All in bitcoin
Good job. Fiat is too volatile.
You have the perfect username for that comment.
Pellet grill, the larger size, and I got WiFi. If I’m smoking something fir hours, I can see grill status and meat temperature remotely
I’ve made so many outstanding meals and the WiFi really is useful for something that cooks that long
A VR headset. have only gotten to play it a couple of times. my apartment is a bit too small.
Buuuut, in not too long I am moving to a bigger one. So then I can continue playing Half Life Alyx :D
My car. I bought a luxury car back when I was in grad school and it cost me a year’s salary used. I would tell anyone else not to do that, but over the years I have had so much fun driving that car. It’s a 2008 BMW 328i with a manual transmission and sports suspension (which makes it rather uncomfortable, but it corners so well). It has been breaking down a lot recently and I’ll probably have to get rid of it soon, which I’m not happy about. They don’t make cars like that anymore and even if they did, I can’t reasonably justify buying such an impractical car at this stage of my life. Maybe I’ll make another irresponsible purchase anyway…
A very very expensive sixth scale action figure
My previous bass guitar had one of its machine heads snap off, and I had rehearsal that same day, so I looked online at the used instrument stock at local music stores and found a bass guitar used that was a very unique, discontinued model that I’d been essentially dreaming of for a while, and happened to be there.
What I probably should’ve done is replaced the machine head, which wIt was a bit pricey, and the store was not very close, but I was able to get it and then take it to use at rehearsal. Now it’s my daily driver and I’m very glad I got it.
Musicians curse.
I’m a multi-instrumentalist and I now have 3 guitars, a bass, a banjo, two ukuleles, a sousaphone, trombone, trumpet, soprano trombone, bugle, clarinet, tenor sax, Roland keyboard, melodica, cajone, stylophone, otamatone, ocarina, concertina, and a recorder. My goal is 50 instruments by the time I’m 50.
I have a problem.
I have a similar problem, but what is worse, most of them I can’t really claim to “play”, I’ve just kind of fooled around with them.
If you can play sousaphone and other various brass, you might be able to pick up the didgeridoo. The embechure is kind of similar (see also: alphorn). It’s the circular breathing I’m still trying to get the hang of.
And a I picked up a hand pan drum last month for giggles. It has a lovely tone.
Edit: I’m a shameless enabler.
RIP my bank account
I bought a high end home stereo setup with large speakers and a subwoofer with my first credit card when I didn’t really have the money to pay it off quickly. Ended up paying an extra 25% of the cost in interest and had to really go cheap on food for a couple years.
Still use it 20 years later.
My stupid, ugly lizard.
I had my eye on a beautiful female leatherback bearded dragon with great genetics! She was around 200$ and I was so ready to buy her. Contacted the breeder and was told that she had been sold just a few hours earlier. Absolutely crushed.
Then the breeder offered up a defect dragon. It was going to be culled due to a genetic fuck-up that caused it to be born without spikes or scales. They’re much more difficult to care for into adulthood, due to their special needs. 20$ adoption fee + shipping.
He was the opposite of what I had wanted.
So naturally, sucker that I am, I adopted him.
He’s turning 5 this November.
I love my stupid, ugly lizard. 💕
(here is what a standard one looks like:)
He’s so ugly it’s cute
He certainly has his charm, that’s for sure!
Looks a bit like the ghoul from the fallout show, in the best possible sense! You’re so kind to take care of him, sometimes I gain hope for humanity ❤️
Now I want a lizard
As long as you get one with scales, I’d highly recommend it! They do require at least a 75 gallon habitat, though. Ideally 120 gallons! Also, ideally a front-opening one (they get spooked if you come at them from above).
Also will need a heat lamp and a long UVB fixture that spans at least 1/3 of the habitat.
Oh, and they eat insects & greens. Babies eat 80/20 bugs & greens, but transition to 20/80 bugs & greens as adults. Crickets or dubia roaches are the best insect staples!
My dragon is around the size of my forearm, but they won’t get much bigger than your entire arm.
As babies, they are very skittish / energetic, but as adults, they are pretty mellow. If you’d like a smaller, chill cuddle-buddy to just hang out with, a dragon is for you!
I am just considering my options of low maintenance pets. This seems like a fairly decent option.
My answer is very similar to this. I talk about it a lot, I was around eight years old when I just supposed to “take care” of my pup whose canid species is only semi-legal here, but it turned into full blown pethood. She passed away and I currently have a granddaughter. I wouldn’t trade her for anything.
You just made me well up. People can be so good.
You and your lizard are awesome. He looks like a little alien—I’m glad E.T. found home.
He’s beautiful. So smooth and cuddly.
wHaT aRe yOu lOokIng aT sMoOth SkIn?
omg a beardless beardie
I want to squize those little arms!
What is his name, if you don’t mind?
His name is Pączki! Pronounced like “Poonch-key”. (native Polish speakers, please do not come for me lol)
That’s cute, I like it
What are the special needs? Cute lizard.
His skin is the issue, mostly. Bearded dragons shed by rubbing themselves on rough surfaces. Due to having no skin protection from scales, he is prone to cuts and scrapes from such surfaces. Cold-blooded animals are notorious for slow healing, which means open wounds heal extremely slow, leaving the animal very prone to infections and further complications. SO, I’ve sanded down corners, sharp edges, and other things in his enclosure.
He also requires lotion, aloe, and massages to keep his skin / shed healthy. If this is not done, the shed can become stuck on certain appendages, which can lead to loss of blood flow, with can lead to rot/infection, which can lead to required amputation or death. Common stuck shed amputation parts for scaleless beardies are tail tip, all toes, and even eyelids.
So this dude has a better skincare routine than I do, gets weekly massages, gets humidity checks (too little = dried out skin, too much = respiratory infection), has temperature control, special furniture, etc.
Given me more white hairs worrying about him more than anything else in my life, that’s for sure!
You’re good people.
Ice machine
Infinite bedside ice
Does it not make tons of noise?
We have an ice machine in the freezer and often it is the loudest thing in the entire house. I also have a mini fridge in the office and the compressor on it runs every few minutes. It would be awful to try to sleep in there
Dude OP isn’t even mortal at this point; he has ascended to godhood. That compressor sound and ice dropping into the plastic basket only powers him up.
Haha, that and the two running box fans I have on full blast pointing at my head and pillow are my greatest sources of comfort.
Yes I like being really really cold.
Not really? Although I’m probably way more tolerant to (wideband!) noise than others because I sleep literally inches from two box fans.
But you don’t need to run it while you’re sleeping. It goes from room temperature to ice in under 10 minutes (20 minutes for the “good” ice after the insides have had a bit of time to cool down).
To be clear, what I have is a Frigidaire portable ice maker. Here’s its Walmart product page, although I can’t vouch for Walmart’s website respecting your privacy.
I actually bought a knockoff of this a couple years ago off Amazon, and it worked for about a year, but:
- The infrared sensor was crap from day 1, so I always had to manually override the machine’s decision that the ice was full, even when it was completely empty.
- The water where I was living (dorm room in city) was much…harder I think? It was safe to drink, I even tested it myself, but whatever minerals were in it very quickly fucked up my machine’s internals. I’m living at my parents house with better water.
So far, the Frigidaire is a much better unit, and I use it tremendously more often because I don’t have to babysit the thing and constantly override the infrared sensor.
The water supply is just an ordinary tank. Basically just open the lid, dump a Super Big Gulp of water into the tank every few hours and you’re set. Everything is self contained.
It doesn’t keep the ice cool for you, i.e. it’s not a freezer. Once the ice gets dumped in the bucket, you’re on your own.
So if you go down this route, I recommend getting a decent version of it. Mine cost about $87 in store from Walmart but I really bought this unit as an impulse buy, so I imagine you can get it cheaper if you do some shopping.
I’m picturing this thing literally on your nightstand. Please tell me I’m right.
Very nearly! I have desk that I scrounged from the garbage literally right up against the bed and a nightstand right next to it. It’s on the desk since the nightstand holds my TV.
So it’s not literally on a nightstand, but it is literally bedside, i.e. I can use it without getting out of bed.
$1,300 on an OLED television. literally everything on earth just looks better
$4k on a classic luxury car that needed work.
I’m $17k into it and it’s been in my garage long enough that I can’t start it without draining all of the fuel.
It’s really lovely, but good lord luxury classics are expensive to restore. I restored and drive an old truck for $6k and a lot less heartache.
1700 dollar massage chair. I can barely move it but I love it so much. I might still get the odd personal massage but using the chair every night helps my sleep enormously and it definitely gets the kinks out.
I hear personal massagers are also good for kinks
My rower, a Concept 2. I bought it for myself as a congratulations/self care splurge after leaving a truly toxic job. I love it and it has been a great way to get some exercise basically whenever I want (I’m fortunate to work from home) without the hassle of going to a gym.
Resale value is solid. Great purchase but they are pricey. Health is the real wealth.
Early pandemic, I bought 4x 3D printers and started a print farm to make PPE masks for doctors. I was cranking out around 60-80 pieces a day.
After the shortage was over, I ended up donating it to my buy nothing group.
How do you 3d print ppe masks?
Also, what’s a buy nothing group?
Search for your local buy nothing group on Facebook. Ask to join it and then start asking or giving your things away to your local community.
A round blanket with the pattern of a pepperoni pizza on it. Bought it as a funny treat for my wife and me. Our, now, 5yo sleeps with it every night. It’s his pizza blanket!
I’ve almost pulled the trigger on a tortilla blanket for my wife, as she always wraps herself in the blanket like a burrito, but I’m afraid I’m the only one that will find it funny.
Do it. It’s soft and lasts forever, even with an infant to 5yo. It has only started to see some minor holes but my kid likes picking at holes so he is likely making it worse.
Nothing wrong with that.
