What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected? - eviltoast

I bought a piece of 1.5 inch stiff foam to try to fix a sag in a bed. It didn’t work but having that thick piece of solid foam around has been a life saver.

Need something flat to put a laptop on? Throw it on the foam. Going to be doing something that requires you to be on your knees for a while? Get the foam!

It went from stupid purchase to something I’d gladly replace if it broke.

  • TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have small ear canals and can’t use most ear plugs and ear buds because they just push out of my ears, and if they do manage to stay I can feel it constantly pushing outwards on my ear and it starts to hurt pretty quickly. No one else in my house has this problem. I would absolutely say ear canals are different enough that there cannot be a catch-all solution so they just have to go with average range. I’m sure if I got custom plugs it would be different, but anything off the shelf is not going to work for my baby ears.

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      1 year ago

      Not for plugs, but check out bone conduction headphones for a listening alternative to over ear headphones. They just cut your ear canal out of the equation entirely.

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        1 year ago

        Holy crap that is amazing! Headphones/earbuds are a big issue for me, partly since I am allowed to listen at work, but I am not allowed to have over ears, but especially since most ear buds cause great pain and inevitable eat infections for me. Thank you so much!

        Update: I ordered a pair to try. Twisted my rubber arm.

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      1 year ago

      Hah well, yeah, for sure for you the custom ones would make even more sense than for me, if you use earplugs enough.

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      1 year ago

      Not trying to be funny, have you tried actual children’s ear plugs? Or are those too small?

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      1 year ago

      thing is, i thought this was the case for me too! but pulling on the ear while inserting the plugs completely solved the issue.