Very small quality of life increase, but I got the Scrub Daddy Soap Daddy. Makes life a bit easier and tidier for cleaning up in the kitchen.
Scrub Daddy is a weird product in that it seems a bit silly, but it’s ridiculously well designed.
I can only agree fully with this, get one asap. It costs essentially nothing anyway.
Can you give me a link? Seems like scrub daddy has many different products.
You’re looking for Scrub Daddy the product, not Scrub Daddy the brand (although Scrub Daddy the brand makes Scrub Daddy the product).
How long does one of these last you?
Good question - I’m still on our first one, which I think we bought at least a year ago, and it’s not showing any signs of giving up yet.
The mechanism that dispenses soap or what exactly?
Sorry, am lost when lookimg at all products…
A few different aspects:
- You can get it to be either hard or soft for different scrubbing applications by using hot or cold water
- Using the mouth hole you can efficiently clean utensils
- Using the eye holes, you can get it inside glasses
- The material is quite simple to keep clean, by just running it in the dishwasher
It’s honestly pretty impressive.
Now that I see the product, I know what you mean, but man your description sounded so wrong before I had a visual to go off of
Oh, wow!
Yes, very useful applications!
I was not expecting that many uses, thank you!
An electrical sit/stand desk
I’m always tempted to get one but can’t quite justify the purchase. What difference does it make to your quality of life?
Not OP but my posture is improved and I move a lot more, so don’t end a day of work feeling stiff.
It’s not really about what a standing desk can do for you now, it’s what it does for yourself in 10 years.
Alternating standing and sitting will help a lot. It’s not that any given posture is bad, it’s that any posture for a long period is bad. Don’t just do the desk either, eyes fingers and legs too!
Do you have a brand name or a model to recommend?
Yeah! I got this exact model from costco, which is a hell of deal in my opinion: https://www.costco.com/tresanti-geller-47”-adjustable-height-desk.product.4000139627.html
But also, for a step up, I hear that fully makes really good ones: https://store.hermanmiller.com/standing-desks/jarvis-bamboo-standing-desk/2542428.html?lang=en_US
And if you’re a little handy you can just buy the legs and make your own custom top
At work I have a standing desk, and the option to hop up into my tall chair. Is the moving desk better than this option? I’m guessing it is because my company is phasing mine out in favor of the moving desks… I’m just not sure I see the benefit. I switch between sitting and standing so frequently I feel like the whole team will get very annoyed with me if I had to be constantly cranking the desk up and down.
I can think of two benefits to an adjustable desk:
- Better chairs at a lower cost. Most office chairs (and chairs in general) are designed for table-height desks, so you’ll find a greater variety of multi-point-adjustable ergonomic options that’ll improve your posture while seated. From a corporate perspective, these chairs are also more versatile when the office changes size or layout because they’ll work just as well around the conference table as in the cubicle.
- This one’s purely a business reason, but also the main reason an office manager will have on their mind: the employee they hire to replace you might be a different height. Cynical, I know, but an adjustable height desk means they can accommodate anyone they hire now or in the future, and they’ve got to justify office expenses on a multi-year timescale
For you, an existing employee who already has a desk and chair you like, the adjustable desk will probably be a downgrade. For the office, it’s a smart business decision that also means comfier chairs for everyone.
Sertraline. It’s helped hugely with depression and anxiety, though I think Covid helped with the latter as well. I struggle to feel anything much these days but it’s much better than feeling low and anxious.
Nintendo switch OLED. I used to game at my PC which always caused me a lot of stress because I prefer the ease and relaxation of a console I can pick up whenever, take anywhere and game instantly as opposed to something I have to sit down with and work at. Sold my PC for it and a bunch of extra money
Glerups. Greatest slippers I have ever worn.
64 ounce Stanley water jug. I throw ice in it and I have something cold to drink all day. It’s beautiful.
Bidet has been good though now it feels gross to shit at work and my politics demand I shit at work.
Contact grill, ie a GE brand George Foreman. I can’t fuck up flippimg shit if I’m frying both sides simultaneously. And a food thermometer so my colorblind ass isn’t relying on mom’s shit advice to just cook it until it’s brown.
This battery car starter / tire infator / phone charger. I have used it with some frequency, but more often I can just roll up and fix someone’s car problem super quick. I even get out of work with it a lot when a customer needs someone to jump their car or fix a flat (also keep a tire patch kit obv).
All of this is bought from thrift stores. I can only assume most of my shit was originally shoplifted, it’s fantastic. There is just so much good shit being sold for almost nothing, I am the KING of expired Chips Ahoy.
Buy some wet wipes for your office shits.
I don’t hate my coworkers that much.
A Comma 3 to run Openpilot on my Honda Civic. It’s lane keep / adaptive cruise control on steroids. I drive about 40 thousand miles each year for work, 46 miles round trip on “local” days. Having that level of driver assist on the highway makes a life changing difference. I arrive less fatigued and feel more capable of reacting to hazards. Their tagline is making driving chill, and it really has delivered. I don’t know how I did this mileage before Openpilot.
Is that legal?
I don’t see why not. Lots of new cars have these features built in.
US Car regulations are wild…
It’s considered a “level 2” driver assist, enhancing the existing adaptive cruise or lane keep assist built into the vehicle (which are also considered level 2 and perfectly legal) The driver is still completely responsible for anything the vehicle does.
That said IANAL, but I feel comfortable with this level of vehicle modification and any liability involved.
https://www.comma.ai/openpilot looks cool af
Welder a number of years back. Led to a whole ass career change lol
Led to a whole ass-career change lol
Per XKCD https://xkcd.com/37/
The little known trade of anal welding
there is a cure for incontinence and all those people wearing adult diapers are simply cowards
Sleep mask.
First, it’s cheap. Second, it’s comfortable as hell and makes you see nothing.
I have curtains. They make me see nothing and I don’t have to wear them.
I have them as well, but they stop working when the sun rises. So for longer sleep I always wear my mask.
I’m glad that works for you!
In my house we have roller shutters and they make you see nothing.
I’ve been at places without proper shutters… tried sleep masks… and they don’t fully block light nor do they stay in place after even a single turn in bed. I ended up wrapping one of my black stockings around my head like a blind fold to actually sleep. >.<’
Crocs. Technically two items but you need a pair to get the benefits.
Which ones? Just the standard ones? I am considering buying crocs as an alternative to house/home sleepers. Do you think that would work well?
Yeah, just the standard ones. Yeah I think that’s a great idea. In fact just yesterday I bought some new slippers from the supermarket which turned out to be badly designed chinesium prototype slippers and thought about just having a second pair of crocs for indoors. I just checked and you can even get fluffy lined ones!!
You’re good bro:
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I love people like you
Peachy. Then indeed my premises are well fortified.
In the early 2000’s, I bought a 1986 Honda XL250R. Just an old dirt bike.
The motorcyckle shop was across the road from the pawn shop I was originally going to buy a gun from, for the express purpose of taking my own life, for reasons that made sense at the time.
Since I bought that bike, I’ve made friends, learned a lot of new skills, and I met the best person in existence, who I am now married to. I passed on a final exit, and ended up with a pretty great life.
That’s really awesome, glad ypu’re here with us. I hope this shows people that even when you’re at your lowest point (or perceived lowest point), it’s not hopeless.
What kind of gun were you gonna get though?
I don’t even remember what kind of gun exactly, it was going to be a handgun at least .38 caliber.
Hey man. From one stranger to another. I’m glad you’re still here. Keep on going, stay awesome.
She’s less “biker babe” and more “hot witch wife”.
She did talk me into buying a new motorcycle a couple of weeks ago. I traded in two worn out old bikes for one 2023 Nightster.
we were picking up some free boots for my partner off of facebook marketplace when i asked about the weight bench that was also in the yard. the owner said “someone said they were coming for it, but they were supposed to be here 2 hours ago. you want it?” I disassembled it in the yard and ruined my folding knife trying to use it as a screwdriver, but it was the best decision I’ve ever made. Grabbed some adjustable dumbbells from amazon, have been hitting up marketplace for plates people aren’t using ever since, and I’ve now got a full-body 5x/week workout routine that is 100% the key to my mental and physical health. Best thing I’ve ever done for myself, and getting every piece of equipment that I use today cost about $100 total.
This is why I carry a multibit racheting screwdriver in my purse
Nice! Exercise is indeed the best thing any person can do for themselves.
Proper quality in ear headphones/monitors. So nice. Proper over ear headphones hurt my neck, and you can’t always turn the speakers up to a decent volume.
Anything that takes away shitty chores. People take washing machines for granted these days, but a decent dishwasher is a godsend. Modern ones don’t need anything more than a basic scrape of the dishes as “prep” and loading it before bed to then wake up to a load of sparkling clean dishes is amazing.
In a similar vein we’ve just got a robot vacuum cleaner that we’ve set to run every night. The amount of dog fur in its bin every morning is eye opening, and other than for the stairs there’s almost no need to do vacuuming ourselves now.
You need to keep the floor clear and empty its bin, sure, but it’s way less effort than actually vacuuming. We’ve only had it for a couple of weeks but have got into the habit of doing a quick run around picking up toys and other obstacles before we go to bed (though I did specifically buy a model that can avoid those things).
Huh, we’ve never had to do that. Do you have a relatively big home or a heavy-shedding pet?
Absolutely in favor of any tech that will make life easier. I hated doing dishes every night and the dishwasher in the house I’m renting is broken. I bought a countertop dishwasher called ICUIRE which does not need to be hooked to a water source. I ran that damn thing every day, and not only do I use less water and electricity but I can recycle the grey water into the garden.
I wish I had known about this when I lived in a place without a dishwasher! I tried an external dishwasher but it was a pain to hookup to the sink every time and the capacity wasn’t big enough make the hassle worthwhile.
It definitely can be done Due to the room and the constraints I had. I built it to be self contained. Also took steps to make sure it would not flood or spill over onto the floor. I had a mini washer in my apartment and I had a problem with it backing up into the sink. I am all about building necessities to avoid human contact.
ZoloftLexapro aka escitalopram. I thought everyone had the anxiety voices like I did. I told myself I was just a worrier. Then it got REALLY bad in my 30’s and even I thought it was getting absurd. My doc asked me “how are you feeling” and I just broke down, spilled my guts. He said “let’s try a small dose.” and after a couple months adjustment, the crazy voices went from 4/5 to a 1/5. They’re still there, but they’re WAY more quiet. I had no idea that this is what normal people think like.Without trying to bring trauma to the surface, could you provide an example of the voices before medication vs after medication?
The one that made me realize something was wrong was a normal, gentle rain. I had this overwhelming fear that the roof was gonna fly off or leak or disintegrate. It was normal weather, not an extreme storm. I couldn’t sleep because the worries were so bad.
Once I started taking medicine, I realized other things. Not everyone worries they’re gonna be fired every day, that their tires are gonna be flat, etc.
Thank you for replying. I should probably get medicated as well.
Escitalopram is Lexapro, not Zoloft. No?
Ah, yeah, thanks.
