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[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month 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 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month 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.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago
[–] extremeboredom@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Panda 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Toilet paper 🧻 Very, very useful.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 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.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All I'm saying is that I found the extra-restroom utility of TP when I had a sinus infection.

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The toilet. Lost count of the number of times this has saved me from getting dysentery or something and it's so convenient when it just pushes the shit away from my house and I never have to see or smell it again. I almost feel bad that I repay it for all its done by repeatedly shitting in it.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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”.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago
[–] Pooptimist@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Toilet paper

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Outside of my brain and body?

Probably my mobile phone

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

The doctor.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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[–] silverdraco@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PiecePractical@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same! Mine's smart, entertaining, manages my social life, probably contributes more to society than I ever will and on top of that, for reasons that still escape explanation, actually wants to have sex with me which is probably the only reason I never turned into an incel. She is easily the best thing in this house, myself included.

[–] silverdraco@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Right there with you. She’s amazing. Plans all our trips. Organizes the kids. Lets me do the things I do best. Perfect travel buddy. To wives!🍻

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month 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.

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

A human being.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

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

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."

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

My phone. It might be my laptop, but it's currently not working. If you consider humans, me.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

This computer.

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

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

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Probably my hatchet, first aid kit, and a duffel bag I keep packed with all weather gear and a small tent as well as my headlamp, survival knife, and half a dozen MREs

I'm not even a "collapse is imminent" prepper kinda guy but it's better to be safe than sorry, you never know.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

Air freshener.

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

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

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

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

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

[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Home server.

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

Pumpkin spice old fashioned. With real pumpkin puree!

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago

I'm outside so I'm not sure how to evaluate "the room". My phone is the most immediate at hand (pun intended) useful thing right now though.

[–] terminal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Towel warmer.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

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

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