I find that most people in my life have at least one “thing” they are collecting. It is often an insight into their personality and it is fun to hear people talk about something they are passionate about.

  • PlexSheep@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    I guess you could say that I collect data. After Ally I need to use as the storage space for something. Don’t worry, not personal data.

  • cation@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    A few Theory11 playing card packs, because they’re beautifully designed. Besides that, some Bicycle sets too.

  • Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    As a kid, we were so poor, it was scary. I remember living in a car, having to choose between going hungry or eating food that was past its prime, and learning Santa wasn’t real too young (I couldn’t understand why my friends got expensive dream gifts… I thought I had been good)

    After going through all that and my mom overdosing, I started collecting things that would accumulate value or were an investment. Comic books and figurines are my go to, but I’ve also got machines for creating cosplays (as that’s my career now). I won’t buy anything that I can’t pawn off in an emergency to survive, or use it to make money. I really should have been collecting coins/gold/silver, but I picked what was fun.

    Also, shoutout to my elementary school’s lunch lady, who noticed a tiny, thin girl using the free lunch program, and offered her seconds, after everyone else had been served. I don’t think she knows how much she touched my life.

  • LucidNightmare@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I like to collect “hacked” retro consoles. It’s so cool to see them in action and what people were able to do with them.

    • MacedWindow@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 months ago

      I’m also into the retro scene, I just got my first console mod done. Whats your favorite system you have?

      • LucidNightmare@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        I’d have to go with the PS3, 3DS, and Wii. I know that’s three, but they each have qualities that I just absolutely adore that I can’t choose!

    • Polkira@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      I’m with you on the houseplants, starting to branch out (lol) into hoyas now.

      • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Ah, I hope you find it to be fertile grounds for a new hobby. Some passionate people into hoyas, they can even rival rose aficionados at times.

  • DoYouNot@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I seem to be collecting vintage lenses. I stared by getting an adapter for my mirrorless camera and I just fell in love with the lovely character their ‘flaws’ give them.

  • thejevans@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I don’t understand “collecting”

    Don’t get me wrong, there are a few categories of things I have a lot of, like film cameras, but that’s because I started with cheaper ones, and kept getting better ones as I became more sure that film photography was a thing I wanted to do.

    But, for instance, I have friends who collect MLB bobbleheads just for the sake of collecting, and I’ll never understand that.

    • flooppoolf@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      An ex had a collection of anime figures that cost him around 15,000 usd in total. Actual worth?

      I’ll give you three fiddy.

  • starlord@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I have a lot of small bottles and vials waiting to be filled. It started decades ago when I found a quaint little glass tube with a stopper in an antique shop at my favorite beach town and thought it’d be nice to take home some sand from my favorite spot, thereafter becoming a tradition for subsequent visits. Now I pick one up whenever I see one to have a cache available for any future adventures.

    • MacedWindow@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 months ago

      Thats a really cool idea! Like a science lab of memories. Might have to grab a vial if I see one thrifting/antiqueing

      • starlord@lemm.eeEnglish
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        7 months ago

        It’s super easy to just collect then when you see them (even at craft stores and plant shops) and then it ends up kinda encouraging you to think up adventures so you can fill them.

        I’ve got some with sand, dirt, ocean/lake water, gravel, some with just air (captured a cloud/fog while high atop a mountain), tears, paper, burnt campfire wood, etc.

        My secret sauce is that I don’t label them so I have to try to call up the origin story in memory and I get an excuse to tell a tale whenever someone asks me about one.