Bidet - don’t need any fancy standalone appliance, just a $50 nozzle that goes under the toilet seat and plugs into the water hose. Haven’t paid a penny for toilet paper in 6 years.
the fact that this is not the norm around the world is crazy to me
I think it’s predominant
I mean. When I had a bidet I still used paper to dry off, just less of it
You just walk around with a wet asshole? That sounds uncomfortable.
You’d think so! right? But instead it is the idea of smearing shit on your ass with your fingers and a piece of paper that now sounds uncomfortable to me. This is the “completely changed your life” element of it. I’ve been using paper for decades no problem, but now I hate pooping outside of home because there is no bidet there. Beware!
Bring a little water bottle
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Lmao that name
The product name alone is worth the price, I love it! 💕
Bought four, three will be presents 😂
I use a small amount of toilet paper to pat dry myself.
Wiping shitty ass with dry paper leads to micro tears and hemorrhoids.
One further benefit is that it allows you to optimize what little toilet paper you do buy towards strength. Normally there’s a tradeoff. Softer and less abrasive toilet paper is nicer on the bum, but it comes apart more easily. It can leave bits of toilet paper dust around and even tear at the most inopportune time. But if you’re only using a little to dry off, you can buy the strongest stuff you can find, regardless of how harsh it might be to use as regular dry wiping paper. Who cares if it feels like sandpaper if you’re just using it to pat yourself dry?
Heh, thirding bidet. I’m still working through the stock of toilet paper I bought as a joke when Covid first hit and everyone was panicking about toilet paper, I bought the bidet right after that and realized I’d be taking a looong time getting through that.
It’s handy for lots of other stuff too, if I ever need to quickly rinse something the bathtub’s right next to the toilet so I can hold it there and give it a blast.
I remember back when people were posting pictures to shame the idiots at Costco who were panicking and buying all the toilet paper before anyone else could…
What I’m trying to say is that’s a “hilarious” joke!
Toilet paper doesn’t go bad.
I came here to say heated bidet lol. Almost as cheap as the base version, almost as easy to install. Buy one, it’s worth it.
Mine was less than $30, installed easily in 20 minutes with a single wrench, and has worked flawlessly for years. Changes your life for the better every single day.
You definitely still need to wipe to be properly clean. Not only is it possible to miss spots with a bidet for uh … messier movements, but the water retains some particles. You’re not using soap, and water will not perfectly remove everything.
The tell is in the smell. If your ass still smells like an ass, it’s not fully clean.
Yes, the water perfectly removes everything and does not splash. I refused to believe it myself. TMI warning: for the first year in my disbelief I would test it personally, for science, by sticking a finger in for “first-hand” comparison. When using paper, no matter how much you wipe, afterwards, even if the finger looks clean, it still has a whiff of ass. Only a full shower after use would remove the whiff entirely. But after using the bidet, the finger looks clean and smells clean, so much so as if there isn’t even a need to wash the finger afterwards (though of course I did anyway). In summary: paper = never fully clean, bidet = fully clean.
I think the difference in our bidet experiences is the water pressure. Mine is plugged directly into the water supply, and I have good water pressure, so the pressurized stream coming out is tight and powerful like a water pik. It took some getting used to. But it’s easy now and it scours everything. I fear a gabo-style bidet that pours instead of powerwashes (or a spraybottle like the one linked in this thread) would not be as thorough and might indeed require a follow-up wipe. But mine doesn’t.
Fitness Adventure Pro for the Switch. Is it an amazing game? No. But it is a fitness game, which means I can get a workout without any equipment to set up and break down, and without having to leave my house. I’ve only been using it a few weeks and I can already feel a difference.
USB rechargeable headlamp for probably about 10 bucks. I use it all the time for crafting stuff to see better without having to turn on the big lights.
USB light board for about $7. For decorating my journal or sometimes I send friends snail mail with doodles. I snip pictures from the internet and print them out on my shitty printer and trace and color them to wherever I want them.
A pair of simple latching straps from IKEA. They cost €5 and we use them constantly:
- hauling furniture
- tying up garbage bags for carrying bundles
- holding packages together for transit
- strapping blankets up for trips
They’re incredibly important to being able to easily haul/carry things around.
I don’t see shoehorn yet, so shoehorn. But, I thought the one I got was more expensive than a plastic thing really should be.
I got it after reading one of these threads.
I stole the metal one from DSW when I got a new pair. It is game changing
New challenge unlocked
Its nothing special, just not plastic.
I just like stealing really low value little trinkets
Lmao same. Wtf is that about?
Cheap thrills? I’m trying to think of other fun little things I’ve nabbed. I always stock up on paper towels for the car from the gas station, but those are “free”. Oh! In the gun section of the hardware store there’s a parts drawer cabinet just like the ones for nuts and bolts just gun hardware. There’s a pile of “complimentary” tweezers, I have quite a few.
A multi port charger with a replaceable cord. Went from multiple little power bricks to charge each device or play the swap everything game. Plus I can leave the short cord plugged in at home on the headboard and use another cord while traveling.
A nice fluffy robe with a hood. Get out of the shower when it’s chilly and stay nice and warm.
Buying two identical pairs of shoes at the same time. Got this trick from a roofer. You can wear one pair on one day and the other the next. If a shoe gets wet you just swap to the other pair. Eventually when they start to get worn you will often have one shoe be in worse condition first but still have a pair with a spare in case the other goes bad. Plus swapping the shoes out allows them to fully dry from sweat and keeps foot odor down.
A desk mat. Think mouse pad but large enough for the keyboard too. Never run out of room while gaming and it stays put unlike the tiny little pads.
The shoes thing works with expensive dress shoes as well. I knew a guy who wore fairly high end suits and handmade shoes to work. His cobbler told him to always get two pairs and they’ll last a lot longer if you alternate them so they get a rest day than if you buy one pair at a time and use them daily.
A yoga mat and a pull-up bar for a door frame.
Just seeing it hanging there all the time was enough to motivate me to start a daily calisthenics routine. Now instead of having to drive to a gym, get changed, shower afterwards, etc. which would take 2 hours out of my day, I just do a quick 1 minute set of a progressive calisthenics routine 20 times a day.Could you share your routine? I’ve been looking to get into it
I roughly follow this, with 3x12 repetitions (The green line is as far as I got).
Don’t try to rush progression, that’s not the point.
Only progress if you can do the current level in good form, slowly, without using inertia.Nice, thanks!
A garlic press. I avoided them for years because of a mixture of guidance saying it’s just as easy to chop it or it tastes worse from a press. I don’t have the tastebuds to notice it being any worse and it’s certainly a lot easier than chopping since you don’t even have to peel it.
The more you smoosh garlic, the more allions exposed and the more intense the flavour. That’s how you can range from whole roasted = mild to minced = asshole burning.
So a chopper is not a replacement for a press or a grater and vice-versa
It’s definitely better than cutting with a knife, but TBH I’ve gone a step further and just started buying it pre-mashed in jar.
How you prep garlic depends on what you are doing with it, or what the recipe calls for.
What it comes down to, the more garlic flavor you want out of a clove, then the more you need to damage the garlic’s cellular walls.
So this means if you want some garlic flavor, then a rough chop would be fine. If you want a good amount of flavor, then mincing is necessary. If you want a metric f#$k ton of garlic flavor then you run it through a press.
Why wouldn’t you just use fewer garlic cloves and just use the press all the time? There are many reasons, but mainly because a pressed clove may be too over powering for the recipe. Also, if you are doing a slow cook, then larger pieces of garlic will enfuse the recipe better over the longer cook time than pressed garlic.
I hope the above makes sense. On the surface it appears that it’s just better to press garlic cloves and just adjust the amount you put in the recipe. However, there are real differences to the final product based upon how the garlic is prepped and added to the recipe.
You’re right. But it has never been an issue in my house nor ever someone ever composed a phrase conveying the feeling that there was too much garlic on the food.
Oh, we have at my house and it was completely my fault.
I was making marinara sauce in bulk for a specific recipe that we make often. At the last minute I decided to press the garlic, but not reduce the amount and the results were not pleasing. It was way too much and none of us are vampires.
that’s exactly what a vampire would say…
Oh man, a great hack is to microwave your garlic for about 5 seconds and the peel comes right off.
Take two bowls, toss the garlic cloves in, put the bowls together like clamshells and shake. Peels come right off.
The “tastes worse from a press” is entirely dependent on the material of the press you’re using. Garlic reacts with stainless steel, hence those stainless steel “soap bars” they make to remove garlic smell from your hands. I got a zinc press for this exact reason.
I’ve broken every press I’ve had. Pressed the grate right out of it.
Wait, you don’t have to peel it if you press it?
It spits the garlic through the peel
Replacing the battery in my ps5 controller instead of just buying a new controller. It was super simple to install and the batteries cost $17.00.
Air fryer, i got it for around $20 at bestbuy. I haven’t used my gas range in years. I ended up getting a bigger over for 45 recently to make larger meats without having to cut them. I get the bella pro brand. They are certainly nothing fancy, but very high value for the amount of cooking I’ve done in them. Pork tenderloin, perfect.
Powerbanks… no more fear of phone dying
Also, power outages don’t seem that scary anymore… at least you can like read an ebook while you burn/freeze to death lmao
Adding extra cables/chargers. One at each desk and each bag, no hunting and losing a single charger and being SOL.
Spending the little bit of extra money on Gold Toe socks and Dr. Scholl’s gel inserts.
$400 little dog. +$1000/yr upkeep.
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Well, I think you should’ve splurged for a slightly better keyboard…
A CO monitor would be a cheap purchase that can prevent your life changing completely. Might already be too late though.
God dang robot, stay away from the microwave while you’re posting.
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When the last braincells manage to fire before fizzling back into the night
Usb c headphones. Plugs right into usb c devices. Its almost as good as the audio jack of old.
This felt life changing at first. I don’t really know why. Maybe it was just the bulkier plug head that makes it feel more durable and the straight head style is more agreeable with today’s device/pocket arrangements.
However, it means I can’t charge and listen to my phone at the same time. This is more of a flaw of the phone design than headphone design and only really comes up during 2h+ phone calls. I suppose my laptop is also older, which is why it only has one C port. I can get a splitter, though it’s harder to find dual-c than c+3.5mm. I can’t plug it into non-C devices, since there are still 3.5mm jacks out there such as on planes and older phones (I carry my older phone as a dedicated movie/music device on said planes/travels). I carry Bluetooth headphones as well, but the latency is unbearable for movies. Probably a headphone issue more than a sole BT issue.
In summary of all my gripes, just review your devices for intended use. I still carry them when I travel and still use them for longer calls. It beats charge anxiety in most situations.
I think they sell dongles that would let you charge and listen. It’s one more thing to carry, but you can just leave it on your charger all the time.
You said they’re hard to find but, here
