Bidet attachments for your toilet are about $30 and you can install it yourself with zero skills in 30 minutes.
Wouldn’t you pay $30 to never have to wipe shit again? Just dry off and that’s it. Greatest thing imaginable.
Any recommendation? EU based ideally.
I’m not sure about EU specific but I’m currently using a Tushy brand bidet and it’s extremely simple and wonderful and their website and manuals are full of shitty puns! Also, consider one with a feminine setting as I’ve heard they’re extra helpful.
Also, don’t bother with heated bidets - unless you have to worry about the device freezing. My parents installed one in an older house and it would draw quite a bit of power, the lights would noticeably flicker lol
Also the cold water actually feels great.
I’ve bought so many from them! I have multiple bathrooms, we upgraded once, given them as gifts, and sneaky installed one at a family members vacation house!
If you aim the bidet stream just right, you can also give yourself a mini-enema for an extra clean feeling that lasts all day. And bear down a bit when you wash. It causes the anus to relax, helping to get the bits that get stuck in the folds. The only folks who need to be careful are hemorrhoid sufferers. If you hit an bleeding 'roid with the stream, it’s butt-clenching painful. Use the gentle spray setting on those bad 'roid days.
You’ve clearly never eaten Pringles.
Edit: I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to everyone who stumbled upon this comment and the thread that follows.
I know it’s ignorant, but all I can imagine when using a bidet for the first time is shooting my corn hole with a jet of cold water, not knowing how clean it is back there, and using a towel to dry off only to find watered down shit on the towel.
You just use toilet paper to dry
I was reluctant to get a bidet because I couldn’t hook it up to a warm water line, and was pleasantly surprised when I realized buttholes really aren’t that temperature sensitive. Even in the dead of winter, cold well water shot straight up the butthole doesn’t feel cold or shocking at all. Probably impossible to believe unless you try it yourself.
Also, don’t be a monster and dry your butthole with a towel. Just use a little bit of toilet paper so if you’re still dirty, it’s okay. It’s not like your whole rear-end gets soaked, it’s a very thin steam of water that targets just your butthole, with maybe a tiny bit of spray on the surrounding area
I’ve always just scooped water out of the toilet bowl to clean my arse. A bidet seems overkill.
I’ve got one in my apartment unused. Our toilet’s a weird big moulded piece and I couldn’t get to the plastic bolts keeping the seat on…
Not to be a hater but every “what should people buy”-style post has this comment
That’s because I Google this question every day and reply to all of them.
It’s the lord’s work
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Edit: also not sure what the preferred hosting site is, so please let me know if I did a no-no :)
For good reason. We can’t imagine going back to having a dirty asshole and we want you to join us
Lemmy
Problem is that it is aimed at socially awkward and inept individuals who do not like to engage with one another. I try to start conversations but the only reactions I get are from pissy communists
So Reddit except socially inept pissy communists instead of socially inept pissy liberals.
Basically xd
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i mean, the developers are communists (hence why they went with the .ml TLD on their instance), so i think it is a trend that predates any significant reddit migration. also federated social media has kind of always been full of communists and anarchists. i reckon it kind of goes hand in hand with the distrust of the big corpo sites.
anyways, go touch grass, please.
I’ll take communists over nazis any day
I dont want either. Communists always act like they have the high ground but they are just infantile economic idealists with no real plan of action, while ignoring past communist systems or proclaiming “no, that wasn’t true communism”.
FOSS
Many older and/or casual gamers who’ve stopped following gaming and are living under the idiomatic rock would absolutely love a steam deck. And a significant portion of those would find it an upgrade over their laptop for Office and shit.
Old linux gamer here. Got steam deck asap when it came out, because my old tabletop for office and shit had an ssd failure.
Loving it.
Although newest AAA games will be too much for the steam deck quite soon, but as a linux gamer I’ve been without newest AAA games before, so no biggy.
Less hardware demanding indie games are on the rise.
Maybe dumb questions, what is so special about the steam deck? Isn’t is just a portable console like the switch? What makes it so much better than a PC
It is a pc, it’s gaben maintaining your arch. And it has officially supported replacement parts. And the thermals are great and power usage almost optimal. And it’s a kickass console as well that you don’t have to re-buy games for and can run emulators and still use all input as you like.
It is essentially a full fledged PC. It uses the same AMD APU (CPU with built in GPU) as the PS5 and Xbox, has expandable storage. There are other similar and more powerful competitors but the steam deck has the best price and has out of th box support for a shit load of games using Steam. It also user serviceable.
I switched my laptop for a desktop a long time ago since I always work from home anyway, but yesterday I had to go the city my company’s office is in and thought: “I can work with the steam deck for one day”. It worked perfectly well.
Today someone asked me if I was really working on a PSP.
Will a steam deck run Satisfactory? I’m wanting to buy one because it would be great fun to carry a bunch of my games with me.
Before the unreal engine 5 update it ran great. Haven’t tried after, though, could still be ok.
I have a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard setup on my deck to run fps and 4x games, hell most of the games, and satisfactory ran great on the deck(my only reference point is a 5 year old laptop that continues to chug along, satisfactory ran as well, if not better, on the deck than it does on the laptop)
I actually recently got an ROG Ally cause I have prepaid GamePass and felt I was just watching TV instead of playing. I felt so guilty wasting my subscription and watching good games come and go. But once I got the Ally, I’ve been playing more than I ever been since I was a kid. Even when the wife is watching her shows I can just chill with her playing games.
I didn’t even think about how you can “spend” time with others using handhelds. I like this idea :)
Vertical mice. I had occasional wrist pain from using a computer, which was annoying since then I’d had to take a break from the computer for about a day to recover. Got a vertical mouse and haven’t had any issues since. Took maybe a day to get used to it too.
Likewise trackballs. Took me all of a day to get used to using a thumb ball (Logitech MX Ergo), my wrist pain cleared right up and I haven’t looked back.
Yeah, they’re not great for twitch gaming, but on the flip side it’s highly amusing to watch people’s brains crash when they try to push it around like a mouse.
I resorted to using my left hand to control the mouse at work, then revert to my right hand at home
I have been a left hand mouser at work for probably 15-20 years.
An early data entry job made my right wrist prone to soreness from mouse use. I am very much right handed, but left hand mousing 90% of the time feels totally natural now. If I’m at going using the mouse on the right, it’s usually for photo editing or PC games.
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Not exactly sell but Linux tbh. I feel like most people would agree with all the justifications I have but am too drunk to type for not using Microsoft or Apple but simply are not aware of how much these monopolies of the tech market encroach on their privacy. More people need to be aware and take action
And if more people wanted Linux, Linux laptops could actually be a thing sold in normal stores instead of being a niche item only found online. I think a lot of the casual user concerns with Linux stem from lack of OEM support. You have to worry about any particular hardware driver not being supported. Beyond that, Linux vs Windows or OS X work pretty much identical for the average casual user who just wants to browse the web.
Honestly USB C adapters. If you EDC a portable power bank it’s worth looking into a USB C to micro and thunderbolt adapter. It’s a lot easier than carrying around multiple cords and an easy way to help out friends and coworkers.
I think I got mine for a few dollars on Ali Express
Good flashlights. You can get a great one that’s rechargeable and super bright for something like 30€. At the same price you can get a crappy one at your local hardware store which is the options most people choose.
Genuinely curious, because it’s quite apparently about lifestyle in general: how often do you need a flashlight, especially a good/bright one? I mean, a bright one is nice to have, but it’s not like I’d need one. Basically I can understand why people just pick whatever they happen to find from the first store they walk into, and they’re happy with their purchase.
Currently, I don’t even own a flashlight. I rarely need one and when I do, I’ve just used my phone’s flashlight and it’s been just fine for whatever I needed to do.
Literally carry one every day. 90% of the time, when it gets used it’s not a need, but it was really nice to have. If you drop a screw or something small, you can either crawl around looking for it for 5 minutes, or you can shine a flashlight across the floor and see the shadow in 5 seconds.
I watch literal doctors and mechanics try to finagle their phones with the light on into weird places and I have no idea why more people don’t carry a flashlight.
Sure, not everyone needs one, but if your job depends on needing extra light on a regular basis…
Bonus points if you have a flashlight with a beveled edge for self-defense. Good old blind and bash!
Flashlight is essential for winter in rural places, for working on cars or lighting up awkward places. I’d rather put in place a torch or flexi torch and have it fall over instead of my mid range phone which may lead to the screen scratching. Generally too, using my phone where I need a torch simply exposes my phone to risks.
Why this over a phone flashlight
It’s pitch black, below 5c, snowy and windy. I’d much rather fondle my testicles when walking the dog, instead of holding my phone out. Head lamp is the way forward.
Phone flashlights are optimized for photos. They don’t shine very bright for example. You need to see even a good 30€ flashlight. Super bright compared to that. Also if you are in a situation that means you need to have battery on your phone, using the flashlight drains it a lot. Also on some flashlights you can use as a powerbank. For someone living in a city, it’s maybe not it but if you are even a bit remote or like to do hiking or something its super useful. Idk I probably have read too much r/flashlights. It’s like collecting knives man.
I can see that, I just personally never have been in a situation where I felt like I needed one lol. Well, except when I need a flashlight held up and my phone keeps tripping over
My mind was blown when I found this little plastic ball in a sports store which you can put between your back and a wall and you can massage yourself. It works wonders within even seconds of using it. It’s only a few euro and I used to waste hundreds of euro on massages. And you can take it anywhere because it’s small and light.
My doctor prescribed me a lacrosse ball for a bad shoulder once, for exactly what you described. It’s slightly rubbery but really dense, and it’s apparently the perfect thing for tight muscles.
The one I have has soft spikes all over.
Edit: FYI don’t run it over yer spine.
Human meat.
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Insert Frank Reynolds… “I’ve got a guy.”
Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?
This can’t be good, but my first reaction was “oh god, a human egg???”
You can’t beat my meat
It’s pretty mid, beef is better
Just like a nice cut of pork. It takes seasoning well. It’s always about the cut though.
Sugaring over waxing. No infections, way less pain, same smooth results.
This sounds like either fashion advice or cooking advice, and I don’t want to know which is is! I’ll ask the wife if she’s tried “sugaring” over waxing and see how she responds.
It’s skin advice, lol. If you’re looking to rip hair out, sugaring is the far superior choice. I get a Brazilian sugaring done ever 5 weeks, and I pop right out of my appointment without pain or any of the other waxing ill side effects.
Can you do it at home? Or do you need to go to a salon?
I get a Brazilian done, so I go to a professional to do it. I know you can do it at home, and I might try my legs or pits that way. But not a Brazilian, lol. I do know it’s easy to make. Googling how to make it will show lots of results.
Boo bring back 70s muff. Muff is the right stuff.
For some, sure. Not for me.
Why wouldn’t you do a Brazilian at home? I used to do it myself for years, it’s totally doable
Elmlea plant based double cream
We’ve been drinking heavy cream/double cream/whipping cream in our coffee for years but started trying out some plant based alternatives to a lot of our foods a few years ago. The only one we kept going with was this cream. Exact same cost as the dairy version, and tasted exactly the same.
I wish I could speak towards other brands, this was the only one we tried and stuck with it. I think it might be UK only though…
Does it cook the same as regular cream?
We used it for things like cheese sauce. Never tried actually whipping it, but for savory meals it did the trick just right
I used to work in the catering industry and have seen almost every chef use it interchangeably with cream when they needed plant based options. It works great
For anyone in Canada I use Silk Half and Half same kinda idea and tastes like 10% cream to me
The US also has this. It’s delicious.
When I’m at home I can only drink coffee with the Silk, tastes so much better than cream
It’s amazing. When I can’t find the Silk stuff, I get extra creamy oat milk. But a specific store brand. It’s the only other plant milk that has the same texture and creaminess.
Its not the same… nutritionally.
Lots of good micronutrients in cream
Nobody’s eating cream for the micronutrients
Cheap Steam games? Maybe the Steam deck?
Your car’s extended warranty.
I can’t tell if this is memeing, isn’t basically everyone tried to convince them to buy it?
Thanks!
No worries my dude!
I’ve had 2 cars under dealer extended warranty, and both warranties have paid for themselves in double. I wouldn’t get a warranty/insurance outside of the dealer except for expensive electronics.
Truth.
The Truth is hard to find.
