What does 1000€ buy you in your favourite hobby?
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1 or 2 carbon bike wheels, depending on size, riding style, terrain, etc.
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It varies wildly, but I'd go with the level of quality I'd be paying for, not what the most you could get for that money would be (Also, I'm in the UK, so I'm kinda just answering for a grand in GBP to save myself converting). Also, I kinda rotate my hobbies so my favourite varies based on when you're asking me. In no particular order:
Music production: a couple of Eurorack modules or some percentage of a full synth, you can get cheaper stuff, but I've probably got equivalents available at that level already. I could upgrade my keyboard to a fancy new Komplete or KeyLab one. Software wise, if all my software and vsts released new versions and I decided to lose my mind for a minute, I'd hopefully be able to cover all the typical version upgrade costs for that price. (Realistically I tend to wait until a couple of versions have passed before an upgrade if nothing jumps out at me about it)
Music listening (vinyl): 20-40 on records or a nice-enough-for-me pair of speakers. You could probably get 4 or 5 of my turntable (which would be silly) as it does the job perfectly for me.
Music listening (gigs and festivals): tickets, travel and a good chunk of my other expenses to go to Glastonbury or European festival (got decent camping gear already, so don't need to buy that). Tickets and travel, but not much for other expenses for a couple of smaller or city festivals. 10 arena gigs or 20-40 smaller gigs.
Travel: big, big holiday ~2 weeks, maybe half the hotel costs, maybe less as I tend to go all out when it's a long holiday. Shorter long weekends I'd hope to get my flights and accommodation at that price. If it's a stag do or similar, I'd hope to pretty much cover all costs for that.
Photography: I shoot full frame using a Sony alpha, so it might get me a percentage of a camera body or maybe a couple of decent second hand lenses (maybe 3 or 4 of the more entry level ones), of the lenses I'd like to buy, I think there is one I could get new for around that price.
Gaming (pc): probably a new mid-to-high-end graphics card, games wise I pretty much exclusively wait until things are on sale on Steam, so probably at least a couple of years of steam spend. Oh I could get a couple of steam decks if I had a reason to buy more than the one I've already got.
Watching football & rugby (live): I'm an Arsenal fan that lives in the north, so I'm probably only getting two chances to go for that price as I'll need to factor in travel, hotels, meals and beers. I visit some lower league grounds nearer me every now and again, I reckon a grand would pay for a season ticket and all my concessions that year plus a bit of merch at most of them. My rugby team no longer exists, but I could see them 4-5 times a year with travel etc. before they went into administration
Watching football & rugby (legally on TV): Need Sky, TNT, Amazon Prime, Premier Sports (predominantly for rugby), TV licence & if I was truly arsed about them, various one off passes for pre-season competitions. You're probably not getting a whole year for that price unless you do the threaten-to-quit-sky thing and hope they give you a decent discount, you can also get away with sharing logins for some of these, but I was answering strictly legally.
Eating a meal out (I like going to new restaurants so I guess it's a hobby): I'd probably take my partner out for dinner around my city 4-10 times for that depending where we go, a couple of courses plus a bottle of wine and maybe cocktails.
I..... was not expecting this comment to become an essay lol
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A few large sets, amounting around 12000 bricks, or a random assortment of up to 20000 bricks if acquired in bulk ( or like a bathtub of bricks if acquired second-hand )
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You guys have hobbies?
Idk, a mid tier graphics card?
3 months of food?
2 months of marina?
A nice short trip/vacation (a couple of days, maybe a week)?
Rear tires coz I like them fast?
A lot of planters and automatic watering systems?
A notable addition to my home lab?I should get a life.
a mid tier graphics card?
GPU inflation is getting silly when 1000€ is just mid-tier.
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I go for multi day camping festivals, so it would probably be enough for admission, 2 sets of an under layer, an outer layer, a warm layer, and shoes. If you only have one outfit, you’ll have a bad time.
But if you know where to find cheap larp gear, please let me know.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Yeah ok, if you want good shoes, it gets expensive fast.
But if you know where to find cheap larp gear, please let me know.
Cheap? Mytholon. Cheap and good? Sorry, not really. I mean, Mytholon has great fabrics, but they're not exactly sewn straight or neatly.
But a thousand bucks will get you there easily, depending on admission cost and food of course.
Edit: depending on what you want, Burgschneider is pretty great. Not super cheap, but definitely good and not crazy expensive
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We got given one of those led strips that stick to the edges all the way around the back of the TV. We have it on red and it's a great mood light in an otherwise pitch black room. I wasn't convinced I would like it but everyone in the house does.
If you're referring to the backlight on an LED TV, the one we got has "zones" so the bleed isn't too bad at all.
This post caused me to look for the first time in ages and the QLED ones look interesting.
The mood light thing. Some televisions have adaptive lights that project colours of the screen on the wall behind. For me the telly is the window to another universe. I want to be immersed in the movie. I can maybe see the appeal if watching family entertainment and such but for me it's a nope.
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Infinite library cards!
They are free where I live.
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I get 1 nice drone or 2 small ones.
Lost a 500€ infrared drone 2 days ago in a sugar beet field because "I don’t need the GPS when flying near the street" and then I was too high to make out if it was a deer or a rabbit and the powerline in between disrupted the radio signal, so the drone went into failsave and stopped all movement, getting carried by the wind into the field and it fell in a way that the battery disconnected… thank you for reading.. I’m sad now…
Put one of those beepers that beeps when the battery has disconnected on there, it saved me at least a few times.
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Gunpla and other mecha model builder, here. 1k Euro could get you anywhere from 4-75 model kits (likely more if you really wanted to stretch it), a sweet airbrush setup plus all the tools you could need, or a few nice display cases to show the finished models off in.
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I'm on the last generation of plasma still, waiting for OLED or micro-LED to become affordable. I love watching movies at night in a dark room with proper blacks on the screen. I don't understand why people would want lights behind their telly.
Bias lightning (proper white light) is actually helpful with led displays. It increases perceived contrast (i also think it helps with blooming a bit). Not needed for OLEDs though and coloured lights is more of a gimmick.
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200-300 12" singles. Thus reducing my Discogs wantlist by about... 12%.
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One card in a vintage deck.
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Found the (Republican) American!
Confidently wrong x 2
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If I really wanted to go HAM, about one third of a Norbauer Seneca. For me in reality, my laser engraver, 3D printer, soldering station, and other tools I typically use to do keyboard projects probably all come together to be about EUR1000.
Would that it 'twere my only hobby.
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Found the (Republican) American!
Rich (US) Democrats also exist.
Democrat =/= Leftist
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My favorite hobby is piracy... so...
Idk... like 200 months of VPN with Mullvad I guess?
Far cheaper than actually paying like 5 subscription services and also have to deal with ads. yaRrr
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Maybe a third of a used or import lathe or mill.
Machining is super expensive as a hobby to get started.
Which is why I'm slowly upgrading my cheap CNC router to be more rigid and capable, bit by bit. Machined stainles for the first time last week. though i'll never get close to a 'real' machine, in hobby machining, everything is a finishing pass…
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The mood light thing. Some televisions have adaptive lights that project colours of the screen on the wall behind. For me the telly is the window to another universe. I want to be immersed in the movie. I can maybe see the appeal if watching family entertainment and such but for me it's a nope.
Yeah that's Phillips specific as far as I know. Never seen it IRL but the reviews for it are good in that it expands your perception of the screen size but I totally hear you. The immersion is the thing for me too and I'm not sure how it would affect it.
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On raves...?
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digital art: i guess... a new drawing tablet? maybe a laptop that's also a tablet with pen pressure and stuff. would be neat
gaming: upgrade my pc (add a dedicated gpu, new power supply, water cooling, etc) + better peripherals
