Bananas. I keep saying I need to quit buying them but for some reason I keep buying and then not eating them.
Steam games on sale.
You’re not wrong but you don’t have to say such hurtful things
A fire extinguisher. I’m glad I’ve never had to use it so far…
Life insurance.
For me it’s car insurance—I’ve never had a claim but I pay for decent coverage.
High deductible health insurance
Bread, dear lord the bread.
I always need it the day after I throw it, which was already a few days past the expiry date in the fridge.
Freeze it. Toast as needed.
It you only rarely eat bread: Cut it up at put it in the freezer. Whenever you need a couple slices it’s easy to break off however many you need and pop them in a toaster for a couple minutes. If you’re packing a lunch you don’t even need the toaster, just make the lunch with frozen slices and they’ll be thawed in a couple hours :)
Keeping the bread in the fridge was your first mistake
The expiry date is for keeping on the counter also, if it’s not moldy just eat it…
Oh don’t worry, I make sure to throw it only after I say hi to the mold.
My wife’s deodorant.
My wife’s tampons.
I actually carry tampons when I go out into the field. They come in handy if someone gets hurt and you need to stop the bleeding.
Just to put this out there, because it was discussed in a recent first aid course I attended. This is coming from experienced emergency care specialists and paramedics, not me. Don’t use regular tampons to treat nasal bleeding. Use purpose made nasal tampons. Unless you can apply direct pressure to the nasal tissue inside you head, regular tampons will only pool blood, cause clots to accumulate and risk asphyxiation or lodged clots to get infected way too close to the brain—or worse, lung infections from aspirated blood.
For what they are, menstrual tampons aren’t actually that useful or absorbent. But absorbent is not something you want when treating wounds anyways. You want to stop the bleeding, not just to absorb the blood leaving the body, so what you actually need is to apply pressure on wounds. They also rip away the clotted tissue when removed, restarting the bleeding all over again.
Tampons are a quirky anecdote from those unprepared. But if you are taking the time to prepare then gauze, and cotton or muslin triangular bandages are far more versatile and useful for actual first aid.
For world leaders: A Nuclear Arsenal
Cheap trash earplugs at concerts.
Nowadays I have a good pair that I bring with me, but if the foamy yellow ones are the only ones available I’ll buy them and within minutes pull them out to be able to hear anything except the person behind me butchering the lyrics straight into my ear.
This way I can hear the music at the concert, and my worsening tinnitus the rest of my life. Win win.
Do you have any recommendations for a good pair of earplugs?
Go to a hearing aid shop. They usually also have something lile that for ear protection.
Else research the peak and mid volume db expected of the venue you typically visit and ahop hearing protection accordingly.
Those medicine for cuts, they always end up expiring since it’s easier to just put my hand in running water and apply soap.
Life insurance?
Well, you do use it, but just the one time.
Won’t your relative use it, but not you?
Advice
Assurances.
Tampons
For family?
My free bleeders in the housee
Monthly subscription to Netflix.
