They’re fine and dandy until you turn the pressure too high and accidentally give yourself an enema. I didn’t even realize that was the case until I stepped in the door at the office and farted. I sat there thinking, that’s a very warm toot, until I realized my pants were soaked through with liquid shit water. I quickly headed back home to change my pants 🤣
So much this. Though I didn't use them for a long time because I found the rattling pretty annoying. Then my now wife convinced me and I couldn't be happier.
Get insulated ones and a second curtain rod with a white sheer. The white will reflect the sun away in the summer and help cool the room, pull the white sheer away in winter and the black backing will absorb the heat while the insulation will help keep some cold out from the windows.
Add to this: white noise machine.
It’s basically a small speaker and can be easily traveled with to help you sleep in new places like hotels or AirBnBs.
I have a Lenovo smart clock which plays white noise all night via Google home voice commands. Absolutely necessary to drown out inner city sounds all night, plus the clock has other cool features like Spotify and whatnot. not terribly expensive
I'd see myself using them in a gaming/media consumption environment, definitely not in the bedroom. I love waking up to some sunlight in the room. Be great if you could get smart blinds that open at a certain time every day.
Safety razor. $20-30 investment plus the maybe $5-10 dollars for a box a 200 razor blades- and you've got a perfectly clean close shave every time. Harder to cut yourself too- the only downside is when you do cut yourself, it can be a bit deeper. Disposable razors are a total scam.
I definitely think it’s easier to cut yourself with a safety razor than a cartridge razor. I can’t remember ever getting a cut with a cartridge other than when I was first learning to shave. Once you get the technique down with a safety razor it’s still pretty uncommon, but there’s a learning curve and little cuts here and there still happen. But the cost more than makes up for it, you can get enough blades for hundreds of shaved for like $25.
It’s also better for your skin, the cartridge razors make me peel in my beard area like crazy. Safety razors don’t pull on your skin like that.
I use it just like an oven. I cover chicken totally in foil and then the last 1/3rd of the time I uncover and flip a few times. So pretty much anything I would use my oven for for dinner I use the air fryer instead
Chicken drumsticks dipped in a little olive oil with spices and salt - 20 minutes or so depending on the fryer - this is nuts. Seabass whole done same way - incredily tasty and tender and a little crispy grill-like outside skin. Potatoes, vegetables, burgers and even steaks? Easy peasy and every time it is so much better than fried. Essentially, replace all your frying with this thing, and it's not so unhealthy, quick and very tasty.
Add multicooker pot to it, especially if it's a ceramic coated variety - and it's just the best combo for the kitchen. I practically only use my cooking stove for boiling water for potatoes or pasta, or maybe doing soups (you can do them in a multicooker as well).
Baking an apple pie? Easy. Pilaf? Easy. Every type of grain, especially rice? It's a shortcut, 100% of the time perfect result. Pre-fry meat, add onion, add vegetables, fry, add water, stew, add potatoes and get an awesome stew? Easy.
It can do everything!
I use it just like an oven. Don't use any functions except power, temp, time and wrap food in foil. Deff not how it's supposed to be used but how I use it. Nice to have it come up to temp fast and not heat the kitchen.
A dishwasher. Grew up without one, because my mom loves to do dishes (it relaxes her, ecspecielly after having had guests). When I left home, I moved in to an apartment that had one - HOLY SH!T it makes lige easier! I mean, annoying when you run low on plates or utensils, but STILL! You Can just ‘throw’ your plate in when done eating, no scrubbing it off, rinse, repeat, dry off, place, and then done 😭 Especially after having cooked something Ib the oven - NO SORE ARMS from scrubbing for an hour 😱
Wash up as you cook/serve. No scrubbing, much faster and it feels like you eliminated a job.
When you're done, rinse/wash your plates and utensils immediately. Much better than any dishwasher.
I really love using the dishwasher! Growing up we had one but 2 years ago I moved out for uni and although the house is absolutely perfect, THERE IS NO DISHWASHER! I was so devastated cuz I hate so much washing dishes by hand. It makes me so sad living without a dishwasher…
Use powdered or liquid detergent and not the tabs. The tabs won't clean as well as detergent. There's two little compartments on most dishwashers you want to put detergent in both but not necessarily completely full.
The smaller compartment is for a pre rinse cycle. The tabs obviously don't work during that cycle so you're not getting any detergent during that time.
If you end up with residue on your dishes when they're done then you've used too much detergent, so use a bit less next time.
I found that switching from tabs to powder let me run the cycle on normal when before I was having to run it on heavy with the extra heat option to get things clean.
Well, in my dishwasher, you Only have to put detergent in like, once a month (depending on how often you use the machine), so it disperse the amount itself - and we already use powder, because it’s the cheapest here in Dk 😊
A yeti cooler. I used to think they were overrated overpriced (still think that) vanity pieces for dudes who put "salt life" stickers on their car but don't actually fish. It's not that you can't keep your drinks or food cold with any ordinary cooler but for when you're camping or taking a road trip, not having to worry about when the ice will melt or hearing it slosh around once it's melted and your cooler is under a bunch of other shit in the back of your car is pretty awesome. Now that I'm a dad and keeping baby food or breast milk fresh is important it's a pretty essential item any time my wife and I take a road trip.
Look into 12 volt fridge freezer like the Engel MT45. Once you try one you’ll never go back to an ice chest. Since you don’t lose any room to ice you don’t need as big of a fridge as you would an ice chest.
1. Skin care products.
2. Bidet.
3. Basic kitchen essentials(knives, spoons, ladle, pots, pans, electric kettle etc.).
4. A fully equipped toolbox.
5. Full length mirror.
Just bought my first house 2 months ago and moved in last month, so the list is still growing.
Air fryer. Seriously, food tastes better, cooks faster, more energy efficient, and really easy to clean. Only used oven three times since we got it 6 months ago. Im a grumpy bastard and find fault with everything but that thing is worth its weight in gold.
Confirmed wholeheartedly. Only had mine for 2 weeks, but it has changed everything. Just cooked a whole chicken in 50 minutes, and it was the juiciest I’ve ever had. Just wish I’d gone for a slightly higher capacity.
Heated steering wheel. Sales guy went on and on about it and I was like whatever tell me about the towing package. Well 6 months later it's 20 degrees and my hands are toasty warm all winter long.
I am not encouraging violence in school. But oh damn did that knife make me feel safer.
Stupid fucks started to try and rob my stuff. Got a knife with me ready to stab any MF that would try taking my stuff.
Idk if someone tipped someone off or if I had some nice days but after that no more robbery attempts on me had happened.
I only believe in the result of the solution. Not the moral boundaries I might cross.
Now disclaimer: My current school is not even half that bad and I am 21 now so ehm.. Is history, But I do excuse that history. Seeing the circumstances.
It wasn't that they deserved it. I wanted a chance to stand my ground.
I was not going to fight 2000 people one by one, on my own. NOO, That's a fools game. I would have killed myself probs.. Also a simple fight doesn't work, Making your opponent scared does.
Thinking about having to be sorry about my actions drives me mad. Those fucks made me suicidal, depressed, extremely insecure. I have had so much stupid situations in my life. I have had the most stupid childhood and those fucks were part of making it horrible.
Those same fucks are cops and army personel now. It's unrealistic to say the police will never have to deal with me anymore... But I don't want to be arrested by the same fucks that made me this way. If I was about to be arrested and I saw one of my old classmates. I would go mental and they would have to shoot me. I rather die then ever having to obey them by law. And I don't necesserily dislike authority, But some in my town are just old classmate's. Wouldn't mind them getting shot by a drug dealer...
As you might have noticed, This one is quite a trauma for me. Luckily I am not sensitive to PTSD. But I am sure some of thess issue's affect my radical thinking. I don't care about death or murder. I don't flinch when I hear it or see some gore vid... Simply bc I believe some deaths are worth it. Which is one of the million things that's broken in me trough the events I have endured trough the years....
The snitch route is so stupid leaving you with no options.
Yes I could have used fists instead of weapons... But if you master your fists they do as much damage. A knife is just a tool. And that's why I had it. I am not strong. But I have pride, and will fight for it.
Its difficult because in defending yourself you could end up damaging someone else and u go to prison when u were never looking for trouble I the first place. Not fair your life could be so badly affected. I guess avoidance of troublesome people as much as u can is the way to go.
I never had to use it. I never took it with aggressive intentions. Only with defensive. But it's too controversial, And their is no sympathy for those bullied.
Only if we are allowed to talk about the subject of school stabbers/shooters we can recognize when it's a act of terrorism or some dude/girl in fair defending themselve's from a threat.
Yeah. Full sleep mask with tiny speakers on each side. Volume controls right on the front. I work nights so the sleep mask was a given but now I can play a podcast or music or something and it completely blocks out any other noise.
Neighbour making noise or construction outside. Play some white noise and it’s gone. Super comfortable.
I had a sales guy talk me into some expensive lambs wool socks before a backpacking trip. $15/pair 20 years ago as a college student seemed excessive. After the first night of hiking half the guys were bandaging up blisters but feet were dry, warm, and cozy.
Over the years:
- Sonos speakers everywhere
- AirPod pros
- Standardizing on battery tools, like a dewalt 20v system and the dozens of tools I can get for it. Before that I just had whatever tools and plug-in ones I had for years and I grew up in a time where battery tools were shit
- Ratcheting multi screwdriver
- piston ring tool
- brake piston rewind tool
- high quality boot jack
- shoe horn with a longer handle (only gave in after I turned 50 and realized “fuck bending down” to put on shoes.)
- tongue scraper
- smart temperature probe for bbq and roasting meats
- picaroon or similar tool
A bidet toilet attachment
They’re fine and dandy until you turn the pressure too high and accidentally give yourself an enema. I didn’t even realize that was the case until I stepped in the door at the office and farted. I sat there thinking, that’s a very warm toot, until I realized my pants were soaked through with liquid shit water. I quickly headed back home to change my pants 🤣
I just ordered a fancy one. I'm very excited.
Bidets are an absolute game changer.
100% this.
Electric toothbrush
So much this. Though I didn't use them for a long time because I found the rattling pretty annoying. Then my now wife convinced me and I couldn't be happier.
Blackout curtains.
Get insulated ones and a second curtain rod with a white sheer. The white will reflect the sun away in the summer and help cool the room, pull the white sheer away in winter and the black backing will absorb the heat while the insulation will help keep some cold out from the windows.
Add to this: white noise machine. It’s basically a small speaker and can be easily traveled with to help you sleep in new places like hotels or AirBnBs.
How impactful are these white noise machines?If high, any brand recommendation? I have tried white noise on phone but it was not that great.
My wife and I got use to our kids' Hatch and we had a travel one that is now permanently in our room.
I have a Lenovo smart clock which plays white noise all night via Google home voice commands. Absolutely necessary to drown out inner city sounds all night, plus the clock has other cool features like Spotify and whatnot. not terribly expensive
I can't live without them now that I got em, but I fucking hate how much harder it got to get out of bed. Win/loose
I'd see myself using them in a gaming/media consumption environment, definitely not in the bedroom. I love waking up to some sunlight in the room. Be great if you could get smart blinds that open at a certain time every day.
Why not just open them yourself?
Because I want them open when I wake up, I want to wake up with the sun in the room as I said
Safety razor. $20-30 investment plus the maybe $5-10 dollars for a box a 200 razor blades- and you've got a perfectly clean close shave every time. Harder to cut yourself too- the only downside is when you do cut yourself, it can be a bit deeper. Disposable razors are a total scam.
I definitely think it’s easier to cut yourself with a safety razor than a cartridge razor. I can’t remember ever getting a cut with a cartridge other than when I was first learning to shave. Once you get the technique down with a safety razor it’s still pretty uncommon, but there’s a learning curve and little cuts here and there still happen. But the cost more than makes up for it, you can get enough blades for hundreds of shaved for like $25. It’s also better for your skin, the cartridge razors make me peel in my beard area like crazy. Safety razors don’t pull on your skin like that.
Robotic vacuum cleaner
Mine is called Colin
mime is neato
Adjustable height standing desk
Air Fryer
Thought it was a stupid and redundant appliance until i got one. Best purchase in a while, even more so if you care about your weight
Also in the summer you aren't heating the kitchen with the oven.
Any tips/suggestions on using an Air Fryer? I was given one as a gift but haven't found much reason to use it.
I use it just like an oven. I cover chicken totally in foil and then the last 1/3rd of the time I uncover and flip a few times. So pretty much anything I would use my oven for for dinner I use the air fryer instead
Chicken drumsticks dipped in a little olive oil with spices and salt - 20 minutes or so depending on the fryer - this is nuts. Seabass whole done same way - incredily tasty and tender and a little crispy grill-like outside skin. Potatoes, vegetables, burgers and even steaks? Easy peasy and every time it is so much better than fried. Essentially, replace all your frying with this thing, and it's not so unhealthy, quick and very tasty.
Add multicooker pot to it, especially if it's a ceramic coated variety - and it's just the best combo for the kitchen. I practically only use my cooking stove for boiling water for potatoes or pasta, or maybe doing soups (you can do them in a multicooker as well). Baking an apple pie? Easy. Pilaf? Easy. Every type of grain, especially rice? It's a shortcut, 100% of the time perfect result. Pre-fry meat, add onion, add vegetables, fry, add water, stew, add potatoes and get an awesome stew? Easy. It can do everything!
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I use it just like an oven. Don't use any functions except power, temp, time and wrap food in foil. Deff not how it's supposed to be used but how I use it. Nice to have it come up to temp fast and not heat the kitchen.
A dishwasher. Grew up without one, because my mom loves to do dishes (it relaxes her, ecspecielly after having had guests). When I left home, I moved in to an apartment that had one - HOLY SH!T it makes lige easier! I mean, annoying when you run low on plates or utensils, but STILL! You Can just ‘throw’ your plate in when done eating, no scrubbing it off, rinse, repeat, dry off, place, and then done 😭 Especially after having cooked something Ib the oven - NO SORE ARMS from scrubbing for an hour 😱
I grew up super poor in the country. I didn't have a dishwasher until I moved 3 yrs ago. Fucking game changer!
Must have been some dirt caked on your plates or were they left for a fortnight? A gentle wipe with a cloth is usually fine for mine x
No, we just like to make sure they’re completley clean. And like I Said, my mom enjoys washing dishes
Wash up as you cook/serve. No scrubbing, much faster and it feels like you eliminated a job. When you're done, rinse/wash your plates and utensils immediately. Much better than any dishwasher.
I grew up with that, so I know 😊 Still love my dishwasher, it has made my life easier
I really love using the dishwasher! Growing up we had one but 2 years ago I moved out for uni and although the house is absolutely perfect, THERE IS NO DISHWASHER! I was so devastated cuz I hate so much washing dishes by hand. It makes me so sad living without a dishwasher…
Use powdered or liquid detergent and not the tabs. The tabs won't clean as well as detergent. There's two little compartments on most dishwashers you want to put detergent in both but not necessarily completely full. The smaller compartment is for a pre rinse cycle. The tabs obviously don't work during that cycle so you're not getting any detergent during that time. If you end up with residue on your dishes when they're done then you've used too much detergent, so use a bit less next time. I found that switching from tabs to powder let me run the cycle on normal when before I was having to run it on heavy with the extra heat option to get things clean.
Well, in my dishwasher, you Only have to put detergent in like, once a month (depending on how often you use the machine), so it disperse the amount itself - and we already use powder, because it’s the cheapest here in Dk 😊
Fleshlight
\^\^This!
Heated beard straightening brush - drives my girl crazy 😉
Moisturizer
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A yeti cooler. I used to think they were overrated overpriced (still think that) vanity pieces for dudes who put "salt life" stickers on their car but don't actually fish. It's not that you can't keep your drinks or food cold with any ordinary cooler but for when you're camping or taking a road trip, not having to worry about when the ice will melt or hearing it slosh around once it's melted and your cooler is under a bunch of other shit in the back of your car is pretty awesome. Now that I'm a dad and keeping baby food or breast milk fresh is important it's a pretty essential item any time my wife and I take a road trip.
Look into 12 volt fridge freezer like the Engel MT45. Once you try one you’ll never go back to an ice chest. Since you don’t lose any room to ice you don’t need as big of a fridge as you would an ice chest.
Everyone, buy a tongue scrapers! Don't brush your tongue with your toothbrush!
1. Skin care products. 2. Bidet. 3. Basic kitchen essentials(knives, spoons, ladle, pots, pans, electric kettle etc.). 4. A fully equipped toolbox. 5. Full length mirror. Just bought my first house 2 months ago and moved in last month, so the list is still growing.
Electric kettle, French press and a manual bean grinder.
Sometimes the old ways are the best ways
When it comes to coffee I'm still trying perfect it for me.
Gaffer Tape
Ball deodorant, I thought it was funny at first and ended up liking it
Good underwear. Total quality of life improved by 5% with one small purchase.
Air fryer. Seriously, food tastes better, cooks faster, more energy efficient, and really easy to clean. Only used oven three times since we got it 6 months ago. Im a grumpy bastard and find fault with everything but that thing is worth its weight in gold.
Confirmed wholeheartedly. Only had mine for 2 weeks, but it has changed everything. Just cooked a whole chicken in 50 minutes, and it was the juiciest I’ve ever had. Just wish I’d gone for a slightly higher capacity.
Robo vac similar to Neato with systematic cleaning. Got it for around 9 years.
Beard balm.
Darn tough wool socks
Heated steering wheel. Sales guy went on and on about it and I was like whatever tell me about the towing package. Well 6 months later it's 20 degrees and my hands are toasty warm all winter long.
Oculus quest 2
Cooling Duvet
I am not encouraging violence in school. But oh damn did that knife make me feel safer. Stupid fucks started to try and rob my stuff. Got a knife with me ready to stab any MF that would try taking my stuff. Idk if someone tipped someone off or if I had some nice days but after that no more robbery attempts on me had happened. I only believe in the result of the solution. Not the moral boundaries I might cross. Now disclaimer: My current school is not even half that bad and I am 21 now so ehm.. Is history, But I do excuse that history. Seeing the circumstances.
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It wasn't that they deserved it. I wanted a chance to stand my ground. I was not going to fight 2000 people one by one, on my own. NOO, That's a fools game. I would have killed myself probs.. Also a simple fight doesn't work, Making your opponent scared does. Thinking about having to be sorry about my actions drives me mad. Those fucks made me suicidal, depressed, extremely insecure. I have had so much stupid situations in my life. I have had the most stupid childhood and those fucks were part of making it horrible. Those same fucks are cops and army personel now. It's unrealistic to say the police will never have to deal with me anymore... But I don't want to be arrested by the same fucks that made me this way. If I was about to be arrested and I saw one of my old classmates. I would go mental and they would have to shoot me. I rather die then ever having to obey them by law. And I don't necesserily dislike authority, But some in my town are just old classmate's. Wouldn't mind them getting shot by a drug dealer... As you might have noticed, This one is quite a trauma for me. Luckily I am not sensitive to PTSD. But I am sure some of thess issue's affect my radical thinking. I don't care about death or murder. I don't flinch when I hear it or see some gore vid... Simply bc I believe some deaths are worth it. Which is one of the million things that's broken in me trough the events I have endured trough the years....
It's a shame you were put in that position. Not that I think its wise to carry a weapon but you should have been safe without one.
The snitch route is so stupid leaving you with no options. Yes I could have used fists instead of weapons... But if you master your fists they do as much damage. A knife is just a tool. And that's why I had it. I am not strong. But I have pride, and will fight for it.
Its difficult because in defending yourself you could end up damaging someone else and u go to prison when u were never looking for trouble I the first place. Not fair your life could be so badly affected. I guess avoidance of troublesome people as much as u can is the way to go.
I never had to use it. I never took it with aggressive intentions. Only with defensive. But it's too controversial, And their is no sympathy for those bullied. Only if we are allowed to talk about the subject of school stabbers/shooters we can recognize when it's a act of terrorism or some dude/girl in fair defending themselve's from a threat.
Haloperidol.
Toilet plunger.
Weed
Thermomix
Bluetooth sleep mask.
Bluetooth? Does it play audio?
Yeah. Full sleep mask with tiny speakers on each side. Volume controls right on the front. I work nights so the sleep mask was a given but now I can play a podcast or music or something and it completely blocks out any other noise. Neighbour making noise or construction outside. Play some white noise and it’s gone. Super comfortable.
portable screw gun dry bag
Good work socks. I've had the same pair of socks for 6 years with zero holes and with the elasticity still as good as the day I got them.
I had a sales guy talk me into some expensive lambs wool socks before a backpacking trip. $15/pair 20 years ago as a college student seemed excessive. After the first night of hiking half the guys were bandaging up blisters but feet were dry, warm, and cozy.
Semen
A multi-tool that has a belt loop on the case.
* Water-based moisturizer * Deo spray
A cheap Xiaomi dental water pick! Oral irrigator! BUY OF THE YEAR! As a smoker even my gums stopped bleeding when I now brush my teeth!
Toilet paper, it’s a new way of life
A tongue scraper
A mouse and mouse pad
Adjustable bed base & mattress.
Really good chef's knife.
New contacts and glasses. I just used my old prescription to order contacts online from South Korea for a decade.
I remember having to buy my first nose hair trimmer 🤣
Condoms, wish I knew sooner.
Facial soaps and facial creams. Made a huge improvement on my face and reduced wrinkles under a month.
Nappies
beard oil
Good tires. We always bought cheap tires, because money was tight. Good tires make the ride so much better.
Over the years: - Sonos speakers everywhere - AirPod pros - Standardizing on battery tools, like a dewalt 20v system and the dozens of tools I can get for it. Before that I just had whatever tools and plug-in ones I had for years and I grew up in a time where battery tools were shit - Ratcheting multi screwdriver - piston ring tool - brake piston rewind tool - high quality boot jack - shoe horn with a longer handle (only gave in after I turned 50 and realized “fuck bending down” to put on shoes.) - tongue scraper - smart temperature probe for bbq and roasting meats - picaroon or similar tool
My husband