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Every time we try something new, we risk a bad experience. But there is another, less commonly talked about danger, that this new thing will be so good that we now just have to make it a consistent part of our lives. Anything less feels disappointing and downright terrible. 

An internet user wanted to know what things people could not live without after experiencing them just once. Answers ranged from life-changing personal experiences to the comforting utility of a new device. Be sure to upvote your favorites and share your own examples in the comments. 

#1

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once A cat purring and curled up in your lap.

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Christopher Bowers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or on your chest or arm curled up when laying in bed. Always easier to fall asleep at night that way due to the calm soothing vibrations of the purr

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#2

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once A really good mattress. Getting a good night's sleep is one of most important things in life.

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Spencer's slave
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm saving up for an adjustable bed so I can sleep in a zero gravity position to help ease fibro pain.

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#3

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once A dog.

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Tamra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They really are pure little souls, full of love and loyalty. One of the best things in life, for me, is to love and be loved by a dog.

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One of the most popular answers that often gets overlooked due to its less-than-pleasant nature is the bidet. If this is a foreign concept, here is a break explanation, a bidet is a sort of bowl that sprays water upwards, similar to a water fountain, to help wash your nether regions after using the toilet. It originated in the Arab world and can also be often found in Southern Europe, stereotypically in France. 

The name, which like many French words has some annoying silent letters, literally means pony, referring to the way the user “sits” on the equipment before use. While it might seem strange to some readers, as this one internet user said, once you’ve tried it, you’ll never go back. 

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#5

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Air conditioning.
Especially at night, set really low, so you can snuggle up in your bed.
I don’t know how people sleep with temps 80+.

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Whitefox
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do not believe my air conditioner is a worse polluter than the big industrial companies of the world. Thats the line we've been sold to flip the blame. A long time ago bottles were glass and we recycled them back to the producer. Then They washed sterilized them and reused them. Then they discovered single use plastic containers and switched because it was easier/ cheaper for them. Then these bottles started causing problems because they were being thrown away instead of reused. The big companies blamed it on the public and washed their hands of the issue.

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#6

Books.

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One direction addict
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Couldn't agree more. Just finished a book called under the whispering door. It's about a dead guy realizing he's dead and falling in love as a ghost

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Further on the topic of hygiene, wet wipes or baby wipes are often overlooked despite their great effectiveness at cleaning most regular household messes. Most things need liquid to be dislodged, but a wet surface will quickly disintegrate paper towels and similar items unless you use them en masse. Wet wipes, pound for pound are probably significantly more efficient. The only downside is that many people will flush them, creating sewer blockages called fatbergs.

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#8

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Daytime nap. Seriously,I am addicted to it.

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Sassawrasse
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm either 3 hours with existential confusion for the rest of the day or I end up waking up at 3am.

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#9

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Blackout curtains for me. The noise-cancelling headphones of light.

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Take me to dinner first
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't sleep with blackout curtains because they make me believe it's 3am when in reality it's 9am and i'm late for work.

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In general, many responses were focused on household items that gave a bit more utility than it might seem on the surface. We are, after all, creatures of convenience. And one good example of this is the rice cooker. In theory, all you need to cook rice is a vessel, heat, and water. But in much of the world, cooking rice never goes beyond some boiling water and a packet. Making anything more complicated, such as sticky rice or rice pudding requires additional equipment, skill, and time. But a rice cooker solves all that and is very common in parts of the world where rice is a staple. 

#10

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once GPS. I can’t navigate to save my life so it’s a godsend for me.

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Robert T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to manage perfectly well without it, but I now use it even on journeys I know, as the live traffic information makes a huge difference.

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#12

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Fast internet.

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Robert T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always felt constrained by whatever internet connection I had in recent years, until about 10 years ago when I got fibre to cabinet (street cabinet, the last bit is still over copper) which gives 80 meg down, 20 up, and I can live with that. There aren't that many things that I download that are over a gig, and it still only takes minutes to pull those. I still can't get anything better, as full fibre is only just starting to roll out round here.

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One netizen mentioned a decent income, which most will no doubt heavily agree with. Obviously, being rich is probably nicer than being poor, but just having enough already brings a myriad of psychological benefits. As common sense as it sounds, science states that worrying about finances is the first step to constant emotional distress, which considerable mental and physical health risks. Stress is pretty bad for us, after all. 

#13

Having sex with someone that’s in tune with your body. My husband knows exactly how to touch me and I can’t imagine having sex with someone else.

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#14

A good, sharp, kitchen knife.

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Gizmo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's worth the money for a good set of kitchen knives. Throw in a decent sharpener for good measure.

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#15

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Sugar. Been trying to live without it but damn, it's more addicting than drugs.

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Xenia Harley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try allulose. It's a natural sugar, no side effects like sugar substitutes. It doesn't make your blood sugar spike. I have been using it a few months and finally started to lose weight!

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Ultimately, we do like our habits and don’t like to change routines. So if we get used to a certain comfort, it can be hard to live without it. It’s the same with a lot of emotions, leaving safety and security behind is not just difficult, but often deeply stressful. This fear can even prevent some people from ever trying something new or breaking out of their comfort zone. But, as the many examples here demonstrate, just outside of your safety there might be something life-changing. Even if it’s just unlimited data.

#16

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once A bidet.

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Was gonna say the same. I explain to people that once you use one, you'll feel like a peasant when you wipe your a** with TP.

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Phobrek
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Way better for your health and cleanliness and you don't need some standalone bidet. You can get a fixture for your toilet for <$50 and install it in 15 minutes.

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#18

Garlic.

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Jods
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today I am having a treat for tea. Garlic butter with way too many cloves of garlic and crusty bread torn into chunks to dip in the garlic butter. The cats can’t talk so they can’t complain.

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#19

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Internet.

I've been on it for so long, that I can't breathe without it. I just need that reach into the other world since the real one sucks.

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Susan Robinson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kids today will never know the struggle of using a card catalog to write a research paper. When I graduated college, they had just wired the dorms for Ethernet! OH! And having dial-up internet 🛜

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#20

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Unlimited data on your phone plan; you don’t realize the kind of prison you’re in without it.

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Ample Aardvark
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's the other way around, if I'm out, unless I need to look up directions or contact someone, my phone is just a glorified watch. I have a 6Gb data plan and most months I don't even use 10% of it. Ok, I don't go out much.

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#21

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Baby wipes. Damn, they are good at cleaning up so many things! The kids are 10 and 15 now and we still buy them by the case. Clean the counters, clean your shoes, get stains out of your clothes, bring them with you when you go eat ribs. Better than a napkin. Clean the table. Clean the desk. Clean the island. Wipe up the spill.

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#22

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Cruise control on a car, when driving a long distance.

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Robert T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless it is adaptive, it would be a pain these days as there is too much traffic on the roads. I long for the days when I could do 300 miles without having to change speed.

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#23

Caffeine.

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Joey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I stop drinking the coffee, I'll stop doing the standing, walking and words putting into sentence doing.

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#24

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Air Fryer.

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Ozymandias73
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES!!! When I first got mine, I told EVERYBODY they needed to get one! I use it for so many different things! The versatility is remarkable!

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#25

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Filtered water. Bought a Brita when I got my house, can't stand the taste of tap water now. But filtered? Love it.

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Jods
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But the price of new filters! The price increases we’re seeing in groceries and pet food I simply cannot justify buying them for my Brita jug.

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#27

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Reasonable exercise.

If you're going crazy and overexerting yourself, yeah I think that puts a lot of people off exercising at all because you're doing more than your current level of fitness can handle, but once you start doing regular low-impact exercise appropriate to your level of fitness like walking or swimming you realise you feel so much better doing it and so much worse/less energetic when you don't for a day.

I'm going through this realisation right now.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I need a personal trainer to come to my house, hold a gun to my head, and tell me to run for my life, because that is the only way anyone could probably get me to exercise.

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#28

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once For me, it’s noise-canceling headphones.

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mooshoflove
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't do it... Too paranoid .. always need at least one ear without a headphone..

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#29

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Hygiene products that work well for you specifically instead of just using whatever. My hair is so much better since I made a point to use the right type of shampoo and conditioner for me.

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#30

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once I bought a $90 "beauty pillow" that encourages back sleeping or lets you side sleep in a way that doesn't smoosh your face. I am a vain b***h and I take that thing on all my trips. My weird forehead wrinkles disappeared.

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Noname
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bought satin pillowcases and it has helped my wrinkles and skin tone immensely!

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#31

Being bilingual. I live in Canada, my native language is French (Acadian, not Quebec), my education is French, but the entire damned city is English along with most of the rest of the province except for a bit of Cape Breton and Clare on the souther shore. I learned English when I moved to Halifax at age 4, and now, I can communicated with *checks list* f*****g everyone in the country.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even better when multilingual. I speak 6 languages and enjoy so much switching from one to another.

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#32

Listening to music.

Started listening to music in 1997, on my grandmother's small tv screen, watching MTV music videos then later on at home with a player, then a discman, then the first iPod, several other mp3 players and since 2016 with my Spotify account.

I can't not listen to music, I discover new songs everyday and rediscovered others like lately : LMFAO songs.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At the peak of itunes, if I put every single piece of music I had on a playlist, it would play for TWO WEEKS without repeating anything. I try not to think of how much money I spent in those years of buying absurd amounts of classical music and metal albums.

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#33

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Quality underwear / socks.

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#34

Actual fresh fish.. which you have never had from the grocery store.. worked on boats and had cod haddock etc that never touched a freezer... omg.. i almost wish i didnt know this.. because i can never again eat grocery store fish.. it's so gross and tasteless !

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Spencer's slave
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! Popping down to the wharf 5 minutes away and catching dinner or fresh scallops during the season.

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#35

Ive been taking more vitamin d, with magnesium and vitamin k2 beforehand to help absorption, took away my lumbar back pain entirely.

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#36

Warm slippers.

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#37

Heated car seats.

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I live in Florida and thought I'd never use them. Then I discovered that you can turn your passenger seat warmer on to keep your fast food hot. Never going back.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS!! I am so excited to be buying a new car next week from my uncle that I could never afford if I had to pay retail. It has heated and cooled seats, leather, huge moonroof-I cannot wait!!

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#39

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Recliner lounges. My housemate had one and it’s ruined me forever.

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Ample Aardvark
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have two and I never use the recline as I'm terrified the cat will get trapped/hurt in the mechanism

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#40

A fully adjustable bed. Sleeping flat is for the peasants lmao.

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Susan Green
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband and I bought a king size temper pedic mattress with an adjustable base. I no longer wake up with any back pain.

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#41

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Video games.

Started in 1983 before I had reliable memories of anything. It's been a daily obsession since then.

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#42

YouTube premium.
Ads suck and unlike ad blocker, this still supports the creators.

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Joi Cain
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does it bother anyone else that some of the videos sneak in 90 second ads by the hosts? I'm growing increasingly resentful about it.

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#43

Business Class "pod" air travel. If you're stepping on a plane and turning right, it's going to be a long day.

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Max Fox
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The main reason is being able to lie down to sleep. For flights of fewer than 5 hours, I couldn't care less, so long as my kindle or laptop re charged. I'm not tall, so I fit comfortably in most airline seats.

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#44

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Smartphone. I had a dumb flip-phone for way too long.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, a couple of years ago, I would have agreed. But... Since being diagnosed with cancer, priorities change. It is a giant waste of what little time I have left.

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#45

Mechanical keyboards.

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SkekVi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my god yes. I keep breaking mine though or getting duds. :\ I type 90wpm so the membrane ones quickly f$%& up.

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#46

A truck.

I’m a newish homeowner that doesn’t often ask for help and the truck is super handy.

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Xenia Harley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have horses, so especially would love one! Maybe my next vehicle, but totally agree.

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#47

snow tires. Finally had enough to buy them last year, and it's a game changer.

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#48

Zojirushi rice cooker. I eat perfectly cooked rice every day now.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also have one and love it! Perfect brown rice and also great for steel-cut oats. Living at high altitude where water boils at 198F (92C) which makes cooking anything with boiling water somewhat challenging.

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#49

Slurpee’s, I made it over 32 years of existence without one, and then one day a disc golf bet was made for a slurpee which lead to having one and now I’m hooked.

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Sassawrasse
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never got them past childhood until I was in my mid 30s. They are now a summertime road trip requirement.

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#50

Five meals a day.

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Robert T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why stop at five? Breakfast, elevenses, lunch, threesies, tea and supper. :D

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#51

My industrial strength hair dryer.

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#52

Good makeup.

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#53

Name brand Kraft Mac n cheese.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I stir Trappey’s Red Devil hot sauce into mine. It's a mellow children’s-strength blast of Cajun deliciousness that gets absorbed into the melted cheese

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#55

I don't know about "can't live without", but I always make spaghetti using Filipino Sweet Spaghetti Sauce now. It is just so much better than the normal, Italian spaghetti sauce. If I am outside my home and get offered "regular" spaghetti sauce I will eat it, but in my home, only Filipino Spaghetti sauce for the past 2 years.

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TigerLily
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"It is just so much better than the normal, Italian spaghetti sauce." that's a bold statement

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#56

"It's Ruined Me Forever": 30 People Share What They Became Obsessed With Once They'd Tried It Once Airpods.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was skeptical till I discovered I can listen to someone rambling on a telesales call while typing and doing my work without having to sit like a muppet holding my phone against my head for an hour AND without getting spaghetti cable effect in my bag.

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#57

OLED TV.

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