Don’t see “Half As Interesting” listed here. His stuff doesn’t usually go super deep, but I’ve learned a lot from him.

And just recently he was accused of using AI for a thumbnail and this was his response:

Passthrough is smart if doing local, hadn’t thought of that.

Kden is better than it has any right to be. I’m not professional by any means, but it’s quite useful

I’m all for being frugal, but not when it comes to matters of taste, usually.

My wife and I like to do blind taste tests.

Like, yeah, the offbrand worschester sauce is a couple bucks cheaper, but in a side by side comparison, the name brand has way more flavor.

In a twist, our local offbrand instant pudding is noticeably better than jello brand.

We don’t buy offbrand broth anymore, it tastes like water when compared side by side with name brand.

I could go on and on, but you get the point.

When it’s reasonable, we get the better tasting thing, but it has to be a blind test. No bias. That doesn’t mean I’m gonna get the ultra fancy broth that costs 3 times as much though. It has to be comparable.

So in our case, coffee is something we both enjoy, and we don’t drink THAT much, so we splurge on boutique beans from a local roaster. Costs a few dollars more per pound than the regular beans. Probably significantly more than something like Folgers, but I haven’t priced that in a long time.

Your position is valid. My question is: is your situation the norm?

My wife drinks a coffee a day most days, but not every day. I’d say she just enjoys the coffee, because she’ll stop for days or weeks at a time without caffeine issues.

My mom, on the other hand, is super addicted caffeine. She doesn’t care for coffee, but drinks pop. And when she tries to quit because of the sugar, she switches to coffee or tea to get the caffeine so she doesn’t get the anxiety and headaches.

She’s tried and failed many times to kick the habit, despite it affecting her health greatly. She’s addicted.

Me? I had a coffee pot in my bedroom when I was 12. I drank mountain dew by the case. Never affected me.

These days, I haven’t had a significant amount of caffeine in over 20 years. But I still love coffee, so I have an espresso machine and grind my own beans etc. It’s just decaf 🤷‍♂️

If I have a half caff coffee, I’ll feel wired all day and won’t sleep that night, and the difficulty sometimes stretches into the next night.

I think most people are addicted. They don’t realize how reliant they are on it, just because they don’t “feel it” doesn’t mean their bodies aren’t affected by it. Given time, your body will adjust.

But also, some people are more/less sensitive to caffeine naturally, so… Who knows.

It’s definitely not black and white though.

I was actually joking. I imagine the child would be displeased with the toy staying in the bag. And if they open it? Now you have to struggle to get it home.

I don’t know what the actual point would be unless you bring the vacuum with you

No silly it stays in the bag, duh 🙄

I use mine at least once a week these days, used to be almost daily for a long long time. Light skin and very dark hair, I get 5oclock shadow before noon.

I used to rinse the blade real well, then hit it with a hair dryer for 10 or 20 seconds, blow all the water off and heat it up so it dries extra fast. Never rusted, blades lasted forever.

These days my tap water is almost 130f, so I just rinse it real good, get it hot, then I shake the crap out of it, and do a single reverse swipe on a towel for each side. Seems to do the trick for me 🤷‍♂️

DE gang rise up!

Yeah the savings are real.

Though early on I went through a phase of buying vintage Gillettes, and spent an amount of money on different soaps and brushes and such.

I spent WAY less than some others have, by a wide margin. That, I know for sure. But still, probably a bit over $200 in extraneous accoutrements over the first couple years.

Eventually I settled on a Feather Popular, gives a dang fine shave for like $20.

Then my buddy talked me into getting an AS-D2 at the same time he was getting one. Cost $150, which is crazy, but it’s solid stainless steel. The thing will outlive me a hundred times over. It’s my daily driver now, and I’ve settled into one soap, all in all I’m very frugal.

Don’t know how long it’ll take to recoup my costs lol. But it HAS been 10 years since I got my as-d2… That’s $15 a year.

I feel like compared to cartridge plebs, I’m still ahead of the game 😁

Haven’t seen that in a long time