I collect typewriters. Although I had to stem the flow of them when I moved in with my partner. Unsurprisingly bulky and rather impractical hobby as it turns out...
I collect typewriters. Although I had to stem the flow of them when I moved in with my partner. Unsurprisingly bulky and rather impractical hobby as it turns out...
I collect locks I've picked in the past, one of them was locked on a friend's pencil case, and they told me that they'd let me keep the lock if I could pick it in front of them; still have it. I...
I collect locks I've picked in the past, one of them was locked on a friend's pencil case, and they told me that they'd let me keep the lock if I could pick it in front of them; still have it.
I also collect collars, I love their aesthetic and comfort
Rocks and minerals! I've collected all sorts of lil interesting guys since I was a kid. I love how they all look. It wasn't until more recently that I've started to look more into minerals and...
Rocks and minerals! I've collected all sorts of lil interesting guys since I was a kid. I love how they all look. It wasn't until more recently that I've started to look more into minerals and order some online. I'd like to go rock hounding, but I'm still not sure where I'd go lol. But there are some remote places I know that I'd like to poke around and find neat rocks.
To be fair though, you can find all kinds of neat looking fellas all around, you definitely don't need to go that far out of your way. I've found a lot of random, cool rocks I really like on pull offs by the road in the mountains. I love looking for them everywhere I go!
I also collect rocks and minerals. You'd be amazed at what is around in road fill and other bulk rock sections! I've found some cool specimens almost everywhere I've been.
I also collect rocks and minerals. You'd be amazed at what is around in road fill and other bulk rock sections! I've found some cool specimens almost everywhere I've been.
I started amassing heaps of fundamentalist Christian tracts and pamphlets in defense of my hometown library. They'd erupt in the stacks on Wednesday nights--bigoted comics planted to terrorize...
I started amassing heaps of fundamentalist Christian tracts and pamphlets in defense of my hometown library. They'd erupt in the stacks on Wednesday nights--bigoted comics planted to terrorize children (gay men are pedophile rapists, listening to the wrong genre of music will earn you eternal flames, etc.). Eventually I identified a single family as responsible, since they smuggled them in using an unsubtle crumpled paper bag. The mentality that motivated them to do this in the name of "witnessing," but permitted them to lie to deny it when confronted, fascinated and disturbed me. I hold on to these fear-fueled scraps of vernacular hate literature when I find them, like I'm still collecting evidence.
Mechanically interesting or otherwise out-of-the-norm/storied firearms. Classic car magazines (as in the magazines themselves are classic/old, not necessarily about cars that are classic, but by...
Mechanically interesting or otherwise out-of-the-norm/storied firearms.
Classic car magazines (as in the magazines themselves are classic/old, not necessarily about cars that are classic, but by now the cars involved are considered classics). Period car magazines might be a better phrase.
Interesting/unique/vintage car parts (examples the "SUPERCHARGED" intercooler pipe from a 80's Thunderbird, 60's era Alfa Romeo dished steering wheel with slotted pass-thru horn buttons, every style of asymmetric side vent from the AW11, a complete set of 80's era rainbow gauges, and on and on. Some of these are wall hangers, some are "collected" to be used in other applications as I see fit.
Rare automobiles.
Interesting/generally failed PC designs/cases for my own casemod builds.
I have inadvertently collected keys. Was organizing my fireproof safe a few months backs and at the bottom of it have over a dozen different loose keys that people have entrusted to me for whatever reason and I have no idea what any of them go to.
I primary collect records, LPs mostly, but I've been trying to dip my toes into 45s more lately. Been doing it for a long time (since high school), so my collection is pretty eclectic at this...
I primary collect records, LPs mostly, but I've been trying to dip my toes into 45s more lately. Been doing it for a long time (since high school), so my collection is pretty eclectic at this point as my tastes have changed over the years. Mostly focus on Jazz LPs these days, and hopped onto the City Pop/Japanese AOR/Fusion wave that's been cresting for the past few years, but I think I've tapped that latter well dry at this point (for what I like, at least).
I try not to get too precious about finding the original/desirable pressing and having perfect sleeve condition. I'd rather have an ugly/damaged sleeve with the record in playable condition than have nothing at all. Still, I've acquired a few gems over the years, and that's definitely fun.
Times are changing (for the better in this case!), so more and more "rare groove" music is available digitally or even streaming or YouTube (which is a surprisingly good resource for rare records, if you just want to listen). But what I always liked about record collecting is finding those rare gems that only exist on vinyl: finding something beautiful and unique but forgotten.
Mechanical keyboards, switches, and keycaps. Over the years I've collected a solid dozen boards and more than enough keycaps to cover them all. Some of my favourites include my HHKB Pro 2, TKC...
Mechanical keyboards, switches, and keycaps. Over the years I've collected a solid dozen boards and more than enough keycaps to cover them all. Some of my favourites include my HHKB Pro 2, TKC M0LLY, KBDFans Maja, RAMA Kara, and my various Apple Extended Keyboards. I have tried so many different switch and keycap combinations, but I keep finding myself typing on GMK ABS doubleshot keycaps on Durock T1 tactile switches (and its various clones).
We have a small collection of California wines. We like to visit the vineyards in Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Napa and Sonoma and try different things out. We always bring some home with us and...
We have a small collection of California wines. We like to visit the vineyards in Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Napa and Sonoma and try different things out. We always bring some home with us and sometimes join their wine clubs for a few months at a time. We aren’t super collectors and we mostly buy stuff that’s drinkable now and not super expensive. But there are some really nice wines made here, so we like to try them all out.
Historical computers and related hardware/software. Probably the most interesting things I have are: A complete IBM PC/AT with 16 color EGA display A complete IBM PC with 4 color CGA display An...
Historical computers and related hardware/software. Probably the most interesting things I have are:
A complete IBM PC/AT with 16 color EGA display
A complete IBM PC with 4 color CGA display
An Apple II+ with 8" floppy drive and controller
A boxed copy of Windows 1.0
And I guess all four items encapsulate my reason for collecting. It's partially for historical value, partially because it's funny in an absurd way playing with such completely obsolete media, and partially because it's fascinating learning what you can make certain computers do, even with hardware as primitive as theirs.
It may sound stupid, but over the last few years, I've started collecting bags. Mostly I've been collecting bags from cottage-industry manufacturers, sometimes second-hand from eBay. What appeals...
It may sound stupid, but over the last few years, I've started collecting bags. Mostly I've been collecting bags from cottage-industry manufacturers, sometimes second-hand from eBay. What appeals to me about them is the beauty of a utilitarian object for which there are essentially infinite possible forms. Within the space of all potential bags, the choices made about materials, form/design, attention to detail, and build quality have continued to hold my interest. I often lurk on /r/manybaggers on Reddit.
The bags I use most often if I'm just going out for a day trip are the Rofmia Boston Bag or the Ghostly x RPMFG dyneema backpack. Yesterday I went for a long hike in the White Mountains, and for...
The bags I use most often if I'm just going out for a day trip are the Rofmia Boston Bag or the Ghostly x RPMFG dyneema backpack.
Yesterday I went for a long hike in the White Mountains, and for that I used the Pa'lante V2. (It is intended for lightweight backpacking and the material choices and intentional omission of any zippered pockets mean that it should last longer than the other bags I listed without any maintenance/repair, esp. being used in the woods.)
The bags I listed could each be taken on a flight as a carry-on, but if I am going on a longer trip involving air travel, I have an Arc'teryx V80 rolling duffel as a checked bag. (I just haven't done any air travel in over a year due to the pandemic.)
That V80 is an especially interesting design, the photos for opening and packing it show just how well it can hold stuff relative to its size. Thank you for sharing, this is a very interesting...
That V80 is an especially interesting design, the photos for opening and packing it show just how well it can hold stuff relative to its size. Thank you for sharing, this is a very interesting collection as it has actual utility that has a tangible effect on what is collected and used, much like cars or clothes.
Interesting. I guess the V80's frame makes it optimized more for air travel and less for fitting nicely in the trunk of a car or in a luggage rack with other luggage. (They say there is "less...
Interesting. I guess the V80's frame makes it optimized more for air travel and less for fitting nicely in the trunk of a car or in a luggage rack with other luggage. (They say there is "less irregular space" on the inside, but there's more on the outside.)
I can see why some would think it's neat, but it would remain a specialty item.
I don't collect much. As a kid, I collected coins and monetary bills, but that was mostly because I inherited an already existing collection. I think the highlight was a coin from the 1700s....
I don't collect much. As a kid, I collected coins and monetary bills, but that was mostly because I inherited an already existing collection. I think the highlight was a coin from the 1700s.
I personally collect iPods and Sony Mavica cameras
Nothing wrong with that, but as a photographer, I feel bad about not using the cameras I own. I have an old Yashicamat from ~1957, and I feel bad that I haven't used it for the past couple of years even though I used it a lot in the past.
If I had unlimited money, I would buy a bunch of old analog cameras, especially medium and large format, and I'd use them all. Again, nothing wrong with collecting things for their aesthetic or historical value, but I have this inherent sense that tools that are still in a state to be used should be used. Almost like an obligation to the object, which I know is ridiculous. That's just me, though. I don't begrudge anyone having a nice old antique on their mantelpiece.
Part of how I can excuse that for these cameras is that the floppy disks that the Mavica cameras use for storage are becoming harder to find, and the image quality is so poor anyway that the...
Part of how I can excuse that for these cameras is that the floppy disks that the Mavica cameras use for storage are becoming harder to find, and the image quality is so poor anyway that the cameras are useless outside of novelty.
I bought a Yashicamat, my first TLR, last year, and I've been having a blast shooting with it. I'm with you that it feels kind of wrong to collect machines and then have them sit unused. The...
I bought a Yashicamat, my first TLR, last year, and I've been having a blast shooting with it. I'm with you that it feels kind of wrong to collect machines and then have them sit unused. The pleasure, for me at least, is experiencing the ingenuity and build quality of the cameras hands-on by, you know, using them for the purpose they were built.
I collect records, as well, and I feel the same way: I don't really understand acquiring a record and then never listening to it (or even opening the shrink wrap). What's the point?
I have amassed and disposed of a number of collections over the years, there's only one I've stuck with for any amount of time and that's editions of Alice in Wonderland. I have maybe 15 now, the...
I have amassed and disposed of a number of collections over the years, there's only one I've stuck with for any amount of time and that's editions of Alice in Wonderland. I have maybe 15 now, the oldest is from the late 19th century but most are newer. I have the Dali illustrated version, a pop-up one, The Annotated Alice, Philosopher's Alice, various copies illustrated by people other than John Tenniel (you almost certainly know his illustrations). Also some reworkings of the story like Automated Alice or The Looking Glass Wars. I recently gave away a few editions so I don't have quite as many as I did, but my cousin lost her whole library to mould so y'know. Had to do something.
Over the last couple of years me and my wife have been slowly working on a collection of limited edition prints by illustrators we like, including a gorgeous Chris Haughton which has a whole wall to itself because it's so damn nice, and we just picked up a Paul Kidby Discworld characters print which is still awaiting framing. I'm hoping to one day get something by Shaun Tan but I can only find them for sale in Australia and they're expensive enough even before thinking about shipping or import tax.
I collect comic books. Not expensive premium hardcovers, just regular comics. Besides special editions, Panini kinda only publishes trade paperbacks right now so that's what I'm getting. Nothing...
I collect comic books. Not expensive premium hardcovers, just regular comics. Besides special editions, Panini kinda only publishes trade paperbacks right now so that's what I'm getting. Nothing fancy really, just your regular DC titles like Batman, Superman, and Justice League.
Current stories kinda disappointed me (and Marvel seems to be even worse for my taste at least), so once my subscriptions run out I'll just keep buying republications from the 80s and 90s of my favorite super heroes, maybe some cheap second hand stuff. The collection is not supposed to increase in value or anything, it's just so I have a bunch of comics to choose from, read every once in a while and feel like a 90s kid again.
I'm in part trying to recover from the trauma of having my childhood collection (which I partially inherited from my father -- who's alive by the way) thrown out by my aunt's cleaner when I was teenager.
I also like to put them in plastic, organize and arrange them, and look at the collection every once in a while. Filled one shelf already.
I am so sorry that happened to you. My first gen Pokemon cards in a binder were sold at a yard sale without my permission many years ago before the current hype.
I'm in part trying to recover from the trauma of having my childhood collection (which I partially inherited from my father -- who's alive by the way) thrown out by my aunt's cleaner when I was teenager.
I am so sorry that happened to you. My first gen Pokemon cards in a binder were sold at a yard sale without my permission many years ago before the current hype.
Yesterday I was remembering how devastating it was. I stopped buying comics altogether after that. I didn't see the point anymore. What goes through someone's mind when they do something like...
Yesterday I was remembering how devastating it was. I stopped buying comics altogether after that. I didn't see the point anymore. What goes through someone's mind when they do something like that? I wonder if she was just evil, she was not a nice person. I avoid think about it is not good for me.
Knives. Dangerous because individually they are not too expensive, but in aggregate boy do they take a bite out of your bank account. Curse my coworker for getting me hooked. Long term I’m...
Knives. Dangerous because individually they are not too expensive, but in aggregate boy do they take a bite out of your bank account. Curse my coworker for getting me hooked.
Long term I’m planning on getting more into firearms, I have four handguns inherited from (great) grandparents; three revolvers and one pistol.
My collections are closed, but it's a few things: Nintendo cartridge handhelds (GameBoy/DS), yoyos, keyboards, and twisty puzzles. I got into the handhelds when the pandemic hit, because I had the...
My collections are closed, but it's a few things: Nintendo cartridge handhelds (GameBoy/DS), yoyos, keyboards, and twisty puzzles.
I got into the handhelds when the pandemic hit, because I had the time to do the modding I wanted and wanted useful electronics projects. I bought a pre-built GBA and GBC, but replaced my cancer-ridden SP with a new screen, bought a backlit DMG, and a Japanese pocket in the original DMG scheme with a burned out screen. My IPS DMG was modded because I could preserve the original case, and the mod is done by swapping out a daughter board with one that's got inputs and IPS screen connectors, no modification of original hardware required.
Yoyos: I got into them after watching a video Veritasium did with Ben Conde, who did off-string yoyoing. I fell into a rabbit hole and bought anything that was in my price range and interested me, leading me to have too many yoyos. If there's a type I've probably got it at this point (one offstring, different monometal shapes, a few bimetals, one titanium, and unique ones that I had to have).
Keyboards: Another short-term pandemic buy. I wanted a Planck because I was curious about the ergonomic benefits and open source nature of it, and again wanted to also do some soldering. I preordered my Planck on Drop, they were doing a group buy, and then cancelled it for a Preonic, which had a number row. I then had to quickly learn this new layout to be able to pass my SQL Administration class, which I did by practicing everything on the new board. Then I realized it wasn't just my huge keyboard causing wrist issues, it was height and spacing. I set out to try to correct the issues I could, and went down the rabbit hole, buying an ID75 set up as a split board with a numpad in the middle, a Nyquist (a Split Preonic), the Planck, and a clone for fun, a DZ60 so I had a normal keyboard everybody else could use at my computer, and finally my Ergodox EZ, which solves most of my desk's issues, and a GMMK Pro because it's a big beefy 75% with QMK support (which is lackluster, but the community's fixing it).
You could also say I collect software, from retro game source ports to VST and DAW software. I'm always looking for something new and entertaining, and also like being able to share useful but obscure projects with people who can benefit from them. This is probably the most fulfilling, because it doesn't cost any money (I've already got computers).
I collect typewriters. Although I had to stem the flow of them when I moved in with my partner. Unsurprisingly bulky and rather impractical hobby as it turns out...
I collect locks I've picked in the past, one of them was locked on a friend's pencil case, and they told me that they'd let me keep the lock if I could pick it in front of them; still have it.
I also collect collars, I love their aesthetic and comfort
Rocks and minerals! I've collected all sorts of lil interesting guys since I was a kid. I love how they all look. It wasn't until more recently that I've started to look more into minerals and order some online. I'd like to go rock hounding, but I'm still not sure where I'd go lol. But there are some remote places I know that I'd like to poke around and find neat rocks.
To be fair though, you can find all kinds of neat looking fellas all around, you definitely don't need to go that far out of your way. I've found a lot of random, cool rocks I really like on pull offs by the road in the mountains. I love looking for them everywhere I go!
I also collect rocks and minerals. You'd be amazed at what is around in road fill and other bulk rock sections! I've found some cool specimens almost everywhere I've been.
I collect ants!
Looking forward for more of your ant tales!
I started amassing heaps of fundamentalist Christian tracts and pamphlets in defense of my hometown library. They'd erupt in the stacks on Wednesday nights--bigoted comics planted to terrorize children (gay men are pedophile rapists, listening to the wrong genre of music will earn you eternal flames, etc.). Eventually I identified a single family as responsible, since they smuggled them in using an unsubtle crumpled paper bag. The mentality that motivated them to do this in the name of "witnessing," but permitted them to lie to deny it when confronted, fascinated and disturbed me. I hold on to these fear-fueled scraps of vernacular hate literature when I find them, like I'm still collecting evidence.
Mechanically interesting or otherwise out-of-the-norm/storied firearms.
Classic car magazines (as in the magazines themselves are classic/old, not necessarily about cars that are classic, but by now the cars involved are considered classics). Period car magazines might be a better phrase.
Interesting/unique/vintage car parts (examples the "SUPERCHARGED" intercooler pipe from a 80's Thunderbird, 60's era Alfa Romeo dished steering wheel with slotted pass-thru horn buttons, every style of asymmetric side vent from the AW11, a complete set of 80's era rainbow gauges, and on and on. Some of these are wall hangers, some are "collected" to be used in other applications as I see fit.
Rare automobiles.
Interesting/generally failed PC designs/cases for my own casemod builds.
I have inadvertently collected keys. Was organizing my fireproof safe a few months backs and at the bottom of it have over a dozen different loose keys that people have entrusted to me for whatever reason and I have no idea what any of them go to.
I primary collect records, LPs mostly, but I've been trying to dip my toes into 45s more lately. Been doing it for a long time (since high school), so my collection is pretty eclectic at this point as my tastes have changed over the years. Mostly focus on Jazz LPs these days, and hopped onto the City Pop/Japanese AOR/Fusion wave that's been cresting for the past few years, but I think I've tapped that latter well dry at this point (for what I like, at least).
I try not to get too precious about finding the original/desirable pressing and having perfect sleeve condition. I'd rather have an ugly/damaged sleeve with the record in playable condition than have nothing at all. Still, I've acquired a few gems over the years, and that's definitely fun.
Times are changing (for the better in this case!), so more and more "rare groove" music is available digitally or even streaming or YouTube (which is a surprisingly good resource for rare records, if you just want to listen). But what I always liked about record collecting is finding those rare gems that only exist on vinyl: finding something beautiful and unique but forgotten.
Mechanical keyboards, switches, and keycaps. Over the years I've collected a solid dozen boards and more than enough keycaps to cover them all. Some of my favourites include my HHKB Pro 2, TKC M0LLY, KBDFans Maja, RAMA Kara, and my various Apple Extended Keyboards. I have tried so many different switch and keycap combinations, but I keep finding myself typing on GMK ABS doubleshot keycaps on Durock T1 tactile switches (and its various clones).
We have a small collection of California wines. We like to visit the vineyards in Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Napa and Sonoma and try different things out. We always bring some home with us and sometimes join their wine clubs for a few months at a time. We aren’t super collectors and we mostly buy stuff that’s drinkable now and not super expensive. But there are some really nice wines made here, so we like to try them all out.
Historical computers and related hardware/software. Probably the most interesting things I have are:
A complete IBM PC/AT with 16 color EGA display
A complete IBM PC with 4 color CGA display
An Apple II+ with 8" floppy drive and controller
A boxed copy of Windows 1.0
And I guess all four items encapsulate my reason for collecting. It's partially for historical value, partially because it's funny in an absurd way playing with such completely obsolete media, and partially because it's fascinating learning what you can make certain computers do, even with hardware as primitive as theirs.
It may sound stupid, but over the last few years, I've started collecting bags. Mostly I've been collecting bags from cottage-industry manufacturers, sometimes second-hand from eBay. What appeals to me about them is the beauty of a utilitarian object for which there are essentially infinite possible forms. Within the space of all potential bags, the choices made about materials, form/design, attention to detail, and build quality have continued to hold my interest. I often lurk on /r/manybaggers on Reddit.
Some bags I've collected:
Is there a bag you consider to be your 'daily driver', or a bag that you use for special occasions like day shopping, the airport, etc?
The bags I use most often if I'm just going out for a day trip are the Rofmia Boston Bag or the Ghostly x RPMFG dyneema backpack.
Yesterday I went for a long hike in the White Mountains, and for that I used the Pa'lante V2. (It is intended for lightweight backpacking and the material choices and intentional omission of any zippered pockets mean that it should last longer than the other bags I listed without any maintenance/repair, esp. being used in the woods.)
The bags I listed could each be taken on a flight as a carry-on, but if I am going on a longer trip involving air travel, I have an Arc'teryx V80 rolling duffel as a checked bag. (I just haven't done any air travel in over a year due to the pandemic.)
That V80 is an especially interesting design, the photos for opening and packing it show just how well it can hold stuff relative to its size. Thank you for sharing, this is a very interesting collection as it has actual utility that has a tangible effect on what is collected and used, much like cars or clothes.
Interesting. I guess the V80's frame makes it optimized more for air travel and less for fitting nicely in the trunk of a car or in a luggage rack with other luggage. (They say there is "less irregular space" on the inside, but there's more on the outside.)
I can see why some would think it's neat, but it would remain a specialty item.
It’s definitely not as optimal for car travel. For car trips I usually just go for a non-rolling duffel, such as this one from Peak Design.
I don't collect much. As a kid, I collected coins and monetary bills, but that was mostly because I inherited an already existing collection. I think the highlight was a coin from the 1700s.
Nothing wrong with that, but as a photographer, I feel bad about not using the cameras I own. I have an old Yashicamat from ~1957, and I feel bad that I haven't used it for the past couple of years even though I used it a lot in the past.
If I had unlimited money, I would buy a bunch of old analog cameras, especially medium and large format, and I'd use them all. Again, nothing wrong with collecting things for their aesthetic or historical value, but I have this inherent sense that tools that are still in a state to be used should be used. Almost like an obligation to the object, which I know is ridiculous. That's just me, though. I don't begrudge anyone having a nice old antique on their mantelpiece.
Part of how I can excuse that for these cameras is that the floppy disks that the Mavica cameras use for storage are becoming harder to find, and the image quality is so poor anyway that the cameras are useless outside of novelty.
I bought a Yashicamat, my first TLR, last year, and I've been having a blast shooting with it. I'm with you that it feels kind of wrong to collect machines and then have them sit unused. The pleasure, for me at least, is experiencing the ingenuity and build quality of the cameras hands-on by, you know, using them for the purpose they were built.
I collect records, as well, and I feel the same way: I don't really understand acquiring a record and then never listening to it (or even opening the shrink wrap). What's the point?
I have amassed and disposed of a number of collections over the years, there's only one I've stuck with for any amount of time and that's editions of Alice in Wonderland. I have maybe 15 now, the oldest is from the late 19th century but most are newer. I have the Dali illustrated version, a pop-up one, The Annotated Alice, Philosopher's Alice, various copies illustrated by people other than John Tenniel (you almost certainly know his illustrations). Also some reworkings of the story like Automated Alice or The Looking Glass Wars. I recently gave away a few editions so I don't have quite as many as I did, but my cousin lost her whole library to mould so y'know. Had to do something.
Over the last couple of years me and my wife have been slowly working on a collection of limited edition prints by illustrators we like, including a gorgeous Chris Haughton which has a whole wall to itself because it's so damn nice, and we just picked up a Paul Kidby Discworld characters print which is still awaiting framing. I'm hoping to one day get something by Shaun Tan but I can only find them for sale in Australia and they're expensive enough even before thinking about shipping or import tax.
I collect comic books. Not expensive premium hardcovers, just regular comics. Besides special editions, Panini kinda only publishes trade paperbacks right now so that's what I'm getting. Nothing fancy really, just your regular DC titles like Batman, Superman, and Justice League.
Current stories kinda disappointed me (and Marvel seems to be even worse for my taste at least), so once my subscriptions run out I'll just keep buying republications from the 80s and 90s of my favorite super heroes, maybe some cheap second hand stuff. The collection is not supposed to increase in value or anything, it's just so I have a bunch of comics to choose from, read every once in a while and feel like a 90s kid again.
I'm in part trying to recover from the trauma of having my childhood collection (which I partially inherited from my father -- who's alive by the way) thrown out by my aunt's cleaner when I was teenager.
I also like to put them in plastic, organize and arrange them, and look at the collection every once in a while. Filled one shelf already.
I am so sorry that happened to you. My first gen Pokemon cards in a binder were sold at a yard sale without my permission many years ago before the current hype.
Yesterday I was remembering how devastating it was. I stopped buying comics altogether after that. I didn't see the point anymore. What goes through someone's mind when they do something like that? I wonder if she was just evil, she was not a nice person. I avoid think about it is not good for me.
I seem to be collecting possibly-useful electronic parts and failed 3d prints. (Well, the printing worked, but they didn't do what I hoped.)
Knives. Dangerous because individually they are not too expensive, but in aggregate boy do they take a bite out of your bank account. Curse my coworker for getting me hooked.
Long term I’m planning on getting more into firearms, I have four handguns inherited from (great) grandparents; three revolvers and one pistol.
My collections are closed, but it's a few things: Nintendo cartridge handhelds (GameBoy/DS), yoyos, keyboards, and twisty puzzles.
I got into the handhelds when the pandemic hit, because I had the time to do the modding I wanted and wanted useful electronics projects. I bought a pre-built GBA and GBC, but replaced my cancer-ridden SP with a new screen, bought a backlit DMG, and a Japanese pocket in the original DMG scheme with a burned out screen. My IPS DMG was modded because I could preserve the original case, and the mod is done by swapping out a daughter board with one that's got inputs and IPS screen connectors, no modification of original hardware required.
Yoyos: I got into them after watching a video Veritasium did with Ben Conde, who did off-string yoyoing. I fell into a rabbit hole and bought anything that was in my price range and interested me, leading me to have too many yoyos. If there's a type I've probably got it at this point (one offstring, different monometal shapes, a few bimetals, one titanium, and unique ones that I had to have).
Keyboards: Another short-term pandemic buy. I wanted a Planck because I was curious about the ergonomic benefits and open source nature of it, and again wanted to also do some soldering. I preordered my Planck on Drop, they were doing a group buy, and then cancelled it for a Preonic, which had a number row. I then had to quickly learn this new layout to be able to pass my SQL Administration class, which I did by practicing everything on the new board. Then I realized it wasn't just my huge keyboard causing wrist issues, it was height and spacing. I set out to try to correct the issues I could, and went down the rabbit hole, buying an ID75 set up as a split board with a numpad in the middle, a Nyquist (a Split Preonic), the Planck, and a clone for fun, a DZ60 so I had a normal keyboard everybody else could use at my computer, and finally my Ergodox EZ, which solves most of my desk's issues, and a GMMK Pro because it's a big beefy 75% with QMK support (which is lackluster, but the community's fixing it).
You could also say I collect software, from retro game source ports to VST and DAW software. I'm always looking for something new and entertaining, and also like being able to share useful but obscure projects with people who can benefit from them. This is probably the most fulfilling, because it doesn't cost any money (I've already got computers).