#useful things

[ltwilliammowett]

[newdinnerideas]

Things People Buy Once and Then Wonder How They Lived Without Them

I’m convinced there’s a category of products that feel unnecessary right up until you own them… and then suddenly you’re annoyed you didn’t buy them sooner.

Here are a few of those. No hype — just stuff that quietly upgrades your life.

1. The one charger that replaces every charger you own I didn’t think I cared about this. Turns out I very much did. One cable. Phone, headphones, tablet, random electronics. Done.

Amazon.com: chubbycable Chubby 2.0 USB C 240W Fast Charging Cable Silicone Soft Durable USB C Cable Extra Thick Charger Cord Compatible with

2. Noise-canceling headphones that make public places tolerable again Airplanes. Coffee shops. People chewing. These are the reason I don’t lose my mind in public anymore.

Buy Skullcandy Crusher ANC 2 Wireless Over-Ear Bluetooth Headphones with Multi-Sensory Bass, Active Noise Cancelling, Up to 60 Hours Battery

3. A sunrise alarm clock (sounds fake, works weirdly well) Instead of a jump-scare alarm, the room slowly gets brighter like a sunrise. Waking up feels… less hostile.

Amazon.com: REACHER Wood Grain Sunrise Alarm Clock and Sound Machine Nightlight, Digital Dimmable Clock for Bedroom, 26 Sleep Sounds, White

4. A heated blanket that is dangerously easy to justify This is not just for winter. This is for “I want to be cozy immediately.” You will use it more than you think.

Buy Anysay Heated Blanket Throw with 1/2/4/6/8 Hours Auto-Off 10 Heat Level, 50'' * 60'' Cozy Faux Rabbit Fur Bubble Electric Blanket with O

5. An air fryer that makes frozen food taste illegal I don’t care what anyone says — this thing earns its counter space. Everything comes out better. Everything.

Amazon.com: Ninja Air Fryer, 8 QT DoubleStack 2-Basket, Space Saving Design, Cooks 2lb Chicken Wings, Feeds up to 6 People, 6-in1 Air Fryer,

I didn’t need any of these. Now I wouldn’t give them up.

If you’re the kind of person who likes small upgrades that quietly make life better, this list is dangerous.

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[crubblessnowglobe]

If you're going to a no kings protest and the national guard shows up allow me to share with you some tips learned from experience with protesting when the national guard shows up:

Do not let anyone wash pepper spray off of you with anything but water.

Dont take any clothes with chemical agents into your home, a lot of it is dust. Strip on your porch or you'll have regrets.

Dont touch them or their stuff. This will dramatically alter what you are charged with. The pepper balls have a metal core and they hurt.

Protect your FACE and HEAD and EYES move your forearms to cover your face don't instinctively move your hands to your stomach and go fetal. Practice covering your face where your forearms touch.

Look at a map ahead of time and learn about kettling. Do not necessarily follow the crowd.

Be safe out there friends. Write some phone numbers on the least sweaty part of your body - people that will bail you out or who will answer an unknown number that day and then call someone who can bail you out or come pick you up.

They don't care what they aren't supposed to do. They will lie.

Run away if you gotta. Grab other people they are grabbing and pull them away. They can't take you all. Also consider ear plugs because sound cannons hurt.

[smurfs-village]

Free Things in the Shop. Part 1

Anniversary Statue

2. Spelling Bee Smurf

3. Mother Nature in the Grove (after the first Wonder completed)

4. 100th Smurf

5. Emperor Smurf on the Mountain

[gregarious-cervine]

Note to anyone wanting to see The Wild Robot in theaters: the film opens with a brief but intense sequence of flashing lights lasting several seconds; to the best of my knowledge, there are no other sequences of flashing lights in the movie.

For timing: right after the Dreamworks logo ends, it cuts to a lightning storm with bright flashes; when the sound of roaring wind and thunder ends, the flashing lights are over.

[yipyipallyall]

[waywardcryptid]

Youtube Playback Quality Issues Fix

So I (and others, apparently) have been plagued by problems with Youtube refusing to offer quality options on their videos besides 360p (720p if you're lucky) when watching on Firefox, no matter how fast my internet is.

Today, however, I finally got to the bottom of it so I thought I'd share here in case anyone else has been struggling with the same problem.

To get back your youtube video playback quality options: 1. Open Firefox and go to the search bar (where you type in site addresses) 2. Type in about:config then press enter. 3. When it pops up the 'Proceed with Caution' page, click 'accept the risk and continue' 4. In the bar at the top, type media.mediasource.enabled and press enter. 5. The following will display, click the arrows on the right so 'false' reads as 'true'

6. Close out of the tab and open youtube. Videos should now have their full range of quality options selectable! (assuming the video had them in the first place, obviously)

Happy watching!