I just realized that ebook collectiong has become something of a hobby for me. I think I like that lol. I am currently sifting through saved browser tabs of book recommendations that I have amassed over the last month in an attempt to clean up my browser sessions.

I've even developed a system of sending all tabs to my computer from my phone to create a list to check with libgen, then add to Calibre and sideload to my ereader from there. I hadn't really thought of it as a hobby since reading is a hobby but I think this might be close to data hording?

I also have 90 GB of roms that I have collected that cover all eras up to N64. Do I play any of them? No, but I got them. I did start playing Mario RPG and Earthbound during Indigenous Genocide Day.

So what are your weird but interesting hobbies that have snuck into your lives?

  • DayOfDoom [any, any]
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    7 months ago

    Hell yeah, Mario RPG and EarthBound are good. Similar thing with my digital game hoarding I guess. I keep telling myself that once I have all the games I'm interested in I can just buckle down and actually play the games but it hasn't happened yet. Same thing for anime torrents, I guess, but I'm doing slightly better with that.

    • DayOfDoom [any, any]
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      7 months ago

      Gaming on more than one home console and one portable console needs to be made haram .

    • roux [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      7 months ago

      I have a few handheld emulators that I was hoping would rekindle my love for retro gaming but I just end up stressing over the battery life of the devices because they aren't great. I'm considering telling Santa I want the new Anbernic handheld that looka like a Genesis controller and migrating everything to that and possibly getting rid of my others.

      I think Mario RPG and Earthbound will be my holiday games when I'm not reading. I'm also currently playing Tales from the Borderlands and BL3 so probably won't get far in Mario or EB.

      I do also need to finally play Disco Elysium and also go back through FF1-6 tho at some point.