There’s 3 things that really stand out for me that I would say made a massive difference to my life:

  1. Cordless screw driver. Bought the day after building a flat pack bed with a crappy screw.driver that just shredded my hand. Thought it was frivolous at the time, but I’ve used it so much since. It’s light, small enough to fit in my pocket and good for 90% of DIY tasks.

  2. Tassimo coffee machine. Bought it 9 years ago, use it every day. Nice quick easy coffee. What’s not to like.

  3. My first DSLR camera. It was a Nikon D50 back in 2005/6 and it sparked my interest in photography to this day. It gave me a hobby I can take lots of places and do it alone or with others. I never loved the D50 camera itself, but I did get some really nice shots with it

  • nivenkos@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    And the flat I live in… This stuff does not belong on markets to be sold for profits

    But markets are why you were able to buy it.

    Here in Sweden they do rent control with the first hand contracts system and it just leads to extreme corruption. So a few lucky people pay ~400 EUR a month in the city centre, meanwhile normally you’d pay 1800. They sub-let them illegally, and anyone moving in from outside the city (no 10 years on the city housing queue) faces an extortionate, unregulated black market.

    Markets are the solution, not the problem. We just need freedom in construction too, so supply can match demand.