For me it would have been buying the steam frame (but I am still in the waitlist). Also, I recently gotten into the 40k lore, but there is no way I can find the time and physical place to get into wargames.
A new roof. Our shingle roof is 18 years old and leaking. Which in New Mexico is not the end of the world. But as we have been having rain every other day for 2 weeks, it has become an issue.
There is no way I can afford it right now, so I will have to continuing I patch it.
Get into HAM radio. I have wayyyyyy to much hobbies as is.
I wanted to upgrade the RAM and maybe the storage in my laptop, but I kept putting it off because I was being cheap.
Yeah, I wanted to swap out a bunch of stuff, basically build a new pc.
That’s not being cheap lol. RAM prices are one of the most expensive for their value things on the planet right now.
It was being cheap because I’ve been wanting to do this since before the RAMpocalypse started.
I was about to buy ram last year. I wasted time trying to get thermal pillows that I’m not even fucking using.
THANKS SMART BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MATURITY.
Two years ago I bought 64gb of RAM that I didn’t really need, felt guilty about it for a while, now I need it and I don’t feel guilty!
Oof. Same.
I figured “memory is cheap, I have time”
checks memory prices, weeps
Healthcare
I want a new gaming computer and a gigantic monitor/tv to plug into. I’m broke to the point of skipping meals currently.
The list is long and varied.
Can’t afford: New floors and AC in my house (~$20K)
Can’t justify: a XGIMI Aura 3 Max 4K 120Hz UST Projector ($2K)
Can’t afford: A camper van (~$60K)
Can’t justify: A new PC (~$3500)
One thing I did justify recently was $2K on a new bed. My old bed was over 20 years old.
I really want to do an electric conversion of a Geo Tracker.
One with a blown engine showed up on Craigslist for $1k two weeks before my daughter’s due date.
Next time.
I’ve got a Ford Ranger I wanna do the same to. Eventually…
Two 8TB HDDs to finnish my NAS…
Oof, get ready to get a loan for these :D
Last year at about this time one 8TB drive cost 2500SEK, a fair price I guess, now they cost 4000SEK minimum, I don’t have the money for that.
I have four 8TB drives that I got before the crazy mess started. I want a NAS of 32TB in a ZRAID2
These last two drives are the last component I am missing ):
I want a pair of Asics 727s but for whatever reason this particular pair of shoes is annoying and expensive to get outside of Japan.
In 1995: a virtual boy
In 2015: an Oculus Rift
In 2026: a Steam Frame
First world problems entirely, but I can’t justify any of the below:
A UV printer a metal lathe a 20yr old 2nd hand kit car.
My own rocket ship and a yacht that’s so big it has another smaller yacht that can fit inside it in case I need to sail into any tight spots.
Nah, just kidding. Could you imagine?
I keep a whole list and get one item after another, when money allows and priority demands it. Currently looking for new shoes and a specific Laptop
A piece of land to have a garden. If it’s big enough, I could even live there
So many fountain pens.
A new NAS.
A new keyboard (my wife took my mechanical board so maybe I’ll actually get this. The keyboard maxes at three simultaneous keys and it’s killing me).
Everything to make my basement game room a reality.
A desk (currently using a borrowed old folding table from the in-laws).
Several books (like the annotated Lord of the Rings).
Resin 3D printer.
Instead of any of those I’m saving for an anniversary gift for my wife and to replace our cutting board which is about to split.
