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[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 month ago

A weird collection of chronic mental illness, am I right?

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[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Slight variations (dog's collar, I support my kids weird collections), but based on this list, I'd say I'm a successful 40-something.

Out of curiosity what weird things do your kids collect?

[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I have 2 kids. But between the two, we collect: Fans, scary jack-in-the-boxes, sprinklers, inflatables, and pencil sharpeners.

I'd fuck with a scary jack in the box collection that sounds neat as hell

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

scary jack-in-the-boxes

You and your kids are cool.

[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

He's 9 by the way. The line between cool mom and terrible parent is thin here. 😉

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I do my best to walk that line, as well!

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No such thing as a weird kids collection.

Whatever a kid is excited about is fuckin awesome man!

edit: as long as something isn't being unalived to add to the collection obvs

[-] Reyali@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago

Do I win something for achieving it all a few years early?

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You do, but it's just another item for your weird collection, that you obtain for yourself, to celebrate.

Source: I bought myself another item for my weird collection, to celebrate this milestone.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago

Hey, there's nothing weird about my collections of vinyl records and German beer steins and uranium glass and sterling silver and quack medical devices and watches and books and pewter and brass and guitars and cameras.

I honestly started off with the intent of being funny, and then I realized how many fucking collections I have, and now I don't really know what to do with myself.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago
[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I dub the Collectorius, the Collections Collector!

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You march your butt down to Lowes to get those big black totes so you can pile your collected items into them and stow them in a neat stack in the garage so that you have space for more collectibles. That's what you do with yourself. Don't forget the label maker!

[-] Hegar@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago

42

  • 15000+ kms
  • Yes but undiagnosed
  • two but one's not mine
  • shards of flint
[-] sexy_peach@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago
[-] Hegar@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

I'm sure you will be surprised to learn after reading that picture of success that I am barely even an achiever.

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Funny you think I could afford to get my pets ashes back from the vet.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

I didn't want the ashes. It hurt too much. I also didn't want to be in the room when they administered the shot. My mother got me to do that with one when I was younger. Never again. I say goodbye and that's when I exit and cry.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I want my pet to see me as they relax for the last time to comfort them. My pain comes out when they're no longer suffering.

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[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, no ashes here, just the collar.

[-] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

Shit bro that was my 30s

my weird collection was beer and soda equipment, now in my mid 30s I'm thinking taxidermy will be my next hobby.

[-] atlien51@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago
[-] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

This is why Im interested, they have really cool work. I love their rats and mice. But they also do bugs. They offer workshops and shit to.

https://prettydeadtaxidermy.com/

[-] eyes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The logical conclusion of this is a beer tap where the beer comes out of a taxidermied cats mouth. You're never lonely when you're drinking with old friends!

[-] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

That's not a bad idea, I know a few bars that would absolutely love that shit.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I turned 38 today exactly, I checked al the boxes already, I'm prepared.

[-] SufferingSteve@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago

Congratulations and keep wiggling!

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Happy birthday! Well done on the preparation.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks, to be sure I have multiple weird collections.

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[-] pickman_model@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

46

  • several friends 8000 km away, check!
  • several, check!
  • no ashes, but buried in a special creepy place in the backyard. We used to keep my mom's ashes around until we buried her. Technically I could get her ashes back back. Check!
  • several: mineral samples from places I've hiked, books, stamps, old hard disks, DVD and VHS movies, CDs...

I feel accomplished. Thanks people!

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago

I've got a few years before 40, and I'm 4/4! Finally, I'm ahead of the curve for once

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[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Do the ashes of friends, and family count?

[-] SirQuack@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, yes they do

[-] kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Damn, I checked the last of those boxes last year and I'm not even 30.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Time to visit my far away friends and start a collecting of their ashes

[-] trijste@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago
[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

check, check, check, check

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[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

No pet ashes, but I do have treasured memories of long-gone much-loved pets.

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Still working on the third one but realistically by the time I hit 40 we'll definitely be set.

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

I only have the first item.

[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Gotta get on it!

41 and I have the weird collection (pro wrestling memorabilia from before 1980. Toronto specific preferred) But I don’t have the friends or pet ashes, I have jars full of my live parrots feathers, which I guess is another weird collection.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

2 out of 4 ain't bad, but there's still a little time left for me.

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

If you have a collection of pets ashes, does that count for both? Also, did they have to be my pets?

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