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02 Nov 2014, 4:19 pm

I'm curious to see the diversity of special interests among us. Mine are guns and, more recently, chainsaws.



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02 Nov 2014, 4:24 pm

Video games, music and animals.

Has been that for years for the most part. Wrestling is an off and on special interest as well.



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02 Nov 2014, 4:37 pm

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02 Nov 2014, 4:40 pm

Cars
Touring car racing (but not open-wheel cars or sports prototypes particularly, GT cars are sometimes interesting, especially if it's mixed touring cars and GT cars)
Rally
Honda Cars
Honda Civics and Integras from 1988-2000 (4th-6th gen Civics along with DB and DC2 Integras)
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Psychoactives (drugs)
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Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Animals
extinct animals
Human sexuality


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02 Nov 2014, 4:45 pm

I don't really have any now that my OCD is treated by medication.


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02 Nov 2014, 4:46 pm

Music, though sadly I cannot play an instrument.


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02 Nov 2014, 4:50 pm

Genealogy, history, law and politics.


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02 Nov 2014, 5:00 pm

Right now there is two of them. The game "Perfect World" and anime in genaral.



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02 Nov 2014, 5:03 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
Music, though sadly I cannot play an instrument.


Radiohead said it best when they said 'Anyone Can Play Guitar'.

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Full disclosure: I can't bend my hands to play 'proper' chords. I know a lot of fingerings for diads (two note combinations) though.

You might never get good at it (I certainly haven't in the 15+ years I've played) but you can probably get good enough to play parts of songs you like or to maybe try to write your own music.


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02 Nov 2014, 5:06 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Music, though sadly I cannot play an instrument.


Radiohead said it best when they said 'Anyone Can Play Guitar'.

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You might never get good at it (I certainly haven't in the 15+ years I've played) but you can probably get good enough to play parts of songs you like or to maybe try to write your own music.


I have a bass, well actually two and have tried them out a few times....though right now my friend has my amp, because he and my brother where working on music though I think that is on hold for now.


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02 Nov 2014, 5:11 pm

Fretless bass is the way to go, that's what I play (a 5 string Yamaha fretless model through a Markbass 500 watt amp). I find it's much more gentle for my fingers, as frets tend to hurt mine after awhile.

Sorry to go off topic, just thought I'd comment since you brought up bass.



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02 Nov 2014, 5:32 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
because he and my brother where working on music though I think that is on hold for now.


Awesome. Hopefully you get it back soon if they're done with it. :)

Fretless bass sounds awesome, but I'd get lost on the neck.


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02 Nov 2014, 6:05 pm

Zen Buddhism



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02 Nov 2014, 6:08 pm

For a while it was accordion, but now accordion is just an interest. I've been having an interest in religion for about six months and it looks like Judaism will become my special interest.


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02 Nov 2014, 7:20 pm

Video games and music. I have 1,700+ cd's on my pc and I'm always looking for new music to add!! !! :)


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02 Nov 2014, 9:46 pm

The Nintendo Famicom
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