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Last time I was in the dating pool, it was shocking how many women I met whose main hobby seemed to be watching TV and scrolling instagram, with the odd overseas trip to lay on a beach for a week.
I envy how content some people are.
>with the odd overseas trip to lay on a beach for a week.
The more I talk to people (men and women), the more I find this is true.
I tried a resort once and it was BORING. The only fun part was getting out on excursions.
I can sit around and drink at home. Let me actually experience the destination.
But like 80% of the people I know are just fine spending $5K per person to go somewhere else for 10 days to lay around, drink and talk. In a walled-off area only filled with Americans, Canadians, and Australians.
It really depends on why you are going on vacation. I was just in Mexico at one of said walled gardens, and it was amazing and exactly what I needed. I've had an incredibly stressful couple years at work and home, and the ability to just go somewhere nice where I have zero responsibility, expectations or demands on my time was incredibly recharging. I came back refreshed and felt like a million bucks.
A few years back before I got this current job, I absolutely would have felt as you do. The job is great and I love it, but it definitely takes a lot out of me.
I absolutely love these walled garden resorts. Absolutely how unlike to spend a vacation.
But I have lots of hobbies, tons to do day to day. I spend basically zero time lounging on a couch.
I found this is mostly because a lot of people have such poor work life balance that they never get to rest.
so their ideal vacation is just somewhere where they can't be contacted.
where they can catch up on all the lying around and having nothing on their mind that they neglected to do all year.
people need time to do nothing.
this is partly by design as when you never have time to do nothing you will always lack the motivation to do anything to fight the system that forces you to do meaningless busywork all the time.
See, I don’t understand this. If you don’t want to answer the phone just… don’t? I work a white collar job where I theoretically could be contacted outside of business hours, but I just refuse. It hasn’t really landed me in trouble so far. If more people stood up for themselves and defended their time more aggressively, we wouldn’t have this problem.
Last time I asked a woman in the USA what she liked doing for fun she said "drink". My next words where "good" + "bye". I think if consuming alcohol was considered a hobby that number would be 10x higher
Good point. They probably don't consider things like drinking and even sports as hobbies. Heck, cooking can be a hobby and I know guys that spend hundreds and even thousands on smokers, grills, and accessories, let alone food.
Yeah cooking can definitely be a hobby same with making coffee. People get special gear for cooking that costs hundreds to thousands of dollars all the time (special pans, knifes, etc.
The number of men in the US who just watch ESPN 24/7 as their identity is way too high. Worst part, you'll ask them about their favorite team or opinions on rosters or specifics of the game...blank stares.
All they have is whatever talking heads told them.
Yep...
I sub to one of the internet tv apps (random one each time, just to get a feel) each year for 5/6 months just for college football. It's generally more than a hundred a month for the privilege, lol....
I love football, it's probably my biggest interest by far. I also love poetry, horror fiction and movies, 3d printing, tabletop wargaming, video games, lego, and I just bought an open source 3d scanner kit to fold into the 3d printing hobby. I just want to go on record that some sports fans are 3 dimensional.
I'm not saying there aren't. I watch tons of sports and nerd out on all kinds of stuff.
But my point is THERE ARE ONE DIMENSIONAL people and it scares me lol.
Like if you're wearing Eagles gear, have an NFL mancave, and you can't tell me a single member of the defense while ESPN is always on at your house... I'm left baffled with a lot of questions when our wives are chatting and I'm left standing with you going "how is this possible?"
It's like an illusion of a hobby/identity. And I meet way too many of them. Like I hope there's just some secret RuneScape or mobile game addiction they don't share and this is just their public hobby display, cause it's creepy. Like Stepford Husband or something lol.
I would argue that the cost of tv should be included in their hobbies. While it’s certainly a fairly passive hobby, it’s similar to reading. If you buy a $25 hardcover book every week, that’s $1300 a year, and I think most people would consider reading a hobby. So why not other forms of content consumption? Sure it’s not very noble, but tv shows can have as engaged communities just like 3d printing, gardening, crocheting, reading, running, or chess.
So if someone spends a bunch of money on a tv, and a bunch of subscriptions to keep up with their latest shows and teams, I think that should be counted.
And nearly everyone watches some amount of TV - whether it’s traditional network television, streaming/on-demand, or more modern stuff like YouTube and TikTok.
I used to have a few hobbies,
Airsoft, Motocross, Gaming, cycling,...
was in a 5 year relationship and gave up on most of them, other ones i just grew out of. Most friends also faded away in the years so i have no one left to actually do things together.
People change alot, including me sadly
When I last got a survey about household expenses it had hobbies listed separately from trips, and I have family and know people that spend 10x my 3D printing expenses annually just going to theme parks or short trips.
What do Europeans do when they aren't working? Stare aimlessly into space? Because even simple things like reading and hiking would be considered hobbies in the US.
Yeah ok, I just used reading and hiking as examples because I had an uncle who said he "didn't really have any hobbies, he just liked to read and listen to classical music." So I felt like maybe people wouldn't count certain things if they seemed too common.
Hiking sounds awesome if you live in a place with lots of nature, but I can also imagine that being expensive, lots of tools, boots, general gear, it can add up quickly
It really doesn't have to though. Where I'm at there's a lot of trails in the mountains, but they're generally 6-12km long so easily done in a few hours.
All people do is put on clothes you can sweat in a little, and a pair of shoes you can walk in. I have a nice pair of boots, but by no meams neccessary. You'll see plenty of people out in their runners and they're doing fine as long as the ground is dry.
It can be done on the cheap with no tools, and you can spend as much as you want with no ceiling.
Mmmhh, also from Europe, I would say that even people that don't have 'real' hobbies have activities that they spend on.
I don't know where this sum for the US originated from but I really can't believe that everything you would call luxury goods and services for your personal entertainment can count into that. It just sounds that low.
To me the question here is what counts as a hobby. Just looking at my friends and family in Europe and US I'd have to make some tough calls.
My dad in Germany pretty much only watches tv in his spare time. But he spends a lot of time on their garden. He says it needs to be done, but I think a lot less could be done and it would be fine. So does my dad have a gardening hobby.
I have several friends in the US who are always hacking on side projects. The goal is to eventually make money from them. Is that a hobby?
What about golf?
I would list writing as a hobby of mine and that’s entirely time-not-money in terms of cost since I use a word processing program I paid for many years ago.
I depends where you play. I have play a few times at a course that's $25 + ~$10 for equipment rental.
I was wondering if golf or sports in general counts as a hobby though. Worse examples is going to the gym.
Seems like every "hobby" subreddit I frequent is posting this meme. It cites "media" as the source, and a ridiculously low value. [This article](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/13/investing-in-hobbies-can-be-money-well-spent-just-dont-take-on-debt.html) cites U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and says we spent $3,458 on hobbies in 2022.
The average adult in the US is poor and can't afford to spend much on hobbies. That's why the usual hobby is gaming. They buy a game and play it for 6months.
Sauce: I am an average income US citizen who wishes he could afford a hobby that isn't gaming.
That is clearly just an integer overflow error. They stored the average in an 8 bit integer, and thus could only display values of 0-255. The real value is surely much higher, like $65535.
Bought my Anycubic Mega X some 5 years ago. Bought the BL Touch Sensor 3 years ago, still using the same 3-for-2 spools I bought at Anycubic 1 1/2 years ago. So jepp, I haven't spent any money in the past year xD Though I also maybe print one minor stuff for the house each month, so not much xD
As much as I love 3D printing, my main hobby (milsurp collecting) makes 3D printing look like using a vending machine for a 25 cent piece of bubble gum
I'm pretty sure the headline is complete BS, I can't find it online.
And yeah, I'm probably 10x that amount already this year just on milsurps, it's been a really slow year on the collecting front.
I have barely spend that amount in almost three years of 3d printing and saved massively on custom built parts and gifts that would otherwise have cost several magnitudes more than the used filament.
My Ender 3 pro just chugs along nicely.
ITT: rich people humblebragging how expensive their hobbies are. Yeah, most people can't afford hobbies after covering the basic needs just to survive.
Me, who just ordered an all-Carbon bike with a 5-figure price… (the 3D printer was gifted to me as it didn’t work but I take it as a challenge to get it working. It already printed a benchy with a lot of stringing)
Yea, when you don't buy new hardware constantly it doesn't actually cost that much, not that I would know, I've consistently bought at least one piece of new hardware each year, mainly storage, but its almost time for upgrading multiple things.
Meanwhile, the other two have costs that follow usage, both have regular maintenance and consumption of filament/fuel.
Yeah, "hobby" must be defined as something more narrow than leisure or entertainment to get this number.
Like, can drinking alcohol or smoking weed considered a hobby?
I think a huge number of people don't realize that this number exists because of the large number of people with no hobbies.
The number of people working multiple jobs, or who have multiple kids, and simply just don't have the time for hobbies, is quite high.
Others just have no interest. They sleep, wake up, work, go to the gym, maybe out tod dinner with friends or to a bar, and then back home. None of that constitutes a hobby.
That's too low to cover any hobby. 3D printing isn't even an expensive hobby and it requires more than this amount. Imagine if your hobby is cars or Lego.
Are they including gas prices?
My main hobby is mountaineering. Gear accumulation is at a minimum these days bc I have everything, but driving to/from mountains adds up.
Meanwhile my minimum wage ass agonizes over spending $100 on a UHC filter for my family's 20 year old telescope
I still look forward to the day I have $400 available to spend on an equatorial tracking scope. Might just buy the mount and frankenstein my dob to fit on it
I already spend 6x more just on a pair of rollerblades this year , lol , and been thinking of designing and building another printer this year maybe on 48 or 55v lol , with likely an heated chamber and high flow hot end .
Man, I've just been abusing this 3 for 2 deal at my local hardware store and I still waste more than that. I've spent more than that in the span of 2 weeks
Depends on the hobby. Some hobbies are expensive to get into, but cheap once you already have everything going and don't require much in terms of upkeep.
Other hobbies can be super expensive because the hobby is making/building things, and constantly buying new raw materials is expensive.
My problem is I get a hobbie and go fucking hard on it,, have a blast for a few months then I'm done.
Like currently I'm 3ish months into an electronics hobby. I've always tinkered but the bug bit me good this time. I've bought so much shit if someone came into my apartment they would think I was the next Unabomber.
Fucking wires, switches, pcb's, I'm in the process of building a reflow oven out of a toaster oven (why? Fuck I don't know it just seemed cool ok)... I've made almost my whole apartment a smart home, I'm working on the power monitoring part that goes into the breaker box as well.
I got all this shelving so that I can store all the shit I'm buying around my work bench, just about every type of microcontroller, got a st-link V2 and a j-link v12. I built a probe stand that allows me to pinpoint probes on microchips so I can read and modify them, that's mostly for all the Chinese smart hardware I've been buying dirt cheap then removing the firmware that makes me have to use a Chinese server to turn my lights on and off, now it's all ran from my local home assistant server I made after buying a raspberry pi 5 just for the server..
Oh yeah and this hobby made me realize how horrible my eyes have become over the years, no worries I'll just fucking mount a 37" tv on a arm above the work bench that is connected to a 1080p microscope so I can see what I'm doing.
Please help me
Edit: this all started around mid April just for a time frame
$255 a year? This HAS to be heavily weighted by very poor people.
And maybe people who have no hobbies? Is that a thing? I can't imagine a life without things you do for entertainment. I mean, for me:
* Ride motorcycles
* SCUBA dive (though not recently, prairie life isn't conductive to diving, but when I live on the coast hell yeah!)
* Video games
* Reading
* Warhammer 40k
* Fishkeeping
* Movies
* Going out for coffee with friends
Keeping that under $255 *a month* only happens because I can't afford more.
$255 a YEAR?! that's just a little more that $20 a month. That's just sad.
They do not calculate alcohol and cigarettes in this. It's pretty obvious. But i can afford tons of hobbies because i do not drink or smoke. Where i live having a beer and a pack of cigarettes per day amounts to almost 5000+2000USD per year. And that is without ever going to a restaurant or bar. But people think that alcohol and smokes should be counted as 'food' instead of the filthy habit they really are (at least the smokes)... Do you know how many PCs, games, consoles, even a small car and other hobbies you can have for 7000USD per year?
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Does the average adult not have a hobby in the US?
im not from the us, but here in europe its not uncommon for people to not have any hobbies. sounds kinda boring if you ask me...
It's the same in the US. That's why the number is so low. It's representative of the "average adult", ie inclusive of those who don't have hobbies.
Last time I was in the dating pool, it was shocking how many women I met whose main hobby seemed to be watching TV and scrolling instagram, with the odd overseas trip to lay on a beach for a week. I envy how content some people are.
>with the odd overseas trip to lay on a beach for a week. The more I talk to people (men and women), the more I find this is true. I tried a resort once and it was BORING. The only fun part was getting out on excursions. I can sit around and drink at home. Let me actually experience the destination. But like 80% of the people I know are just fine spending $5K per person to go somewhere else for 10 days to lay around, drink and talk. In a walled-off area only filled with Americans, Canadians, and Australians.
It really depends on why you are going on vacation. I was just in Mexico at one of said walled gardens, and it was amazing and exactly what I needed. I've had an incredibly stressful couple years at work and home, and the ability to just go somewhere nice where I have zero responsibility, expectations or demands on my time was incredibly recharging. I came back refreshed and felt like a million bucks. A few years back before I got this current job, I absolutely would have felt as you do. The job is great and I love it, but it definitely takes a lot out of me.
I absolutely love these walled garden resorts. Absolutely how unlike to spend a vacation. But I have lots of hobbies, tons to do day to day. I spend basically zero time lounging on a couch.
Not to mention it requires minimal planning compared to a travelling / sightseeing trip
This
I found this is mostly because a lot of people have such poor work life balance that they never get to rest. so their ideal vacation is just somewhere where they can't be contacted. where they can catch up on all the lying around and having nothing on their mind that they neglected to do all year. people need time to do nothing. this is partly by design as when you never have time to do nothing you will always lack the motivation to do anything to fight the system that forces you to do meaningless busywork all the time.
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See, I don’t understand this. If you don’t want to answer the phone just… don’t? I work a white collar job where I theoretically could be contacted outside of business hours, but I just refuse. It hasn’t really landed me in trouble so far. If more people stood up for themselves and defended their time more aggressively, we wouldn’t have this problem.
I'd be in a much better spot financially if my gf and I were like that haha
Last time I asked a woman in the USA what she liked doing for fun she said "drink". My next words where "good" + "bye". I think if consuming alcohol was considered a hobby that number would be 10x higher
Good point. They probably don't consider things like drinking and even sports as hobbies. Heck, cooking can be a hobby and I know guys that spend hundreds and even thousands on smokers, grills, and accessories, let alone food.
Yeah cooking can definitely be a hobby same with making coffee. People get special gear for cooking that costs hundreds to thousands of dollars all the time (special pans, knifes, etc.
Those people are NPCs. TV zombies
The number of men in the US who just watch ESPN 24/7 as their identity is way too high. Worst part, you'll ask them about their favorite team or opinions on rosters or specifics of the game...blank stares. All they have is whatever talking heads told them.
That costs way more than 225/yr
Yep... I sub to one of the internet tv apps (random one each time, just to get a feel) each year for 5/6 months just for college football. It's generally more than a hundred a month for the privilege, lol....
I love football, it's probably my biggest interest by far. I also love poetry, horror fiction and movies, 3d printing, tabletop wargaming, video games, lego, and I just bought an open source 3d scanner kit to fold into the 3d printing hobby. I just want to go on record that some sports fans are 3 dimensional.
I'm not saying there aren't. I watch tons of sports and nerd out on all kinds of stuff. But my point is THERE ARE ONE DIMENSIONAL people and it scares me lol. Like if you're wearing Eagles gear, have an NFL mancave, and you can't tell me a single member of the defense while ESPN is always on at your house... I'm left baffled with a lot of questions when our wives are chatting and I'm left standing with you going "how is this possible?" It's like an illusion of a hobby/identity. And I meet way too many of them. Like I hope there's just some secret RuneScape or mobile game addiction they don't share and this is just their public hobby display, cause it's creepy. Like Stepford Husband or something lol.
I would argue that the cost of tv should be included in their hobbies. While it’s certainly a fairly passive hobby, it’s similar to reading. If you buy a $25 hardcover book every week, that’s $1300 a year, and I think most people would consider reading a hobby. So why not other forms of content consumption? Sure it’s not very noble, but tv shows can have as engaged communities just like 3d printing, gardening, crocheting, reading, running, or chess. So if someone spends a bunch of money on a tv, and a bunch of subscriptions to keep up with their latest shows and teams, I think that should be counted. And nearly everyone watches some amount of TV - whether it’s traditional network television, streaming/on-demand, or more modern stuff like YouTube and TikTok.
I'm just depressed man leave me alone 😞
Finding enjoyable activities will help with that
Man, if they counted drinking, smoking, and getting high as hobbies that number would skyrocket
I used to have a few hobbies, Airsoft, Motocross, Gaming, cycling,... was in a 5 year relationship and gave up on most of them, other ones i just grew out of. Most friends also faded away in the years so i have no one left to actually do things together. People change alot, including me sadly
When I last got a survey about household expenses it had hobbies listed separately from trips, and I have family and know people that spend 10x my 3D printing expenses annually just going to theme parks or short trips.
What do Europeans do when they aren't working? Stare aimlessly into space? Because even simple things like reading and hiking would be considered hobbies in the US.
lots of people just watch tv or mess around on their phone all day when they get home. hiking and reading are also considered hobbies ever here.
Surely hiking is considered a hobby everywhere..... Yanno cos it kinda is a hobby?
Hiking and reading are hobbies. And you can spend money on them, like buying books to read and buying hiking gear.
Yeah ok, I just used reading and hiking as examples because I had an uncle who said he "didn't really have any hobbies, he just liked to read and listen to classical music." So I felt like maybe people wouldn't count certain things if they seemed too common.
Hiking sounds awesome if you live in a place with lots of nature, but I can also imagine that being expensive, lots of tools, boots, general gear, it can add up quickly
Though a lot of that equipment can last for years. So a high up front cost, but in terms of cost per year can be quite low.
That stuff is optional. You just need decent shoes and a giant water bottle unless you are walking far.
It really doesn't have to though. Where I'm at there's a lot of trails in the mountains, but they're generally 6-12km long so easily done in a few hours. All people do is put on clothes you can sweat in a little, and a pair of shoes you can walk in. I have a nice pair of boots, but by no meams neccessary. You'll see plenty of people out in their runners and they're doing fine as long as the ground is dry. It can be done on the cheap with no tools, and you can spend as much as you want with no ceiling.
I’m from Europe and I think I spend like 70% of my money on hobbies 😳😫
Lmao, the wife and I are at 86% her yarn and our 3d...and that percentage is income from that business
Not having a hobby must be really boring. I mean I have plenty.
Right? I have more hobbies than I have time or money to indulge them. $255 a month? Lol. Let's tell my wife that's all I spend on them.
O_o What European country do you live in? Many in the north or around the alps have some type of skiing for example.
Mmmhh, also from Europe, I would say that even people that don't have 'real' hobbies have activities that they spend on. I don't know where this sum for the US originated from but I really can't believe that everything you would call luxury goods and services for your personal entertainment can count into that. It just sounds that low.
Don’t know where in Europe you are, but I have a totally different experience. Most people here have more than one or two hobbies
To me the question here is what counts as a hobby. Just looking at my friends and family in Europe and US I'd have to make some tough calls. My dad in Germany pretty much only watches tv in his spare time. But he spends a lot of time on their garden. He says it needs to be done, but I think a lot less could be done and it would be fine. So does my dad have a gardening hobby. I have several friends in the US who are always hacking on side projects. The goal is to eventually make money from them. Is that a hobby? What about golf?
A hobby is anything that brings someone enjoyment in their spare time imho. Exercise, sports, socializing are all totally valid options.
I would list writing as a hobby of mine and that’s entirely time-not-money in terms of cost since I use a word processing program I paid for many years ago.
> What about golf? Doesn't golf cost like $150 per game?
I depends where you play. I have play a few times at a course that's $25 + ~$10 for equipment rental. I was wondering if golf or sports in general counts as a hobby though. Worse examples is going to the gym.
Seems like every "hobby" subreddit I frequent is posting this meme. It cites "media" as the source, and a ridiculously low value. [This article](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/13/investing-in-hobbies-can-be-money-well-spent-just-dont-take-on-debt.html) cites U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and says we spent $3,458 on hobbies in 2022.
Should measure median, there’s lots of people that live the NPC lifestyle and bring down the average.
Is hanging Live Laugh Love signs a hobby? Is looking up spoilers before you commit to buying a book a hobby?
The average adult in the US is poor and can't afford to spend much on hobbies. That's why the usual hobby is gaming. They buy a game and play it for 6months. Sauce: I am an average income US citizen who wishes he could afford a hobby that isn't gaming.
That is clearly just an integer overflow error. They stored the average in an 8 bit integer, and thus could only display values of 0-255. The real value is surely much higher, like $65535.
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This is the number I tell my wife. It averages that per month though. Lol
I haven't spent anything in the past year (on 3D printing).
nothing? not even filament?
The hot end clogged some time ago, and I haven't got around fixing it.
Printer checks out
flair checks out
I'm rather fond of it, despite its limitations.
You can't be that fond of it if you haven't used it in a year.
I'm pretty sure that's half the community. I'm running an old CR-10 S4. Outside of volume, I'm not winning any awards
I'm in MINTEMP season down under. Too much of a pain to even turn the printer on.
Bought my Anycubic Mega X some 5 years ago. Bought the BL Touch Sensor 3 years ago, still using the same 3-for-2 spools I bought at Anycubic 1 1/2 years ago. So jepp, I haven't spent any money in the past year xD Though I also maybe print one minor stuff for the house each month, so not much xD
Summer is drone time, winter is 3D printing. But summer is also fishing and archery. And winter is also ice hockey. And all year is camera time....
they mean 2550 right? right...
Well... Per month I hope
i hope so...
Lol it's June and I'm at least 12k deep.
Um, you mean so far this decade right? -Anyone else Only 12k? -Me
As much as I love 3D printing, my main hobby (milsurp collecting) makes 3D printing look like using a vending machine for a 25 cent piece of bubble gum
I'm pretty sure the headline is complete BS, I can't find it online. And yeah, I'm probably 10x that amount already this year just on milsurps, it's been a really slow year on the collecting front.
I had a very good February, and by very good my wallet means very bad
Damn, so i can only buy like 50 magic packs?
Just a couple precons and singles
Honestly that may be enough depending on the format.
No. That means they are hiding the real prices of the filament and parts.
On a single hobby? So what if you have like 5 solid hobbies and like 3 semi-hobbies? Don’t answer that.
The true cost is the unholy amalgamation of niche knowledges that makes people realise instantly that "don't get me started" was in fact, good advice
yes
That number is meaningless. $255 per year? That don’t buy shit.
Buys plenty of yarn and a couple crochet hooks
I call bullshit. Most hobbies are gonna take at least $500 from you. And that’s just to get you through the door entry level.
This is the third subreddit I'm in posting this
I think this is my fourth or fifth time seeing it lol Apparently Reddit is telling me I spend too much on my hobbies
The average global personal income is $9,733 per year. just looked it up.
Some people have never rented an airplane for an hour and it shows.
you have to rent those? how plebeian of you.
Only when the Citation is in the shop for its annual.
Hobbies are expensive and some can’t afford to have that luxury.
I wouldn’t have the will to live if I couldn’t have a hobby. I’m not going to work if I’m miserable 24/7.
I have barely spend that amount in almost three years of 3d printing and saved massively on custom built parts and gifts that would otherwise have cost several magnitudes more than the used filament. My Ender 3 pro just chugs along nicely.
Guessing Warhammer was not in that hobby list lol
embrace being an outlier, the more standard deviations away from the mean the better.
Me here with my motorcycle hobby that has sunk around 10 grand this year:
I retired and quit adulting can’t add can we change subjects
ITT: rich people humblebragging how expensive their hobbies are. Yeah, most people can't afford hobbies after covering the basic needs just to survive.
Cigarette paper collection.
Hm about 5 to 6 roles of filament, 2 month a role
Me, who just ordered an all-Carbon bike with a 5-figure price… (the 3D printer was gifted to me as it didn’t work but I take it as a challenge to get it working. It already printed a benchy with a lot of stringing)
May i suggest printing it without stinging? Believe me it looks much nicer
255 is laughably low.
Now I get why People complain about prices for PC Gaming… its my cheapest hobby compared to Motorcycling and 3D Printing
Yea, when you don't buy new hardware constantly it doesn't actually cost that much, not that I would know, I've consistently bought at least one piece of new hardware each year, mainly storage, but its almost time for upgrading multiple things. Meanwhile, the other two have costs that follow usage, both have regular maintenance and consumption of filament/fuel.
As an electronics and 3d printing hobbiest 255 is just this week, lol. Most of us go to work as means to make budget for the hobbies
I've spend at least 3k on hobbies this year 👀
Spending $0 on hobbies per month. I get free filaments and printer.
Dude epoxy resin is expensive… and I absolutely sucked at it for like a month
Per week more like it lol
Watching tv? They have free energy? Free cable? Free internet? Pretty soon breathing will cost money, and so far I like my breathing hobby.
I totally agree with this. $255 is Netflix and 1 more streaming service.
Yeah, "hobby" must be defined as something more narrow than leisure or entertainment to get this number. Like, can drinking alcohol or smoking weed considered a hobby?
Well, I spent on my idex machine over thousand dollars this year and it still can't print
I spend that on a single trip to the art store for canvases, and I'm not even selling my works
I think a huge number of people don't realize that this number exists because of the large number of people with no hobbies. The number of people working multiple jobs, or who have multiple kids, and simply just don't have the time for hobbies, is quite high. Others just have no interest. They sleep, wake up, work, go to the gym, maybe out tod dinner with friends or to a bar, and then back home. None of that constitutes a hobby.
What hobbies are that cheap? Not mine, 3D printing, electronics.
Fishing, aquariums, 3d printing, computer hardware, miniature painting, video games... I've blown through that budget before the end of January.
Absolutely freaking wrong lol I blow that much money in two weeks if I'm no careful lol.
The average adult in the US is a dirty fucking liar!
Average adult of what?
A lot of people consider watching CNN a hobby. It's not.
but watching CNC is a hobby right?
I am below the average, yet this time i don't regret it.
That's too low to cover any hobby. 3D printing isn't even an expensive hobby and it requires more than this amount. Imagine if your hobby is cars or Lego.
That's funny
All of my hobbies combined I'm spending like that much a week, does that mean I'm doing something right?
They mean per week if I could say so myself lol
I consider going to parties and drinking alcohol a hobby, though I feel like many people would disagree.
This is the kind of problem AI should ACTUALLY solve. Give humans more time for their passions.
Can't be the average surely.
Maybe when your hobby was hoop and stick….
Are they including gas prices? My main hobby is mountaineering. Gear accumulation is at a minimum these days bc I have everything, but driving to/from mountains adds up.
Um... Mine are... Usually more expensive than that...
They mean per week right?
That's what, 50 billion dollars a year? The video game industry alone makes that much. That statistic is way too low.
Lol probably $500/year in electricity for my home lab alone.
I would not be surprised if it's per week or every 2 weeks
Meanwhile my minimum wage ass agonizes over spending $100 on a UHC filter for my family's 20 year old telescope I still look forward to the day I have $400 available to spend on an equatorial tracking scope. Might just buy the mount and frankenstein my dob to fit on it
I already spend 6x more just on a pair of rollerblades this year , lol , and been thinking of designing and building another printer this year maybe on 48 or 55v lol , with likely an heated chamber and high flow hot end .
Watch as we are the Spiders Georg of this particular statistic
I thought they meant week?
So my hobbies are legos, drones and 3d printing... they excluded some of us
I am way above average!!
I'm guessing they have only fans subscriptions listed under hobbies now.
I literally spend most of my income on my hobbies lol
So basically a yearly Netflix fee?
Yay! I’m above average at something.
Man, I've just been abusing this 3 for 2 deal at my local hardware store and I still waste more than that. I've spent more than that in the span of 2 weeks
*addictions
More like per week...
Ha, what a joke, ive spent a bit less than that this month! Ahh nuts, its only the 15th
Haha. I play 40k and magic
I spend $255 per dollar.
3D print is all but It's not cheap
I spend about 50 Euro each month for my hobby. (3dprinting and app/game development)
sorry guys i’m at fault, i spend like $100 a year on filament in bulk.
Depends on the hobby. Some hobbies are expensive to get into, but cheap once you already have everything going and don't require much in terms of upkeep. Other hobbies can be super expensive because the hobby is making/building things, and constantly buying new raw materials is expensive.
I’ve seen this multiple times from different hobbies I have, so maybe that says something about me…
You mean per week, right?
Nah you mean per week
3D printing the the safest and least expensive hobby I have. I spend that on materials sometimes daily if I'm running parts for an order!
Mean while I just bought 2k in filters for my telescope... and a new X1c lmfaoooo
Clearly they aren’t counting the Netflix, cable or internet bill.
Is not dying of starvation a hobbie?, cause it costs me like 900 a month.
shit. try 10x that fml.
225 a year? Good Lord I've spent more than on just lumber. Much less my filament habit.
My problem is I get a hobbie and go fucking hard on it,, have a blast for a few months then I'm done. Like currently I'm 3ish months into an electronics hobby. I've always tinkered but the bug bit me good this time. I've bought so much shit if someone came into my apartment they would think I was the next Unabomber. Fucking wires, switches, pcb's, I'm in the process of building a reflow oven out of a toaster oven (why? Fuck I don't know it just seemed cool ok)... I've made almost my whole apartment a smart home, I'm working on the power monitoring part that goes into the breaker box as well. I got all this shelving so that I can store all the shit I'm buying around my work bench, just about every type of microcontroller, got a st-link V2 and a j-link v12. I built a probe stand that allows me to pinpoint probes on microchips so I can read and modify them, that's mostly for all the Chinese smart hardware I've been buying dirt cheap then removing the firmware that makes me have to use a Chinese server to turn my lights on and off, now it's all ran from my local home assistant server I made after buying a raspberry pi 5 just for the server.. Oh yeah and this hobby made me realize how horrible my eyes have become over the years, no worries I'll just fucking mount a 37" tv on a arm above the work bench that is connected to a 1080p microscope so I can see what I'm doing. Please help me Edit: this all started around mid April just for a time frame
That would be my cheapest month ever.
This is one amazon order for me...
My hobbies only cost time (theatre and DND)
My hobbies are mostly software related. I do graphics, programming, and minecraft. I don't think ive spend any money on hobbies for 5 years..
They forgot at least one zero
My hobbies are currently on video games and airsoft, but the last time I remember, I don't even reach that amount, not even at a monthly rate.
$255 a year? This HAS to be heavily weighted by very poor people. And maybe people who have no hobbies? Is that a thing? I can't imagine a life without things you do for entertainment. I mean, for me: * Ride motorcycles * SCUBA dive (though not recently, prairie life isn't conductive to diving, but when I live on the coast hell yeah!) * Video games * Reading * Warhammer 40k * Fishkeeping * Movies * Going out for coffee with friends Keeping that under $255 *a month* only happens because I can't afford more. $255 a YEAR?! that's just a little more that $20 a month. That's just sad.
Oof... meanwhile, I've got like $2500 into my printing hobby and over $10k in my shooting hobby...
I think they miss spelled day and week
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If I had the money it would be per hour
But have you considered that the average adult is boring?
There would be no reason to work in germany if you wouldn't spend your money on stuff that makes you happy.
$255 actually sounds sad compared to the amount spent on rent
They do not calculate alcohol and cigarettes in this. It's pretty obvious. But i can afford tons of hobbies because i do not drink or smoke. Where i live having a beer and a pack of cigarettes per day amounts to almost 5000+2000USD per year. And that is without ever going to a restaurant or bar. But people think that alcohol and smokes should be counted as 'food' instead of the filthy habit they really are (at least the smokes)... Do you know how many PCs, games, consoles, even a small car and other hobbies you can have for 7000USD per year?
Forget it bro. We're not "Average adults".
Nah they don't
its funning I'm in three different subs that I spend way more then 255 a year on :D
Obviously wrong, if that's what their data says then they defined hobby wrong.
Spent more than that just today! Bambulab sale so stocking up on filament
lol
"We took a poll of the wives of men with hobbies"