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$10k is too much of a barrier for a hobby? I know amateur musicians who spend more on guitars than that. Other examples: * Photographers and youtubers with a C
by otterpro 9y ago
$10k is too much of a barrier for a hobby? I know amateur musicians who spend more on guitars than that.
Other examples:
* Photographers and youtubers with a Canon 5D Mark3 DSLR with decent set of lens will cost thousands, and I wish I could afford a Red cameras that cost $10k-$50k, not including lens.
* I had few car enthusiast friends who spent thousands, more than what they paid on their cars, so they could drag race or so they could race on SCCA tracks.
* My die-hard NFL fan friend, who spends $20k on the season ticket, jerseys, merchandises, and collectibles EVERY year
* my frends who is an audio enthusiast, dropping $50k on home speakers and amps. He's not that wealthy, but that's his priority, I guess.
* My animator friend who spends $10k+ on his PC render farm.
Of course, I don't think you need to spend that much money to enjoy astrophotography. But it takes a little bit of effort and time, which is the fun part in a hobby. In high school (in pre-internet days), I built a Dobsonian telescope from scratch for my science project, except for the mirror, since I didn't have the skill to grind my own mirror. I still remember pestering my mom to drive me around the town, looking for a 7 foot long Sono tube, which looks like a giant cardboard toilet paper roll. We went to every single Home Depot/hardware stores/construction supply stores within 30 mile radius of my home, and eventually found one after months of searching.
- brann0 9y agoDude your friends are rich. Period.
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- flashman 9y agoIf you put $20 into your hobby weekly on average, you'll have invested $10k in a decade. Sounds obvious but I know people who put that much into coffee.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoIt doesn't look like GPs friends have been spending $20 per week on their hobbies. You don't build a render farm over 10 years.
- CamperBob2 9y agoI still remember pestering my mom to drive me around the town, looking for a 7 foot long Sono tube, which looks like a giant cardboard toilet paper roll. Best part of those is that when you get tired of astronomy, you can take up Tesla coiling! Then you get to explain to your mom/wife why you need your own power pole transformer.
- IntronExon 9y ago“His neighbors hate hi- CracklezaaaaaapZorchZzzzzaaaapZapzapzapzap... him.”
- wasx 9y ago>$10k is too much of a barrier for a hobby? Yes. A few hundred dollars is normally too much of a barrier into a hobby, let alone $10k. Your friends are obscenely wealthy
- nitrogen 9y agoYou really don't have to be obscenely wealthy to have that kind of money invested into a hobby over time, just a decade or three into a white collar career (or decent paying trade) is plenty.
- clueless123 9y agoYour hobby is to expensive? Try clubs.. great way to share resources
- toomanybeersies 9y agoI understand spending 10 grand on a hobby, but not when you're starting out.