For example, I’m sure the average joe doesn’t know just how expensive calligraphy pens can be, or how deep the rabbit hole goes on video game speedruns.

  • @Aux
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    1110 months ago

    Mountain biking.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      Why would you not expect that to have a high ceiling either monetarily or in sheer skill? I mean bikes are expensive, and it’s a sport practiced on a professional level.

      • @Aux
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        410 months ago

        Because you can get a basic bike for like a couple of hundred quid and commute for years. It’s just a basic transport type. Yet it grew into quite an absurd, dangerous and expensive hobby.

        • @AnUnusualRelic
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          210 months ago

          The bike is one thing, but you also need a mountain.

          • @Aux
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            010 months ago

            That too.

      • themeatbridge
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        310 months ago

        I think it’s a question of how high the ceiling can go. There are people who helicopter to the tops of mountains to drop into a downhill, and their ridiculously expensive bike will need many parts replaced at the end of it.