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Doesn't have to be a thing you bought. Just some thing you didn't have but then once you did it expanded your scope of actions.

The first obvious example that comes to mind is a car. Plenty of drawbacks to prevalence of cars, but being able to go where I want when I want, and far away, is very transformative.

I'm interested in other examples of things that aren't just useful, but that open new possibilities.

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[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

When I figured out how to run computational chemistry software on my home pc. It entirely changed how I saw chemistry because I could tinker and experiment with (virtual) molecules on a grand scale. Being able to run five maybe ten thousand simulations significantly increased my understanding.

[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

learning from mistakes. sadly took me longer than a lot of people I know, and as a result, I've seen shit get so fucked up that I finally learned my lesson a year or so ago to have some self awareness.

[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Taking lithium as a bipolar, my life started there

[–] Case@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm currently off my bipolar meds, against my will. Insurance change required a doctor change, and finding anyone who was available within a months time was not possible.

I need shit to get back to "normal" in my brain. I'm not doing well. I wasn't before, but yeah...

Only a couple more days until my appointment. I had one last week, and they sent me to the wrong place, coupled with a whole slew of other issues, and I said fuck em. Thankfully found someone the second time around pretty quickly.

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[–] Bravebellows@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Real-time live AI captioning.

It's not perfect but more words than none.

I hold daily Scrum meetings in Zoom and everyone benefits with the transcript saved at the end of the meeting.

I raid with my guild, with Live Captions window overlaid onto of my chat box.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Going super sayan.

[–] 6mementomori@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Speaker enthusiast?

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

AI as of late has helped a lot.

[–] kingblaaak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

stopped getting fussed over things outta my control

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I ate a Snickers once

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was bitten by a radioactive spider

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Cool, Will I get super powers?

No this is the real world, you just have cancer now.

[–] and@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Power increasers.

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