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[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 19 points 4 weeks ago

My two main hobbies are amassing wealth and being bad at finance so it probably gets me about 500€.

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[-] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 4 weeks ago

Another hobby. Two, if I'm lucky.

[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

Two chicks at the same time.

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[-] python@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

You guys have stable hobbies..?
If you count "starting new hobbies" as a hobby, then I could get like 4-5 hobbies out of it, around 200-250$ is a reasonable buy-in for a new one.

[-] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

So, is your ADHD medicated?

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

A decent road bike. Not top specced, and with none of the additional gear you'll probably want, but you can definitely get started with €1k. I bought my current bike for approximately €700 and have upgraded + bought additional gear for probably a bit over €1k, but that has gotten me some really great stuff and I basically want for nothing in the sport.

[-] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Half of a full army, maybe some brushes.

[-] Stety@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

A really nice bow, and probably enough arrows for a few years.

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Seeing how my take down recurve easily cost 200, youve been set for life i think haha

[-] Stety@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

A compound bow is a bit more expensive but not that much, and I also break a lot of arrows because of the kind of target we shoot at. In Dutch it's called a "wip", I don't know what it is called in English. If you hit the metal part or the mast, your arrows tend to break quite easily.

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh ye, makes sense. I shoot at a foam target we hung between 2 trees because we dont like the things you shoot at, but i imagine arrows die quickly haha.
Even we destroy each other's arrows once in a while haha

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

A mid-range direct drive simracing wheel, or a very nice ukulele.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

A low-mid range PC. Maybe? Prices for components are fucking wack and I'm broke anyway, so I am not sure how far 1000 dollars would go rn.

My current PC was ~$900, built in 2019 and was for low-entry VR, or high performance in flat space games for 1080p res and 144hz.

[-] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

I get 1 nice drone or 2 small ones.

Lost a 500€ infrared drone 2 days ago in a sugar beet field because "I don’t need the GPS when flying near the street" and then I was too high to make out if it was a deer or a rabbit and the powerline in between disrupted the radio signal, so the drone went into failsave and stopped all movement, getting carried by the wind into the field and it fell in a way that the battery disconnected… thank you for reading.. I’m sad now…

[-] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 2 points 4 weeks ago

If you had two infrared drones you could have started a rescue mission with the second one.

[-] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

True! But only while the motors were hot!

[-] DeeBeeDouble@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Put one of those beepers that beeps when the battery has disconnected on there, it saved me at least a few times.

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[-] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

Dnd A shit load of dice.

Bjj six months membership and the gi that comes with it.

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[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Like 4-5 years of ancestry resources access, or maybe like a short trip to my grandparent's homeland to do my own research.

Or I can buy like A LOT of thread and cross stitch material. A lot.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

A surprising amount as prices have dropped considerably in the past few years. (3d printing)

[-] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Surprised no one has mentioned: Audio

I would either get two bookshelf speakers or a set of Hifiman Arya organics. Or a used lcd-x. Maybe a few guitar pedals. Or a new guitar. Or possibly a synthesizer.

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

A good number of games on my PC.

Anywhere from 3-100 books of sheet music depending on the books.

A bunch of used blu-rays.

A ton of used records.

A new set of speakers for my record and/or home theatre setup(s).

A new amp for my record setup.

A new pre-amp for my record setup.

A little over half the parts for a new gaming PC.

Around 3-5 vintage watches for me to fix up.

Some new tools for fixing up vintage watches.

About 7-8 pocket knives.

A new kitchen knife set.

Some new pots and pans.

Does alcohol count as a hobby? If so then 5-10 bottles of scotch.

Shit, I have a lot of hobbies. No wonder I have no money. There’s probably stuff I’m forgetting too. Damn.

[-] remon@ani.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

Two and a half hard drives.

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[-] Libb@jlai.lu 1 points 4 weeks ago

I don't think I need to spend that much money on my current hobbies. But I obviously could

  • A real lot of pencils, a lot of Bic and a lot of paper to write with (and to make paper planes, too). Like a good chunk of a lifetime worth of supply :p
  • A lot (but already a little less) of top quality watercolor paint (that I don't need to enjoy my hobby watercoloring), too many top of the line watercolor brushes (that I don't need for my hobby either) and a lot of excellent watercolor paper (that I may enjoy using but still don't really need for my hobby ;)
  • The entire line of Caran d'Ache 'Luminance' colored pencils and the entire line of Faber Castell 'Polychromos' colored pencils, in multiple examples. But why would I need that many colors when I use maybe 10 or 12 regularly?
  • I do a lot of scratch building also using... cardboard. SO, a 1000€ would buy a few decades, centuries?, worth of cardboard and fresh hobby blades too. But since I mostly used recycled cardboard from old packages and parcels... I won't need to buy those.

Back when I was making scale models (plastic planes and tanks) I could have easily spend that In a couple hour in any hobby shop worth shopping at, buying a few fancy model kits, too much paint and some of the fancier tools, plus reference books. Or on a single camera lens, but that is another hobby I quit practicing. Or on some rare books... which I also quit collecting. It looks like I won't be able to spend much money :p

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

A practice pin, a new cart, and about 30 new discs!

... Or about one graphics card...

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

One card in a vintage deck.

[-] verstra@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago

Or a pair of boots, a great backpack, hiking trousers, helmet, harness and a "via ferrata cable kit".

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

About one-fourth of a top-tier professional video card, or a whole -almost top-tier- consumer card. Or a relatively decent factory-made classical guitar. That being said I'd probably go for a extrawide capo to fit my ten-string instead. And then buy coke with the remaining 950$. Regular, not diet

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Admission to all the folk dances I would visit in a year as well as the localish festivals OR admission and basic-mid range gear for a LARP fest

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[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Composer here, I could grab quite a lot! There are multiple shops in a 2.5 hour drive-radius from me that sell used instruments and audio equipment for dirt cheap. I bagged a $700 audio interface for $100 - just a single hunge! I could probably start an Elephant 6-grade recording setup with a thousand.

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

either 100 IEM or headphones, 1 home and portable setup or 1 thing in audiophile hobby. same with collecting pocket knives. not applicable with leather/Goodyear welt boots. probably starts at 5 pair of boots at the low budget end.

similar with coffee. it could just get you an espresso machine, or he'll just even a metal tamp. fucking crazy people those espresso drinking heathens. sips expensive bean juice

[-] Lennnny@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

A really good distilling setup, or an embroidery machine, or a hen house upgrade, or a sublimation printer and T-shirt press, or a fancy wine fridge (stocked)... I have a lot of favorite hobbies.

[-] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

Depends on how much you mind restoration/cleaning work for fountain pens. I've already got all the entry tier stuff covered, so buying new pens at MSRP would probably mean somewhere between 1-3 pens, depending on how fancy I'm looking to get. I already have an ultrasonic cleaner and plenty of repair supplies, so I'd be hitting up auctions, personally. Depending on what's in the lots and how many people notice the contents, 1000€ would probably get me somewhere between 200-400 pens. Probably another 200 or so if I get to count what I could buy with the proceeds of selling off the ones I'm not interested in.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

A lot of LEGO bricks for my models.

[-] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

A new main sail

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

Photography:

I could get a Nikon Z7, but no lens.

I could almost get my favourite lens, the Lumix S 24-105 f/4 it is just out of range

[-] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Lots of volumes of manga, some indie games and a little handheld emulator

[-] xtools@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

about 360 ESP32 microcontroller boards

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Don't forget breadboards, wires, sensors, servos, accessory boards, discrete components...

[-] dil@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe an okay desktop tower on sale to use headless for rendering

[-] dil@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

doesnt need to be the best, just free up my main pc to do anything else lol

[-] cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

A Prusa or 76 spools of ASA or PETG from my local supplier.

[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

about 100 nights at the cheapest campsite i know of that takes caravans

or about 17-20 nights at some of the more expensive ones

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