meep_launcherWhat's the most irresponsible purchase you made that you don't regret?
BoozillaMotorcycles. All 3 of them. I miss them.
dual_sport_dork š§š”ļøIām at 7 at the momentā¦
i live in car dependent America, and my motorcycle have saved every time my car is waiting for repair parts, so i donāt miss work, and when riding downtown, where parking is a headache. So i see it with a more utilitarian eye
empireOfLove2Motorcycles and mopeds are amazing in urban areas that havenāt built up public transit, honestly. They can be crazy efficient, have a ton of electric options now, and give people the range and speed to use existing infrastructure and not need dedicated lanes/shallow grades like bicycles.
Iāve not owned one since I grew up in a rural area and Iām not suicidal enough to ride one on a 65mph highway. but am planning to move to an urban area in a few months, Iāll probably get one for going downtown.
snooggumsI find driving two wheeled vehicles in cities scarier than on the highways., and stopped riding them when it seemed like it was more dangerous that it was worth because of all the other terrible drivers.
Drag carā¦
Tens of thousands of dollars for 3 or 4 trips to the track a year.
And Iām itching to build another.
Got a couple of retro consoles. I definitely donāt need them but itās really nice.
all-knight-partyMy previous bass guitar had one of its machine heads snap off, and I had rehearsal that same day, so I looked online at the used instrument stock at local music stores and found a bass guitar used that was a very unique, discontinued model that I'd been essentially dreaming of for a while, and happened to be there.
What I probably should've done is replaced the machine head, which wIt was a bit pricey, and the store was not very close, but I was able to get it and then take it to use at rehearsal. Now it's my daily driver and I'm very glad I got it.
Musicians curse.
Iām a multi-instrumentalist and I now have 3 guitars, a bass, a banjo, two ukuleles, a sousaphone, trombone, trumpet, soprano trombone, bugle, clarinet, tenor sax, Roland keyboard, melodica, cajone, stylophone, otamatone, ocarina, concertina, and a recorder. My goal is 50 instruments by the time Iām 50.
I have a problem.
I have a similar problem, but what is worse, most of them I canāt really claim to āplayā, Iāve just kind of fooled around with them.
If you can play sousaphone and other various brass, you might be able to pick up the didgeridoo. The embechure is kind of similar (see also: alphorn). Itās the circular breathing Iām still trying to get the hang of.
And a I picked up a hand pan drum last month for giggles. It has a lovely tone.
RIP my bank account
Dreadfighter23I spent over 2k on this 2B statue but to me itās worth it since Nier Automata is one of my all time favorite games
Jeff, my name is JeffWorth it, looks dope
Whoa looks like sheās covering her twat with dental floss.
Thatās top tier armor.
Oh hell I aināt complaining. Imagine that in real life though? Jesus talk about vulnerable.
Damn 1/3rd scale. So like 1-2 foot tall? Fair play.
Nier Automata was one of my favourite gaming experiences, so many feels. I love the end sequence more than about any other gaming moment.
dohpaz42My house. I bought when the rates went up, but Iām so much happier than living in an apartment.
a house? so irresponsible
thatās like the least irresponsible purchase. even at a high interest rate, you are still paying on a principle that creates an asset with equity that increases your stable wealth. When you rent, all that money you pay just evaporates and you never see it again. A mortgage payment is almost always the better financial choice, unless you need to move frequently for work.
I merely meant that buying a house at a high interest rate is the irresponsible part. But yes, everything you say is true.
Iād argue even that being irresponsible. yeah high rates suck but youāre still paying on an asset, not a black hole.
Also, mortgages can be refinanced if/when rates drop later.
I refinanced at 3% then did a HELOC to pay for a new roof. One of the best decisions I ever made
Same. Recently bought a house, rates are very high, but I can live with it. Iāve literally never been happier than I am now, no matter how many weekends I spend completely drained repairing some random thing.
I bought a high end home stereo setup with large speakers and a subwoofer with my first credit card when I didnāt really have the money to pay it off quickly so I ended up paying an extra 25% of the cost in interest on top of needing to really go cheap on food for a couple years.
Still use it 20 years later.
Steamdeck. Had some cocktails and bought it, got it and had buyers remorse. Figured Iād give it a shot anyway.
Love of gaming rekindled, now I donāt doomscroll during downtime at work.
Installing bazzite tomorrow if I get around to it.
Iām on the fence. I get a 1 hour lunch, already own a switch, but never use it. I know the deck has all my games already, I just cat with the current price.
Check eBay for the non OLED version, you could find one at a good discount especially if you buy a 64 GB
Had a look, everything is still high 200ās. I might just get a refurbished that comes with warranty
I had pretty much stopped using my switch before I got the deck. There just werenāt enough compatible games to keep me interested. I ordered a deck impulsively and, like people often say, I fell in love with video games again. In absolute numbers itās a big investment, but Iāve gotten like 3000 hours out of it so far. I love being able to wake it up, play 20 minutes of a AAA game, then suspend the game and come back later.
Suspending a game is something I hadnāt considered. Must be good for travel or short bursts
Ellia Plisskenwhat are you trying to play? Iāve been happy with an Anbernic for classic arcade games
Trying to play Gnome3, honestly. The gaming side works fine for me I just want to use the whole computer.
howlerSame. I had a Switch but there were too many games I couldnāt play, and my PC canāt handle anything beyond Stardew Valley.
Got a second hand Deck and I can hardly believe how good this thing is!
Unsure about the experience on steam deck but on my PC Bazzite runs like a charm! Installed Proton-GE for extended compatibility and have yet to run into a game that doesnāt work out of the box or has significant issues. Even the very niche game Sprocket runs great!
Curious, why did you put bazzite on it and not keep the default steamos?
Laptop replacement for (infrequent) travel, limitations of desktop SteamOS, because itās neat.
Me dropping $1350 on an impulse purchase of a 3D printer was probably āirresponsibleā when I got my first engineering job paycheck.
That said, Iāve had a bunch of hours of fun with it, and am now starting to design possibly marketable items with it that I could make income with later, so it hopefully wonāt be too stupid. Could be worse, I could spend $1300 on alcohol a year and have nothing for it but liver damage.
Tools that are well loved like that are always worth it imo. Anything to simulate the creative side of the brain.
Which printer? Just bought a $400 elegoo neptune 4 pro a summer ago and it has been well worth it. Even though my petg prints have been shit.
I pulled out all the stops and grabbed a Bambu X1C with AMS combo when they were on sale back in July. Itās probably overkill, and aim not a huge fan of their closed ecosystem, but I did have the money, and I also need to do true engineering materials that are difficult at best on lower end non-enclosed printers.
The main thing that sold me was my experience using P1S printers at college. Theyre super fast and rarely have issues.
Iāve really had zero problems with it. Every single print failure to date has been filament wet out of the box from Bambu, so Iām designing up a custom drying box right now to fix that problem. If youāre having problems with petg, definitely re-dry any filament you have lying around.
Because of the closed source nature of it, I wonāt get one even if theyāre better in some aspects. I think Prusa is catching up, so I would want to try those out.
My car. I bought a luxury car back when I was in grad school and it cost me a yearās salary used. I would tell anyone else not to do that, but over the years I have had so much fun driving that car. Itās a 2008 BMW 328i with a manual transmission and sports suspension (which makes it rather uncomfortable, but it corners so well). It has been breaking down a lot recently and Iāll probably have to get rid of it soon, which Iām not happy about. They donāt make cars like that anymore and even if they did, I canāt reasonably justify buying such an impractical car at this stage of my life. Maybe Iāll make another irresponsible purchase anywayā¦
BlackoutI remember when Leica released their first digital full frame camera. I was excited cause I had a m4 that I used for a decade with a bunch of lenses. Searching thru estate sale after sale to compile them. The M9 came out on 9/9/9 and I was on vacation in Tokyo at the same time. figured if I waited a few years I could get a used one maybe.
So my wife and I went to the Leica store to look at it on the release day. When we went in there I chatted the guys up and they told me a preorder fell thru and gave me an opportunity to buy it. I wasn't even really considering it when my wife told them we will take it. I had half the money and she gave me the other half. I got to spend the rest of that week taking photos in Japan with my digital Leica instead of my film one. Traveled all around the world with that camera. It was the most expensive thing besides a car and house I've ever bought.
You have a great partner.
Pellet grill, the larger size, and I got WiFi. If Iām smoking something fir hours, I can see grill status and meat temperature remotely
Iāve made so many outstanding meals and the WiFi really is useful for something that cooks that long
A very very expensive sixth scale action figure
I have an older brother. I invested $1000 in his first show, lost it all.
He went on to win a Tony award.
Also, itās likely I may one day inherit some of his wealth. Heās single and childless.
pezmaker Too bad he didnāt consider that an investment in his future and not just explicitly that show.
Oh, he certainly did. Thatās a big part of why I donāt regret it.
He never payed you back after becoming successful? What an ass.
Nah, heās used his position to give me some exceedingly cool experiences. I feel more than paid back.
Rob T FireflyIt must also be fun to see him in big time stuff and awards shows and be able to point and truthfully say āthat guy owes me a thousand bucks!ā
Iām so proud of him. He has a play he produced thatās currently planning a world tour.
Weāre the sons of a poor roofer. I hope he makes enough that he never has to work again off his current show.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]Ice machine
Infinite bedside ice
Iām picturing this thing literally on your nightstand. Please tell me Iām right.
Very nearly! I have desk that I scrounged from the garbage literally right up against the bed and a nightstand right next to it. Itās on the desk since the nightstand holds my TV.
So itās not literally on a nightstand, but it is literally bedside, i.e. I can use it without getting out of bed.