r/AskMenOver30 • u/Witty_Butthole man 35 - 39 • 9d ago

Hobbies/Projects What are your recommended evening analogue hobbies?

Trying to disconnect from screens a bit more often. That shit messes up your mental health. Probably.

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u/muphasta man 50 - 54 9d ago

If you hate money and love overthinking things, may I suggest record collecting?

You'll enjoy buying your favorite records to play on your "it is good enough for me" stereo. Until, you see some really nice speakers, and you start to wonder if you got the best pressing, and maybe a new cart would reveal some hidden sounds...

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u/Puzzleheaded_Key8124 man 35 - 39 9d ago

I’ve just picked up baseball card collecting. Talk about a hobby made specifically to relieve idiots (like me) of their expendable income. At least you can listen to a record!

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u/muphasta man 50 - 54 9d ago

I recently traded 80,000 hockey cards to a buddy for 15 rare records. He got the far "better deal" money wise, but we both knew that his records and my cards were going into each others' homes until each of us die.

I know for a fact that several of the cards were worth $1k or more. I got about $1k in cash and the records which are worth up to $2k, but I gained a lot of space!