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ZombieBrideXD
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17 Aug 2015, 6:09 pm

Sonic the hedgehog has been my special interest for 5 years soon to be 6 in one month.

However I have had other interests. I do NOT consider them special interest because I was not as invested as I am with sonic.

Five Nights At Freddy's
Hedgehogs
Dogs
Movies
Video games
Psychology
Medical science
Parenting
Skylanders
Anything including Zombies
Sewing
Adventure time
Anime
Animation


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17 Aug 2015, 6:14 pm

I thought you were interested in Zombie Brides :wink:

As for me, my special interest in the weather cost my father $600 in one month in December, 1971. I wanted the forecast for every large city in North America, plus a few in Europe. Long-distances rates were substantial then.



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17 Aug 2015, 7:15 pm

My special interests were/are often not that unusual in and of themselves, but the extent to which I delve into them generally is.

For example, board gaming is not a completely esoteric interest, but the following is probably atypical:
- Spending hours each day looking up games on boardgamegeek.com.
- Keeping a close eye on foreign game conventions like Essen Spiel to see what 'new hotness' is in the works.
- Setting up and playing multiplayer board games by myself.
- Watching extensive play through videos on YouTube when I can't play myself.
- Following specific game designers and reading their blogs/design diaries.
- Owning close to 200 board games and related items.

Past 'obsessions' of mine have been:
- LEGO
- Lutheran theology
- World War II
- Star Wars
- Psychological Disorders
- Various video games
- Computer programming



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17 Aug 2015, 8:49 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
As for me, my special interest in the weather cost my father $600 in one month in December, 1971. I wanted the forecast for every large city in North America, plus a few in Europe. Long-distances rates were substantial then.


Weather Phone is still around and is free these days
http://www.freeweathercall.com/local-weather/

But if you want to pay for it that option is still available
http://www.weather.gov/dial-a-forecast/


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18 Aug 2015, 5:03 pm

- Bird-watching
- British TV
- Sherlock Holmes (stories and all film/TV versions)
- Medieval/Renaissance Western European history (1300 to Reformation), especially history of persecution of witches
- Disasters (man-made or natural)


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18 Aug 2015, 6:00 pm

I used to also be obsessed with the 1381 Peasants' Rebellion.



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18 Aug 2015, 6:39 pm

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My interest/obsession is in knives.

Do you own any? If so what sorts.


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18 Aug 2015, 6:42 pm

I like The Marvel Universe (Some might find this normal)


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18 Aug 2015, 6:50 pm

Behavior


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18 Aug 2015, 7:09 pm

Anything paranormal
How technological items work
Psychology



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18 Aug 2015, 11:09 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I used to also be obsessed with the 1381 Peasants' Rebellion.


Have you read Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century? I love that book. It centers mainly on the Hundred Years' War but I think it touches on the 1381 Rebellion a bit (also the Jacquerie in 1358 France, which I think it went into more).


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18 Aug 2015, 11:52 pm

Oh this is fun!
My list:

- ants (I don't know if it counts because it's also my job to research them lol)
- wilderness survival
- traditional karate
- professional sumo wrestling
- flute-making
- pottery
- collecting small paper fans



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19 Aug 2015, 7:49 pm

Hmm I don't think you guys interests are all that weird considering there have been people interested in batteries and just one single note on the piano lol

I like lots of things. I like making stuff up in my head but I don't think that counts because everyone does that. :mrgreen:


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19 Aug 2015, 10:47 pm

Playing the sax
Hygrometers
Dehumidifiers
Industrial ventilation cowls, especially ones that are capable of revolving.