I have a lap cat so I get lots of cat-in-lap time 🐱
No human had a hot shower before a hundred years ago and now I have at least one a day
Lawn. I have a lawn. Just grass. Takes water and space. Makes a little O2 and that’s it.
FWIW, I’m trying to get rid of it. Plans to build a solar array in the back yard, cover the patio with a greenhouse that connects the house to the garage, side yard is going to be raised planters, and the front is going to be mostly wildflowers with some small pathways and nooks for reading and relaxing. I’d like to get it to the point where I can “mow” the whole property with just a string trimmer.
A back yard lawn (and a deck in our case) is a luxury for sure. I really like having a big fenced-in area where the dogs can run around and get some good exercise even on days when we can’t walk them. We traded a more urban life for things like that, although we’re still relatively close to town. We also have a dog door, which, again, an absurd luxury but I really never want to live anywhere without a backyard and a dog door again if I can help it.
Yeah, I’m going native yard now with a small hidden garden as well. Lawns aren’t the symbol they used to be.
I put my AC on 16C and wear sweaters.
Love doing this
Reduced work hours and work from home with good salary.
I sit in the back of my car in the parking ramp on my lunch break, throw my Nintendo Switch on a seatback headrest mount, and play Diablo II like I’m flying first class. First time I’ve ever had something with 4 doors and I’m using every damn door
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. I will try to emulate your good example
It’s ok Nintendo, calm down, he didn’t mean that kind.
Wake up at 11:30am - 12:00 every day.
I HATE when I sleep in that late, ugh.
I have a lot of kids and I work hard at being a good dad so I get a lot of hugs and occasional unprompted “love you”. That is the truest luxury to me.
Oh man, as a new-ish parent I’m starting to get those sudden out of the blue hugs and cuddles and they’re amazing. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me that my kid would love me but it’s like an instant shot of dopamine every time.
Congratulations. :) You’ve many more to come (hugs that is lol).
The best are the random ones when you’ve had a bad day like we all occasionally do. It all just melts away. Enjoy!
Day AND night moisturizer for my face and eyes feels pretty absurd and with inflation over the last four years is entering what I consider to be luxury territory for my budget.
But, I love taking care of my skin and looking nice, and my face feels amazing after applying the moisturizer, so whatever.
What moisturizer(s) do you use? Just curious!
My day regimen is:
Neutrogena Mens 3-in-1 Face Lotion and RoC eye cream
Night regimen is:
IFUDOIT Retinol Cream and Era Organics Eye Cream
And I keep a bottle of Ceravie with 30 SPF on my desk to use when I take the dogs out for walks. It works really well if you’re consistent. I am in my 40’s but get mistaken for early 30’s all the time.
Can it be biological? I’m approaching 40 and I’ve been asked to show ID buying alcohol until I got fed up and grew some beard… I don’t use this kind of products, I’m happy to live with just soap and shampoo and when it’s reeeeeealy hot outside and I just need to go out for long period of time I use whatever sunscreen I can find.
Yes, part of it’s biological too, no doubt.
Apple Vision Pro headset. It’s way too expensive but the quality is so damn amazing. I’m a VR developer so I appreciate its power.
Developing for a whole two hours at a time! Or can you run it without battery?
You can leave it plugged in. Remember, this an absurd luxury!
Oh heck, that was incorrect in the reviews! That makes it actually useful!
I get to work from home every day, and so does my wife.
We each have our office space so we can work in peace but at any point in the day we can just have a chat, we can have lunch together, we can have our evening planned and be out of the door at 5pmIt’s just all so much better than the old office-based life
Nothing about that is absurd
It would be if you had this exact same scenario 5 years ago. It’s absurd if you remember what it was like before, and it highlights how absurd return to office mandates are.
You could even, oh my god, have a hug or touch her nose.
Boop!
see some of that ankle
You saw ankle bone? You got some ankle cleavage, you dirty devil, eh?
…good height !
Like five niiiine!
heheh
I take almost 30 minutes to make 2 eggs some mornings, but they’re perfectly cooked and wonderful.
I eat as many lobsters and crabs as I want, and it’s a lot.
why is a cat in your lap an absurd luxury?
I guess in the same vein, my dogs sitting in my lap
WFH.
Air conditioning, indoor and safe plumbing/water supply, Internet to name a few
Those are all absurd luxuries? Not luxuries but absurd luxuries?
Well, that depends. If you’re talking amongst my own country (the US)? No, probably not. If you’re talking compared globally? I’d argue yes.
Growing up in the Midwest of America I took AC for granted. Pretty much every home and shop had AC, and if it didn’t there were at least window units. Moving to the Pacific Northwest with a more mild climate almost no one had AC, and it’s just normal not to have it.
Until the heatwave a few years ago that melted power lines I didn’t care, but I realized it was a safety issue and had a heat pump installed. That’s when I realized it’s a luxury. Almost $10,000 to get it integrated with my existing HVAC.
It’s wild, it’s definitely a luxury that most people just assume is normal. You have to go somewhere that doesn’t have it to truly appreciate what it does and how much it costs.
Native midwesterner living in SoCal, and these shithole window A/C units have me at my wit’s end. This is the technology state?
Also, natives here have no concept of closing doors after themselves when entering a place with heat or A/C. I get it that we grew up with this but is it hard to figure out later on in life or something?
