• Glytch@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    How about “people supporting my hobby”? People buying better gear (be it climbing gear, better bikes, airbrush kits for models, or whatever) show manufacturers that people want improved gear which ultimately raises the baseline quality of gear in general.

    Real life isn’t a video game where we each have to progress up a skill tree to “earn” better gear.

    Maybe try engaging with the newbie with the fancy gadgets and making a friend who shares your hobby?

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      4 months ago

      But how am I supposed to feel better about myself when I see someone who can spend more money on my hobby than me?

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        4 months ago

        You can be the guy who shows him how to actually use that fancy equipment he spent so much money on.

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        4 months ago

        A lot of my camera gear is second hand too. It’s a great way to save some serious $$. As an added bonus, some of my “used” gear was very lightly used by their previous owner.

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          4 months ago

          There was definitely a dude into photography in my old neighborhood. The pawn shop was absolutely filled with incredibly cheap lenses with clearly very little use.

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      4 months ago

      There’s also the flip side of this - clueless beginners buying needlessly expensive things (not to them because they’re beginners but in general), in turn telling manufacturers that there’s a market for needlessly expensive things. But hopefully the people with more sense outweigh them so that the market regulates itself.