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Even the ones that trick you by starting out cheap

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The boobs on that dude on the left.
"All you need is a pair of running shoes!" And another. And another. And another. Ad infinitum $$$
- But how expensive is obesity?
  
  Those shoes are damn worth it!
- Take up running they said. It's free!*
Gunpla gives me great joy, until I look at my bank account.
Never get into actual warhammer, only videogames.
Mine is gardening. Cheap to start, gives you exercise, and ultimately pays you in food.
- Especially if you plant open pollinated varieties which are true to seed. So nice being able to save seeds and get more plants next year for free! Doesn’t work with everything but it does work with a lot!
- Except if you plant flowers. Bulbs taste awful.
  
  My secret shame.
  
  You can trade or sell bulbs though
  
  Depends on the flower. Brassicas are generally edible and technically flowers.
  
  Asparagus is just a fern. Idk what pineapple is but it looks fake.
  
  Sunflowers are nice too
This is why I turned to hardcore drugs. Much cheaper.

...Factorio counts as a drug, right?
- Schedule 1. No inherent benefit whatsoever. Just time dilation.
- Hey man, you got any of them combinators? I got a serious jones for some arithmetic combinators.
- Yes
~~hobby~~ family
Be sure to see if your local library or community center has hobby stuff to check out or cheap classes! YMMV depending on how well funded they are, but it’s becoming really common to have a 3D printer, specialty baking pans, tools, etc.
- Bruh. 3d printing is a mildly expensive gateway hobby that funnels things into other hobbies
  
  It’s free at my local library because it’s new. Their cost plan for when they start charging is free for the first 3 hours of printing and then a max of $10 for a 10 hour print.
I mean, what else to spend spare money on besides the things I enjoy. Like other people spend thousands travel. I spend the same amount on a box of Warhammer. Jk. I can't afford Warhammer.
- No! You're supposed to be miserable for your entire youth by saving and investing every penny you don't need to survive! That way you can afford all the medical bills and therapy you'll need when you're old and retired and have had aife devoid of joy!!
  
  Sigma grindset!!!!
  
  You have convinced me to buy a kayak. 👍
Am I the only person with financial self control?? (I hate joy)
- There's usually a point in hobbies where you can find a great price/enjoyment point. Until you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole
  
  Why go deeper when you can quit a hobby every 3 months.
- Oh yeah, so self controled... why don't you buy a 3d printer then hun?!
- Joy is DLC in my hobby.
- Don't worry, you can develop a WarThunder ~~addiction~~ hobby and know neither financial self control, nor joy!
Turns out PC's are a cheap hobby.
- Many hobbies are cheap if you choose wisely out of your possible interests; and then go with cheap, good enough options rather than getting swept up in online echo chambers (where nothing less than top tier is acceptable).
  
  Yeah but they don't pull the dopamine like the expensive ones do
- lmao, what? Ground floor for building a usable gaming PC is $1,000. A lot more if you want to play new games with decent graphics.
  
  And those games cost money too.
  
  Realistically you're spending $5,000 on a nice PC, monitors, speakers, accessories, and a collection of games. You're going to need upgrades and additional games over time so even more money.
  
  That's only if you are in the subset of PC enjoyers who like state of the art equipment, expensive accessories and expensive recent games.
  
  I consider myself a PC nerd but 5K is more than I spent in the last 10 years on the hobby. I've built my main rig for <1K, own a few raspberries and my home server is an old work laptop. It absolutely doesn't have to be an expensive hobby.
  
  5k? I don't believe it. When in get home I'll total up my setup and compare notes
  
  EDIT- So I bought some stuff at different prices than you'd get today (cough GPU) so I will list a few prices for.
  
  PC Hardware
  
  Intel i5 10400 - $180
  
  RAM 16GB DDR4 - $40
  
  Mobo - $180
  
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Used on ebay) - $215, New is about $450
  
  AverMedia HD2 Capture Card - $150 (now $99)
  
  PCIE Wifi Adapter (Amazon) - $20
  
  250Gb SSD (system and files, gift) - $80
  
  2Tb HDD (Games, tried to save on budget) - $80
  
  PSU - $120
  
  Total Spent - $985
  
  Total Value - $1300
  
  Peripherals
  
  40" TV - $200 new at time, got on clearance for $100. Now ~$130-150
  
  24" gaming monitor (used) - $200 retail discontinued, paid $120 used, $100 on ebay now
  
  4 Hard Drive dock (gift) - $100
  
  RGB keyboard pad (gift) - $40
  
  keyboard base - $120
  
  White switches - $40
  
  Custom etsy keys - $40
  
  Logitech mouse - $80
  
  USB Hub (Ebay) - $37
  
  Stream Deck (Ebay) - $80
  
  Microphone (Used Ebay) - $70, new is $140
  
  Headphones -$100
  
  Total Spent - $787 (927 if free was included)
  
  All in - I'm at about $2k and can run Space Marine 2 and Warzone.
  
  A relatively cheap PC with Factorio and you are set. You won't spend much on food either, so win-win.
  
  Compared to other "adult hobbies" such as cars even the highest end PC costs peanuts.
Well it's not like I can spend it on house,kids, vacation or anything else high ticket.
We are not a waste of money!
#expensivehobbyautism it gets us all at one point.
- I got some 35mm film cause I was playing with the idea of film based astrophotography on my 3d printed telescope and wanted to test out a few different types of film.... And since the local places are charging $16+ per roll, was going to develop them myself.
  
  Am I doing this right?
My bike is my pride and joy but good god she is also a money sink.
There is a hell of a lot of things I would have loved to turn into hobbies if weren't for the money

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