My cats. They were around $700 for the two of them. I got them when I was 11 or so. I probably wouldn't be where I am today, emotionally, without them.
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Cuteness is nothing?!
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#13Bed stuff.
Medcline wedge,
Purple Pillow Harmony model.
Outside of that there's a lot of little things I bought in quick succession to make my bed comfortable, and it all really paid off.
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#14A plane ticket to meet my future wife.
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#15#1 My first hub & patch cables back as an early teen to learn networking.
#2 Air Fryer
#3 Wedge pillow - Eliminated my chronic back pain completely in ~2 weeks about 7 years ago and it's not returned since I've kept using it.
#4 CGM off Craigslist - wasn't approved from previous insurance, but made managing my illness go from frustrating to nearly effortless so I fought to find better insurance and I'm doing awesome.
#5 Mint - Went from reckless spender to super saver.
#6 Incline treadmill - lost 45lbs in the first year watching shows and movies
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#16For me, it's a tie between a bidet and a standing mixer. Both of those were utterly life-changing for me, and with both, I regretted not getting them years earlier.
Seconding the bidet love.
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#17Consultation with a fertility doctor.
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#18a dell inspiron 15 i5 laptop in 2017 (still with it), it could last decades, but I'd like to try a smaller/lighter one some day
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#19My cats. They were around $700 for the two of them. I got them when I was 11 or so. I probably wouldn't be where I am today, emotionally, without them.
But over the course of their lifetime they cost so much more than just $1k! Worth every penny though.
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#20My Amiga 500, I learned unix, tcp and scripting.
Did you run NetBSD on it?