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What object that you recently had bought really love?

I don't have much, but I REALLY love my bomber jacket that I bought a year ago, looks good and makes me look good, I think.

Edit: after 2 edits that title still needs adjustments...

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  • I had to buy a handful of components so I guess it counts

    Built my first PC recently. Mostly it's my wife's old components after a few years of upgrades stuffed into a new case, but it's new to me. Pretty much just had to buy the case, a hard drive, PSU, CPU cooler, and a couple fans.

    It's not a powerhouse by modern standards (though it was pretty beefy for its time when my wife first built it) with a pre-ryzen amd CPU, and a 970, but it's still running most of what I've been throwing at it (it helps that most of my steam library is 10+ years old)

    We're a little short on space in our house, nowhere to squeeze in another desk for a computer so I built it in a HTPC case and I've been gaming on our 70" TV with surround sound with our hue lights synced up to it, and it's been pretty sweet, and astonishingly it hasn't burst into flames from being crammed in my entertainment center with limited airflow.

    It's nice to be back to PC gaming, and I'm having almost as much fun tinkering with it and getting everything set up how I want it. Still a couple more tweaks to make, gotta figure out how I want to set up KODI, need to get a decent wireless keyboard and mouse, maybe a couple more controllers, find a way to enable HDMI CEC control so I don't need to fiddle with the PC and receiver volume separately, etc. and then maybe some more upgrades when budget allows

  • I recently got a molcajete (Mexican mortar and pestle) I didn’t know I needed but making guacamole with it is much more fun than using a bowl and fork.

    Can also be used as a fidget toy by idly grinding some rice in it.

  • I bought/built a PC. It's my first custom build, and my first personal Linux system. I've turned it into a sort of glorified Steam Deck with Bazzite. The specs are absolutely topped out, and it runs excellent. I got a nice keyboard to go with it (my first linear), and I'm very happy with the setup overall.

    Samsung 65" 4k120 OLED TV

    Ryzen 9 9950X

    Radeon RX 7900 XTX

    4TB SSD

    64GB RAM

    Corsair K100/Nightsword RGB

    FiiO K7 4.4mm -> Hifiman HE1000s

    The next big step is to get a Retrotink 4K, and get some retro consoles hooked up with a beautiful CRT filter. Essentially, I'll turn the TV into a bigger, thinner and more versatile Trinitron, with all of the benefits and none of the downsides.

    All in the living room. It's a killer social environment. Wait until the hookah comes..

  • Glow in the dark dbrand skin. I can draw dongs on the back of my laptop with light...

    Worth every dollar

  • Re: your edit, what you want is: “What recent purchase do you really love?”

    But it could be worded a number of ways.

    Mine is a quantity of One Piece trading cards cause they’re fun to look at.

    More practical: a split sprayer / pouring oil dispenser for cooking oil

  • A new chair, I had a gaming chair that killed my butt and back (was cheap and had it for 6 years) now I got a true ergonomic chair, and wow! I didn't think the difference would be as big as it is. I didn't want to sit by my computer because of the old chair. This one follows my body movement in the back so I can stretch and move without feeling restricted.

    Here is a link to it, but I bought mine from a refurbish store that fix up office furnitures from companies and resell them so I got it for less than half the price and it is like new. https://www.steelcase.com/products/office-chairs/think/

    • Crandall?

      • No, but Crandall have it without the headrest for the same price. I am still contemplating if I like the headrest or not.

        Crandall seem to have a lot of nice reviews so they seem like a good pick.

  • I've bought a few things recently, but one that really sparks joy is a 3DConnexion space mouse. Bit of a learning curve, but now that I'm used to it, the QoL improvement in navigation while 3d modeling is huge.

  • Just recently got a hair band to help me keep back my long hair. I was originally using my over the ear headphones, but decided I need something dedicated to it. My mom, thinking she'd help, sent me some stuff that I was absolutely not interested in, like some sort of beanie hat thing or sports men's camp headband thing, trying to be helpful, but I just ended up getting a Camila Paris headband that I really like.

  • An RG35XXSP. Basically an emulator in the style of a GBA SP. I've had other handheld emulators before but I like the style of this one with KNULLI.

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