Silk pillow case. Good for skin and hair.
2kg of cookies
I like the way you think
A small USB-C hub. It has a USB-C out on one end then HDMI, 2 USB-A ports and another USB-C in on the other. I use it as my travel dock for my switch and steam deck, I’ve used it as a USB A to C converter, and I’ll use it to test inputs on various TVs. I’ve gotten so much more mileage out of this $15 Amazon purchase than I ever would have expected
$20 can buy many peanuts.
Explain.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services
Explain
Money is a thing that people agree has value and therefore can be traded for other things of value
Explain
D’oh!
Explain
Bidet attachment.
For 20 bucks really? Is it a handpump model you dip directly into the toilet water?
Aww damn. Prices went up since I bought mine, but it was $20 when I got something similar to this one :
https://www.amazon.com/SAMODRA-Ultra-Slim-Minimalist-Non-Electric-Adjustable/dp/B08QHTVDM3
Please use URL Check to de-spy your links
What is it? Why?
https://www.amazon.com/SAMODRA-Ultra-Slim-Minimalist-Non-Electric-Adjustable/dp/B08QHTVDM3
That’s the link. Everything after the ‘?’ is information in key=value pairs separated by an ampersand (&). It’s harmless on its own and it’s useful in other ways. But big corpos now usually attach extra info about your browsing session or any other obfuscated piece of information. With TikTok, Facebook and Amazon, it’s usually a safe bet that it’s extra info about you. For FB, for example, they use an “fbid=” parameter for tracking and YouTube uses “si=”.
Look a this:
&keywords=bidet+attachment&qid=1737128963&sprefix=bidet+attachemnt%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-15
It even includes the search terms that you used for analytics.
As a rule of thumb, if the link is too long, it’s tracking something.
Wow that’s crazy thanks
You’re welcome! Sorry, I had to edit for clarity. Hopefully it’s better explained now and less wordy.
Yes
A beard trimmer. Shaving sucks and irritates my skin, plus I look like a baby without facial hair. But that’s only one benefit.
I have been using a beard trimmer to cut my own hair for the last 10 years which has saved me probably $2000 worth of haircuts (estimating a $25 haircut + tip every 2 months). Not to mention saving about 1 hour waiting at the barber every time. I only messed up once and had to do a buzz cut.
So you just buzz cut your entire hair essentially? I did that once and looked like a serial rapist
It only takes a few minutes of YouTube videos before you can do a passable men’s haircut.
I cut my own hair during the pandemic and never went back to paying for it.
Don’t get a beard trimmer and also use it on your hair; get a hair trimmer and also use it on your beard. Specifically, get the kind that comes with an assortment of combs up to 1" (and then maybe even buy the 1-1/4" and 1-1/2" combs that are sold separately, too).
So you just buzz cut your entire hair essentially? I did that once and looked like a serial rapist
Buzz cut was only once because I messed up. Usually I do a trim, short on the sides and back and longer on top. It’s easier than it sounds - I just use a smaller mirror along with the bathroom mirror to see the back.
Only of you do it wrong, or you want to look like a serial rapist.
If you have a simple cut/style all it takes is a little practice to DIY.
I’m sure it’s preferable to looking like a baby with facial hair
Agreed with almost every single part of your post. I have done the same thing for last few years. BUT I’m growing my hair out now that I’m retired and I am gonna be a hippie. Still use the beard trimmer daily tho!
Methylphenidate
A high quality mechanical pencil that takes girthy lead. I use a staedtler 925 2mm and it’s absolutely wonderful for taking notes and writing and has served me through high school, college, and work. It writes similar to a regular wood pencil but sharpening is optional
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An electric ‘coffee grinder’ just for grinding up spices / seeds. Don’t use the regular coffee grinder, or your coffee drinking housemates will get super annoyed. The flavor, and nutrition is so much better when you cook with freshly ground spices.
I mainly use mine to get the finer espresso grounds from regular coffee. Why pay premium?
Also used it for chemistry experiments, grinding coriander, all sorts of things.
After breaking 2, I finally got a decent one for $40.
A <$20 grinder wouldn’t be good enough to use on coffee anyway.
Conical burr or bust!
They work well on seeds, tho’.
For sure!
The difference is that you aren’t trying to percolate water through spices like you are with coffee, so the grind size isn’t so critical. With coffee, if the grind is uneven you end up with “channels” instead of the water flowing through evenly, so some parts of the coffee ends up over-extracted while other parts end up under-extracted, and you end up with more sour and bitter flavors than it’s supposed to have.
Or so they say, anyway. I’m not actually a coffee snob myself – I drink instant with a bunch of cream and sugar, LOL – I just like James Hoffman YouTube videos.
There’s much nutrition in coffee?
Coffee drinkers, especially before morning coffee can be a tad bit intolerant of one’s spice experiments. It’s best to not goad the beast, at least until normal / optimal levels of caffienation have been reached, and beauty achieved.
I love spice and I love my morning coffee. I might try combining them as an experiment and I own to coffee grinders for a reason!
So called Turkish Coffee, which I used to drink on the regular in post grad, has cardamom, which is a great place to start. I’m always game for a little extra flavor. Just a touch of chili powder? Hmm, never tried it, but maybe Nigella sativa / Kalonji/ Black Cumin Seed would be a good add. LMK!
May I suggest a mortar and pestle, then you don’t have build up of contaminants in the burr, and blending of particulate from past grinds
Try grinding 60ml of flax, sesame, cumin, black cumin, and fenugreek in a mortar /pestle. It’s too much work. I’m a tool using primate, and I like powertools. For 5ml, even 20ml hand power is fine. The Chinese developed a thing called a “Brass Boat” for grinding up larger quantities, “manually”, actually by foot/ leg power. Alas, I can’t seem to find an image for ya.
I have several mortar and pestles and I find them very easy, you don’t need to be condescending, I kind of stopped reading your comment after the bitchy start.
Not meaning to be condescending, that’s what I grind every morning for my breakfast. I’ve tried hand grinders, and have a mortar & pestle, but they don’t work for me in that use case. shrug
A bamboo back scratching stick. I bought dozens back when Pier 1 existed and sold them for 75¢. Most are still around.
I’m surprised I did not think of mentioning it next to the Preppy fountain pen I already mentioned but a reading lamp! This one is 15-18€ clip-on. It’s USB-C (I would prefer standard batteries if there was a model so it doesn’t got to waste one the battery is dead). It’s lightweight and the brightness (as well as its temp) can be adjusted.
Worth every single cent, imho. I find it so useful that I have purchased two, just in case I need to recharge one.
Reminds me of the GameBoy Color light accessory, but fancier. Man, that thing was clunky!
Mini Swiss army knife. I don’t know how to live life without this on my keychain
I’ve got a Gerber Dime pliers-based mini multitool on my keychain instead.
I’ve had 2 Gerber Dimes they seem nice in theory but you can’t use the pliers for pretty much anything without them breaking.
Gonna get a Victorinox as my next tool
Swiss Army Classic for those shopping. eBay has tons, take you time, hundreds of cool designs.
Cool trick: search “TSA lot” and you can get knives by the pound. I got 50 one time, fixed, polished, sharpen, etc., gave them away for Christmas at the office.
Oestrogen (joking but also serious)
On a more serious note, a raspberry pi to run pihole and gobble up all the ads for all devices on my home network
A decent pen and/or pencil. I have several nice fountain pens that I use for journaling, but I use my Zebra F-301 ballpoint daily for general notes/etc. – ~$10 for a 4 pack on Amazon. If you prefer a pencil, you can pick up a Pentel Sharp Kerry for under $20 on Amazon.
I prefer the Pilot Precise V5 as my favorite cheap and ubiquitous pen upgrade. Everyone remarks on how smooth it writes. Not the best for labels with gloss though is the only catch with it. Capped or retractable versions, and while I like the V5 (0.5mm tip) because I write smaller, they also have a V7 (0.7mm tip) for those that write larger or what bolder lines.
After that, hop on Jetpens and there are tons of <$10 pens that are way better than anything in a store, or refills to turn your favorite cheap pen into an undercover fancy pen so you don’t need to worry about losing a fancier pen body. I stocked up on so many great pens, and now I have a job where I hardly ever have to write and I really miss getting to use my pens all day. The cheap office pens skip and are so scratchy it feels like drawing on dirt with a stick in comparison.
That’s a great tip about the “undercover fancy pen!” I hadn’t even thought about that, but I’ll definitely be doing it now!
I’ve got a few hybrids at this point. Some really nice pen bodies come with crap refills, or they will come in a tip size you don’t like, or you can put a more expensive refill in a cheap pen, so if you like using something like a Cross pen but worry about losing it, put a Cross refill in a cheap disposable pen body.
Most pens use one of 2 fairly universal refill types, so swapping is easy 90% of the time and there are a number of great styles and brands in those formats, and now with 3D printing, you can buy adapters for popular pens that use oddball refills to use the common ones.
There are so many good pens for $3-5 that you can just pick an assortment from a place like Jetpens (they list compatible refills for each pen body!) and mix and match until you create your perfect pen.
It’s a much more affordable and practical (sorry fountain pen fans) way to get an affordable but perfected for you writing instrument that you won’t cry about if you lose it or someone walks off with it.
Edit: If you’d ask me to make you a $20 pen that should be awesome for almost anyone…
Zebra Sarasa Grand - metal body, good weight but not heavy, nice spring clip that shouldn’t snap off and you can clip it to things normal clips wouldn’t like, comes in a ton of unique colors ($14)
Uni Jetstream refill ($2) - the Sarasa Grand ink isn’t bad at all, though I thought it was a little free flowing for my taste, but when I bought it they only had the bigger 0.7 tip, which is too big for how I write. It’s a gel ink, so it looks superb and bold, but it will smudge on labels. The Jetstream is a great hybrid ink blending the good qualities of oil based and water based inks, pretty smudge proof on just about any writing surface, comes in black/blue/red and 0.3/0.5/0.7/1.0 mm tips so anyone can get a size and color combo that works for them. Lasts much longer than a gel ink also.
A coffee cup warmer. No more getting up from my desk to nuke cold coffee.
Get a double walled cup, i can have hot coffee for 4 hrs and warm for another 2-4 hours
Those are stupid cheap at the thrift stores and there’s always one there.
