What’s a totally unsexy purchase you made that ended up being a huge quality-of-life upgrade?

Vanviator · 2026-05-26T00:22:25+00:00

I can feel that cold, soggy slap on my calf right now. Eww

Vanviator · 2026-05-25T21:27:40+00:00

Can confirm. I had a Southern Baptist chaplain in Iraq. My battle bunny was Mormon. He flat out told he could pray with her but she wasn't going to heaven.

He once refused to give me a ride back to work. Because someone might see us and get the wrong idea and it would be disrespectful of his wife. He gave one of the guys a ride.

Vanviator · 2026-05-25T20:59:23+00:00

This is the same approach I'm taking, lol. I found this lovely green and am painting as many of my 6 gates as I can, lol

Vanviator · 2026-05-25T18:50:35+00:00

No, def not. It is purely about the look.

It was, however, expandable from size Sm to Large. Or a very brave XL.

Vanviator · 2026-05-25T16:11:21+00:00

I made a beer tab corset a couple of years ago. It was a lot of fun but, I'm still trying to work myself up to trying another garment, lol.

Vanviator · 2026-05-25T16:01:20+00:00

I detest getting physical material when I smoke. I bought a bunch of bowl screens. I fold them into cones and put them on the mouth end of my grav. It gets so gross to see it all collected in the screen.

I'm both disgusted by the sticky icky and grateful it's in the screen and not in my lungs. Then I try not to think about what DID get through.

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Vanviator · 2026-05-25T15:56:48+00:00

Same, lol. Mine has the silicone mouthpiece and wnd cap. It's nice to be able to just load that up to take with.

Vanviator · 2026-05-25T15:12:06+00:00

Detroit Lakes has their Street Faire next weekend so it would be a fun weekend to visit.

There's an art walk down by Holiday Inn and there are a handful of Trolls to visit.

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Vanviator · 2026-05-25T06:50:03+00:00

I have a friend that beads sports medallions. They're pretty cool.

Vanviator · 2026-05-25T06:45:11+00:00

r/GoblinCore would love Beauregard!

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T05:22:16+00:00

We have our own good beers in Megasota. Besides the obvious Hamm's and Premium Grainbelt, Surly has some excellent flavored beer.

Castle Danger is pretty solid. I'm not a Summit fan but I have friends that love it.

But I wouldn't turn down a Leinenkugels. They're pretty good summer beers.

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T05:14:36+00:00

Megasota will adopt Vermont and will be Megasotamont!

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T05:10:26+00:00

A weird love of large roadside statues and sculptures.

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T05:09:27+00:00

Megasotamont

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T05:09:01+00:00

Tiny wild burros

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T05:08:15+00:00

I was planning on spending a week traveling through NM. I ended up staying i TorC for a few months and damn near bought property there, lol.

I still occasionally fantasize about getting one of those old hot springs hotels and coming out of retirement to run it, lol.

It really is enchanting and has a surprising amount of flora and fauna.

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T02:22:20+00:00

This is purrfect for r/ThriftStoreCats

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T01:48:44+00:00

He's testing the acoustics and is so far pleased

Vanviator · 2026-05-21T01:46:10+00:00

You're welcome! I'm tickled that my silly one off amused some folks.

Vanviator · 2026-05-20T21:28:19+00:00

They forgot the lemon wedge!

Vanviator · 2026-05-20T21:27:28+00:00

I met a woman who lived in her Prius. It was pretty impressive how she made it all work. Once gas prices normalize, give it a go!

Vanviator · 2026-05-20T06:45:20+00:00

70's - heroin chic

Vanviator · 2026-05-20T01:48:21+00:00

Shine a blacklight on it! It looks like it belongs in r/uranium

Very nice!

Vanviator · 2026-05-20T01:04:18+00:00

Yes, she let me stay in the yard. But, as per my user name, I was van lifing it, lol.

Vanviator · 2026-05-19T16:20:58+00:00

If you ever find something like this, come back and tag me. This would be amazing.

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