Hey Pandas, What Is Your Weirdest Hobby? (Closed)

My girlies are now 26 and 28 years old. One loves llamas and one loves pigs. They used to collect them as children. Now that they have their own houses, I buy more “grown up” collectibles and when I visit them… I hide them, like Easter eggs, for them to discover after I’ve left. Most recently, I found cute ceramic llama and pig salt and pepper shakers. I hid them in their spice cabinets. ;-)

I spend time on the weekends having chats with homeless people. I take them food and other items and we sit and talk about childhoods, past employment, how crazy some people are.

A lot of them ask me to keep coming around, even if I don't have anything to give them. Most of the time they have no one to talk to that doesn't talk down to them or pretend to pity them. I prefer to joke around and make them laugh.

It's hard to stand on a street corner and beg for help when people scream at you, call you names and threaten you every day. It's hard to try to stay alive each day...not only by finding food and a place to sleep, but having to keep an eye out for drug addicts and mentally disturbed individuals that won't give a second thought about assaulting you or killing you.

Several of the homeless people I chat with have had multiple emergency room visits over the past couple of years from being stabbed, attacked by people or dogs, or just getting sick from sitting in the cold and rain. Treating them like human beings is sometimes just what a person needs to get through their day.

I was putting googly eyes on rocks or coconuts along the beach paths for others to find.

I don't know if this counts as weird, but I do origami (Japanese paper folding). I've been learning origami for 28 years now, and give them to people (i.e. waiters and waitresses, servers, etc ) as a small way to say thank you

I make my own Tabasco Sauce. I grow four plants a year, harvest the peppers, put them in a blender w/ white wine vinegar & sea salt, cook them, store them, strain them & bottle about 40 5oz. (150ml) bottles a year to give to family in friends. It's rather hot...hotter than habanero & much more flavorful. Many say it's their favorite. I get a lot more out of it than it seems.

Spotting bugs & spiders & identifying them, thats probably a weird hobby lol 😅🐌🪲🪳🕷🐜🐞

Not totally sure if it’s a hobby (or weird), but I’m a huge fan of vintage dress, and it’s super fun to watch videos on it, especially the way clothing from the 19th century is shown by hollywood

I like to go to second-hand shops and find used books. You never know what you might find and they are very cheap there.

I collect slang terms for "drunk." After many years, my collection is in the thousands!

Pearl diving! I look for pear oysters and crack them open for pearls! I have found so many! Love it!!

I have collected a wall full of home-made ceramic pieces from thrift shops. All of them are from someone's strange imagination. From an Italian styled tea pot with lid, to a set of square espresso cups, to a small deformed horse, every one is a conversation piece. They are not like anything you would normally purchase and some are obviously made by grade school kids. I am curious about what price I could render for some of the more artsy pieces, but now that I have them displayed, I would never sell them.

I draw fairies and make wall plant propagation vases shaped like ghosts, old fortune 🔮 telling posters, and whales

I’m a contortionist.

Which means I can bend in REALLY weird shapes and freak everyone out ;D

A fun party trick and unique hobby, y’know? XD

I keep things (that I probably never will use) for crafts. And yes I consider this a hobby.

Documenting my insomnia...how often and how long...etc.
Only three sleeps till Christmas ... yay.

I sculpt tiny nudes and put them in small cages or bottles. Sometimes separately, sometimes not.

I re-sculpt and make costumes for Barbie (and Ken) dolls to transform into fantasy figures, often my D&D characters. The best one I have done was a semi-historical Julie d'Aubigny (a 17th century fencer/opera singer/professional scandal artist). No point, just fun to make stuff.

Not super weird, but I make wands. They don't work (or do they?...) but once a week I'll go to the park and collect loads of sticks to turn into wands.

Well, my hobby is drawing small creatures like chameleons and ants, basically anything alive. I also like to collect old artworks from unknown artists.

To me stones are what diamonds are to others. When I see a beautiful piece by the side of the road, it's like finding treasure for me. I collect them to paint.