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Browsing the internet
Playing fighting games badly
Watching Gundam and building Gunpla
Going to clubs
Collecting and learning about porn, specifically the Japanese industry, their actors have such interesting stories.
Forgetting I own a bicycle
Reading comics

Would like to start learning how to dj to add to the list.
and Gardening.

I got a plant from one of my students at the end of last year and its pretty enjoyable to go home every afternoon and see its progress and bloom-age.
You're the Jav master I was looking for the other day.


My hobbies have taken a backseat to work right now but they consist of
Soccer, baseball, driving my car, playing rocket league, reading comics (dont read many of em because im very picky), and very recently it's been board games thanks to gaf. There's a bunch of other things but I haven't been able to do much and what time I have I prefer to spend it with my gf.
 
Reading (novels, comics, manga)
Video games
Gundam (both watching the anime and building the models)
Flintknapping
Piano
Sword collecting
Building model planes
Sitting in my room and doing nothing for days at a time
Star gazing


I want to get into gardening, ukulele playing, and prop making/reproduction. Maybe archery.

Where's the poster who takes pictures of stuffed aquatic life? That's always interesting to read.
 
aside from games and television shows and such which I don't really take seriously enough to call a "hobby" (more something I do sometimes)

probably the main two for me are reading and trying out new restaurants and foods and such(not obsessively but to the point where when I go on a vacation I spend as much time planning out where i'm going to eat as I do on planning out other stuff)

i've been meaning to get into VR but for some reason I just....haven't,I bought a rift like a year ago now and even bought touch controllers since then as well but aside from a few hours the couple days after I first got the rift I legitimately haven't used it at all

not sure why that is,I don't think I even have a real reason for it
 
I legit cannot tell whether you're being serious

Serious lol. Some of it is for my own enjoyment clearly but sometimes just because im interested/want to collect the series if it is one. This is mostly digital though. Dat paper (disc) trail.

You're the Jav master I was looking for the other day.

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lol, dunno if that's a good thing. Though I do like giving people information about the random things I know or have come across about it.
 
lol, dunno if that's a good thing. Though I do like giving people information about the random things I know or have come across about it.
Good thing lol. There was a thread not long ago and I was trying to remember what your username. I think I had a conversation with you a while ago about Japanese porn. Something along the lines of story lines and what not.
 
- olympic weightlifting
- kayaking
- camping/hiking
- rebuilding tools like old axes and stuff
- woodworking (just starting)
- reading
 
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I make a femrented fruit, rum, and molasses mixture to attract moths, then put up a couple of sheets and very bright lights. The combination will attract hundreds to thousands of insects. I photograph them and attempt to identify them.

It feed the collector part of my brain, and gives me something to do late at night while drinking beer. Best part, I get to stay at alot of state parks/state resorts for free in exchange for setting up a moth program for residents/park visitors.


(None of these photos are of my setup as I am on mobile, but pretty closely match them)
This is the coolest fucking thing to me.

- olympic weightlifting
- kayaking
- camping/hiking
- rebuilding tools like old axes and stuff
- woodworking (just starting)
- reading
That sounds kinda cool too. How's that work?
 
I seem to pick up a few new ones every year or so

Browsing the Web - Seems to be my number one hobby , as thats what i spend most of my time doing, whether in forums, Social media, youtube, twitch, Netflix etc, also it's a good way to keep up with other hobbies becuase you can usually find sites & forums dedicated to almost any hobby you can think of & even youtube channels, & if not you could always create them yourself.

Music - specifically the Genre of Heavy Metal & Rock (buying albums, merch, going to gigs, watching stuff online etc)

Computers - i used to be into them a lot more before, upgrading them, playing games on them, browse web, play around with programmes & settings that i had no clue just to see what they do, even fiddle about with live cd linux builds. I used to subscribe to a fortnighly magazine & regulary buy between 2-5 other magazines all about Computers, & read books about them.

Videogames - Well we are on Gaf afterall, playing, collecting them, buying merch, playing retro games etc

Horror - mostly movies watching & buying them, collecting merch, reading magazines, the occasional book, watching youtube videos about horror etc

Art - Just looking at it, as i am not at all good at creating art, (it looks omature but i dont have time/patience to learn) but as an admirer i can buy Art Books, look at lots of Amateur & professional Art online, i like Movie Poster Art, & Old 80's videobox Art, Album Artwork, go to Art galleries, i also like buying Movie Art books & look at all the stunning concept Art, also like watching various Art Documentaries & TV Shows.

I started getting into Hockey a few years ago, American NHL, its hard to keep up with though as all the games are usually played too late for me in the UK (7pm games on the east coast are about midnight here, they go on until 3am-ish, but i have to be up at work by 6am) so i try to only watch games at the weekends or when i have time off, but these days im too tired on the weekends so last few months i have slowly drifted off this as a Hobby, simply because it's hard to follow.

Movies - Watching, Collecting. Going to the Cinema, buying merch, talking about them on forums etc

Theres a few more, but these will do for now.
 
Outside of video games, comics are my primary hobby. I have a good amount of books.

I watch anime too but it's below the other two in terms of how much time I spend on it honestly.
 
This is the coolest fucking thing to me.


That sounds kinda cool too. How's that work?

I find crappy and rusty old axes and stuff at garage sales or other random places and then do stuff like this:

(first one was already soaking when I remembered to take a picture, sorry)

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I like to collect and build Gunpla since last june, have like 30 models already, build like 10 or so...
Building these Gundam mobile suits are fun and relaxing, you don't even have to paint them or glue them, they are all snapkits. I plan on painting/airbrushing them, but yeah need to invest in that first.

Also got my Open Water PADI in Thailand this year, which was fun, scary, oh shit I'm choking on seawater and oh wow a cool underwater wreckage. Planning on getting my Advanced next year, hopefully become Divemaster one day.
 
Other than videogames? I guess I draw and paint, although at this point it has turned into a job. I still draw in my spare time tho, so eh
 
I have outdoor and indoor hobbies.

Outdoor:
- travel
- hike
- ski
- basketball (only once per week these days)
- workout & run

Indoor:
- watch sports
- read (news, comics, science fiction, fantasy)
- simple board games and Lego with my son
- video games

I find myself paring down the indoor stuff as I get older, particularly passive media consumption. I barely keep up with shows and movies these days, and am on the verge of dropping football viewing. I still watch too much baseball, soccer, and basketball, though.
 
Cosplay, cooking, and reading are probably my biggest hobbies.

My cosplays can be found here. Definitely my most expensive hobby but also really satisfying for my artistic side. I get to sew, sculpt, carve, sand, paint, et cetera, and show it all off in a single project. Plus, it's a super social hobby, and you can meet a ton of awesome people. I'd say the majority of my current friends are people I met through the hobby.

For cooking, I love to make all kinds of food. Both baking and savory cooking. I like to make really elaborate recipes, typically. Tomorrow I'm braising some beef short ribs. A week ago or so I made some nutella-filled, sea-salt sprinkled, brown butter chocolate chip cookies and some peanut butter-filled, sea-salt sprinkled, brown butter double fudge cookies for a friend's birthday party. I don't get to cook as often as I like, but at least when I cook in bulk I can freeze individual portions so I can enjoy good whenever I want. I kind of want to start a food blog to document my recipes and food adventures, but I feel like I need to improve my photography skills (and get a decent camera) first.

As for reading, I read pretty much everything, fiction and non-fiction alike. I fell out of the habit of watching anime years ago, but I still read a ton of manga (favorite author is Junji Ito).
 
I find crappy and rusty old axes and stuff at garage sales or other random places and then do stuff like this:

Dang, that's awesome. My grandpa's brother bought a bunch of cross-cut saws back in the 40s, but shortly after that the chainsaw was adopted widely and he was stuck with them. He gave away/sold almost all of them over the years, and I got one of the last ones. It's never been used and is still razor sharp.

Crappy pic due to low light:

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I make a femrented fruit, rum, and molasses mixture to attract moths, then put up a couple of sheets and very bright lights. The combination will attract hundreds to thousands of insects. I photograph them and attempt to identify them.

It feed the collector part of my brain, and gives me something to do late at night while drinking beer. Best part, I get to stay at alot of state parks/state resorts for free in exchange for setting up a moth program for residents/park visitors.


(None of these photos are of my setup as I am on mobile, but pretty closely match them)
I use to do the same, by leaving my front porch light on, but I used a really. Right flood lamp.

Yours uh

Yours is a much better idea and gets way more than I ever did. I only maybe got 100 at a time, but I did find a Luna moth. I loved it.
 
Oldest and dearest: gaming (playing and collecting).
Most time and money consuming: photography and mountain hiking. They go so well together. Healthy too and so rewarding.
Newest and hottest: drawing. I'm a novice and I hope some day I would become good enough to illustrate my own novels.
 
Playing video-games, reading/writing (although I don't them as much as I used to), making graphics/gifs on tumblr.

I really do want to get into more things such as meditating, gardening, etc. I think I want to try some of you guys' hobbies to broaden my horizons.
 
I really do want to get into more things such as meditating, gardening, etc. I think I want to try some of you guys' hobbies to broaden my horizons.

I'm into meditating, I just don't consider it a hobby

Headspace isn't a terrible app for a newcomer to meditation

I haven't personally used it but I have some friends that rave about Calm.com
 
I post useless comments on NeoGAF.

I used to do a lot of video editing, mostly youtube poop type stuff, but I've only ever finished a couple of Chad Warden + The Room (Tommy Wiseau) mashup edits. Now I mostly edit together my own porn.

I write fiction, and draw it, though I do the former more often. Sometimes by myself, but more often as a part of a group exercise in a format that's somewhat similar to online role-playing. I do a bit of abstract digital art now and then too.

I used to read a lot when I was younger, then I listened to a lot of audiobooks while drawing, but that's mostly been overtaken by Netflix. I'd like to get back into it though.

I'm posing as a kangaroo on twitter as part of a quiet campaign of mine and general boredom/curiosity.

I play plenty of video games, of course, though I haven't spread out too much beyond my favorite series and genres these past few years. Mostly shooters. First person games always captured my attention like no others when I was young.

I used to be very into LBP's level editor and had some ambitious projects going, which I hoped to later translate to a dedicated game-making software, but not much progress on that front.

I listen to a lot of music, read up on the lyrics, the band history, and I look up interviews sometimes. I'll dig deeper the more I like a band. Haven't found many that have gripped me as much as REM and Talking Heads did last year though. I don't go to too many shows though. The last one was a Modest Mouse show last summer, and that ended up having disappointing sound quality and a fairly short set.

I took a beginning guitar class in senior year of high-school, but didn't practice often enough following that and I've forgotten almost everything. I've also got a cheap keyboard that I used to doodle around with, but I don't think I've ever composed anything worthwhile.


I like to think of myself as an avid amateur when it comes to a lot of creative pursuits. I guess I like being able to express myself in that way.
 
I like collecting anime figures and take pictures of them. Recently got introduced to Dungeons and Dragons as well, and that's quickly becoming a fun hobby for my friends and I.
 
Besides playing video games:

Creating personal lists (mostly ranking movies)
Tweeting
Writing movie reviews
Collecting (games and figures mostly)
Watching movies and tv shows, listening to music
Convention planning/volunteering
Magic the Gathering
Comics
Shopping

Politics used to be there, but it brings me nothing but misery lately for obvious reasons.

There are a few things I've dabbled in that I'm going to be more serious about when I'm done with uni, like playing my guitar, screenwriting, Dungeons and Dragons, and learning French.

I also have a wonderful social life and often talk about my interests with others. Life is pretty full and satisfying :>
 
the internet
reading (books or comics)
cinema
tv series
drawing
writing fiction (rarely these days)
video-games(rarely)

these things can fill up my whole day if I let them.

gym is more of an obligation than a hobby
 
Aside from the general 'consuming media' thing (I don't think those are hobbies), i'm currently into a few things, namely:

Woodworking
Laparoscopy
Stargazing
Fitness
Arduino
Cooking

I also ventured into model painting for a little bit just for the painting aspect. I don't really play tabletop games but I love the super-detailed tiny models and how difficult it is to paint them well. It's a total zen thing.
 
The gym
Playing videogames (and watching related videos)
Watching movies/shows and a bit of anime
Reading books and a bit of manga

I should branch out. Used to play Rocksmith (basically Guitar Hero with a real guitar) and play basketball (though only on my own).
 
Batman/TMNT? Good man. Good man.

Mostly comics, video games, and then the ever so classic movies and television (I like to watch and critique and talk about them, as pretty much anyone does). I have also started to collect figures. Comics are really the only hobby that I have any real dedication to. Figures are only based on "well that looks cool," without any real dedication to it at all (completing sets, collecting a line, etc.) and mostly with spontaneity. I'm on GAF, so obviously I enjoy video games, though not nearly as hardcore as I was but a few years ago. I mostly just play them and don't try to keep up with the news as much as I did. I have a YT channel that I keep meaning to go back to just for a hobby and eliminate whatever sad attempt at true monetization I was going for. I'd like to do a Twitch channel or some kind of streaming channel. Real chill, no monetization or anything like that, but I don't have the equipment for it (mostly a computer).

I've tried collectible games (Heroclix, Magic, Heroscape, etc.), but those fall through. I either get tired of playing them or tired of spending the money. Magic was the one I dedicated the most time to, but Heroscape was the most fun (fuck spending like $30 just for a couple of figs and a tile piece). But boy was Heroscape fun.

Maybe I should do Heroscape again...Pretty sure it's dead though. It's dead, right?

I used to work out every day for about two hours a day, but my motivation died so hard. Goddamn I wish I could get it back.
 
Video Games; that's a given tho. Overwatch has been a staple this past year and is actually my primary motivation for expanding into PC gaming. Hoping to build my own rig by the end of the year.

Reading; picked up a kindle back in February of last year. Try to read at least one book every two months. Been doing okay so far. Currently reading The Diamond Age. Also, my friend recommends me comics. Mostly smaller titles currently flipping through Tokyo Ghost and Monstress.

Anime Figures; big collector of figs all shapes and sizes. I like all the different sculpts and characters and styles. Also kinda fond of
lewd
figs as well. Not like waifu'd to them, I just think they're nice to look at. I also like taking pictures of figmas in poses and stuff, dunno- I enjoy it but keep it to myself really. :<

I need some more hobbies tbh, something more than the little bit I have. With what I've got, and a lack of friends since I moved from my hometown, life has gotten pretty dull.
 
Worldbuilding: making my fictional world more and more expansive is what i have been working on for the last few years on and off. I love doing it because it combines looking up interesting historical facts with my imagination.

I love making up stories within this world although I am hoping to once in my life write the main story (which the headlines are coming along really slowly).

Perhaps there should be a thread for worldbuilding? Reddit has an awesome set of subreddits dedicated to worldbuilding and the likes.


Also: history, movies, music and reading
 
At the moment, making a mess by building models and uploading it to the YouTubes.

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Those are way better than the shitty glue-smudged, sloppily painted, half-on decaled plastic model jets I tried to put together as a kid

And now I'm thinking how dangerous that glue and Testors paint may have been for my health
 
Cycling,
swimming,
walking the dogs,
reading (novels and scientific curiosities mainly. Also Nat geo and the occasional graphic novel),
video games (probably the number 1 choice if I have free time),
snowboarding,
tv shows.
I used to enjoy playing the saxophone but that kind of fell off a year or two ago. Love cooking for people, but not too bothered about cooking for pleasure.

Would really like to take up woodworking but the kit etc seems to need a lot of space, time and money. Other stuff already consumes all 3 of those! Plus, you know, the potential loss of limbs.
 
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