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It's funny to see it framed in the context of music when it's a pretty universal behavior, essentially limited only by how many cool upgrades exist for a partic

It's funny to see it framed in the context of music when it's a pretty universal behavior, essentially limited only by how many cool upgrades exist for a particular hobby. It's a particularly common affliction for photographers (better cameras, better lens, studio lighting, etc), but the same happens in lo-tech fields - say, woodworking (check out my premium chisels!) or even lawn care. In most hobbies, it's just a money sink. It is uniquely destructive in photography because if you have too much gear, you can't carry it around and you end up missing out on shots.

ibejoeb 2y ago
Rock climbers, man. Total gearheads.
- jajko 2y ago
  Maybe if they do alpinism too, or trad climbing. But it can also be just a neat little pile worth less than 500$
  - AlotOfReading 2y ago
    You might be able to squeeze in a nut set and a couple quickdraws after you spend $400 of that on the rope, shoes, and harness.
    - KittenInABox 2y ago
      If you're into bouldering, you can just get a crashpad and shoes.
Retr0id 2y ago
I've been getting into photography lately, and early on I was able to carry around my whole gear collection at once. It was an interesting new dimension when I started having to make decisions about what to take and what to leave behind.
dimatura 2y ago
Yes, as someone who is into synths and photography (apparently not an uncommon intersection), it's definitely common to both, even with the same term. And I'm sure they're not the only ones. As someone who likes bikes there's also this old joke of "what is the minimum number of bikes to have", the answer being "current number of bikes + 1".
javier123454321 2y ago
From the research: > The last fact worth mentioning is that the phenomenon is not limited to music. GAS occurs in many areas of everyday life. In music, it can be observed in hi-fi audio culture (Schröter & Volmar 2016), record collecting (Shuker 2010), home re- cording (Strong 2012) and jingle composition (Fisher 1997). Outside music, GAS occurs amongst photographers (Arias 2013; Kim 2012; Sarinana 2013), aquarium hobbyists (Wolfenden 2016), amateur astronomists (Chen & Chen 2017), cyclists (Peters 2013) and eBayers (Zalot 2013). Despite its high prevalence in contemporary culture, the phenomenon has hardly been researched.
thirdsun 2y ago
Cycling, particularly road cycling, also comes to mind.
- erickj 2y ago
  MTB is pretty fun to get the shiny gear too... But yes, particularly cycling, $3500 for just a groupset. Gross https://www.bike-components.de/de/Shimano/Dura-Ace-Di2-R9250-Powermeter-Gruppe-2x12-36-52-mit-Scheibenbremse-p88276/ https://www.bike-components.de/de/Shimano/Dura-Ace-Di2-R9250...

ibejoeb 2y ago

Rock climbers, man. Total gearheads.

jajko 2y ago
Maybe if they do alpinism too, or trad climbing. But it can also be just a neat little pile worth less than 500$
- AlotOfReading 2y ago
  You might be able to squeeze in a nut set and a couple quickdraws after you spend $400 of that on the rope, shoes, and harness.
  - KittenInABox 2y ago
    If you're into bouldering, you can just get a crashpad and shoes.

Retr0id 2y ago

I've been getting into photography lately, and early on I was able to carry around my whole gear collection at once. It was an interesting new dimension when I started having to make decisions about what to take and what to leave behind.

dimatura 2y ago

Yes, as someone who is into synths and photography (apparently not an uncommon intersection), it's definitely common to both, even with the same term. And I'm sure they're not the only ones. As someone who likes bikes there's also this old joke of "what is the minimum number of bikes to have", the answer being "current number of bikes + 1".

javier123454321 2y ago

From the research: > The last fact worth mentioning is that the phenomenon is not limited to music. GAS occurs in many areas of everyday life. In music, it can be observed in hi-fi audio culture (Schröter & Volmar 2016), record collecting (Shuker 2010), home re- cording (Strong 2012) and jingle composition (Fisher 1997). Outside music, GAS occurs amongst photographers (Arias 2013; Kim 2012; Sarinana 2013), aquarium hobbyists (Wolfenden 2016), amateur astronomists (Chen & Chen 2017), cyclists (Peters 2013) and eBayers (Zalot 2013). Despite its high prevalence in contemporary culture, the phenomenon has hardly been researched.

thirdsun 2y ago

Cycling, particularly road cycling, also comes to mind.

erickj 2y ago
MTB is pretty fun to get the shiny gear too... But yes, particularly cycling, $3500 for just a groupset. Gross https://www.bike-components.de/de/Shimano/Dura-Ace-Di2-R9250-Powermeter-Gruppe-2x12-36-52-mit-Scheibenbremse-p88276/ https://www.bike-components.de/de/Shimano/Dura-Ace-Di2-R9250...