Ask Lemmy

Blacksmithing. Just don’t really have the room in the backyard.

I wish I had the time to get involved with the hobbies I already have

I don't think I've had a decent chunk of a few hours of time with the energy to actually be creative in like a year now....

I hope I'm on the other side of this soon, life is supposed to be for living

Magic the Gathering. Seems fun but I can't justify new video game prices for individual cards

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.

Bird watching. I'm going blind in such a way that makes binoculars impossible to use, and am completely deaf in one ear, so I can't even tell which direction the calls are coming from 😅

Woodworking/carpentry has always fascinated me.

My dad would build all sorts of shit. Decks. Bars inside those little sheds for some reason (man cave?). I always watched a growing up and I still think it was super cool. But now I live in a 700sq ft apartment. So that’s a big hindrance to doing most things.

As someone with ADHD: All of them.

I want a bicycle. I have nowhere to store it, and I suspect it would be stolen within a week. Not enough room inside either. Also, I haven't biked in...20 years!

Falconry. I mean, it looks bad ass but then you have to acquire maintain an avian predator that is expensive and likely hates you.

Woodworking and just making shit in general. It's the main reason I'm so frustrated about not being able to own a house. I'm constantly thinking about things I'd like to build or learning about methods of doing things I'd like to try and I just can't. Closest I get is fixing shit for my friends sometimes.

D&D. I've tried a few times, but I have no imagination so I can never really get into it.

Flying. AVGAS100 is fucking expensive.

I've got quite a few hours logged, tho

I want to get into rock climbing but I feel like I just don't have the build. I'm 6'5 260 lbs with size 16 feet. I climb around stuff at work sometimes and really enjoy that. But the one time I did go to a rock climbing gym my dumb feet were barely able to get purchase on the rocks. I lift weights 2-5 times a week depending on my work schedule but body weight stuff has never really been on the agenda. I still think I'd probably really enjoy it.

Rally car racing. (or any motorsport that isn't F1 or boats/planes, really) But I'm too broke for that.

I'm now of the age where building a miniature railroad city seems interesting, but I don't have anywhere near the space.

When I was young I always wanted to skateboard. I was kind of scene adjacent being into punk and metal in the 90s/00s, but none of my close friends skated and the kids I knew that did seemed kind of gate keepy. I bought a decent board and a vhs (pre youtube) on how to do some tricks. I was even saving up and making plans to build some backyard ramps or half pipe since we didn't have a skate park near by. Despite this I could never figure out an olly which seemed to be the entry level trick and since my friends didn't skate I was only ever practicing on my own and never got direct feedback on what I was doing wrong. Now I'm in my 40s and even if wanted to pick it up, I'd break something for sure.

Coding. I just can't stick with it and can't find anything I'd like to make that interests me. any cod3 class I take I can follow chapter 1 and then I fall off a cliff. It feels like I'm wasting time if i try. I guess in my head I feel like I really want to know it, but when I'm doing it I'd rather be doing other things. Its more so I need to have the understanding because I don't like using things I don't fully understand. It just is such a time consuming thing.

Motorsport, specifically drifting.

Mucking around in digital audio workstations.

Gardening.

I love plants but I dont have the time to micromanage. Ive set up automatic systems in the past, and found that the plants that want to live will live. And just propagate those to hell. I have loquat trees that love neglect. I have grapes that are WAY overgrown that need trimming each year and produce way too much. Ive tried other things but one hot 110F+ (43-44C) day and most plants die. And we get months of that kind of weather.

Exercise. Even a little bit makes me miserable. And I'm not even physically disabled.

Flying

Coding. I love gaming and I love mods for games, but even my best efforts don't get me very far. I can't fully grasp how it works, what it means, or how to ask for what I need to know. It's not for lack of trying or exposure, I've been bullshitting my way through linux for about 16 years now and only recently learned how to use systemctl without without copy paste.

You want literally anything physical I'm your guy. This week I'm researching how to reflow the APU on a ps4 motherboard and it just makes total sense to me, but I'm struggling just to make the json files in a mod for vintage story. Totally lost when it comes to the C#.

Fixing old cars, but I can't justify the cost or the storage requirements.

I've wanted to get into making stained glass art for about a decade now. I've spent countless hours watching instructional videos and researching, I just can't justify dropping a thousand dollars on just beginning a hobby, not to mention the space & clean air requirements

Glassblowing

It's too damn hot.

I used to be really into traditional archery. Throught my teens, Emphasis on the "really", Pretty sure I spent more time on the range than i did at home. I trained myself to shoot accurately no matter which hand i used. I traveled to attend and perform at archery shows hosted by castles

But it's difficult to find space to do it in a city.

Filming and starring in porn and not just collecting it.

Film photography. Far too expensive

Woodworking, gem faceting, "real" astrophotography.

I rent a garage "apartment" so I'm too poor to justify the expense of "real" astrophotography (I just have a "cheap" smart telescope) and I don't have the space or stability of living location to start buying equipment for the other hobbies.

Gaming. While I loved the arcade as a kid, I just cant seem to get into any modern game. Seemed like the more advanced they got the less I was interested. The last game I tried was RDR2 and gave up on the second mission. Just bored to tears.

Pegging

Nazi hunting.

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.

Macro digital and large format film photography. The reason, money 🙁

3D printing. No dedicated space in my house for such a thing, plus there's no way my kids would leave it alone or not constantly ask for more 3D dragons.