Film photography. Far too expensive
3D printing. Part of the issue is my main filament-based project needs to be ABS so I don’t have much interest in a starter printer. I also have enough finicky devices that I really don’t want to figure out another. So I landed on the prusa mk3 when that was still the current model and havent committed the money to it. It’s not like I’m starved for solutions given that I can make widgets from wood or aluminum. I even ramped up my steel fab capability with a nice welder that cost half a prusa. So buying a printer has been on a perpetual backburner.
Plus I know solidworks well and the work flows in every other cad infuriates me.
Many public libraries these days have 3D printers, and some of them are pretty nice. You could always check out your local ones to see if they have one you can use for your project ideas to avoid the investment.
Falconry. I mean, it looks bad ass but then you have to acquire maintain an avian predator that is expensive and likely hates you.
Fishing. I live just miles from world class surf fishing. And even if you don’t want to make that short trip there are tons of amazing fishing opportunities just outside my front door.
The learning curve is just too steep. I know I’d enjoy it if I got good at it but the learning curve is just too steep and I can’t make it to that point where I have that positive feedback loop and get addicted to just the hope of catching something.
Fishing doesn’t have a learning curve. It’s not learn as you go. Nobody in my family fishes but I’ve gone and sorry of slowly figured it out. I’m not super into it, my kids are more curious than anything so I’ve sort of just based what I’ve done off a few movies lol. Were just doing it in rivers and ponds though, nothing crazy. Catch and release while camping.
Have wondered about that too. Caught crabs a few times which I think is a lot easier. Even got a spider crab with just a bit of twine and a hook.
But I don’t really know where are good or bad places to go to spread out across wider areas. Swimming out to place nets could be an interesting thing to try, at that point you are getting to some pretty expensive and bulky equipment though.
Would be more interested in doing it to get food rather than as a sport. Most information, especially in the UK, treats it entirely as a sport.
Grab a cheap rod from a store or on Craigslist and some tackle you’re good to go.
Fishing (at least for me) isn’t about catching anything necessarily. We bring beers and just hang out.
Magic the Gathering. Seems fun but I can’t justify new video game prices for individual cards
I mean, you don’t have to buy those absurdly expensive single cards to have fun. I bought my first cards in 1997 and have been playing on and off since then. I have only ever bought pre made decks or booster packs, not once have I even been tempted to buy some stupidly expensive single card.
You can buy a starter pack that comes with two decks for you and a friend to learn to play with for like £15 - 20.
I won’t deny some of the shit it out of control expensive but you don’t need any of that trash to both learn to play and have fun with it!
The joke about drugs being cheaper isn’t a joke. The joke is the pain your wallet feels
I joking tell parents to get their kids into Warhammer 40K, Magic the Gathering or PC gaming, that way they wont be able to afford drugs.
MTG is a complete meme game. There is so much OP stuff it doesnt matter about certain cards becaus you can just play a different format.
If you don’t care about tournaments and want to play with your closer friends then you can all build simpler decks with budget restrictions or you can even prepare a “cube” which is just basically an independant game that uses MtG rulesets. There’s tons of cheap cards.
At work a long time ago they played mtg with fake cards, like home printed.
I don’t know if they had the same or whatever extra rules surrounded it, but I sure do know that the scarcity thing is just a dark pattern to rob players of their money.
You could play MTG: Arena for free, but I’d understand if online play wasn’t your thing.
You could also have a look at pauper decks, which are focused on being very affordable.
I must also admit that, as a longtime player, I can’t wholeheartedly recommend the hobby right now due to how the game is managed and the insane amount of releases they put out.
I can’t keep up at all either. I still watch content about it but I haven’t bought cards in a while. The release pace is insane.
I gave up on Arena too because a few months without playing results in most your decks being unusable due to updates to the formats and often new mechanics to learn.
Neither can I, and I have 9 Commander decks. Very rarely do I spend more than a few dollars on a single card, and even then it’s been maybe $15 at most.
Those cards that are that expensive are good (provided they aren’t just special printings of cards that are otherwise less than a dollar), but they’re absolutely not necessary in casual formats. Most of the time, there’s a <$1 card serves the same purpose. There’s even a format called Pauper where only commons are allowed.
Standard is where it gets excessively overpriced, and it’s a big reason for its decline in players over the past few years. If you want to play it, play Arena, which is F2P.
Blacksmithing. Just don’t really have the room in the backyard.
Same, I even met with a few smiths and really enjoyed the process. Ultimately, not enough time/space/money to get into it, so I just do chain mail instead. Makes a good stim.
Not one day goes by where i think about just going to a smith and begging him to teach me his craft
Start small with silver smithing!
If you think about it a closet is really just a burned down yard anyway
I’ve always been really interested in aeroplanes. If it wasn’t €100 for 20 minutes, I’m sure I’d have taken a few flying lessons by now.
I met a guy a few years back who was into building and flying small aeroplanes and gliders. My mind was blown - I had no idea hobby aeroplane building was a thing since the wright bros.
I fly a paramotor (powered paraglider) and it’s the cheapest form of powered flight.
Costs about as much as a motorcycle to buy and run.
Same. Although MSFS 2024 has been a buggy mess for a couple years, it does scratch that itch for me pretty well.
Same, my coping mechanism is a small dji and working on getting drone certs. Charging a small battery is a lot cheaper than aviation fuel
singing, my voice sucks.
That didn’t stop Lewis Armstrong.
As someone with ADHD: All of them.
I feel you. Same my mentally deranged sibling
Relatable
Beekeeping! 🐝
Homies are dying off and it seems like a way to help them and the world at large, even just a little bit.
The bar for entry, however - having a property with a large open space + learning how to do it safely + general time & material resources + not having enough generational wealth to retire early and comfortably to do these things I’d like - means that it’s unlikely to ever happen. The thought of it is nice, though.
But beekeping is for honey bees, they’re not in danger.
A lot of wild bees are in danger, though, but they’re usually not domesticated.
HEMA. The gear is expensive and the nearest club is over an hour away
Wing foiling - it’s when you use a foil board with a giant handheld kite:
The feeling is incredible and even better than e-foiling (battery powered foil) when you lock in. However it’s still expensive where decent entry set is 2k usd at least and that will take you several tough sessions just to get up. After that the prices just sky rocket and some high end wings (the parts that are underwater and lift the board) can cost thousands of dollars and you probably want multiple for various conditions.
The main issue is really the perfect condition chasing. Ideally you want strong 5-10 knot wind at least with nice weather out which surprisingly is hard to get unless you live in places that have these perfect conditions. I highly recommend Hua Hin in Thailand if anyone wants to give this a shot!
Flying. AVGAS100 is fucking expensive.
I’ve got quite a few hours logged, tho
Can I talk to you my lord and god… Skydiving?
Nothing you do in the air will ever be cheap, but jumping out of planes is a lot cheaper than flying them.
D&D. I’ve tried a few times, but I have no imagination so I can never really get into it.
Let me tell you, you dont need imagination. But a fun group is everything
I have the imaginations, but I have some total mental block on “role playing”. And I have kids, so no ability to be part of a regular group for anything.
Machining. I have way too many hobbies already, no money and no space. But goddamn does creating things with my own hands scratch that ADHD itch for me.
