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What, if anything do you collect? [MERGED]

ChrisTX

ChrisTX

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I did a basic search, and couldn't find a similar thread so I decided to make one. So I know most of us here are tech fans, mainly Apple. But what else are you a into? I own several Apple products like many here, but as of a few years ago, I've really got into collecting Oakley sunglasses! Anyone else here have any cool hobbies? Sorry if this thread has already been made, but I was bored, and decided to make one. I guess this could really go for anything else that you're into really.
 
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I like:

Videogames
Snowboards
3D modeling

This sounds weird but I don't really collect things from a specific brand, but I do collect software.

Unfortunately for me its high end expensive software (that I do pay for, no pirating) that I'll sit down with and learn everything about it even though I don't use it for work.

Again, I know thats weird but literally in my free time I don't watch cable, I watch Digital Tutors and learn software like Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, Realflow, etc etc. I use everything I start learning too for my 3D modeling hobby.
 
I like drawing, and I write awfully. Those are really my only hobbies unless you count internet shtuff and homework (but that's not really much of a hobbie).

Edit: Alright, I'm confused. Are you asking our hobbies, likes, or what we collect? Or all?
 
I used to like Motorola too back in the 80s and 90s when pagers were popular. They were the only brand I liked, still have my last pager from the early 90s in a drawer.
 
books. at least the ones that i like. i used to be more of a collector type but i realized that it tends to be clutter more than anything and try to not fall into that trap for myself.
 
I used to collect computers of all kinds. I have a few Dell's, a few HP's, IBMS, Packard Bells, You name a brand I probably owned a PC from them. (Plus more than a few Macs of course.) I stopped when I was around 16 or so, I just completely ran out of space to keep them while living in my parents house. I now live in an even tinier house, so about half my old collection is still there. If I ever get a big enough living area someday, maybe I'll resume collecting. But for now, an ongoing collection I do not have.
 
Started collecting vinyl records over the past 3 years. Just preordered 3 releases this month, and picked up 2 more on Record Store Day yesterday.
 
Books, tons & tons of them, mostly art & architecture --why they're extra heavy. Before a couple years ago I couldn't imagine a life not collecting books, but now they seem like a huge, heavy, millstone-PITA. Oh, and Swatch watches. And a small collection (fortunately) of cookie jars.

Too much stuff and I can't wait to get rid of a lot of it.
 
I collected comic books growing up and still have my collection. Today I don't really collect anything. I have interests, passions, and hobbies like books, music, movies, tech, photo, video, sports, MacRumors, etc., but I wouldn't call any of those things collections.
 
I collect hard bound books, I probably have 150 or so here and another 120 in the US. Not a huge collection on the bookshelf, but when it comes time to move. PITA.

Paperbacks are too flimsy to collect imo. Put the book down wrong once and you have a creased cover for life. :mad:
 
PlaceofDis said:
books. at least the ones that i like. i used to be more of a collector type but i realized that it tends to be clutter more than anything and try to not fall into that trap for myself.
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Same. I used to hit up one of the multiple used book stores in walking distance, but I collected so many that I now just keep the core ones that I enjoy (which does slowly grow) and then just swap books at those stores. I'll probably buy a book from Store A, read it, and then return it to Store B, which I'll read and return to Store A or C.
 
chrf097 said:
How is it sarcasm?

All my motorola phones have lasted me forever and have been the most reliable. Motorola is what made Android what it is today. I own several Motorola devices from cell phones to bluetooth speakers to walkie talkies. I love Motorola. There's nothing wrong with that.
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Isn't it HTC which made Android what it is today?

Or Samsung?
 
Used to collect books, comic books, trading cards and action figurines when I was younger.

I guess I was the collecting type. However, like PlaceofDis said, I realized it's more clutter than useful, so I got rid of most of my collections (still have the comic books, though) and no longer collect anything really.

Unless you count my ever-growing collection of animated gifs in my Dropbox, that is :D
 
public transport "smart cards" for places that I seem to frequent

currently have:

Paris
Dublin
Stockholm
New York
Montreal
Boston
Frankfurt
London
and a DB BahnCard25
 
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