Something you enjoy doing or collection that no one else seems to appreciate.

#1

I do yoga. not exciting i know but nobody else i know seems to do it. I also can dream while i’m awake (like a daydream but i can still see and hear everything that’s happening and it usually happens while i’m in bed at night) more of a skill than a hobby tho

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    #2

    When I have the time I make stadiums, streets, and buildings out of pennies. Stemmed from teachers and parents giving me pennies as a visual for math, but getting distracted or bored and creating cities.

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    #3

    not to uncommon, but I play the viola. not the violin, not the Chelly. the viola. it's one of the only instruments that play in alto cleff:)

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    #4

    I write books :)

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    #5

    I am on a tap-dancing team, and I like to compose my own piano songs. The tap dancing is on a weekly basis, but the compositions vary.

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    KNBlizz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I very much admire tap dancing!

    #6

    I like making the cocoa shapes and patterns on top of drinks like hot chocolates and coffees

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    #7

    One of my hobbies is not unique but it is not common, I like to fly gliders. (full size, not models)

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    #8

    Origami (paper folding). I've been learning many different models for almost 30 years, including kirigami (same as origami, but involves cutting)

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    #9

    Ventriloquism! Got made fun of it alot in middle school... I'm 31 now and don't care what other people think , still love it!

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    #10

    During lockdown, I got really into pond scum. Algae, cyano bacteria, purple sulfur bacteria, iron-eating biofilms, you name it. I spent nights pouring over online field guids and scientific journals, trying to learn as much about it as I could. I would get on google maps and switch it over to satellite view to look for ponds I could get to without anyone caring if I was there. I would go out with spoons and jars and little ziplock baggies, and even a tiny fish net so I could look at the minnows while I waded up my ankles in mud and collected scum. It was actually perfect, because nobody else would ever be around, and of course, everything else was closed. I kept all my samples in pretty jars lined up on the window sills in my sun room, and learned how to feed and water and care for them. I toyed with the idea of trying to create my own pet stromatilite (which I'm kind of morbidly obsessed with). The other thing about all this was that I had only just moved to the area right before the pandemic, and it was honestly about the funnest way I can think of to learn about the roads and environment of my new home. I don't do it as much anymore, but I still have most of my samples. Maybe I'll get back into it this summer.

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    KNBlizz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is very unique! Not my cup of tea, but I'm oddly happy that someone out there is into it.

    #11

    -Origami, not too rare (1other post of it already) and kirigami for that matter! -miniature anything! -finger-knitting

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    #12

    Not unique or cool but definitely weird. I do origami with starburst wrappers. They’re so tiny. My husband carries a heart that I made in his wallet and he thinks I don’t know. I sometimes do it at restaurants when I’m bored or nervous too.

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    #13

    I love spotting and photographing bugs and spiders and just watching their daily lives, its like a tiny hidden world! 🕷🕸🪲🦗

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    #14

    Trumpet

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    Atreïdes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. Let’s go trumpet gang!

    #15

    I have fallen out of it in recent years, but I used to rescue sick betta fish from those little cups at pet stores. I would bring them home, research their symptoms, diagnose them and nurse them to health. I learned a ton about tropical fish illnesses, and it was so gratifying to see them flourish. They're so beautiful. I recently saw the photography post of bettas on BP and reminisced a lot! At one point I had 22 in individual tanks. I had to step it back a bit....

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    TheVioletDragon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's amazing! You just gave me an amazing idea

    #16

    I collect old V.C. Andrews books, mainly FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC, for the various cover artworks. The books must be written by her and not that p.o.s. ghostwriter.

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