bidet - never had one, so can live just fine without an amenity I don't use anywaycoffee maker - see above, use French Press dailymicrowave - I use this several times a week, but ours died during the early part of the pandemic and we had to wait some time for a new one, wasn't as hard to live without as I might have imaginedvideo game console - speaking for myself, I only have time to play about once a month anyway, wouldn't kill me to not have one; my son might feel differently about his Switch though
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
what would you say is your significantly indispensable modernity device?
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
I would probably say, regrettably, my smartphone, as I imagine most might say.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
microwave is probably more useful, but I can't let my coffee maker go
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:21 (two years ago) link
also I don't own a bidet and don't really play video games these days
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
There are other ways to get all the benefits of each, so I can imagine life without any of them. Or all of them.
For convenience I would say the coffee maker would be hardest to do without. Because yes, there are other ways to make and consume coffee, but they're definitely inconvenient workarounds, comparatively speaking.
I've never used a bidet or video game console but even if I did, I know that showers exist, as do computer and phone games.
My only regular uses for the microwave are things like boiling water or melting butter and cheese, all of which are decently easy to do with a conventional stove.
― you can ameliorate any goat you show (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
bidet - don't have one, never used onecoffee maker - don't have one, never used onemicrowave - don't have one, have had them in the past and it's changed my eating habits a little to not have one anymore but not a big dealvideo game console - i have a bunch of these now that i live alone and have my own tv/living room, but got by fine with just a midrange PC and lower spec games for many years and could do it again if i had to. still the easy pick of these
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
-Don't own a bidet despite all the pro-bidet sentiment these days-Didn't own a microwave for years, now we have one in the basement for small tasks like thawing frozen bagels before toasting, and warming bakery items-Not considering an Aeropress or Chemex a machine, and I could do without the drip coffee maker if necessary
-Going video game console, since it's become the most reliable way to completely distract/absorb my brain for (ideally) short periods of time
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 2 December 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
come on just about everyone has a standing bidet in the bathroom - they just don't know it yet! Never had a coffee maker or a microwave oven and as for the PS4 nobody uses it. But that might change now I've recently moved it to my desk after discovering I can plug it into my pc monitor, although I have a crap game collection because I went for the games that I thought the kid would like and got it all badly wrong.
― calzino, Thursday, 2 December 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
Haven’t owned a microwave in 10 years
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 2 December 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
console by miles and miles and miles
― huile about oeuf (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 December 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
smartphone vs coffee would be interesting I would think
― calstars, Thursday, 2 December 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
or coffee vs alcohol
― calstars, Thursday, 2 December 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
I hate the whole concept of microwave ovens, but now they've invented something even more pointless and probably with a teflon cooking surface - the air cooker. I mean why? Just a completely unnecessary product design solution for a completely non-existent question that no fucker ever asked.
― calzino, Thursday, 2 December 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
lol why not invent an air bidet?
― calzino, Thursday, 2 December 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
i'm team bidet btw, made the transition during covid and am angry it took me so long to understand the benefits. and i say this as a video game nerd! (non-coffee drinker, losing a microwave would be a serious detriment in my life)
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 December 2021 21:44 (two years ago) link
air bidet sounds like a nathan for you concept or some sort of new hipster band a'la "wet leg"
Don't have a bidet and I drink instant coffee. I do use the microwave a fuck of a lot but I only got one in the last 5 years and managed fine without it before, and tbh getting rid of it would probably make me healthier in relying less on shit ready meals. I could live without a console (as long as I could still play games on my laptop, anyway) but it's easily my top priority to keep out of the four options.
― emil.y, Friday, 3 December 2021 01:24 (two years ago) link
I have none of those things except a smallish Bialetti moka pot which I use from time to time to make cafe americano
Got no real dog in this fite
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 3 December 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
the microwave is by far the most essential of these to me, I use it every day to reheat leftovers. I could do without a coffee maker. the others are just affectations
― Dan S, Friday, 3 December 2021 01:38 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 23 December 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
I only have two of these
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 23 December 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
i wish i had a bidet, i want a clean butt
i wish i used a non-shitty coffee making process but all i got is the machine that makes hella cups, can’t live without that thing
microwaves suck and i actively wish i didn’t have one
forgot what the fourth option was already
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 December 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
oh video games
listen. i used to love video games but now i watch longplays (without commentary) of games that i wish i had played instead and it’s about as satisfying
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 December 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
as someone who has suffered from agonising haemorrhoids in the past. My arsehole get's the Sistine Chapel frescoes treatment in my "bidet" oh yes!
― calzino, Thursday, 23 December 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
bidet, hands down. the day we got ours was the day my life changed
― donna rouge, Thursday, 23 December 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
i misread bidet as biden. he was the first to go.
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 23 December 2021 01:02 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 24 December 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link