Low risk products that people swear by.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
    14·
    15 days ago

    Watching the sun rise every once and a while is free. You could probably get a pen and a few sheets of paper to write or draw your experiences. By volume a daily vitamin is well below $1 per day and could have significant benefits if you’re not always eating healthy.

    • Vej@lemm.eeOP
      3·
      14 days ago

      Well I can tell you I need B12, Iron, and Niacin. So I definitely do take those if I remember.

  • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    15 days ago

    i had a suoer cheap keyring that kept getting out of shape and poking my leg and dropping keys that i tolerated for years. finally i splurged and bought a thicker one for $1 and it totally solved the problem.

  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
    8·
    15 days ago

    Not sure if this is international, but sewing machine oil is cheap and it lasts years for all sorts of things that need lubrication (not for organisms)

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
    6·
    15 days ago

    It’s a buck 25 now, but you can get two Inc brand R2 pens at dollar tree. They’re the only thing I’ve written with for nearly a decade now. They’re a smooth ballpoint with a slight bleed in 0.7 making your penmanship look bold, smooth, and steady. Everything my handwriting lacks. They now make a 0.5 and is equally as clean but far better for smallest script. One pen lasts me about 6 months of regular writing.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      smooth ballpoint

      I bet they’re a “rollerball” pen rather than a ballpoint. Those move a lot more-readily than ballpoints, kinda glide.

      kagis

      Yeah.

      https://www.amazon.com/R-2-0-7-Roller-Ball-Pens/dp/B004B7RLWS

      They’re rollerball pens.

      Lots of different pen manufacturers make those. Sometimes you’ll see gel rollerball pens sold as “gel pens”. If you want an even smoother movement and can live with thicker lines, you can get a broader tip – those have even less resistance.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollerball_pen

      Roller ball pens or roll pens are pens which use ball point writing mechanisms with water-based liquid or gelled ink, as opposed to the oil-based viscous inks found in ballpoint pens. These less viscous inks, which tend to saturate more deeply and more widely into paper than other types of ink, give roller ball pens their distinctive writing qualities. The writing point is a tiny ball, usually 0.5 or 0.7 mm in diameter, that transfers the ink from the reservoir onto the paper as the pen moves.

      In comparison to ballpoint pens,

      • Rollerball pens have a unique ink flow system for an even, high-performance writing experience.

      • Less pressure needs to be applied to the pen to have it write cleanly. This permits holding the pen with less stress on the hand, saving energy and improving comfort. This can also translate to quicker writing speeds. This is especially true of liquid ink pens.

      • Their inks usually have a greater range of colors due to the wider choice of suitable water-soluble dyes and/or to the use of pigments.

      • They tend to write more clearly than ballpoint pens do.

      There are a number of disadvantages inherent to roller ball pens:

      • Roller ball pens with liquid-ink are more likely to “bleed” through the paper. Liquid ink is more readily absorbed into the paper due to its lower viscosity. This viscosity also causes problems when leaving the tip on the paper. The bleed-through effect is greatly increased as the ink is continually absorbed into the paper, creating a blotch. This does not affect gel-ink roller ball pens as much. This is one way through which the thickness of gel-ink gives it an advantage, in that it isn’t as prone to being absorbed. Though the bleed-through effect of a gel-ink roller ball is greater than that of a ballpoint, it is usually not too significant.

      • Roller ball pens generally run out of ink more quickly than ballpoints because roller balls use a greater amount of ink while writing. This is especially true of liquid-ink roller balls, due to gel ink having a low absorption rate as a result of its thickness. Neither lasts as long as a ballpoint.

      • Uncapped roller ball pens are more likely to leak ink when, for example, placed into a shirt pocket, but most pens include caps or other mechanisms to prevent this from happening.

      • A roller ball tip is more likely to clog and jam when writing over correction fluid that has not yet completely dried. This often renders the ink cartridge useless.

      The WP article doesn’t mention it, but rollerballs also don’t work well with carbon paper, as you don’t need to push hard enough to create an impression from the carbon paper the way you do with a ballpoint. But as long as that isn’t an issue for your application…shrug

      • NaoPb@eviltoast.orgEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        I had a pen once that I could press on paper and wait to make a circle of ink. I never tought about how or what that was but your comment made me remember that.

  • morphballganon@lemmy.world
    6·
    15 days ago

    The spicy potato soft taco from taco bell

    Also the bean burrito

    If I want a cheap, quick dinner I’ll get a few of those in some combination

  • Vej@lemm.eeOP
    5·
    15 days ago

    Starting this out:

    P51 Military Can Openers: I have several of these. I have one on a tiny magnet attached to my kitchen door should I ever need it. Works about as well as any other can opener. Easy to slip in a drawer, keychain, car, exct.

    Mason Jar plastic reusable lids: great for storage as well as meal prep. I have a lot of mason jars and these are awesome.

    • HowlsSophie@lemmy.world
      3·
      15 days ago

      Can confirm. Just discovered them about a week ago and I’ll never go back to metal ones.

      Edit: will NEVER go back.

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
    4·
    15 days ago

    The last campfire on steam when its on sale.

    A vpn subscription over 3 years or split the cost with a friend, it comes to about 1 something a month. Cheaper than those shitty subscription services.

    • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Boy do I wish flossers would just go away. So much pointless plastic waste. And people keep chucking them out their car windows. They’re fucking everywhere. They haunt my dreams.

      • Today@lemmy.world
        1·
        15 days ago

        I haven’t seen that.

        SMARTLIFECO Biodegradable Dental Floss Picks - Natural Plastic Free Handle, Thin Thread Tooth Flossers for Adults & Kids, Eco Friendly Toothpick Soft on Gum & Teeth, Zero Waste Vegan Organic, 200 mint https://a.co/d/4KRNLIb

        • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          15 days ago

          That’s cool, I guess. Definitely not what I’ve been finding in the streets. And I’ve never seen those in the local stores.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
    2·
    15 days ago

    There’s these pineapple ginger candies in the European section of the grocery store that are 1.39 a bag and saved me during my recent bout of laryngitis.

    Also their tea section is much better and quite inexpensive.

    • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      I recently bought masala ginger chai from the Indian section, and oh my goodness, I will never drink regular tea again!

      • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
        1·
        15 days ago

        Right? You don’t realize what white people tea you’ve been drinking until you venture out.

        I’m super into this Ukrainian tea, the flavor is called Alpine Herbs, and another one is Ice Moss, which is actually some kind of algae and makes the palest tea I’ve ever had.

    • Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      15 days ago

      You’re from America? It’s funny if you have an European section in the supermarket since there are American shelves in supermarkets in many European countries. They typically stock mac n cheese, pop-tarts, jello and that kind of stuff.