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Can you give me some tips about your niche hobby? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Tikiporch@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Maybe something you learned the hard way, or something you found out right before making a huge mistake.

E.g., for audiophiles: don't buy subwoofers from speaker companies, and don't buy speakers from subwoofer companies.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mushrooms

I read they think the guy in "Into the Wild" died because he was eating a plant that interfered with vitamin absorption.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

There's been a lot of back and forth on that. At this point, it's probably not possible to prove, but it seems like he was eating something that wouldn't be harmful as part of a normal diet, but was harmful to him as a large part of his diet while he was already malnourished.