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I started doing junk journaling. It’s cheap but very satisfying…. Although that got me interested in geli printing so now I’m painting, and of course I had to also get acrylic markers… but the ones that I got are too thick for the detail I want. So now I have to get a 2nd set… not to mention the stamps. Never mind. Don’t start a hobby. No matter how cheap it sounds.

To anyone who doesn't think they have any talent for drawing, but who wants to try, I'd recommend starting with simple shapes. I know, I know, it sounds childish, but I'm going somewhere here.

Start with simple shapes on their own. Then start adding simple shapes to each other. Connect them, overlap them, make some of them squiggly or unusual. Do whatever feels right.

Then, look back at the picture and really look at it. What else could it look like? If you showed that picture to a child, what would they think it was? (Go ahead and ask a child, if one is around. They are really good at this.) Look at those shapes and imagine something new growing out of it. If you must, put the picture down and go do something else for a bit. When you come back, your fresh eyes may see something that you didn't see before.

Then, add on whatever you imagined, bit by bit.

Not only does this help hone the hand-eye coordination and fine motor control needed for drawing, but it exercises your imagination and teaches you how to perceptualize more complex images (by being able to break them down to simpler parts.) It blends seamlessly in with Bob Ross's approach of using mistakes to enhance a work, too. Mistakes will happen, nobody's perfect. Being able to turn a random paint smear or inkblot into something that would fit in with a work can take you far.

Concerts costing that much are never worth it. I spend ~400$ for 2 nosebleed SZA tickets for my wife 2 years ago. We were watching the jumbotron the whole time.

My birthday shows this year are 30 and 50 a ticket and we can actually be see the musicians. I know I'm being a dumb hipster, but its so hard to justify ticket prices for large artists. What's the point of going to a football stadium to listen to live music. You could get a decent home sound system for the same price

Shoutout to 2014.5e.tools (or just 5e.tools if you want the gross new shit)

$0 for D&D

What about the Funyuns and Mt.Dew?

I got a lot of my rosemary from cuttings of a bush growing by a car park. Did spend a bit on my bike though as I wanted a reasonably good one, £600 there. I cycle as a main form of transport, few thousand miles a year.

Chess seems unique in the sports/games world because randomness plays absolutely no role in the outcome. It is purely the other person's brain squashing your brain down into a beige stain.

If you're skilled you can even turn these vibes into reality.

Seriously. Suburbs are a hell I refuse to return to and which I wouldn’t wish on anyone. They just suck the life out of everything and you don’t even get anything for it. Hell, the houses aren’t even that cheap so you really just get to spend a lot of money on hot garbage.

“Hey, wanna be isolated from all your friends while getting nothing in return except the blandest, cookie-cutter hellscape? Have I got the place for you! And fret not, it’ll still cost you a staggering amount of money for even a small, shitty place so you better be fuckin’ married if you want even a two-bedroom condo!”

Kind of depends on the hobby, for example if you live in a country with some mountains and you like hiking than it's a negligible cost, if you like skydiving then I am gonna go out on a limb and say that costs quite a but more.

And if your hobby is warhammer 40k or MtG then just pickup a cocaine habit instead to cut costs.

Unless it’s motorsports. Then the necessities of life are the rounding error. 🤣

I went to a Shrek rave for $20

It will primarily depend on the venue. Ticketmaster/Live Nation managed venues will be far more expensive, and they now operate ticket sales for basically all of them

Just found out there's a well-reviewed archery range 9 minutes away from me. Thank you for the suggestion, I'll definitely be checking it out!

Wait... Do most bus drivers own the bus?

Are you aware that the vast, vast, majority of homes are mortgaged? We are paying a shit ton too dude...

There's a german poem that i find very intriguing:

Still sitzend,
nichts tuend,
kommt der Frühling
und das Gras wächst von allein.

It means:
Sitting still,
doing nothing,
comes spring
and the grass grows on its own.

It means that in very difficult times, where everything seems dead and hopeless (winter), being patient and doing nothing at all is best, and it will bring you into better times (spring).