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What are some stupid things people spend time and money doing?

By rai

3 years ago


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#1 3 years ago

I realize we are pinball nuts and some would say what we spend our time and money and energy on is kind of stupid.

But I’ve seen somethings that are so far out there that it makes pinball collecting seem normal.

For example there are people who spend countless time and effort to solve a Rubic’s cube in the shortest time. As in 5 seconds (?).

Give me what you got. Either stuff you do or collect that’s not too mainstream. Or something other people spend way too much time on.

#14 3 years ago
Quoted from Puffdanny:

You are dead wrong here !!! I am on a 3 year winning streak at Motorcity Casino in Detroit the last time I lost money there was 2016(havent been in 2020) I only play poker because I don't like gambling but poker is like pinball and some people are just better. I'll probably never beat Rosa or Grabowski at pinball but I doubt they'd ever beat me at the poker table.this fake pandemic has really cut into my free money.
I don't win a lot at a time just $100-300 at a time and get out with my winnings.if you're good at poker and not greedy its easy to make a.couple hundred per sitting.

Poker is one good example of how you can win consistently if you play against lesser skilled players. My buddy who consistently won at our home game. He started going to casino and won most times. Not hugely win but you could think of it as a job as he’d win so many dollars an hour.

I could play poker to make some money but it’d be small earning so it’d be a side hustle I doubt I’d be able to make a living at poker but could make some money by playing against lesser skilled players.

#26 3 years ago

I like those guys who can do a Quake speed run to can get a level to the exact frame hundredth of second perfect. I mean ok but would you want to go the same level thousands of time?

I’m bad enough to be watching this stuff but still get a life man.

#28 3 years ago

I collect books all kinds, comic books, literature, Sci-fi and nonfiction. I have been collecting for like 40 years and have a huge collection only have read a fraction. Don’t know if I’ll ever be able to read even half of them. I don’t know why but I can’t bring myself to get rid of them. We just moved must have been 80+ banker boxes.

#30 3 years ago
Quoted from xsvtoys:

I think that last record for Doom E1L1 speedrun took 50,000 tries or so. That's nuts.

Crazy.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pcgamesn.com/doom/doom-e1m1-speedrunning-record%3famp

#72 3 years ago
Quoted from JonCBrand:

This costs me way more than pinball and gets used 30x less
I know its stupid to spend the kind of money I did but I love it.
I think the phrase "a hole in the water to pour money into" sums it up.
Or B.O.A.T. Break Out Another Thousand
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Wow, I am not into boating but my wife told me we can rent a nice one for $400-600 for 4 hours.

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