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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 28 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Bidet. $30 game changer. Don't ask questions, just hook it up (it's easy), and try it.

You're welcome.

[–] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Ok, I guess I'll be that guy. Every time they are mentioned, it's always people proseltyzing. It made me consider one, but I never pulled the trigger. All of the arguments I heard felt kind of unconvincing, and I couldn't justify buying one without trying it first.

Then I bought a house, and it came with two of them. I was excited to try them out and see what all of the fuss was about. The thing is... The ones I have suck. Now, one of them seems to have weak pressure, so it could just be a bad one. However, the other one feels like it's trying to clean the back of my teeth, and it still doesn't do anything I couldn't do with paper. Sure, it might get the job done slightly faster, but I still need to use paper to at least dry off after I'm done.

Maybe a better one could change my mind, but for us, they sit there, mostly unused.

[–] SilverFlame@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

I think its better to dry off with paper than to smear poo around with it, but that's a personal preference.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

You need the ones that have an "AI" aiming feature but the AI is actually a japanese man sitting in his cubical remote controlling it.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I wasn't disappointed with Infinity War and Endgame

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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Mechanical keyboards

Every keystroke feels and sounds like heaven!

[–] JakoJakoJako13@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Next step. Ergo split with non qwerty layout. I put together a Lily58 keyboard and switched to Colemak-DH. Years of discomfort just vanished. The advantages were instant for me. Im a bigger dude and typing on even a full-sized keyboard meant my hands were at a 45 degree angle perpendicular to the keyboard at all times. I had to contort my wrists to type. Then my shoulders were cramped because I had to squeeze them together.

The split instantly relaxed my shoulders. The ability to angle the keyboard meant no more contorting my wrists. Colemak has its own benefits and overall my fingers feel much better.

The only drawback I have is I want a bigger thumb cluster. That's a personal preference you don't even realize until you get a split keyboard. Once you start doing motions to eliminate using your pinky as a hold finger even more comfort opens up for you.

The best part is it's a super portable keyboard by default. So if I want to take it to work I can rubber band both halves together and shove it in my bag. Or better yet print out a foldable case. I got big honking full-sized switches and keys. You can go low profile and make it as discreet as possible.

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[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My laptop has a mechanical and honestly I want my old membrane back. Mechanical is loud, membrane is not. The only benefit I get is that if I break a key I replace a key as opposed to the entire board being fucked.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Only some mechanicals are loud (admittedly some of the most popular switches are the clicky type for some god-aweful reason). Some are made to be silent and are no louder than fingers/nails bumping the plastic around as per any other keyboard.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not to your work neighbours it doesn't!

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Instant pot. Mine has a sous-vide mode and I make the best steaks I've ever made. Whole shebang was only like 40 bucks and I can cook most things in it.

[–] RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Pop sockets.

I saw so many people use them and hated the sight of them. They look weird and make your phone fit awkwardly in your pocket and you can just lean your phone against something heavy if you want to watch a video or whatever.

But I decided to try it and it is single-handedly the thing that allows me to use my Android phone pretty much one-handed. With gesture controls and the ability to shrink the keyboard to one side for one-hand typing, I'm able to use my 6" phone with one hand 90% of the time.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Just get bigger hands, then it'll still fit in your pocket just fine.

/s ...

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 11 points 6 days ago (5 children)

World of Warcraft back in 2007-8

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[–] xep@fedia.io 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Planar Magnetic headphones. Can't go back.

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[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

transitioning

[–] StickyDango@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Oodie. I would only see them on people walking down the street or in shops, and advertised in FB, but wow, what a saver on heating bills.

[–] TAG@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I don't think I have even heard of an Oodie before. Is it just a super oversized sweater made out of some material commonly used for blankets?

That might be something my wife would like as a Christmas present, but then I will never see her body shape ever again.

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