Hobbies others might consider "Strange"

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I've been collecting stuffed animals since I was 4 and still do.

Or maybe he's such a good psychologist that he can diagnose Aspergers better than anyone else

I play tabletop RPG's and watch Anime, read Manga, and attend Conventions.

Further to my previous comment,

I'm a Gunzel

To what does "Gunzel" refer, precisely?

I collect marbles and make up stories with them.

The "strangest" thing I do is organizing, schedule, and come up with scores (with UNO cards) for sports leagues I make on sheets of paper

Studying my absolute favorite branches of science: astronomy, cosmology, quantum physics, and abnormal psychology. I'm trying to get back into oceanography and meterology, I haven't seriously touched those topics since... possibly the 4th or 3rd grade. I spent my winter break writing notes on psychology, watching hours of videos on astronomy and cosmology, and answering review questions on quantum physics.

I also daydream most of my day away. At break during school, if I'm not busy repeatedly washing my hands and going to the restroom, I just stare at the ground and daydream. At home, I just lie in my bed with my laptop on my lap and the music on, and do the same thing (unless I'm busy taking notes on black holes or singularities and whatnot). I even daydream during dinner, and my mother lectures me about it often.

I play video games (strange around where I live), watch animated shows/movies (mainly anime, but I'm also a superhero/Transformers fan), read comics/manga, and build Gunpla (Gundam plastic model kits) and other model kits (they're all molded in color and snap together, but I'm just a beginner and I plan to branch out). I used to collect and play with stuffed animals, but I got bored of it. I have some action figures, including a Revoltech (fancy Japanese action figure line) Gurren Lagann and am thinking of buying some Transformers toys, but I mainly like Beast Wars and it's too confusing for me to look through all the old toys from the '90s.

EDIT: Oh, I also want to get into tabletop RPGs, but the only person I know who'll play is my little brother and maybe my best friend (he was highly against the idea and he hated it the first time I got him to play, but I improved a bit as a GM and he liked it the second time.). I also want to attend a con, but haven't because of money and how crazy some attendees can be. I'll still probably go eventually, though.

Interests in missing persons cases.

Counting cards.

Why it is odd, I am only 19 so I can not use it. I got decent at it when I was 18 and went on a cruise and could try it though

I do this too! I'm the only teenager I know with any interest in this.

Not sure if it counts as a hobby, buy I amuse myself by converting large numbers into different bases. I especially like Base 6.
I also take various interesting numbers and generate an aimless informational scavenger hunt with them. For example, yesterday I counted up 31 numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. The 24th is 46368, which I found is the ZIP code for Odgen Dunes, Indiana, which I found is named for the nephew of the guy after whom a street in my town is named.

playing war-games, anime manga. quoting black adder...

Trying to act "normal"

Weird hobbies?

I used to be obsessed with names. I could and still can tell you the meaning and origin of any name, and, if applicable, any name it stems from or stems from it. I spent my time reading books of names and searching the web for them.

I used to read cookery books like novels.

When I was seven I collected fourteen dead bumblebees and gave them all names. Even I find that weird now.

Right now, I suppose my weird hobby is obsessing over collecting Sherlockiana (Sherlock Holmes collectables and memorabillia, DVDs, radio recordings, soundtracks, posters, etc.) and trying to get anything I've written, fiction or non-fiction, published, including my various Sherlock Holmes essays.

I like steam locomotives.. I guess that is it. I also enjoy watching watching antiques shows. I guess for my age my interests are a bit odd.