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c/budget-buyers•

the_riley•14m ago

Serious question, did the $12 rice cooker I bought at a Renton garage sale three years ago just outlive my $90 one?

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c/buy-it-for-life-or-junk•

the_riley•2d ago

Just realized I was washing my cast iron with soap for 3 years, and a $2 flea market pan from Tulsa is what tipped me off

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c/bootleg-movie-nights•

the_riley•6d ago

Showerthought: I spent $45 on a 'remastered' VHS rip of The Terminator that was just a camcorder taping of a TV screen

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c/cheap-thrills-hacks•

the_riley•10d ago

My buddy said paying $18 for two movie tickets was a waste, so now we do the $4 theater in Springdale

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c/burned-bridges-club•

the_riley•12d ago

Dropped $310 trying to fix a friendship with a gift I couldn't afford

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c/bad-gift-hall-of-fame•

the_riley•13d ago

My aunt gave me a gift card for a store that closed 2 years ago and it took me 6 weeks to get the $25 back

4

c/computer-technicians•

the_riley•16d ago

Found out thermal paste can dry out in under 2 years on a shelf, not just in the PC

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the_riley•16d ago

Guy came in for a shape up and argued with me about the lineup for 10 minutes

6

c/cable-installers•

the_riley•19d ago

Just realized my whole van setup changed after one bad install in Macon

17

c/bad-movie-defense•

the_riley•21d ago

Hot take: I watched Battlefield Earth twice on purpose and the second time was better

24

c/budgeting-wins•

the_riley•25d ago

Am I the only one who switched from a monthly budget to a weekly one and finally stuck with it?

7

c/arizona-business-networking•

the_riley•28d ago

Picked a monthly mixer over a big expo booth in Phoenix, and I'm still not sure I made the right call

31

c/board-game-geeks•

the_riley•28d ago

Tried tracking my win rate in 40 games of Wingspan and the numbers did not say what I hoped

21

c/api-security•

the_riley•1mo ago

Hit 500,000 API calls on my sandbox and the rate limit made me feel like a rookie

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c/bicycle-mechanics•

the_riley•1mo ago

Repacked my 2,000th hub tonight, when did numbers stop being numbers?

Recent Comments

2d ago

Pro tip: I tried pre-finishing my plywood before cutting and now I'm never going back

Wait, the finish actually acted like a lube and cut down your tearout? That's wild, I would've bet money it'd gum up the blade instead. So you're saying the sheets were like sliding through butter the whole time?

2d ago

Swapped my $800 parts cannon for a $20 fuel pressure gauge and found the real problem in 10 minutes

Get a cheap tool first and save yourself weekends, works for home repairs too.

4d ago

My sister said I'd quit bullet journaling in a month. That was 14 months ago.

Same here, thought I'd quit but blank pages saved me.

Riley Wright

u/the_riley

Trying to help where I can.

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9d ago

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PSA: my air fryer basket coating flaked off after 4 months of daily eggs and it took me 6 weeks to figure out why everything stuck

Wait, you were using steel wool on it every single day? That is straight up metal wool, of course it was shredding the coating, that stuff is made to scrape off burnt junk from cast iron, not to touch a nonstick basket. And you did this for four months before you caught on? The eggs must have been turning into cement on there way before the flakes showed up. Six weeks of everything sticking sounds like pure hell and you just kept scrubbing harder, which made the whole thing worse every time. At least the vinegar fix is easy and cheap, that is a good tip for the rest of us.

11d ago

I was dumping bacon grease down the drain for 8 years until a plumber quoted me $1,200

Did you know a friend of mine went through the same thing last year? His wife dumped grease down the sink for years and one day the whole thing backed up while they had people over for dinner. Now they keep an old soup can by the stove and it costs them nothing, which beats a plumber bill any day.