181
04/24/24 9:20:13 PM
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People outside Chicagoland find the concept of adults playing 16-inch softball weird.

You're all missing out. Helluva lot of fun.

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Samurai_Man
04/24/24 9:25:03 PM
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Probably photography and keyboards lol. I've spent way too much money on both.

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MrKapowski
04/24/24 9:49:31 PM
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Alot of the time when I want to play something I just end up watching it on Twitch because I don't have the energy to commit to it.

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BDSMKane
04/24/24 11:32:39 PM
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pretzelcoatl posted...
That's super cool and admirable. Lots of people who inherit guns just turn them in because they've never owned one before, despite it being a pretty personal item for whoever owned it before. It's a shame.
Thanks. I honestly get a little perplexed when the people who have the most to fear are also the ones most reluctant to at least learn basic use and safety; even if they never buy one. But its everyones own choice to make, I just offer help for those interested.

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Bishop_Hastur
04/24/24 11:35:17 PM
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Reloading as a guess. Got into it cause I keep buying firearms chambered in hard to find calibers.

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DirtBasedSoap
04/24/24 11:38:38 PM
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not really a hobby, more of a gross habit. i like scraping the gunk out of my toenails and smelling it because occasionally it smells almost identical to Parmesan cheese. i am a clean person who showers at least once a day, sometimes twice and never wear clothes more than once without washing

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LonelyStoner
04/24/24 11:38:56 PM
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Metal detecting, I suppose.

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HylianFox
04/24/24 11:46:25 PM
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DirtBasedSoap posted...
not really a hobby, more of a gross habit. i like scraping the gunk out of my toenails and smelling it because occasionally it smells almost identical to Parmesan cheese. i am a clean person who showers at least once a day, sometimes twice and never wear clothes more than once without washing

Are you Ralph Wiggum? That's like saying nose-picking or chewing with your mouth open is a "hobby"

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Nirvanas_Nox
04/24/24 11:52:31 PM
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I enjoy collecting kigurumi and I make decorations out of legos. Me and my bf have put up wall mounts and are currently making a recreation of the trek they did in LOTR and it will transition into X-Men scenes and not sure from there. It's kind of like a diorama I guess. I also like making dioramas.

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BDSMKane
04/25/24 12:06:38 AM
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Bishop_Hastur posted...
Reloading as a guess. Got into it cause I keep buying firearms chambered in hard to find calibers.
Hey! I got a .458 SOCOM and 8.6 Blackout. What are your most unusual calibers? I really want to start reloading eventually, but still trying to get a spot set up for working inside my house. Hopefully by the end of the year Ill be going at it.

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OudeGeuze
04/25/24 12:08:05 AM
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i collect cassette tapes, most of being old 90s rap from memphis

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Nirvanas_Nox
04/25/24 12:52:52 AM
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Oh I forgot I also collect pogs. The amount I have is insane and I still have the ones from when I was a kid.

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GrandConjuraton
04/25/24 12:53:41 AM
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Collecting plushies, stuffed animals, etc.? I dunno, >.<

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electricbugs2
04/25/24 12:55:40 AM
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I dont do it anymore but when I was a kid I collected hotel soap.

Like whenever the family travelled somewhere I would take a bar of soap. Eventually I had half my sock drawer dedicated to hotel soap. Eventually my mom threw it all away and got after me for it

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Sufferedphoenix
04/25/24 1:27:26 AM
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Collecting contraband and other oddities from a prison you'd just never see on the street. I've shown off my shanks before I belive but can't remember is I showed the cardboard subwoofer and speaker


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KookyCouture
04/25/24 5:48:38 AM
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BucketCat posted...
I've told a few people about that and they said it's weird and kind of creepy.

I don't agree with that, we sims players have been recreating houses from listings and whatnot for years!

I skimmed the rest of the posts but I haven't seen any hobbies I'd consider strange, some are more interesting, I don't have any "strange" ones myself, I do arts and crafts, and crochet mainly

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Evening_Dragon
04/25/24 6:29:42 AM
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I learned about Iron shirt monk training when I was young, and have been doing pain tolerance stuff ever since.

I also have an incredibly large rekt/gore folder.

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Marmitecashews
04/25/24 6:50:47 AM
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It was this: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/260-local-and-world-news

But I can't do that anymore.

Maybe I should try to learn picture painting.

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The_Korey
04/25/24 6:52:29 AM
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The_Popo posted...
I post on GameFAQs


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FinalBraveNUT
04/25/24 6:54:59 AM
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Marmitecashews posted...
It was this: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/260-local-and-world-news

But I can't do that anymore.

Maybe I should try to learn picture painting.

Why c a n t you?

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