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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 1 points 30 minutes ago

ice machine. gets hot out on the shop floor even with fans going

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 46 minutes ago

Not me, that's for damned sure.

[–] x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Either me or my computer.

[–] silverdraco@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] Nath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The answer is electricity. It's so useful, we take it for granted. Your phones, computers and laptops are not useful if you can't power them.

I'll give the people on the dunny their due: toilet paper is still useful in a room without electricity.

[–] x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

If you want to go that route I'd say oxygen.

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

gotta be either the tiny computer i'm typing this on, or the large, sturdy, wooden stick in the corner. if i had to pick to keep just one though, it'd be the phone. a sturdy stick has a million and one uses, but it's also fairly easily replaceable.

[–] Pooptimist@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

A fridge and dishwasher! Food safety is such a huge contribution to our health

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 5 points 19 hours ago

Outside of my brain and body?

Probably my mobile phone

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 21 hours ago

The doctor.

[–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

For almost everyone it's gonna be the phone we're reading this on.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on the situation.

Currently? 40 pound box of cake mix I'm probably going to launch at my store manager.

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Is it the 40 pound box of cake mix that kills? Or is the person hucking the 40 pound box of cake mix?

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago
[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

My cat. Everything else in my room brings me either misery or a feeling of meh. Cat brings joy, which is difficult for me to obtain.

[–] Panda@lemmy.today 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Toilet paper 🧻 Very, very useful.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

See, if you're in the room I think you're in, I think I would vote for the toilet.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TP actually makes an awesome and really inexpensive kleenex or napkin alternative

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Toilets are effective at pushing shit, piss and vomit into the sewer while preventing sewer gases from entering your home, and they also double as chairs when not in excremental use. You can also use a toilet to repair the mental defects of a billionaire if you drop it from high enough, I don't think toilet paper functions in that way.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Me? Unless I’m excluded, then the laptop. Although the room itself is pretty useful, but I don’t think I consider it β€œin the room”.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 19 hours ago

I used to have a bottle of water but I drank it, so... bed?

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago
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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Towel warmer.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

The manager likely thinks it’s him, but it’s actually all the workers that do the work.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

My brain, second is my body, third is my laptop

[–] 10_0@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago
[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A 5gal jug full of water. (I don't have AC and it's 32C/90F inside)

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Consume salt! Water on its own isn't great for hydrating when you're continously sweating, Gatorade exists for a reason (to supplement the nutrients lost to sweating, not just the water)

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

No worries. Gone through 2.5kg(~9lbs) of Gatorade powder, just this summer. LiquidIV got way too expensive after the first box.

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

I’m in the ER. Probably the doctor standing directly in front of me.

Toilet paper

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Laptop probably. Linux, tmux, i3, vim, GCC, GDB, Pdb, gplaces, links2, curl, wget, netcat, awk, sed... what more could be needed for happiness?

Idunno, but it's preloaded with shittons of tools I don't even know the use of yet (thanks kali). Excluding that probably my lensatic compass. It's nice, quite cheap and not magnetically dampened but it does the job.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Probably my phone, and that probably applies to most rooms frankly if we're talking about potential things I could need to do

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Most useful? Without a doubt, my laptop. The amount of things that can be done with a modern computer is pretty stunning, and a portable one is arguably more useful.

Other than that, maybe my car keys because the amount of things you can do with a car is stunning, but you need the keys to start it, and the car isn't in this room.

That's a tough one because I'm currently surrounded by computers and tools. I'm within reach of my smart phone, one of my laptops, I'm typing this on my desktop PC, I'm within reach of three multitools, a power drill, and my away mission tool bag. So I think I'll give a cop out answer and go with "The several thousand liters of air filling the room."

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago

My pc but that's too easy so I choose my bed as the very next thing. Good comfortable sleep is important.

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Air. Can’t go more than a minute or two without it, and there’s enough to share!

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

A human being.

[–] OhFudgeBars@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Pumpkin spice old fashioned. With real pumpkin puree!

Home server.

[–] terminal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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