Oppo, what are some of your other interests besides glorious automobiles?

"Zohaibman72" (zohaibman72) 11/17/2014 at 21:55 • Filed to: Oppositelock, Questions, Hobbies, Interests

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unrelated stock photo when I googled "hobby"

Oppo what other interests do you have other than cars, I'm curious to know. Do your interests mix with cars, or are they revolved around cars. Do you have any hobbies?

Kinda like a get-to-know-others topic, I guess.

Personally, I'm a huge fan of Video Games, and video games with cars in them, my favourite series would probably be Halo, GTA and Mother/Earthbound, but it always changes around for me. I play alot of racing games, like Forza, and I was raised on Gran Turismo and Wrestling Games (Practically all my uncle played). I usually like First Person Action-RPGs like Fallout, Skyrim, Borderlands, etc. I own/Owned, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Wii, Gameboy Colour, Gameboy Advance, DS, 3DS, and have a mid-level gaming rig PC.

Another interest hobby of mine, is music. Yeah, it's kinda generic, so is Video Games, but I'm really into music, the origins of it, and stuff like that, mostly hip-hop. Hip-hop/Rap probably dominates any other genre in my knowledge for it (grammar is hard), and most of my music collection is hip-hop/rap. From LL Cool J to Drake to Kanye to Ice Cube to Wu Tang to Biggie, Nas, Pac and Jay-Z, but I also listen to Rock (A Day To Remember, Alice In Chains, Rise Against, Green Day, Nirvana, AC/DC etc.), Older stuff / Classics (Queen, alot of one-hit 80s, 90s wonders, Micheal Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley), Electronic/EDM (Deadmau5, Afrojack, Monstercat Media Artists, Diplo, Daft Punk, Justice, Etc.). I mostly listen to Hip-hop/Rap in my car because my Hybrid Camry has an intense sound system that sounds the best with that genre.

There is a bit about me, what about you guys?

Thunderface > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 21:56

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hockey yo

Zohaibman72 > Thunderface 11/17/2014 at 21:57

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My family is a hockey family, I'm the weird one.

My citroen won't start > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 21:57

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Tennis, cigar/pipe smoking, jazz and cooking. I also collect watches and play video games quite frequently.

Thunderface > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 21:58

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ah

Zohaibman72 > My citroen won't start 11/17/2014 at 21:59

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I was obsessed with becoming a chef when I was younger, and now I'm lazy as hell. Most complicated thing I've ever made is Kraft Dinner Mac and Cheese.

I plan to learn sooner or later.

Agrajag > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 21:59

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Comics, video games, film, drawing, cheap old stereo equipment.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:00

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Photography, motorsport, video games, history, traveling, naval history, hockey, vinyl records. All I can think of now.

 > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:00

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Fapping.

Zohaibman72 > Agrajag 11/17/2014 at 22:02

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I do have a decent interest in film, my friend is a total movie fanatic, so is my father. I've been watching alot of movies I missed out on when I was young recently, like Terminator. I'd probably say Fight Club, Pulp Fiction and Boyz In Da Hood are my top 3 right now.

Zohaibman72 >  11/17/2014 at 22:02

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Big N Slow?

CB > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:04

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I play games (when my XBOX works), occasionally live stream, listen to a lot of music, and enjoy making poor decisions.

At least, when I have free time. Which doesn't really exist any more due to work and school.

Zohaibman72 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 11/17/2014 at 22:04

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I do have a big interest in Criminal History and WW2 history. I love reading about street gangs and Mafia, and interesting "villainy" figures like Hitler or Stalin. I also like racial history, it's so curious to find out how these people thought and acted towards other humans based on location, skin colour or religion.

Scary__goongala! > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:06

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Mountain Biking(still at debatable newb status), army stuff, I am getting back into working out.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:07

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Yeah, I read about 400 pages of Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. So long, so much info, so long. It was good from what I read.

Agrajag > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:13

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I'd probably put Blade Runner, The Sand Pebbles then Modern Times as my top 3 right now.

f86sabre > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:16

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Aviation and space (who would have thunk?), Motorsports, travel, astronomy, live music, reading, fixing things and some photography. I'm also a Cub Scout den leader, but that is in support of my son. I'm scuba certified and have a private pilots license as well.

The Transporter > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:18

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I'm a college student so I don't have time for these "interests" that you speak of. However, if I weren't I'd say that my interests would be in no particular order film making, computers, and music.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:19

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Art, Music, Electronics, Movies, Cooking, Cycling, Video Games, Random Trivia, Photography, Tennis. Also Im always up for learning something new, and I dont half ass anything.

Zohaibman72 > f86sabre 11/17/2014 at 22:22

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you sound like an awesome dad!

Zohaibman72 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/17/2014 at 22:22

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Jack Of All Trades.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:23

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I try to be

Sn210 > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:24

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collecting diecasts

WhiskeyGolf > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:32

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I'm an avid boater when the weather permits here in the Great White North and I also mountain bike and play hockey. I have a lot of sedentary hobbies too, like photography, reading (engineering history like NASA of the 60s and current stuff like Pop Sci and Pop Mech), hobby electronics and occasionally video games (I had a high end PC in 2011 but it has slid down the food chain since).

twochevrons > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:32

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I'm a film photography nut (although I haven't shot a roll in ages), and I've got a decent collection of vintage cameras of various levels of workingness. When it's too cold out to work on cars, I tinker with electronics – I'm currently in the process of fixing up an old tube radio, and a couple of years back, I restored a crazy-high-end '80s Bang and Olufsen hifi system that is now the centrepiece of my collection. I also play the odd video game here and there, and write a bit of code when the mood strikes me.

I keep a decent record collection, too. It's mostly vinyl, but I'm not a total purist – I buy it for the large-format album art, and the sense of ceremony that comes with putting on a record, rather than sound quality (although some albums are just meant to be heard on vinyl). My music tastes tend toward the hipsterish, but in general, are very eclectic – my record collection is heavily weighted toward 'art music' and thoughtful (and obscure) indie, but there's everything from 16th century choral music to Kanye in there.

I read and write a lot, and I'm also very interested in history, especially 19th and 20th-century industrial, technological and military history. I'm currently doing some academic research in the history of computing, and hope to continue that in grad school.

Zohaibman72 > twochevrons 11/17/2014 at 22:37

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I love history from 1900 to modern day. I mostly like Military, Racial and Criminal history, I feel like it makes fun of the relativity boring Canadian history I learned in school. I usually like to read about the Civil Rights movement and the poverty in America, stuff like that. It's very interesting, along with segregation and stuff. I occasionally stumble on interesting world history too. Wikipedia is my bible sometimes.

Justin Young > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:46

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Interests other than cars? Now, where do I start?

Well, I listen to a lot of electronic music, but unlike any other EDM fan , my playlist doesn't litter with big room, electro crap. Instead, I mostly listen to progressive deep, future, tech, nu disco and good ol' house. Artists range from Oliver Heldens, Tchami, Mr. Belt & Wezol, Avicii, DubVision, Zonderling, deadmau5, etc. I've done a couple of mixes too, so shameless plug.

Another is photography. I've been into photography ever since I got Gran Turismo 5. As the years progressed, I jumped from the PS3 to an actual camera! My gears are a Sony DSC-W350, Sony DSC-WX80, Nikon D40X (which is owned by my dad) and iPad mini. Although my subjects are mostly cars (obviously), I've taken other stuffs too...but rarely people. More shameless plug!

Lastly is, in a way, embarrassing because, for others, it is something not targeted to my genders' audience.

Zohaibman72 > Justin Young 11/17/2014 at 22:54

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Forza got me interested in Car Photography for a bit. Alot of my older facebook covers I took with in-game screenshots.

My Shameless Plugs

Also,

All By Myself is my fav. DubVision track.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:55

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Woodworking

BMX

Car Racing Games (primarily Fourza)

Diecast Collecting

Motocross

(none of these pictures are mine but I like to add visual references when I post)

ViperGuy21 > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:58

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Washing cars, cooking, music, trombone, building stuff, working out, learning, reading, TV, video games, movies, coffee, military stuff, science, medical stuff, Internet, and I'm always up for a challenge, and tend to go over the top with most things. I always work hard, and force myself to get excellent grades in school.

Stupidru > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 22:58

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Photography, Hockey, Cooking, Mountain Biking, Home energy efficiency, and I'm trying to get into woodworking. I love traveling but unfortunately my pockets aren't deep enough to make this a full-time hobby

JGrabowMSt > Zohaibman72 11/17/2014 at 23:20

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Road biking, photography, computers.

I used to play electric guitar, but my hands don't let me anymore. I can still play a little, but only short things. I keep the guitars around because I do occasional music production, but very rarely. I did tech support for M-Audio when they were owned by Avid for two years.

My broadcasters license just expired this year (bummer!), but I know broadcast radio engineering very well, and worked in two radio stations doing engineering work.

I also have a documentary I'm working on (which is about half finished), and I do audio/video production on the side.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Zohaibman72 11/18/2014 at 00:16

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Hmm, other than cars, I'm gaming on the PC mainly, and sometimes on the Xbox.

from the big thaw to first snow, I ride my bike around town.

anon-sxmcyecofnu1eocpqsk9iq > Zohaibman72 11/18/2014 at 01:48

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Art and video games/computers.

(not my pics)

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Zohaibman72 11/18/2014 at 09:57

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History, photography, singing and dancing. I'm hopeless at the singing, but I'm OK-ish with the dancing. I mean, I can pull 75% of this dance off.