I always dreamed of having a fast food pop machine in my house as a kid. It took me about a year of owning a SodaStream as an adult to realize that I do own a slower and smaller scale pop machine and I can make as much pop as I want.
whats your dumb purchases?
Submitted 7 hours ago by QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
jqubed@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Does it taste different than what you get in cans/bottles for home use?
Taldan@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Yeah, it tastes pretty different. It’s either the carbonation or the fact each SodaStream is haunted by the thousands of people killed and displaced for them to put a factory in the West Bank. 50/50 on which is a bigger factor
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
A little bit. The carbonation and syrup amount changes each time you make it. But overall it’s the same idea.
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
If you want it to taste as close to identical as possible, you can usually find name brand bag in box syrups if you search around. So I guess in theory you should be able to get the same taste as real fountain soda. Idk how that compares to bottled though. I had a box of dr pepper syrup which made great tasting dr pepper.
pebbles@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Wayyyyyyy too much tea
knight_alva@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Espresso machine A nice double boiler one
Triumph@fedia.io 6 hours ago
I bought an old pachislo machine from a garage sale because ... I'm not real sure, but I have one of those now.
nailingjello@lemmy.zip 26 minutes ago
Looks fun. How much was it?
Triumph@fedia.io 2 minutes ago
$75, and it works. Well ... worked, it's being weird now, but I'm sure it's mechanical, I just haven't gotten to looking at it.
wjrii@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Despite the site screaming left and right that one should not count on a proper keyboard’s worth of keycaps at all, much LESS a matching set, and despite years of forum and reddit posts declaring their underwhelming nature, I still bought a 5-pound (2.27kg) sack of random keycaps from Signature Plastics in Washington state.
I just have to know, and I’m kind of unironically looking forward to sorting them like so many Lego bricks. I may even get a few that are useful for my projects.
batmaniam@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Surely there’s enough for a macro pad in there? It’s like the makers version of a scratch off lotto ticket lmfao
wjrii@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Most likely, yes. I think most people do end up finding one or two smaller boards’ worth of “unicorn barf,” which is to say everything is the right shape and 95-99% have the right thing written on them, but the colors are totally random and visually jarring. I also have a few ideas that might benefit from some of the weirder caps, (like a big square that uses four keybaord switches… people seem to end up with some of those) and occasionally you’ll land on something that someone in the hobby actually does need and you can help them out. A lot of it is simply indulging a certain need to examine and categorize.
craigers@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
A switch 2. No regrets on that fat PP tho love that thing.
toeblast96@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
salty licorice😈
FancyLad@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Self-balancing electric vehicle gang! I have a VESC onewheel build and it’s the best waste of money ever.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
those are so much money, I’m so jealous lol
I just got mine for 350 off Facebook marketplaceFancyLad@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You can do a vesc conversion on the cheap, there are kits out there. I spent two years amassing parts for my build and it made me feel like Tony Stark putting it together (and it worked).
wjrii@lemmy.world 22 minutes ago
That fat PP looks a little on the short side.