- Knife sharpening steel
- squeezing bidet (made me realize how gross using toilet paper is)
- caffeine pills (extremely cheap compared to coffee and great if you’re in a hurry)
- Raspberry Pi Zero (tiny single board computer)
+1 for caffeine pills, although 200mg is a bit too much for me. I prefer 100mg
A bottle opener shaped like a key so it fits neatly between my other keys on my keychain. I thought I lost my keys once and I was way more upset about that than my actual keys, despite it probably being pretty easy to find on Amazon.
Once found a whole functioning pc (minus ram and the hard drive) at a thrift store for $3. My guess is it came from an office, and when they plugged it in, and when it didn’t work, they assumed it was junk. Actual value of the parts was like $300.
Unexpectedly? I’m not sure. But for under $6 I got a secondhand Faberware medium and large pot. We have a glass cooktop and our current pots tend to “bow” on the bottom when heated so they don’t sit flat. Was fine when we had a gas cooktop, but now the bow makes a hotspot in the center on the flat glass. The old Faberware pots sit perfectly flat. Awesome.
Electronic hearing protection. It’s earmuff style with a speaker on one ear that you can turn on with volume control. It automatically cuts out if volume exceeds a certain decibel level.
A key holder/shelf combo. It hangs by the door and I put my keys on a hook and my wallet and spare handkerchiefs in the little shelf part. I tend to unload my pockets right at the door and grab my keys and everything as I leave.
A package of blue-tack - it is basically sticky play-dough that is completely opaque and you can use wads of it to blunt the pain of stupid LEDs on on your tech shit. I am currently sitting in my living room looking at my TV and various components including router and stuff…easily 20 gobs of blue-tack masking 20 blinking LEDs.
It’s also great for holding electronic components in place while you solder them into circuit boards - even LEDs lol.
Ooh, good idea! I hate all those lights.
Blue tack is very handy stuff. But you know, they make blackout stickers for exactly this application. They look a lot nicer. Though personally, I just cut little pieces of black electrical tape.
I’ve tried (electrical tape) that but found it is gummy and leaves a sticky mess.
That’s true. It hasn’t mattered for me, as I have never removed any from the lights I blocked with it. I would assume the purpose made stickers would be better about residue if they need to be removed.
I have a little fold-out rack with (I think) 24 individual clips on that hold socks and other small items. It can then be attached to the washing line, taking up a lot less space than hanging things along the length of it.
It was £3.99 and it makes putting the washing out so much easier. I much prefer to line dry things outside than using the dryer when I can.
Vacuum sealer.
They are always available used at thrift stores and they are simple machines but I can reseal bags of chips or other grocery items.
You can make your own bags for cheap from a roll and then individually wrap portions for the freezer that stay longer and don’t get freezer burn.
And if you get one that has a hose attachment you can seal bottles of wine, mead, or Tupperware for the fridge if you get the right lids.
I liked the other attachment that fits around mason jar lids. Creates a tight seal, the jar does not crush the contents, and you no longer need plastic bags. Also, the glass jar can go straight into the fridge.
One of these stainless steel bars of “soap”. It’s for getting onion and garlic smell off your hands. I was skeptical when my partner bought it, but it totally works. Rub on your hands under cold water and it’s like you never even looked at the garlic.
Why would I want to remove that smell 😍.
(half joking)
It’s my favorite part of cutting onions
Fyi this also works with a steel faucet or sink in a pinch
Or the outside of a stainless mixing bowl. That’s what I use since there’s usually one drying next to the sink anyway. And it’s also useful as a bowl!
Okay so maybe I’ve grown to used to the smell of garlic but is it a common problem that people are worried about their hands smelling like garlic/onions? Maybe it’s because I wash dishes as I cook, so whatever I chopped/prepared them on I would have washed in the sink while it started to heat up in the pan, but I guess I need to sniff my fingers more after doing so.
I think it’s home cook weird shit, now sell me something to get rid of fried food smell from clothes. I’ll live with garlic and onions which smell amazing over fried oil smell that saturate you skin and leave you as a soggy French fry
I… cook in a terry cloth (“towel”) bath robe when I know I’ll go out after cooking. I guess it functions similar to a smoking jacket:
To protect their clothes, many men would wear their robes-de-chambre while smoking in private. These robes acted as a barrier against ash and smoke
Probably doesn’t help for not having your hair smell
You basically have to add grease lightning or something similar to your wash to get that stuff out.
That’s not gonna end well. 😅
I like when my hands smell like onions/garlic/bits. Makes for a nice lil smell-snack later!
I don’t know about worried, but onions absolutely make my hands reek. To the point where it can ruin a meal I’m eating, especially if it’s a hand food like a burrito or burger or something. I don’t mind garlic on my hands, but onions are just awful for some reason.
I don’t have one of these bars, but I’m seriously contemplating it.
Ill report back tomorrow, I’m sure I’ll end up making something with onions or garlic in it haha
Does this also work for jalapenos?
No. The heat from peppers is an oil. Dry finger tips absorb the oil. So either gloves or rub a drop of neutral oil on your fingers before handling peppers.
What’s
neutral oil
and is it neutral regarding everything or just
peppers
As hugin said, the best way to wash oils off your hands is with other oils. Pour a little bit of whatever cooking oil you have on your hands and make sure to thoroughly spread it on your hands, like in between your fingers and under your nails, then wash with hot water and soap. The capsaicin oils will mix with the cooking oils, dilute, and be more noticeable to remove. This also works for poison ivy oils and pine sap
“I too love to rub heavily metals into my skin”…idk if anyone has said this before lol
These are mostly a myth to my understanding.
There is some theory on how the chromium in stainless steel could help with breaking down and removing the smelly compounds from onions and garlic off your hands, but there aren’t any studies proving this.
In my experience just properly washing your hands with water for 15-20s works just as well. I think the “soap” kinda works because it tricks people to not just rinse their hands.
It’s true, I’ve never used one of these and was absolutely lying about their effectiveness.
You’re saying that as if I’ve never used one. I have, and I don’t see a difference to just washing my hands with water. But to each their own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Regarding your jib. I like the cut.
I’ve had this shit in my cart for like 5 years. Lol I really should just buy it.
So any stainless steel will do that. No need for a special disk. I use a stainless steel cocktail shaker to peal garlic. Then when I rinse it clean it also removes the smell from my hands.
Just drop the cloves into the shaker and shake hard for 30-45 seconds. Most of the garlic is now peeled and some just need a bit help. So much faster and easier.
Yep. Still useful for people without stainless fixtures, or cocktail shakers.
Useful for people with those things too! We have one and I love it. I hit it with hand soap and use it like a regular bar to both clean my hands and get rid of the smell.
Since it’s for that specific purpose it sits in the soap tray by the sink and is always right where I need it. No hunting for some random steel utensil.
A good, insulated cup. I make ice coffee every morning and a good cup doesn’t get condensation and keeps the coffee cold for hours (I drink slowly while I work)
got any recommedations?
Live life to the fullest and teach your mate’s cat to play the piano by carefully dripping tuna water between selected keys.
no, I mean, got any recommendations for drinking slowly
Put a drink in your cup that you hate, that way you’ll be reluctant to drink it as frequently. So if you hate pineapple juice, fill it up with that!
But I FUCKING LOVE pineapple juice, how dare you!
I have a silicone cup like this that works pretty well: https://a.co/d/3nabYyx
I also have tumblers without a top from the brand Brumate that work amazingly, but they cost more than $20 retail. I’ve gotten them for cheaper at discount stores and on sale at their website.
ah I was hoping for something more coffee cup shaped - thanks anyway
Opinel carbon steel pocket knife. They’re awesome. Cheap, robust and easy to keep sharp. Just need to oil the blade every now and then for corrosion resistance and you’re good to go.
+1 top value.
semi-related are hori knives for gardening. Genuine japanese ones are probably over $20AU but not by much.they make apple slices taste weird though 🍏🥴
Really good nailclippers:
https://www.victorinox.com/en-US/Products/Swiss-Army-Knives/Personal-Care/Nail-Clipper/p/8.2050.B1
If you’re willing to go over the $20 barrier, you get more functionality:
I liked it enough, I bought two more.
Smallest MagLite:
https://maglite.com/products/solitaire-led-key-chain-flashlight-with-gift-card-gift-box
I have a pair of these safety 1st nail clippers:
https://safety1st.com/en-ca/products/fold-up-nail-clippers-10435
They’re meant for babies, and I think my parents got them when I was a baby, but to this day they are still sharper and easier to use than any other pair I’ve bought or used.
It’s hilarious that they say
Swiss made nail clipper with two functions
Followed by not mentioning what the other function is…
Lanyard hole. Victorinox always considers keyring attachments as features.
And in the product details they list it has 3 features, also not mentioning what they are
You’ve never used the three sea shells?
This under US$5 milk frother from Ikea. Froth up milk, pour the coffee in, so nice.
Anybody know if these work with oat milk or almond milk? Does it froth?
A lot of brands have special barista oat milk, usually with pea protein I think or rapeseed oil to make the froth stable. Here in Germany they are often labeled “Barista oat milk”.
Oat milk, yes, to some extent. Almond milk does a little (less than Oat), but not like cow milk.
Yep, should work fine, although the foam will have a slghtly different texture.
Also very good for making hot chocolate.
Oh man, there’s this German company Beurer that makes simple equipment for medical home application. They make this sort of zapper thing, which is battery oper and it just heats the shit out of a little ceramic plate. Put that on a bug bite, it heats away the irritation. No more itch, no more venom in your body, just gone.
I am no longer careful around biting bugs. Keep in mind it’s not supposed to work for stingers.
I figured for 15 euros it’d be too bad if it doesn’t work but I now can’t imagine not having it.
I’ve since also bought a TENS/EMS machine of theirs and a laser hair removal tool is underway for my wife.
I completely trust this company based on just two products.
What did beurer make in 1930-1940ish?
Not sure what you mean by this. Are you just trying to gage some reason because it’s a German company? They made heating pads, heated blankets, stuff like that.
I think they’re referring to Bayer, which was absolutely active during that time…
I got a device from a competitor (the original company’s devices are >20€ nowadays). Worked great, too, but its longevity sucked - the next year, the ceramic plate didn’t get hot enough anymore, even with fresh batteries. Yet another example of “buy cheap, buy twice”.
My wife swears by it. For me it does nothing. She gets wasp-sized bumps from mosquito bites.
I don’t have a device for this, but I do the same thing by running water as hot as I can stand over bites and it works.
Yeah I use the hottest running water and also scrub it with soap to get as much as possible off.
I’ve also used a hair dryer to heat the bites up but you have to be careful not to hold it too close to the skin and burn yourself. I’m very reactive to bug bites and I seem to get a million bites within seconds of going outside.
BiteAway gang!
Oh wow, there’s a product out there? I’ve been heating the back of a spoon on the stove and applying it directly to the skin for a minute all these years. You gotta do it carefully, but it works very well!
Nerdage
The mechanism relies on denaturing the mosquito proteins injected with the bite. Meaning the heat causes the proteins to loosen up and deform so they no longer interact with the surrounding tissues in the same way.
I’ve just run a spoon under the hottest possible tap water. It’s hot enough to work and it’s not hot enough to actually burn you
I’ve been using a spoon and a lighter like a heroin addict all this time…
I bought a reusable tote for like $3 in the section at the front of Target where they stick all the cheap stuff. It looks like it’s made of woven burlap. It says “Going to Market” on the sides. It’s shorter than the standard reusable tote, but a reasonable width.
I bought it on a whim and thought it would sit in my trunk after I forgot about it. I use it all the time, and I’ve gotten a ton of compliments on it at checkouts of various stores.
I knew I wouldn’t regret starting to use user notes.
User notes? What are these, and how would I go about using them?
As for what they are, the green text in my screenshot.
How depends on how you access Lemmy. In my client, Connect, I expand a comment, tap the three dots to the right of it, and click “add user note.”
I’ve never been so proud of a title!
It’s great that you hit it working; hopefully it serves you well. I’ve primarily used it to mark people who aren’t worth an argument to me (“argues in bad faith”) and people with whom it’s extra worth engaging ("seems clever, " “shares a fandom,” in a few rare cases just their first name to make it stand out if it’s a friend but I didn’t notice the username).
Tbh I’ve only got, like … Five user notes.
Aww, sadly I’m iOS and not Android, so I can’t use Connect nor I guess user notes.
I can’t comment on your particular client, but I suspect most of them should support it in some form.
It looks like Thunder is available for Android and iOS. I dont really use it but I do have it installed, so I took a look. It has a “user label” function that looks pretty similar and is added through the same basic process.
Note that I am very much not an expert on Lemmy and even less so on anything Apple, but I bet a way can be found! And if not you always have the option of submitting a feature request to the developer of whatever app you do use.
Good luck!
Voyager calls them “tags.”
Ahh, ok! Thank you!
Isn’t everyone a better off Ted fan? Some people just don’t know it yet.
Actually, I just realized that I have only seen Portia de Rossi in two things and they were both fucking killer. Maybe I should watch ally mcbeal…
Both excellent points!
I’m honored!
Its incredibly useful. Kind of interesting to recognize an unhinged jackass from one thread being normal a week later.
It’s too bad I don’t have a note about you, because I feel like that would make this more contentious but probably interesting.
If I were going to make one about you, and you were as honest as you think you can be, what do you think it would say? I haven’t looked at your post history and I don’t remember your username from elsewhere (sorry), so I’m genuinely curious how you’ll choose to represent yourself.
You can use mine.
close enough.That’s very kind of you, but I hesitate to take the word of the noteless and I can’t just take you at your word that you are bereft of hinges.
