Share your obscure passion - Are you into Mongolian basket weaving?

[Barnard]

So conversations around here mostly follow the obvious lines: laughing at lolcows, politics, and passionate sex with transgender individuals. But I'm sure many Kiwis hold some uncommon hobbies. Perhaps you're abnormally interested in a small and mostly unknown slice of a much larger subject, or maybe you're interested in something generally obscure enough that almost nobody else cares. Well, share it.

For me, it would have to be malware of the DOS era. Back then they were simply calling it computer viruses, and it was less about spying and mass extortion of money and more about digital vandalism. Some simply tried to spread to as many computers as possible in secrecy. Other had payloads, destructive or otherwise. Some would play a PC Speaker melody, others would mess with your screen, another one would quote William Blake's poetry as it erased the first sectors of your hard drive.

I'm also interested in ski jumping, a sport virtually unknown outside of Central and Northern Europe, and even then really popular in few countries. The competitors look like flying squirrels, but there's a certain beauty and elegance to it.

 

[SofondaCox]

I make music boxes from old heirloom wood and do customized pyrography for them.

Sounds extra funny with my username, but I'm really into old wood. Lol.

 

[Give Her The D]

This totally won't attract people to share obscure hobbies that aren't totally autistic. Good on you.

 

[Vampirella]

This could also be shared in this thread.

 

[Argh My Cigar]

I really, really like the ornate architecture and design put into the tombs of all the popes in St. Peter’s Basilica, and the relics of the deceased Saints. I’m not religious at all, but I’m extremely fascinated at the funerary arrangements of the venerated figures in Christianity.

This is probably due to watching the History Channel special Saints Alive! at a young age, which was entirely about the preserved remains of Saints. It scared the shit out of my older brothers but I thought it was super cool.

 

[Hoopla]

i like to drink my own piss, but I guess I have this with most Kiwis in common.

 

[Recoil]

My hobby is amassing useless information across many subjects, so that I can regurgitate it to randos as needed and be perceived as intelligent

 

[Takodachi]

My hobby is amassing useless information across many subjects, so that I can regurgitate it to randos as needed and be perceived as intelligent

muh nigga

 

[break these cuffs]

I laugh at weirdos on the internet

 

[Foxxo]

By "obscure passion", do you mean fetish?

 

[Coke Pope]

I like talking to random eccentric people in a forum about agriculture in New Zealand

 

[Christ Cried]

I've been playing modded minecraft in some capacity since 2012

 

[Jason Wynn]

I really enjoy the photography of Diane Arbus, as well as any form of art that takes a look at the more bizarre and typically unspoken side of American culture.

 

[afternoon_tea]

Pysanky, a Ukrainian egg batiking craft. I do weave baskets as well, mostly Nantucket baskets. I also like spinning yarn.

I basically love every type of old timey country craft and could get real autistic about it given the chance

 

[Coelacanth]

I'm an old-school shiny pokemon hunter who can play at most 8 handheld systems at once. For those of you not in the know, it was once a niche community where nerds got together and hunted for differently coloured pokemon (which used to be extremely rare) for fun.

The hobby's taken a backseat over the past three or four years as I've learnt how to adult, but on the odd occasion I get my gear out and spend an hour or two hoping the RNG gods will bless me with something!

 

[Christ Cried]

I'm an old-school shiny pokemon hunter who can play at most 8 handheld systems at once. For those of you not in the know, it was once a niche community where nerds got together and hunted for differently coloured pokemon (which used to be extremely rare) for fun.

The hobby's taken a backseat over the past three or four years as I've learnt how to adult, but on the odd occasion I get my gear out and spend an hour or two hoping the RNG gods will bless me with something!

My man

 

[Lards and Lasses]

i cum into empty crushed water bottles and throw them away and imagine that when the apocalypse hits, someone desperate for water will mistakenly drink one of them.

Spoiler

jk i just drink a lot of water and it's more convenient than tissues imo

Spoiler

what was this thread about again? o yeah. MMA knight fights are pretty cool

 

[Takodachi]

Fuck me, this is hard without giving away too much info, but i'll try.
Half my hobby is to make and tailor cute dresses and plushies. I usually give them away to my nieces because they adore cute shit as much as I do, so why not?
The other half of my hobby is to sew what my nieces break or tear.

I adore those 2 imps, but I cant for the life of me think how the fuck are they able to break the shit I give them so quickly. But hey, I like to make them and they like to break them, so I guess its a win-win.

 

[Lemmingwise]

I create hairdolls from exes and one night stands. I also use their underwear (if I managed to keep any) and make that into clothes. Some of the dolls are naked.
It's just a nice little memory. It's just a little hard to explain when someone finds them accidently, or if she wakes up while you're collecting some hair.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

This entire thread should just be tagged as horrifying