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alnwlsn ◴[] No.44430287[source]
Reminds me of an estate sale I went to one time. Unassuming place, one of those tiny postwar homes about the same size as the one in this article - but with at least double or triple the density of this train layout in the basement. The owner must have been a very thin person, as the narrow winding paths around the basement in places measured no more than 8 inches, and the widest parts were only about 2 foot wide. In a 900 sq. foot basement, there was probably only about 50 sq foot of floor you could actually rest your feet on. The rest was all layout and boxes of trains and train accessories of all sorts - hundreds of tiny pots of specialty paint, miniature trees, "grass powder", special linkages and wheels, and more. Probably most of it got thrown away at the end of the sale.

People have hobbies, but I can't think of any circumstance in which I'd convert my basement into a deathtrap. There was less room than those hoarder houses you see on TV (but much more organized). It was genuinely concerning that they even decided to hold a sale there open to the public.

Truly one of the more bizarre things I've seen. Also, the upstairs? Mostly normal - you wouldn't even know the guy liked trains.

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1. fatihpense ◴[] No.44431637[source]
Now I see the real value of games like Factorio. That kind of poison needs to go somewhere or it ends up in real life projects
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2. ludicrousdispla ◴[] No.44432033[source]
I am certain there are more than a few Minecraft bases with extensive rail networks beneath them.
3. SSLy ◴[] No.44432216[source]
yep, same feeling when I open Against the Storm or Shapez 2. Actual digital crack.
4. madaxe_again ◴[] No.44433999[source]
Yep. I moved off grid and I now fill my days with “how will I unreel 600kg of cable and 500m of 90mm HDPE tube over half a kilometre of nightmare terrain and 70m of vertical drop with only muscles and mechanics in 37C heat, and how will I thread the fibre down the tube” and similar fun projects.

Man’s gotta man. At least I get to scratch the systems itch and get fit at the same time.