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Apr 18, 2021
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valleus
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Try building a MAME cabinet. Costs less than $1000, takes 3 months, and your
kids will love it once it is done.
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Nerdiest personal hobby that you enjoy. Go!
Agnostic-alumni
4/18/21 3:27pm
electric train models, bird watching, collecting Star Wars action figures, origami, house plants
CDV
4/18/21 3:28pm
You win.
DiamondDog
4/18/21 3:33pm
You had me until Star Wars.
Brisco
4/18/21 4:04pm
That's quite the combination
TNT
4/18/21 5:07pm
Member of a sports message board
BIG XII Coug
4/18/21 3:30pm
RE: Member of a sports message board
Hambone
4/18/21 4:02pm
I try to avoid those.
Brisco
4/18/21 4:12pm
Sounds boring
Y-Zag
4/18/21 4:14pm
Rubik’s cube collection. Up to 10x10x10
Chasicle
4/18/21 3:30pm
Let's see someone too this
El Careeb
4/18/21 3:38pm
My son has a 12 sided cube that is 11x11 on each side. He has like 250 other cubes as well.
Cosmodiar
4/18/21 4:14pm
My son is a cuber. Not sure where I went wrong.
cougfanblue
4/18/21 4:36pm
CDV’s FO
DieHarder
4/18/21 3:31pm
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bluecougar1985
4/18/21 3:41pm
Disneyland book collection. And a Disney “Art of” movie books. Here’s my list
Cougarrr
4/18/21 3:32pm
Furry. Also I present on Batman at Furry Conventions. He is a great example of
HansMoleman
4/18/21 3:33pm
You’re a furry? Holy Crap—infinity exclamations
Brisco
4/18/21 4:07pm
Classic Video Games
BYUtka
4/18/21 3:33pm
Like what? This sounds awesome
Mr. Rumsfield
4/18/21 3:37pm
NES, SNES, Nintendo mostly. My collection isn't huge. I have two real arcade
BYUtka
4/18/21 3:47pm
Try building a MAME cabinet. Costs less than $1000, takes 3 months, and your
valleus
4/18/21 3:51pm
This is easily my nerdiest hobby
JOPE
4/18/21 3:45pm
I collect old games and systems. Very fun stuff.
durandal
4/18/21 3:47pm
I collect Batman stuff, (shocker, right?) Also I present on Batman at Comic Cons
The Dark Knight
4/18/21 3:33pm
Very nerdy, and awesome
Agnostic-alumni
4/18/21 3:34pm
CougarBoard mostly
Born2Fish
4/18/21 3:34pm
Golfing.
StalwartBraveTrue
4/18/21 3:34pm
Nerdiest? Really?
byujacob
4/18/21 4:04pm
Just ask my kids. watching me play is an insult to golf so it’s just a hobby.
StalwartBraveTrue
4/18/21 10:04pm
I like HP, LOTR, GoT, and certain other fantasy stuff enough that I’ll watch YouTube analysis videos of them
JollyGreenGiant
4/18/21 3:36pm
I just turned off the analysis of butterburr, very interesting that in early
Spine
4/18/21 11:38pm
Butterfly hobbiest
jsaskew
4/18/21 3:38pm
Collection or butterfly house?
Agnostic-alumni
4/18/21 3:38pm
Outdoor flight house
jsaskew
4/18/21 4:09pm
Do you have links to videos you could post. Sounds really cool
DrBYU
4/18/21 4:13pm
I don't think I have anything on YouTube but
jsaskew
4/18/21 9:00pm
I watched a guy on YouTube open up 1st edition Pokémon cards from ~1997 and was strangely intrigued
TCuz
4/18/21 3:40pm
Root beer bottle collection and vintage Disneyland maps, brochures, and books.
Traveshamockery
4/18/21 3:41pm
I've got you beat by about 70 root beer bottles
volleyjiver
4/18/21 11:18pm
Wow. That’s impressive. I’ve got a ways to go to catch up to you.
Traveshamockery
4/19/21 11:47am
I started doing root beer bottles a few years ago. Finally HCBW got tired of them them and tossed them all. What is your
lightmann
4/19/21 11:37am
I just put a list up above. I’m partial to Ramblin’ too. So good.
Traveshamockery
4/19/21 11:48am
A few years ago our daughter made up a special box for me (that I couldn't touch) for Christmas. It had 52 bottles of
lightmann
4/19/21 12:50pm
That’s a great gift!
Traveshamockery
4/19/21 4:31pm
I put money in pretend coins online and hope they become worth $1 each.
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/18/21 3:44pm
I’ve gotten pretty nerdy about fly fishing recently. It’s not unusual for me to
Kavorka
4/18/21 3:45pm
I do the same thing with salt water fish, ask me anything about the spring
Cabadapeste
4/18/21 5:06pm
Fishing is least nerdy of anything on this list.
lightmann
4/18/21 8:07pm
🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢
zephyr
4/18/21 3:45pm
Bird Watching
Backcountry
4/18/21 3:46pm
I’m on eBird every day.
Brisco
4/18/21 3:50pm
When I'm rich classic toys will be my vice
A_blue_car
4/18/21 3:47pm
Pff. You guys are lightweights. I sometimes play tabletop RPGs. And I enjoy it.
durandal
4/18/21 3:48pm
Cones of dunshire?
Agnostic-alumni
4/18/21 3:49pm
RE: Cones of dunshire?
durandal
4/18/21 3:52pm
It’s all about the cones!
(Private)
4/19/21 7:41am
Someone on CB staying awfully quiet about their LARPing hobby:
runitup590
4/18/21 3:51pm
RE: Someone on CB staying awfully quiet about their LARPing hobby:
Brisco
4/18/21 4:03pm
Stamp collecting. I collect first day covers.
Y-Zag
4/18/21 3:54pm
Okay, I have a couple questions.
DomCasual
4/18/21 4:42pm
When my dad passed away my mom got an appraisal of his collection
85fan
4/18/21 5:39pm
Stamp collecting is a dying hobby. Values have dropped dramatically.
Y-Zag
4/18/21 5:50pm
Funko Pops. I have sold most of my collection but kept a sizeable number of MCU
byujacob
4/18/21 3:58pm
I play in competitive Rock Band tournaments on PS4. Currently ranked #2 in the
bigbossbyu
4/18/21 4:01pm
Now I can say I know someone famous. Thanks!
byujacob
4/18/21 4:03pm
Interior design. I’m good too.
cougfanz
4/18/21 4:04pm
Can you come decorate my house?
bluecheese
4/18/21 4:20pm
I collect mannequins of legacy BYU coaches.
Hambone
4/18/21 4:07pm
Depends on the year...lately, I've been building model cars...I've been a bug
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
4/18/21 4:07pm
Does ghost town visiting count? I’m pretty nerdy about that.....I find every one
ByuImaginesDragons
4/18/21 4:12pm
Any suggestions/favorites?
jamfam
4/18/21 4:18pm
Oh yes! Bannack and Garnett MT are must sees. Really well preserved
ByuImaginesDragons
4/18/21 11:53pm
Any go to resources that you frequent?
Wyomingite
4/18/21 4:32pm
I’ve found most from Facebook ghost town groups
ByuImaginesDragons
4/18/21 11:56pm
Ghosts aren’t real so I have also been to every ghost town within driving distance.
TCuz
4/18/21 4:38pm
Ghost towns and haunted towns are different things....and ghosts are real
ByuImaginesDragons
4/18/21 11:55pm
We used to do that. I am a history buff.
85fan
4/18/21 5:40pm
I love it. Seeing how things used to be, imagining what their lives were like
ByuImaginesDragons
4/18/21 11:58pm
Setting up an ethereum staking node
EQD2
4/18/21 4:13pm
This thread has made me realize I’m not nerdy. Just super boring.
CrimWalCoug
4/18/21 4:23pm
RE: This thread has made me realize I’m not nerdy. Just boring.
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
4/18/21 4:30pm
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CrimWalCoug
4/18/21 7:12pm
I collect analog synthesizers & compose 80’s style electronic music
maizecoug
4/18/21 4:34pm
RE: I collect analog synthesizers & compose 80’s style electronic music
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/18/21 5:12pm
Lawn care
cougfanblue
4/18/21 4:35pm
I’m kind of nerdy about this too. Don’t currently have a lawn unfortunately, but
Kavorka
4/18/21 5:44pm
You can scratch that itch, by doing mine!
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/18/21 5:54pm
Language study. I speak four languages and am learning a fifth.
ReyOso
4/18/21 4:54pm
I need to learn spanish
BYUALWAYSNUM1
4/18/21 5:13pm
You should have led with pink oyster mushrooms
Odysseus
4/18/21 5:14pm
And listen to Blue Oyster Cult while doing so...
Parker Schnabel
4/18/21 9:18pm
Boardgames and Warzone. If anyone wants to squad up hmu
shakavaka
4/18/21 5:02pm
Classical music afficionado. I have listened to hundreds of hours of lectures
HenderCoug
4/18/21 5:16pm
Astronomy and a ham radio license.
byujdmba
4/18/21 5:57pm
Incessantly posting “Fauci right now” with a variety of gifs
Unibro
4/18/21 6:03pm
Chess.
ldssdl
4/18/21 6:27pm
Do you compete?
byujacob
4/18/21 7:15pm
Not since high school. I dabble a little on chess.com.
ldssdl
4/18/21 7:26pm
Geocaching. I get antsy if more than a week goes by without
lightmann
4/18/21 8:04pm
I keep exotic Tarantulas
ditch
4/18/21 9:30pm
I also look for snakes. That activity has the nerdiest name ever.
ditch
4/18/21 9:34pm
I would LOVE to have exotic tarantulas. How do you get them?
Breaded Hamster
4/18/21 10:01pm
I also collect hotwheels.
ditch
4/18/21 9:36pm
I was in a judge's chambers that was nothing but Hot Wheels. Cars, Posters
Y-Zag
4/18/21 10:11pm
Husband collects antique postcards. As a spouse I like it. Most aren't too pricey & they don't take up much space.
Soupie
4/18/21 9:51pm
I collect rocks and seashells, but I'm a geologist and an oceanographer so...
Oceanographer
4/18/21 11:19pm
We have a bunch of collected rocks for both outside and inside. It doesn't seem like a real collection because it's so
lightmann
4/19/21 10:48am
I get asked a lot about what rocks to collect. I always tell people to just
Oceanographer
4/19/21 11:59am
If we're out traveling, we seldom pass by a rock shop without stopping for a quick look. Usually end up buying a few
lightmann
4/19/21 12:57pm
That's a great story. My parents have a large section of petrified wood in
Oceanographer
4/19/21 1:49pm
3d printing and rocket league
supertux
4/19/21 6:33am
What do you print? I've been thinking of getting one for my dad who just retired
jamfam
4/19/21 8:15am
Toys, replacement parts for things, custom gifts, projects
supertux
4/19/21 1:17pm
Cribbage. Old man's game that I started playing when I was 8
CommodoreCoug
4/19/21 7:50am
I collect books about U.S. presidents and other historical topics. Then again, I'm a historian and history teacher.
BlueBlood94
4/19/21 8:30am
My dad was a history teacher.
85fan
4/19/21 8:47am
My dad was a piano mover.
lightmann
4/19/21 11:44am
Speaking of pianos and movers, I will someday need one to move
85fan
4/19/21 6:49pm
Either have a professional move it or about seven big strong friends to come over is my advice.
lightmann
4/21/21 10:17am
Age of Empires
Turn and Cough
4/19/21 1:31pm
Great game.
endy
4/19/21 5:49pm
Programming
j20
4/19/21 1:38pm
Holy cow, does no one admit to LARPing any more?
Pangare
4/19/21 4:14pm
Axis and Allies.
(Private)
4/19/21 9:05pm
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