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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 day ago

A weird collection of chronic mental illness, am I right?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

check, check, check, check

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

And I'm not even 40!

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've got a few years before 40, and I'm 4/4! Finally, I'm ahead of the curve for once

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tell me about your collection

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It's instruments... I can play a little bit of all of them, but none of them very well lol. I just like playing with them

An acoustic guitar, an electric guitar (I had 2 electrics, but gave my dad one with a small amp), 2 soprano ukulele's (in case a friend wants to join), a piano keyboard, electric drum kit, harmonicas, a violin (I got it for my wife, but we both like to mess with it) and... I think that's it. I kinda want a bass guitar one day too, just because it looks like fun

Also a small collection of cacti, and a small collection of amateur radio equipment (as well as other electronics that I like to mess with)

[–] trijste@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago
[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes to all of these, although my current friends and wierd collections are both relatively newly acquired

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Slight variations (dog's collar, I support my kids weird collections), but based on this list, I'd say I'm a successful 40-something.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity what weird things do your kids collect?

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have 2 kids. But between the two, we collect: Fans, scary jack-in-the-boxes, sprinklers, inflatables, and pencil sharpeners.

I'd fuck with a scary jack in the box collection that sounds neat as hell

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

scary jack-in-the-boxes

You and your kids are cool.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's 9 by the way. The line between cool mom and terrible parent is thin here. 😉

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

No such thing as a weird kids collection.

Whatever a kid is excited about is fuckin awesome man!

edit: as long as something isn't being unalived to add to the collection obvs

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hey, there's nothing weird about my collections of vinyl records and German beer steins and uranium glass and sterling silver and quack medical devices and watches and books and pewter and brass and guitars and cameras.

I honestly started off with the intent of being funny, and then I realized how many fucking collections I have, and now I don't really know what to do with myself.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dub the Collectorius, the Collections Collector!

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You march your butt down to Lowes to get those big black totes so you can pile your collected items into them and stow them in a neat stack in the garage so that you have space for more collectibles. That's what you do with yourself. Don't forget the label maker!

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Shit bro that was my 30s

my weird collection was beer and soda equipment, now in my mid 30s I'm thinking taxidermy will be my next hobby.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is why Im interested, they have really cool work. I love their rats and mice. But they also do bugs. They offer workshops and shit to.

https://prettydeadtaxidermy.com/

[–] eyes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The logical conclusion of this is a beer tap where the beer comes out of a taxidermied cats mouth. You're never lonely when you're drinking with old friends!

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[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do I win something for achieving it all a few years early?

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You do, but it's just another item for your weird collection, that you obtain for yourself, to celebrate.

Source: I bought myself another item for my weird collection, to celebrate this milestone.

[–] pickman_model@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

46

  • several friends 8000 km away, check!
  • several, check!
  • no ashes, but buried in a special creepy place in the backyard. We used to keep my mom's ashes around until we buried her. Technically I could get her ashes back back. Check!
  • several: mineral samples from places I've hiked, books, stamps, old hard disks, DVD and VHS movies, CDs...

I feel accomplished. Thanks people!

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

42

  • 15000+ kms
  • Yes but undiagnosed
  • two but one's not mine
  • shards of flint
[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Hegar@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

I'm sure you will be surprised to learn after reading that picture of success that I am barely even an achiever.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do the ashes of friends, and family count?

[–] SirQuack@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago

Yes, yes they do

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Funny you think I could afford to get my pets ashes back from the vet.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't want the ashes. It hurt too much. I also didn't want to be in the room when they administered the shot. My mother got me to do that with one when I was younger. Never again. I say goodbye and that's when I exit and cry.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I want my pet to see me as they relax for the last time to comfort them. My pain comes out when they're no longer suffering.

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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I turned 38 today exactly, I checked al the boxes already, I'm prepared.

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Cheers mate :)

[–] SufferingSteve@feddit.nu 4 points 1 day ago

Congratulations and keep wiggling!

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Happy birthday! Well done on the preparation.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Thanks, to be sure I have multiple weird collections.

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41 and I have the weird collection (pro wrestling memorabilia from before 1980. Toronto specific preferred) But I don’t have the friends or pet ashes, I have jars full of my live parrots feathers, which I guess is another weird collection.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

Time to visit my far away friends and start a collecting of their ashes

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I only have the first item.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Gotta get on it!

[–] kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Damn, I checked the last of those boxes last year and I'm not even 30.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

No pet ashes, but I do have treasured memories of long-gone much-loved pets.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

If you have a collection of pets ashes, does that count for both? Also, did they have to be my pets?

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