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Comment by tekla | Hacker News Reader

No. I have expensive hobbies, and this is a hilarious amount of money to spend, wow.

I Scuba and my gear (dive com, suit, tank) cost less than 3k and its meant to keep me alive, versus win instagram points and it will last me a decade.

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You don’t have “expensive hobbies.” You have hobbies that you feel are expensive.

There will be people who perceive your hobbies as quaint and austere, and there will be people who think you’re being outrageously opulent.

There is no objective “my hobbies are expensive. Their hobbies are outrageous.”

This is a pretty extreme form of neutral stance. Yes, it's subjective. One man's day out is another man's salary. But it's not so utterly boundless that it's noteworthy to point out that most people probably consider thousands every year on a hobby to be an "expensive hobby".

It's pretty incredible that several grand a year per year is not considered absolutely insane amounts of spend on fucking FASHION. I guess I'm not the audience for HN since everyone here seems to be insanely rich.

You hardly have to be rich to spend $300 a month on fashion, you just have to be not poor, and have it as a priority. Just because fashion isn't a priority to you doesn't mean it's the same for everyone. The same people that spend $500 a month on clothes might think buying a TV for more than $300 is unthinkable. Priorities differ.

There are lots of people that will take one or more scuba oriented vacations for $3k per year.

Relatedly, sailing or owning a boat is a much more expensive hobby.

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