So my wife knows I’m a data hoarder and she’s unbothered. Thank god 😂

But she asked me why do I collect comics physically when they could be digital and take less space? I didn’t have an answer so I said just cause haha. I was curious for y’all do you collect anything physical? And if so what do you collect? Also why?

  • Montagemz@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Yes, Pokemon Cards. Why? I have been doing it for about 20 years and I just cannot stop.

  • Doom-Trooper@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    My other main hobby involves firearms and ammo. Curious is anyone else here has the same hobby overlap

  • ParadoxSolution@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Coins, but very casually. I don’t really care much for rarity so much as novelty. ‘Special’ coins like those produced for Olympics, centenary events etc. It’s not something I go out of the way for but I guess it would count based purely on the amount on face value alone.

    Otherwise, technical junk. Never throw tech away unless it’s fubar.

  • coolraul07@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Oh, almost forgot. I apparently collect laptops. My family gets new ones every 3-5 years and I still have every one dating back at least 15 years.

    Oh, and cell phones and tablets. Those date back to at least 2011. There’s an iPhone 6 and a couple Android v4 (and earlier) devices within arm’s reach of me right now.

  • ranhalt@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    According to the added storage capacity of my bins, I have 192 gallons of movies, video games, books… not including 8 short boxes of comics.

  • DanTheMan827@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Game consoles and physical games. I also like having physical media in general, so I have a decent collection of music and movies, even if they just end up getting ripped anyways.

  • McGoodotnet@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Retail DVD and Blu ray discs are actually cheaper than using hard drives now. I pay .15 on DVD and .50 on Blu ray. It is essentially data hoarding by different means

      • McGoodotnet@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Mostly Facebook Marketplace. People dump them in favor of netflix/hulu. Their asking price is insanely high usually. If you need a more accurate price head down to your pawn shop and try and sell them a stack. This gives you a better idea of what you can pay and where the market is at.

  • ZGTSLLC@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Books – I have crates upon crates of them, since I don’t have a library in my house, they are stacked from floor to almost ceiling in my bedroom.

    Movies – VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, digital. I got rid of a few hundred VHS a while ago, but still have about 20 or so left, stuff that will never be made into DVD, but that I have had forever. DVD and BR, I have probably a thousand of them. Digital, I don’t even want to consider how much I have spent on Prime movies and shows!

    Rocks / Crystals – growing up, my dad was a geologist by hobby (I was born in the mid 70s) and he would drag us kids rockhounding. We would find rocks, he would cut and polish them, then show us the treasures we found and give them to us to keep. My dad’s collection was displayed all over the state I grew up in – over 500 pounds of rocks! – and it was consistently tuted as the best collection libraries and state houses had ever had, so it kind of rubbed off.

    Edit, spelling

  • jnew1213@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Postage stamps for many years starting as a kid. Steamship postcards, then trilobites and minerals for some years as an adult.