What are some of the best purchases of your life?

erik111189@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 574 points –

For me it has to be:

  1. Helix mattress ($1,217). Sleep is great.
  2. Home gym power cage & weights (~$1,000). Look good, feel good, get strong.
  3. Netgear Nighthawk AXE7800 ($339). No more random, annoying internet disconnects/slowness.
  4. Books ($0 @ library)
    • "Ultralearning" - Scott Young (how to learn efficiently)
    • "Enlightenment Now" - Steven Pinker (the world overall is improving)
    • "The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing" - Taylor Larimore (how to invest)
  5. PS5 ($500). So many great games like witcher 3, god of war, spiderman.

I'm searching for some more deep value purchases. Give me what you've got.

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It's funny how every time someone asks this question there's at least one guy in the comments praising their rice cooker, lol

No joke. Every time someone comes in praising their $200+ Zojirushi rice cooker telling me how if I really liked rice I would see the light.

No fool. My in-laws are rice farmers. The $15 rice cookers are fine (ok. They’re probably $30 at this point).

Also, reheating rice is not going to poison you.

Fr. I have one of the cheapest, simplest rice cookers and it's never failed me. Perfect rice every time, simple load, turn on and forget. My brother has gone through at least 3 of those stupid fancy "smart" ones. I don't know why they need to overcomplicate something as simple as "cooking rice."

That might have been me with another name on Reddit, lol. I stand by this appraisal, it's solid.