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What are some things you can/should cheap out on? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I often hear, "You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc.." but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

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[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lots of stuff is easy to DIY if you have some work space. Furniture, fish tanks, thermonuclear warheads. Learning to sew is valuable, not because you should make your own clothes -fuck that- but because you can mend the stitching on your current clothes.

One of those things is not like the other....

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good catch, but that's a common misconception. You can actually use woodworking tools on glass, such as drills and saws, but you need to go a lot slower and make sure to keep vibrations under controll.

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you're confusing the poor FBI guy reading our conversation ;)

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean it's an incredibly difficult job to refine the chemicals enough to produce a usable product. There's a finite number of instalations which can actually pull off the delicate chemistry. The materials to make it are fairly common enough; essentially just SiO2,Al2O3, Na2O, and K2O, but it's much easier to obtain it from the hardware store. I'm definitely not suggesting you attempt to make your own clear glass.