What if your hobby is stealing expensive things from international chains and pawning them?
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If you love your job, you never work a day in your life or something
Steve, stop masturbating and go steal some shit
Steve: nut i c-can't help it
do you have any laptops with the bios unlocked
edit: I am not soliciting stolen goods I am asking a question out of interest
Are they locking down the BIOS on laptops now?
Yeah no wonder you're smiling. You have a fucking house.
I play chess online and it only costs me my self esteem.
Chess seems unique in the sports/games world because randomness plays absolutely no role in the outcome. It is purely the other person's brain squashing your brain down into a beige stain.
There are a bunch of No Hidden Informationn / Perfect Information games. The next well known one probably being Go
Oops just hung another queen.
One of the reasons I'm glad I live in the city. There're free concerts in the parks. Free movies, sometimes. I can bike or train to the beach. There're meetups for all sorts of interests. When I lived in the suburbs, it was a wasteland. At best you could drive somewhere interesting.
Seriously. Suburbs are a hell I refuse to return to and which I wouldn’t wish on anyone. They just suck the life out of everything and you don’t even get anything for it. Hell, the houses aren’t even that cheap so you really just get to spend a lot of money on hot garbage.
“Hey, wanna be isolated from all your friends while getting nothing in return except the blandest, cookie-cutter hellscape? Have I got the place for you! And fret not, it’ll still cost you a staggering amount of money for even a small, shitty place so you better be fuckin’ married if you want even a two-bedroom condo!”
OTOH, if you can afford basic necessities, hobbies are just a rounding error on top of them.
Kind of depends on the hobby, for example if you live in a country with some mountains and you like hiking than it's a negligible cost, if you like skydiving then I am gonna go out on a limb and say that costs quite a but more.
And if your hobby is warhammer 40k or MtG then just pickup a cocaine habit instead to cut costs.
Unless it’s motorsports. Then the necessities of life are the rounding error. 🤣
I think concert tickets are expensive only if you listen to pop music. I recently went to a concert with line up of Cannibal Corpse, Mayhem and two more bands and the tickets were just $50.
It will primarily depend on the venue. Ticketmaster/Live Nation managed venues will be far more expensive, and they now operate ticket sales for basically all of them
Yeah, but even then, it’s still true that non-mainstream artists’ show tickets are cheaper than a mainstream pop one. A metal concert ticket would be anything between $45 and $125 depending on where you sit. While a kpop concert ticket can cost $80 for nosebleeds.
I went to a Shrek rave for $20
Classical music is even a better deal. I was in the 2nd row to see Augustin Hadelich play Mozart and the tickets were less than $30. Lucky for me I’d rather see that than any pop music.
Some hobbies can be really cheap. Just bought a bow and arrow set for $150 and an archery range nearby only costs $5 for the whole day.
Just found out there's a well-reviewed archery range 9 minutes away from me. Thank you for the suggestion, I'll definitely be checking it out!
To start drawing you need a pencil and some paper. It costs almost nothing to start and it can be very rewarding.
I started doing junk journaling. It’s cheap but very satisfying…. Although that got me interested in geli printing so now I’m painting, and of course I had to also get acrylic markers… but the ones that I got are too thick for the detail I want. So now I have to get a 2nd set… not to mention the stamps. Never mind. Don’t start a hobby. No matter how cheap it sounds.
I'm introverted and frugal. I sit in my chair and vibrate through realities.
People that don't have to pay rent every month have the luxury of pursuing expensive hobbies. Housing is so expensive that permanent homes are so far out of reach for many workers...
Are you aware that the vast, vast, majority of homes are mortgaged? We are paying a shit ton too dude...
I could pay $1200 for concert tickets or $0 for D&D
Concerts costing that much are never worth it. I spend ~400$ for 2 nosebleed SZA tickets for my wife 2 years ago. We were watching the jumbotron the whole time.
My birthday shows this year are 30 and 50 a ticket and we can actually be see the musicians. I know I'm being a dumb hipster, but its so hard to justify ticket prices for large artists. What's the point of going to a football stadium to listen to live music. You could get a decent home sound system for the same price
Shoutout to 2014.5e.tools (or just 5e.tools if you want the gross new shit)
I take my daughter out to lunch and I just don’t eat now. $18 for a bowl of spaghetti bolognese, I’ll just drink water while she eats thanks
I ain’t tryin’ to blame ya, just to be clear but:
- Bahn Mí is way cheaper and way more fun.
- Shawarma is usually pretty cheap and if it’s still $20 for a plate you best believe you’ll have a meal to share.
- The last tip could probably work for a whatever burrito place’s big burrito. They always got a really big one on the menu somewhere.
Italian food from a restaurant is such a ripoff. I can make a way better pasta with some ground beef or pork, store-bought sauce, and some random pasta, and I get the option to add other vegetables that they either don’t include or have in pathetically small amounts.
Buddhism has entered the chat!
Learning to sit still, in the quiet, and just being has been one of the biggest improvements to my mental health.
Of course, a bigger improvement to my mental health would be if we had an economy that worked for the people rather than for the rich...
While I agree, there’s certainly a difference between learning to be comfortable with stillness and literally not being able to afford to do anything. I take time for stillness every day but the fact that I can’t do anything else without feeling guilt is the problem.
Also, as much as I know you are trying to be helpful, I’m really sick and tired of being told that I have to make all the sacrifices. Pretty soon the next sacrifice I’ma make is gunna be to Khorne.
I bought a used school bus as a hobby. Now I'm a school bus driver so technically I get paid for my hobby. Except that dealing with middle-schoolers is definitely not a hobby.
Wait... Do most bus drivers own the bus?
No, bus drivers don't own the buses they drive kids around in. Those buses are owned or leased by the district or company they work for. The bus I own I converted into a motorhome, so I couldn't drive kids in it even if I wanted to (no more than two, anyway, since I do have one passenger seat in my bus).
Your house?
I like ants. I paid 0.30€ per tube and I don't think I'll ever need to buy more, I use old plastic food containers, so free, I breed my ants' feeder insects...
I mean, there are many hobbies that can be dirt cheap or free. Do you like plants? Get free cuttings asking for them to your neighbor or any acquaintance, buy a little dirt and cheap pots. Do you like fishes or crustaceans? You don't need an expensive aquarium, you just need a really cheap food grade plastic tub. Do you like bikes? My bike is a cheap second hand one. Do you need a house? Forget it, you'll never be able to pay for one.
crying in 3d printing
I spent $50 on boots at the REI garage sale and went hiking every weekend. YMMV
My partner can fall asleep at any time of day. I'm jealous. I'd spend a lot more time unconscious if I had the option.
Look at Mr. Fancy pants over here with their own house. Man, that must be nice.
You got a house? 😭