• Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    The toilet. Lost count of the number of times this has saved me from getting dysentery or something and it’s so convenient when it just pushes the shit away from my house and I never have to see or smell it again. I almost feel bad that I repay it for all its done by repeatedly shitting in it.

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    1 day ago

    My field recorder! Chilling after band practice right now, and being able to clearly listen back to my jams has been invaluable in progressing my musicianship.

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      Same! Mine’s smart, entertaining, manages my social life, probably contributes more to society than I ever will and on top of that, for reasons that still escape explanation, actually wants to have sex with me which is probably the only reason I never turned into an incel. She is easily the best thing in this house, myself included.

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        23 hours ago

        Right there with you. She’s amazing. Plans all our trips. Organizes the kids. Lets me do the things I do best. Perfect travel buddy. To wives!🍻

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    The answer is electricity. It’s so useful, we take it for granted. Your phones, computers and laptops are not useful if you can’t power them.

    I’ll give the people on the dunny their due: toilet paper is still useful in a room without electricity.

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      2 days ago

      Is it the 40 pound box of cake mix that kills? Or is the person hucking the 40 pound box of cake mix?

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    2 days ago

    gotta be either the tiny computer i’m typing this on, or the large, sturdy, wooden stick in the corner. if i had to pick to keep just one though, it’d be the phone. a sturdy stick has a million and one uses, but it’s also fairly easily replaceable.

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    3 days ago

    My cat. Everything else in my room brings me either misery or a feeling of meh. Cat brings joy, which is difficult for me to obtain.

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          3 days ago

          Toilets are effective at pushing shit, piss and vomit into the sewer while preventing sewer gases from entering your home, and they also double as chairs when not in excremental use. You can also use a toilet to repair the mental defects of a billionaire if you drop it from high enough, I don’t think toilet paper functions in that way.

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              3 days ago

              Uh, yeah, but, ACKSHOO-UHLEE you’re both wrong.

              The floor, walls, and ceiling of that room provide you with protection from the elements.

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                Edit:stupid carriage return formatting

                For me, at least, the walls and ceiling just trap heat

                (10pm w/ fans downstairs used as intake)