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Last impulse buy was literally just delivered today. An entry-level gaming monitor (around $200) and a desk-mount for a laptop + monitor combo (around $30-40). I recently moved so I didn't have a monitor yet
Had a quick gaming session with the monitor and it was worth every penny! The games I play do require low display lag so 1 vs 3 frames of delay actually does matter...
The desk-mount however was only a good idea on paper, the desk my landlord provided doesn't have a place to mount it
A Pico 4 (without the Ultra) used from eBay for 125€.
I absolutely do not need one. But it is fun (I know, not many people actually use theirs really and I thought the same for a long time.
Ninja DCT401 12-in-1 Double Oven on Boxing Day. Worth every penny. Rarely using the full sized oven now. Uses a lot less power due to not having to heat as much air volume.
I bought one of those inflatable raft things that you can fill with water and lounge in (it has an inflatable pillow and cup holders!) and it's still in the box. I bought it in early June and then got very, very sick and by the time I felt better, I just...forgot about it.
A main board for a NAS I was planning to build "at some point" because I saw it was pretty cheap. This "cheap" main board now cost me a lot of money in things like hard drives, PSU, case, ... So many regrets. :D
DJI Mic Mini that arrives today to pair with action camera and cycling.
I probably won't get a ton of use out of it, but any time I try to capture my rides just for family to see what I'm up to, it's all just wind noise.
New battery for mum's thinkpad for her birthday.
I was going to wait to purchase Silksong until I actually had time to play it... and then I ended up buying it on release day. I've only played a few hours but damn did I enjoy it.
I've been rewatching my favorite anime, "Super Dimension Fortress Macross", and I impulse bought the PS2 game on Mercari. Cost about ¥2,000, but I've been enjoying the hell out of it.
Silksong. Definitely worth it.
Same, but I'm not sure yet. Added it to the backlog of shame.
My son works at a motorcycle dealer. He sends me a pic of a bike they just got in. A CBR1000RR-RSP. Well after putting on my boots and asking him if it's for sale, they said they would sell it to me. The person who ordered it had to back out so if I could make it down there it was mine. I hopped on my 2001 CBR and headed to the store where I bought the bike. And to answer the question, YES it was definitely worth it. That motorcycle is the absolute hands down smoothest machine I have ever been on. It's like riding a stick of butter down a teflon pan. I still can't believe I own one as I honestly never even thought I would ever even see one in the wild.
I guess it was a new camera bag. I didn't need it, but I wanted it. Turns out, having a bag with a long enough strap to go cross body makes it a lot easier to lug around my camera, a handful of lenses, and my tripod for a few hours while I walk around. Totally worth it.
How many bags do you have now? I'll confess I'm a serial manybagger. The damned GAS FOMO gets me almost every time.
This is the only bag I've bought. The first one came with my old camera, a basic Nikon bag. It was never meant for the gear I have, I've just been making it work.
It's always a thrill to get something and it works and feels worth it. Enjoy your new gear!
Stuff for my homelab. Not worth it, it's just toys for adults
I need to set up my NAS...
I did that for almost 15 years, now I'm running a company developing embedded electronics using them daily.
Hey so cool! If you would like to drop the name of your company please do :)
Sure thing, if that's allowed: 8volt.at
We're doing custom builds for research as well as exhibitions and develop new machines and parts for industry ;)
Same, just bought two rack mount SilverStone cases for my PCs to consolidate everything. Next up is a 48U Rack mount, saw one on Facebook marketplace for around $200AUD (~$150USD) - what did you get?
Chips...lots of chips...and no
I bought a whistle that claims to be the loudest whistle on the market.
It is loud as shit and looks cool on my life vest.
Got some hot dogs at the store, was totally worth it. Hopefully I'll have enough food for the month. (I live in the 4th world country Amerikkka, don't judge me please)
Bunch of sexy sex clothes and Ben Wa balls for the wife. Worth it?
Yes.
I rearranged my PC gaming area. Got a new table (one that goes up and down) got a another Kallax to stuff all the things I had in my old table, as well as a displate and some gundams to make it look comfier. All I need is a new mousepad and I'm done.
“Game Music Disk Guide 2”(ISBN:978-4-909483-69-0). It is supervised by Tanaka “Hally” Haruhisa, whom I impulsively bought at a bookstore this past May. This book is written in Japanese, and no English translation exists.
Compared to the first volume, which strictly focused on works released on physical media as a “disk guide,” this second volume also covers works that have never been released on physical media. Consequently, it features music from Amiga and C64 games, which are relatively unknown in Japan. This is precisely why I made the impulse purchase.
Having finished reading it, I was deeply moved to read the review in my native language of Tim Follin's work. In conclusion, this impulse buy turned out to be a huge success for me. I'd like to express my gratitude here to the bookseller who stocked this title.
A hammock chair! Totally 100% worth it
Loosening the definition to "something I bought that I didn't need, despite having thought about it for a while and waited for the price to come down", probably the recent remaster of the original Quake. And I only wanted it because it was the only way to get the Dimension of the Machine level pack that it came with.
As it turns out, I'm not really much of a Quake-head any more, but at least I'm no longer wondering about those levels.
Haha. All my purchases are impulse buys!
Metallic mini backpack.
Worth it. I love the color, it was on sale, and I hate carrying purses.
The game "The Root trees are dead". Great game for nerds who like puzzles
