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A Game Genie
I see what you did there.
My partner bought me a SNES Game Genie for my birthday years ago and now I have all of the Game Genies!
Or a game shark.
Bidet attachment for your toilet bowl. Trust me, you’ll never go back.
Yeah mine was just 30 €. You never have to manually clean your ass ever again because the thing just does it for you!
LUXE Bidet NEO 185 Plus The hinges are great for cleaning.
Agree, but splurge and get one that has a water heater. No one wants cold water sprayed there.
Eh. Cold water is fine. I’ve been using cold water for years.
Warm water is nicer, but cold water is fine.
You really should buy a bedbug proof mattress cover and interceptors for the legs of your bed and furniture. Trust me when I say that an ounce of prevention will save you a lot of trouble, cost, and emotional trauma. Even if it costs more, buy then anyway.
A microwave sandwich griller. I saw one recommended on another of this type thread, so I gave it a try. You can’t believe how great this thing is. When I worked in an office, I had grilled sandwiches several times a week, and I still use it at home all the time.
Why is it $100?
It’s not. The post says $100 or less. This is definitely less.
Sorry, $100 aud, not freedom units. But that’s about 64 freedom units, which also seems crazily expensive.That’s Australian Amazon. In the US Amazon store it shows as $29.99. Even the normal list price before the discount is $36.99.
Shows 29.99 USD for me
Doesn’t look bad at all! Seems like a nice and space saving alternative to a dedicated sandwich maker.
Low-profile noise-cancelling earbuds. Lived with a snoring roommate for some months, don’t know how I would’ve slept without those.
Example?
The nothing buds are pretty good and if I’m not wrong I got them under 50.
Seconded
CPAP for the roommate and sleep issues for both of you sorted.
If only I had the courage to tell my roommate
Blackout curtains in combination with a sunlight alarm clock to fall asleep more easily and wake up gentler without my phone.
These are just frankly necessary if you live far enough north. When I’m going to sleep at 11pm ish, the sun is still up lmao.
Went to the arctic circle for the first time. It’s crazy how bright out it is at night.
This is 12:30AM just after midnight.I feel you, I’ve got a streetlamp right outside my bedroom window! lol
I grew up 2 blocks from a train station that would start running routes every 10 min starting at 5:30 or so. Oh boy I can’t believe I slept through it as a kid, I wouldn’t be able to now without re-acclimating.
What the-? How far up there are you?
I’m not op, but I’m 55° north… It’s 22:25 here and this is how light it is right now. In another 4 hours, it’ll be nearly full daylight again!
51° N. I’m also on the fourth floor of a building, so the horizon is farther away. I’m exaggerating a little bit. By “still up” I really mean it’s still bright enough out, twilighty, that it would affect my ability to sleep. Bedroom window also faces
eastwest, so, yeah it’s a combination of factors but still.It would matter more for your ability to fall asleep at night if your bedroom faces West. Do you mean it affects your ability to sleep in late?
Sorry I’m just dumb, I meant that it faces west lmao.
No, not at all! Just wanted to clarify if I was misunderstanding.
I’m 61°N, the sun barely sets in the summer. Today, sun rises at 3:51, sets at 23:14. It’s proper dark for maybe 2 hours
Toss on a cheap sound machine and it’s the best.
For me it’s a sleep mask, but I also understand that that misses the gentle wake up part. But I love that I can bring my sleep mask anywhere which you can’t do with curtains
I was gonna say an OLED monitor but then i saw the 100$ or less
Noise canceling headphones. Yes, they exist for under $100, maybe not the best, but they’re a godsend.
got a pair at Costco for 70$
didn’t know multiconection Bluetooth existed and they are a game changer as well. also noise cancelling is nice.
What brand did you get?
JBL Live 675NC
although I think the market is probably full of similar quality headphones at that price.
Thanks! I have a 14 hour flight coming up and I’m considering a pair as my earbuds hardly work over the engine noise.
those aren’t earbuds, they are over the head headphones
Oh yeah, what I was trying to say is that my earbuds are so bad on planes, that I want to upgrade to noise canceling headphones.
Multitool. Can’t live without.
Recently bought a leatherman skeletool. It’s so compact and the perfect amount of utility for me. And it doubles as a fidget toy.
I’ve had one of these for probably 15 years now. Excellent tool.
One of those flip boards for folding shirts, especially if you’re adhd, it makes it so you can neatly fold them and still see the front of the shirt so no more unfolding a bunch of things to check if it’s what you want and then just get left there unfolded
I took to rolling mine, takes half the space, quarter of the time, and no wrinkles or seems.
I simply hang all of my cloths in the closet. Shirts, pants, underwear. Socks go in a bag (which is also hanging)
genuinely curious, do most people fold shirts so the front ends up inside? I pretty much just copied the way they fold them at stores so the front is on display
My wife doesn’t just do this, she irons t-shirts inside out to protect the design, but also folds them with the design on the inside. Most of my t-shirts are black, so I have no way of telling them apart without unfolding them…
Sounds like you should spend 100€ on changing your wife then! /s
Shower curtain with pockets. Never again will you knock bottles off of those inadequate shelves.
Why have I never heard of this before that’s a brilliant idea. Do they grow mad mold quickly?
How would they ever dry out?
If they’re well designed, the pockets won’t actually be sealed against the curtain at the bottom
The pockets are nets.
Wait, I’ve been on this earth for 52 years and somehow didn’t know they make shower curtains with fucking pockets?! I’m going to go buy one right now.
Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life.
Motherfucking pockets… in the goddamned shower curtain.
My bathroom has a sliding glass door and I hate it.
Electric kettle.
Bone conduction headphones.
Rechargeable head lamp.
Nice EDC knife.
Driving gloves.
A really good insulated cup.
French press.
Digital kitchen scale.
Slow cooker.
I would switch French Press with AeroPress, for convenience. But other than that. Great list.
I haven’t used AeroPress, but I appreciate that the French press is equally useful for making both hot and cold brew coffee. Mine is all-metal and you could just about beat someone to death with it.
I loved my French press, but I did not enjoy the cleanup. So I tried AeroPress, and fell in love with it, so simple and fast, so easy to clean up, and the coffee is great. I haven’t tried cold brew coffee, but I have seen people do it. I have also made iced coffee in it, but I haven’t found the perfect mix yet.
Eyeing a rice cooker, it’s really not a need-to-have but I might go for it… Edit: went for it and got one from my local asia market. :)
I have better results with my instant pot than any of the results I’ve gotten from the zojirushi. Plus the zojirushi takes 4-5 times as long.
My wife forbids me from getting any large appliances for any 1 thing, so I could never convince her to get a ride cooker. Instead we got an InstaPot that we use exclusively to cook rice. It’s way different (trust me)
There’s a “fast” option on most zojirushis. it should take about 1 hour if you select that. Source: I’m Asian
My mom dislikes instant pot rice and likes zojirushi rice. IDK what the difference is but she can tell. Shrug.
There’s definitely nuance to how you do it in the instant pot, depending on what kind of rice it is. Zojirushi is a little more hands-off, and fool-proof. I just never decide 2 hours in advance that I want rice with dinner.
More like 1 hour but yeah.
Quick mode ftw!
Zorirushji is amazing! You should get it
Pro tip, you can also cook oatmeal and beans in it and it’s better then any other way.
sunglasses gif guy
Nice pro tip. Cooking Lentis probably too then.
If you have a microwave, there’s microwave rice cookers aswell.
You won’t regret it. They’re such a nice thing to have and there are totally decent ones for pretty cheap.
I have the one that Uncle Roger has that plays music when your rice is ready. I wish it was larger, but that is my only complaint.
I use an instant pot and it works really well. I use it for other things too but honestly rice is probably what it gets used for the most.
I have an instant pot as well, and used that for rice too. But it is nice to be able to have beans in the instant pot and rice in the rice cooker at the same time.
I love mine. Get a cheap analogue one that works with a magnet. Perfect rice every time
Yup, for rice cookers, the cheaper the better. Anything with a gasket ain’t worth the cleaning effort
Found a nice one for $90. On second thought I better check out the models at the local Asia Supermarket.
I’ve never actually used an expensive rice cooker, but the $15 one I got at [department store] works perfectly for me. This video sold me on the beautiful simplicity of it, and it’s my favorite kitchen instrument
Of course Technology Connections made a video about Rice Cookers!! Thanks for sharing, gonna watch it when I can.
Yup, that’s the type I meant above
His video also convinced me to get one
Nice one. Gonna check out the models at the Asia super market nearby. I mean rice is a staple in Asian kitchen!
- Bidet
- Hand barbells + weights
- Inexpensive watch like a casio f-91w, or a cheaper smart one. Turning off all phone sound notifs is nice.
- Used e-reader
- Heated blanket
- One of those water bottles with a straw and a smart lid
It’s amazing how life changing a $35 bidet is
Every time I go to a bidet-less house, and see that they’re going as unwashed as a 5th century peasant
As someone that works from home and eats a lot of sandwiches; a bread maker. Great for pizza dough too!
Oh damn, I hadn’t thought about this but that’s not a bad idea. My mom used to have one when I was a teenager and would make this potato bread that I friggin’ loved. She always said it was dead simple, maybe it’s time to look into that myself.
Does it work with gluten-free flour?
Yes they even have a gluten free mode on newer models.
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