What was something that you thought was overhyped that actually lived up to the hype?

[codilingus@sh.itjust.works]

PC SSDs when they first came out, I saved $ and splurged for 256 GB over 128 GB. In the first week I was slightly upset I didn't save more $ and go for a big expensive 512 GB one. Immediately I was telling my other PC gaming friends it's going to revolutionize PCs in general, and to get one ASAP!

Edit: I can't remember shit for fuck, but the size I bought was probably quite smaller than 256 GB lol.

[buboscandiacus@mander.xyz]

Steam deck

[canadaplus@lemmy.sdf.org]

I ended up with an air fryer. It's still just a convection oven, but I use it constantly.

[fluoridemind@lemmy.world]

Nothing but problems from mine.

[lemminary@lemmy.world]

Oh, I had the opposite experience. Once I managed the courage to get on every single ride at Six Flags, I barely felt the last one I was on. It was fun, but the thrill of free-falling from 300 feet wasn't budging me by then.

[justanotheruser4@lemmy.world]

Internet connection for cel phones. When I saw that WAP thing I thought "Why on earth someone will need this?".
Time will tell, but I start to think I might been wrong

[graybackgroundmusic@lemmy.zip]

Coffee. My dad was in the navy in the 70s and you could tell by the tar he drank. Never got into it. Early 20s I got hired as a delivery boy for a coffee shop. A perk was that it came with free coffee drinks. Turns out I didn't hate coffee, I hated the swill my father brewed. Good coffee was quite good.

[hansolo@lemmy.today]

Linux and open source software.

Tested out a dualboot of Linux Mint about 2 years ago on a Windows laptop. Wanted to see how far I could get on 100% open source and free software.

I got far enough that I never looked back.

[bananaisaberry@lemmy.zip]

I got a Japanese sobakawa pillow that a ton of people recommended and it's incredible. I didn't know a hard pillow could be so comfortable.

[buboscandiacus@mander.xyz]

?

Yeah, it's a bit too big but appart from that it's excellent

[lostxor@fedia.io]

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2914

I wouldn't say five seconds before totality is boring; you can look up and see the tiny sliver of Sun as it winks out of existence, and see shadowy ripples on the ground from differences in air density. But that's still nothing compared to totality.

[slartybartfast@sh.itjust.works]

You need to turn on talkie mode

[thegiantkorean@lemmy.world]

Really? What do you like about it?

[flamekebab@piefed.social]

That, uh, wasn't the issue. I had both speech and the best quality music available.

[bananaisaberry@lemmy.zip]

At first it felt too hard, but I quickly realized I could mould it to whatever shape is most comfortable as I'm falling asleep. I often shape it to hold my neck in addition to my head.

I was looking for a pillow that doesn't feel flat, I was using a memory foam pillow that would end up nearly flush with the bed by the time I woke up, which was really uncomfortable. The buckwheat in the pillow doesn't really compress, so it stays firm and keeps it's shape as long as you dont move too much.

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

Dark Souls.

I didn't even check it out until DS3 was about to launch.

Now those kinds of games are basically all I play anymore.

[drusas@fedia.io]

High quality kitchen knives. I'm partial to hand-forged Japanese carbon steel. So sharp. Maintains an edge. Easy to sharpen. Being beautiful is just an added bonus.

[acchariya@lemmy.world]

Which one did you get?

[semester3383@lemmy.world]

So, I tried wearing earplugs with my Shokz. Disappointingly, the sound became very, very muffled. I don't think that it's true bone conduction, because if it was, then earplugs shouldn't have had a significant impact on the sound. They're still nice, just... Not as cool.

Firefly is solidly decent. It's not great, it's not terrible. It had real potential, and then got cancelled after 12 (?) episodes. Babylon 5 was arguably a better show overall, but I can see why Firefly still has a solid fandom 20 years later.

[vandals_handle@lemmy.world]

Induction range top. Quick on, fine degree of control, quick off, little heat radiation. Better than gas. Only adaptation was flat bottom wok which makes the working world go round is not quite the same experience.