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What Are Some Things You Regret Buying or Bought but Never Used? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by pineapplelover@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don't hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don't even use.

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[–] kassuro@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I kinda regret buying my 3d printer. Not because it sucks, it's more because it reminds me I don't have any free time to do something this time consuming.

Another one is the cast iron wok. I love my cast iron pans, but the wok is just to damn heavy and it you can't really use it like one would use a normal lightweight wok.

[–] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think most traditional woks are carbon steel, seasoned similarly to a cast iron but much lighter. You could give that a try?

[–] kassuro@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought about that a few times, but my wife doesn't want another wok that's taking space. So would need to fine a new home for old one, which doesn't seem to easy.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thrift store. It’d be an absolute find to someone who loves buying weird kitchen shit there

[–] kassuro@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Might be a good idea. I hope I find one in my area. Thrift stores aren't that common here.

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a 3d printer. It used to be a big hobby of mine, but now its just a tool like anything else. I print out practical stuff that i need when i need it, and when the printer is having issues i swear and curse at it like any regular paper printer.

Most recently ive been using it to print out new belts out of flexible filament for my rock tumbler.

[–] kassuro@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

I already fail at investing the time to level the bad and such stuff. I really would love to use it. But next to work, trying to bootstrap and family time there is not really time left.

I always wanted to print stuff for build small robot parts for Arduino and raspberry pi. Maybe one day when the kids are older...