No Stupid Questions

A little groove box. Like the Roland T-8 or Novation Circuit.

Few hundred bucks will get you a used one. Super fun to sit around and make your own simple beats and songs. No musical knowledge required!

I'm a big proponent of modern affordable musical electronics. If you like it, it's a fun little thing to do. If you love it, there is endless depth to pursue in many directions. No natural rhythm or understanding of melody needed. It's fun to just sit and tweak knobs and notes until you like what comes out.

I also recently discovered this website called "Strudel REPL" that let's you code electronic music in your browser for free. Another fun way to check out the hobby without spending anything.

VR. Spend all day in another world.

Planting native plants and checking out the cool bugs that show up.

Video games ^^/$

If you live in an area that gets a lot of snowfall, buy a zamboni. Keep it in a garage. Then, when a big ice storm hits, your time will arrive! Take your zamboni to the city streets! While the city ice crews are trying to melt the ice, you'll be out there thickening and polishing it to a glimmering shine! You'll be the ying to their yang. The negative to their positive. You will be the balancing element in nature! Buy your zamboni, and take to the streets!

Therapy.

how about donate all of your shit and stop buying things

3D printing.

Get a used printer or build a new one (building it teaches you a lot about how it works).

Start downloading models... toys, gifts, tools.

Start seeing what little things you can fix and improve around your home.

Encounter something you need to print, but can't find anywhere to download... Get into CAD and start making your own models.

Also there's a nice side effect if you get into 3D printing: it's suddenly really easy for your family/friends to buy gifts for you. There's never enough filaments you could have.

if you don't have one a steamdeck.

One (1) library card. No purchase necessary. Can do it online in minutes and with a free app like libby have access to more interest than you could ever satisfy.

I'm tyring to eat less animal food so have been buying odd vegan ingredients for cooking and substitution. It's fun.

cat cat kitty-cat kitty-cat-cat cat-cat-cat cat kitty cat

one need money

i got into it by going :3 and adopting a cat

Go learn to SCUBA dive. Being 100 feet under water is amazing.

My wife passed away February 28th 2019 and I was lost in life. I wandered into a shop and was certified to dive on June 16th after a few classes. By January 16th 2020 I was Advanced Open Water certified and on June 28th I was Rescue certified. I actually want to become certified to instruct and use my underwater videos to pay for teens and young adults who have survived sexual abuse to become certified to dive and hopefully be able to provide them a set of gear.

I personality am a survivor of mental, physical, and sexual abuse. Diving has been the best thing in my life and in less than 100 dives I have seen things that people with thousands of dives haven't. It has also helped my mental health more than anything else I've ever tried. Now I just want to be in the water every chance I get.

I read this and my only thought was "Factorio". Oh well.

Get a shitty motorcycle and fix it up and ride it. You'd be amazed at what you can do with some time and and a couple youtube videos.

We are in the age of really cheap, but high quality guitars. You don't have to own an exorbitantly expensive gourmet brand like Gibson, Fender, Martin, or Taylor. There are lots of companies making very fun, playable, and CHEAP guitars.

If you want to play electric, there are companies like Firefly, Harley Benton, and Donner, making terrific guitars for less than $200.

If you like acoustic guitars, you can buy really nice new ones for under $500, but if you buy used (which I recommend for an acoustic anyway), you can find lots of nice 20-40 year old guitars from Yamaha, Washburn, Alvarez, Takamine, and others for less than $200.

Then comes the distraction part of learning to play, and practicing. It can take a lifetime, but if you are committed to it, you will be rewarded by steady satisfying progress for your entire journey.

Hiking shoes and poles. Spending time out on trails will be my next attempt at healthy coping.

Flashlights really do seem like an endless rabbit hole to sink into. They’re surprisingly affordable too - there are tons of Chinese models in the 30–60 euro range that outperform name brands costing over 100 euros.

You could even turn it into a challenge: try to research the absolute best everyday carry flashlight for yourself and see if it arrives in the mail before you’ve already found a better alternative.

air fryer and fidget toys

Try 52 book?

A book a week, for a year is the premise.

I just go into charity shops and buy random books off the shelf, it's very, very hit and miss.

That's part of the fun.

Obviously I have my favourite genres/authors, this method means I either learn names to look out for or, avoid