Re:Online installment loans have taken the subprime market b...
by SkyBelow on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:10PM
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Most hobbies have a cost and time length of enjoyment and thus you can determine how much you are spending per hour of enjoyment.
Movies is like $25 an hour, though skipping concessions and going to a cheaper theater can bring it down to under $10 an hour.
A short video game (assuming full price release day) is like $7 an hour. (Cost is higher if you play games less because the upfront cost of the system is split over fewer games).
A long video game is goes from $2 an hour to $.50 an hour, and can go much cheaper for games you enjoy for extremely long times.
Books for me are around $2 to $.50 an hour ($20 book that last 10 hours to a $10 book that lasts as long). Libraries make all of this much much cheaper if you have one.
I actually read a lot of web novels/fan fiction which are generally free and thus my only cost is for the internet access that I'm paying for anyways.
Sports can be a lot harder to measure because there is a large variance in the costs depending on numerous factors, but I would assume they aren't that much cheaper (though generally much healthier for you).
I find art, especially for anything that is above crayola level brand, is quite a bit more expensive. So for kids it is cheap, but for adults who spend any serious amount of time in it, the costs go up pretty fast.
So in comparison, $1 an hour for TV isn't bad, but it is filled with ads. So many ads I personally refrain from TV.
Movies is like $25 an hour, though skipping concessions and going to a cheaper theater can bring it down to under $10 an hour.
A short video game (assuming full price release day) is like $7 an hour. (Cost is higher if you play games less because the upfront cost of the system is split over fewer games).
A long video game is goes from $2 an hour to $.50 an hour, and can go much cheaper for games you enjoy for extremely long times.
Books for me are around $2 to $.50 an hour ($20 book that last 10 hours to a $10 book that lasts as long). Libraries make all of this much much cheaper if you have one.
I actually read a lot of web novels/fan fiction which are generally free and thus my only cost is for the internet access that I'm paying for anyways.
Sports can be a lot harder to measure because there is a large variance in the costs depending on numerous factors, but I would assume they aren't that much cheaper (though generally much healthier for you).
I find art, especially for anything that is above crayola level brand, is quite a bit more expensive. So for kids it is cheap, but for adults who spend any serious amount of time in it, the costs go up pretty fast.
So in comparison, $1 an hour for TV isn't bad, but it is filled with ads. So many ads I personally refrain from TV.