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[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago (10 children)

But the good news is you just kinda learn quite a bit about every hobby you pick up, so people are always impressed with how much random stuff you know.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

"I know enough to finish this if I wanted to"

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

You remember the random stuff you read?

It's in and out. I feel that people would actually think I'm smart if I could recall even 2% of all the shit I learn on demand.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My memory is really, really good. It's my recall that's crap. Feels more like my brain works like RAM and not a hard drive in that my memories are randomly accessed.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If it was Ram then everything you learned would disappear when you went to sleep. But it would all be easily accessible at all times instantly.

A hard drive sounds way more appropriate. It's really good at following a single chain of information. It is terrible at randomly accessing information but it's all there. The problem of course is that - people don't talk as one long chain. There are tangents and then the drive must seek which is slow.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago

If it was Ram then everything you learned would disappear when you went to sleep.

I mean, it does feel like that sometimes.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I remember enough to somewhat know what I'm talking about and especially enough to know what I need to quickly google to get the full details.

[–] gila@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not necessarily in a way where I can effectively demonstrate everything I've learned, but sure, a lot goes somewhere in the back of my memory bank. It's created job opportunities for me in disruptive tech fields because I'm just able to absorb so much in that initial hyperfocus phase, and come across like a subject matter expert on something I just heard about a couple of weeks ago. Sucks when you land in what seems to be a great position and just lose interest in the field though. Good recipe for imposter syndrome

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[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Joke's on you, I have so many abandoned activities, I can just cycle through them

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, I haven't brewed beer in 3 years but I still have my equipment, so that when I get sick of building guitars, I can go back to brewing beer. But wait, what about the transition from guitar building to tabletop gaming? I guess I can store the brewing stuff and the guitar-building stuff for a year while I go down the TT gaming rabbit-hole. And then there was that quick detour into making kombucha...and then pickling stuff...

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude you're fucking flourishing don't change a thing

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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 8 points 2 years ago

My brain and closet are like IRL Steam.

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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I discovered a great way to reduce the financial burden: join a Makerspace.

Since joining a local one, I now know:

  • How to use a CNC laser cutter
  • How to use a thickness planer
  • How to use a MIG welder (poorly)
  • And, as of today, how to use a TIG welder (also poorly but, I did better than with the MIG)

Still to come:

  • How to use a terrifyingly powerful, 2.5 ton milling machine
  • How to use a similar size lathe
  • How to use a plasma cutter
  • How to use a fiber laser
  • How to use a vintage oscilloscope

And a ton more. Seriously, its awesome.

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[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't that just come with disposable income?

[–] hayes_@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I literally have a blender on my counter that I haven’t touched in… probably 12 months.

[–] gencha@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

I will use it soon. I promise! It wouldn't make sense to sell it. I'll literally need it the next day!

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you get bananas and frozen blueberries, you can use that as a base for any kind of smoothie, really. Unless you just don't feel like smoothies, which, valid.

[–] hayes_@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh don’t worry. I also have a bag of frozen berries in my freezer that are also 12 months old.

Good good. OK, I see you have this well under hand.

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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I have 4 RC cars because of this. They’re amazing and I still use them, but not like I did when the hobby first got injected into my veins.

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[–] oldGregg@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Someone start a community to trade hobby startup equipment once you're bored with it

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

And that's why I never made it as a writer

[–] Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Totally unrelated, but I have a nearly new Dremel ...

[–] cybermass@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Shit I was not ready for this personal attack

[–] argentcorvid@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

You got yours out of the box?

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

bought a slow cooker last week, been absolutely on my midwest shit

[–] Tofushopdriftin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love learning I might be on a spectrum from a meme

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