The Top Ten Geekiest Hobbies

[CShine]

Is your favorite hobby on the list?

http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=24184

[tridim]

1. I'm surprised that Anime isn't on the list

I collect hand painted Anime cels and watch way too much of it. It must be too mainstream now.

[starroute]

9. I think anime is too ahead of the curve for this article

Most of the things it names have a decidedly early-90's flavor, if not earlier. I get the strong impression of a 30-something waxing nostalgic about his adolescence. Just consider what it includes and what it leaves out:

-- Star Trek and Star Wars, but no Babylon 5 or Farscape or Firefly.

-- Dungeons and Dragons but no White Wolf games.

-- Comic books but no manga.

-- No anime. No cosplay. No learning Japanese in order to be able to do your own fansubs.

If you judge it according to the standards of geek cool that I raised my kids by, this list is seriously lame.

[FlemingsGhost]

22. Geekiest post ever.

Congratulations, starroute. You are the epitome of "geek cool."

[Drifter]

2. I figured Juggling might be on the list.

That is my addiction.

But then again, it is a hobby/skill that can actually generate revenue.

Cheers
Drifter

[Kamika]

3. Uh oh i got THREE !!!!

Star wars
Star trek

AND

EVERQUEST


Ok i quit everquest and im in rehab at the moment :D

And star wars is slowly losing me since the new movies were dreadful.


But im watching deepspace nine like crazy right now. Getting hit on in direct connect by some trekkies :) you get tons of attention being a female trekkie hehe

[Rainbowreflect]

4. Hey, I use to play D&D and my hubby still does.

We have sex all the time. When I was young & single I would only have sex with men who played. ;-)
On edit Since my husband still plays & I don't fool around I guess I still only have sex with men who play D&D.

[name not needed]

5. not on the list.

i have no hobbies on that list. and my one hobby, paintball, is the complete opposite.

[dawg]

16. Rainbowreflect, I have an image of your husband rolling a 20-sided die ...

and you rewarding him based on the result.:evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

6. Ha! Amateurs!

http://individual.utoronto.ca/iizuka/research/cellophane.htm

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Have you tried this GOP?

Looks amazing!

[GOPisEvil]

17. I haven't, because my laptop is deceased.

:-(

[Wickerman]

7. Guess I AM getting old

Didn't have a single hobby on that list. I used to be such a good geek.

:sad:

[BiggJawn]

8. What happened to the days when Ham Radio was King of the List?

I'm shocked! I've never been into ANY of the stuff on that list...

There was a time when women would run screaming into the night at the sight of an issue of "QST" or "CQ" on the nightstand....I knew guys who had no radio in their car solely because they wanted "second dates"...

How times change....

"Hey, baby, wanna come over and see my collection of Telegraph Keys?"

[demgurl]

10. And here I thought mine was geeky......

I guess couponing just doesn't rate like it used to!!!!

Christina

[Cat Atomic]

11. Oh Christ... I've got 4 of them...

I'm such a wanker, I swear.

I just got a Star Wars Fan Film Award this year, too.... it's sitting here on my desk... I call it my Date Repellant.

:)

[mac56]

12. Beer can collecting.

Take it from me, I did it for ten years. God, was I a geek.

[Spirochete]

13. Only Everquest

and I haven't been doing much of that the last few months or so.

Might have to try replacing it with something even geekier; let me look at that list again...

[scarlet_owl]

15. I'm married to an RPGer and an anime freak!

I don't see the appeal of either, but they make him happy.

[Eat_The_Rich]

18. Collecting Belly Button Lint

Ttop of the list. Hands down.

[AlienGirl]

19. Right now...

I am doing online role-playing with my roommate, who is sitting in the *same room* as me. Our characters are, um, getting "involved." :evilgrin:

How geeky am I? Geek to the nth degree, bay-bee!

Tucker

[Maple]

20. Scrapbooking????

Oh pul-eeze!

None of those things are geeky. Just average stuff.

[TrogL]

21. I hang out with furries

They're not all sex-crazed nor do they dress up.