I wish it stopped at $500 π’ hobbies are expensive
this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2026
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What hobby do you do?
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Violin is a very expensive hobby. So are harps. Such beautiful instruments though
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too real
I bought a used school bus for $3600 on eBay to turn into a motorhome ("skoolie"). Best $50,000 I ever spent.
Me: I'm gonna take horseback riding lessons! Maybe I'll get my own horse in like five years!
Me two years later: pays at least $350/month on the horse I was given for $0
Also me: I'll never financially recover. Yee haw! π€
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I got into making and designing small tabletop model steam engines because they are cool. So I needed to buy a small lathe, a mill, a metal cutting bandsaw, and all the tooling each machine needed. So much tooling....That's the part that will break you financially.
And then you discover you need to design and make a jig or fixture to make a special tool to make another special jig and fixture to make a tool to make that one tiny part for that engine. None of which you will probably ever use again. You end up making tools to make tools to make tools. You can spend 6 months to a year designing and building tools just to get to make that one little part.
I've got thousands of dollars and thousands of hours into making engines that I just give away over the years. But I can't stop this hobby. And I have added 3D printing to my list of hobbies as well.
At least it got me away from collecting fine antique shotguns and importing hunting dogs.
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I never need another plant, but I'll always get one on a bad day. Plus, I love learning how to care for different kinds of plants.
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I can tell this is not about Warhammer because it starts impossibly low and ends impossibly low.
I've been watching YouTube videos on diy yacht building. That's not going to be something I can afford
That entirely depends on your tolerance level for debt, lots and lots of debt.
I teach guitar lessons. They're only Β£15 per hour. But the guitar will cost you Β£150. And the amp will cost you Β£100. And being in a band will cost you Β£10 per rehearsal for the rest of your life. Wanna tour? Bad news, bud. It'll cost ya.
EDIT: Also, the feral cats that hung out in my yard were free, but the vet bills are about to absolutely destroy me
No need for someone else, I'm going to talk myself out of it.
You won't even miss that $1800. It's well worth the investment.
When you break it down by hours of enjoyment and accomplishment, that $3k is really nothing.
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I don't like this "meme". Hobbies are supposed to be fun, it's fine to spend money on things you think are fun as long as that spending doesn't interfere with survival. Just don't spend all your money on something "someone" (ads, influencers,...) told you might be fun.
Mate. I bought a 300 euros synthesizer. "Because I though it might be fun."
4 years later:
Worst part is, my real hobby is collecting hobbies. I have a synth wall (which I do use), a home cinema with a high end beamer which I use daily, an extensive collection of Magic The Gathering cards (which I never use anymore), a professional full frame micro photography set (never use anymore), a 3D printer and a laser cutter (which I use sometimes), a fully equipped wood working shed and because it's so tiny I made a fold out work bench to work outside (use sometimes), I got my own set of tools at he metal workshop where I'm learning metal working including welding (of which most I never use and some use every time), I got a fully soldering kit to learn arduino and electronics in general (but I lack the motivation to start doing it), I have many technic Lego sets which are just taking up space, I got a vast collection of complicated board games which I never play because no one has the time or motivation to learn all the rules then to play for 10-20 hours, I have everything for gardening as I got rid of all the tiles in my tiny garden so I could grow my own veggies which turned up in the stomachs of snails and lice so I gave that up, I bought an e-reader and got 20.000 e-books but I never read, I got a vast collection of tea which I rarely drink, I got a well equipped kitchen because I don't like cooking so I got stuff to make it simpler but I rarely use any of it, I got a large collection of spices in a self made rack which looks amazing but I usually cook the same recipes so I only use a few spices a lot, I collect cheap brand clothing like Aldi and Lidl because I think they are fun but I never wear them, I have a vast collection of festival and rave clothes but I never go to parties or festivals anymore, now I'm welding garden benches and table for my own garden but I never sit outside.
I love making things perfect for a hobby, I just rarely do the hobby. But saving up some money? Nope. Sigh. Jesus would be jealous at the massive holes in my hands.
Welcome to ADHD life.. collecting hobbies is a good way of wording this aspect of it π€£π€£
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my real hobby is collecting hobbies
You just described a friend of mine.
- Astro photography
- Guitar
- Piano
- GPU for LLM
- Old Nintendo 3DS
Saving money? What's that?
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Iβm learning metal working including welding
I learned metal working and got myself a welding machine and riveter as part of my skoolie project (converting a used school bus into a motorhome). It's a great skillset to have, in case I ever build a second skoolie -- which would require me getting Alzheimer's first.
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What new hobby? Oh, that? Yeah, I'm kinda over that. Anybody want to buy a $500 thing, barely used once?
Fine, I'll take $75?
Fine, $20!?
It's worth β¬2000, most of it is never used. I'll list it for β¬1000, only pickup possible due to vast size and weight. Only serious offers please. (I'll take any offer over β¬750)
Average offer: β¬50 including shipping.
Fuck it, I'll just store it with the collection of other old hobby stuff.
I'm just gonna trade in these old guitars, clean up the place a bit, put the money away for something else later. I'm a sensible adult today.
Comes back with a Charvel Pro-Mod DK 24 π€‘ I'd've been a sucker not to buy it!
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The trick is to be poor. Cos then u don't even have any money to start any hobby to begin with.
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This is the way
All good, already spent it π
Yep. I tried getting into paintball back in 2000, bought a gun of of a friend but never had the opportunity to even shoot it. Kept it through HS, college, and the first 5+ years of work before a friend said he was trying to get back into it. I told myself I wouldn't buy any new gear until we had a few good games. We did a couple 1 v 1 and 2 v 2 and i finally decided to bite the bullet. New mask (custom paint job), new gun (azodin blitz), mechanical hopper, some other accessories, etc etc.
Played once, he got bored with it again, started dating a new girl and disappeared.
What is worse is spending a bunch of money on a new hobby only to get bored with it.
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Thanks for reminding me I need to sell all my diy eliquid flavors
Good luck selling that.
I would not be comfortable buying a used drink - much less a liquid that will go directly into my lungs.
Double that on the nicotine. It is the worst to dispose of, especially if you spill it
Literally just did this tonight. My gf wanted a button maker, so we bought a 40$ one on Amazon. Opened it up. Looked at it, packed it back up and did a return to buy a 70$ model.
So far I have only spent Β£200 on 40k because I'm such a slow painter that I'm still on the starter set 7 months later. Procrastinating saves a lot of money.
40K, not even once.
If youβre into dumb shit then it is a lot of fun, though, and a great creative outlet. Expensive as fuck, though.
Not saying dumb shit in an insulting way, my favorite genre of anything is dumb shit.
Golf was $100 a round then it turned 4k into new clubs. I wish $500 is where it stopped
Buy once cry once, then cry again when the landlord asks where the rent money is
don't call me out... i spent around $150 to not have to spend $200 on a new controller... AND i can reuse it for other stuff! leave me alone!!!
Not me looking at buying a onewheel before I've ever stepped on one....
Damn, mid sentence inflation...
Oh man I wish any of my hobbies cost onder $20k.
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