Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

  • sleepy
    link
    fedilink
    42 years ago

    Physical media collecting. Particularly if i have a functioning player for it. If i don’t then the interest goes down the drain. That’s why there’s a huge focus on books with me. Pulps. That’s why I’ve got my eyes on a copy Swords And Deviltry as we speak.

  • Kyoyeou (Ki jəʊ juː)
    link
    fedilink
    132 years ago

    I’ll say me writting my homebrew DnD world. It goes in pair with me using ObsidianMD, I love the tool i’m using and i’m having fun specifically in the making of polical cities more than in the making of combat senarios. My mom knows about it and sometimes asks, Dad finds it stupid, and I don’t talk about it with anyone I used to atlk about what I write to two friends, but they are coming to my session in september so now I have no one esle to bring it up

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    212 years ago

    I don’t usually mention embedded programming, electronics, vintage stereo hi-fi, home automation, and fountain pens, among a few others. Of course finding someone who is into any of that could lead to some fun conversation.

  • The_Grinch [he/him]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    142 years ago

    Similar to another reply about shorthand, I practice with my own steno-typing keyboard I 3D printed as a hobby. I’m steno-typing this very message! (Very slowly)

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    32 years ago

    Sea shanties 😅

    My last girlfriend, I waited until she got herself good and stoned to bust out the playlist

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆
    link
    fedilink
    English
    162 years ago

    I am something of a skills collector: Bicycles (roadie/former amateur racer), cars (mods/engines/paint), composite prototyping, metal machining, home foundry metal casting, embedded programming, analog and digital electronics design, reverse engineering, KiCAD, PCB etching, motor controls, python, CPP, Forth, woodworking, Linux desktop, Linux kernel deep dives, computing hardware, open source software, Dune, Asimov, SciFi, astronomy, telescopes, designing and building optics, 3D printing, CAD design, FreeCAD, Blender, cooking better than the best restaurant foods, Asian cuisine, psychology

    I am a generalist, but a swiss army knife, I know about and do a lot, but I am like the worst scissors you’ve ever attempted to carry and use. I can get the job done, but am well aware I am not a master of any of these.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    19
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    I’ve got a shit ton of hobbies thanks to my ADHD, but I think my most obscure one is Reef-keeping. Also the most expensive…

  • Balon_Josaca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    32 years ago

    playing physical / video games by myself and like playing pretend sometimes with mock items

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    12
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    I love plushies. I have an ever growing collection and love just browsing plushies of all sorts when I’m online. I just really like cute things. But as a 28 year old man with a beard, it’s safe to say I’m not exactly the spiting image of a plushie collector, and most people are definitely not interested in talking at length about it with me.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    292 years ago

    I have a perfectly accurate 1:1 scale lightsaber replica of Luke Skywalker. It turns on, it’s really bright, it reacts accordingly to how I swing it, can deflect blasters and makes tons of cool sounds…

    I don’t bring it up in conversation, but when people find out they get really excited (well, boys mostly)