For me it’s moving your bed away from the side walls so it’s in the middle of the room. I had my bed to the side my whole childhood

    • Aliktren@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 days ago

      Mine was paying for an airbrush, and i was in my 40’s by this point, but the realisation i could buy a completely superflous, but expensive, thing for myself was a bit if a wow. But yeah house bills also lol

  • edric@lemm.ee
    13·
    9 days ago

    Getting a new kitchen appliance is exciting. I was so amazed when I first got an air fryer. Also, getting socks as a gift is pretty good.

    • Nighed@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Na, I want an entire draw of the same sock design, so I don’t have to worry about pairing them.

      My mum got me a mug for Christmas and internally I was like damn, I was going to throw all mine out to get a matching set.

  • ExtraordinaryJoe@lemmy.world
    13·
    7 days ago

    I was in my late 20s and two of my uncle was having a heated argument over politics. Everyone else was quiet, afraid to say anything. I spoke out in a normal tone, not raising my voice, “that’s enough”. They stopped immediately. It was fairly surreal.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
    131·
    9 days ago

    I posted a gif of Ray Liotta laughing in Goodfellas a few days ago. Someone replied telling me the gif was perfect, and asking what was it from?

      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 days ago

        Skip Scarface, I’ll give you a quick synopsis. Robert De Niro sells cocaine, business is booming, life is great, he’s the best and smartest criminal in history, what a good life! I guess on top of selling all the coke he should also be doing all the coke, wow, this is even better than before! He’s a genius! Oh shit, the feds found out about his operation, no problem he’s a badass, he’ll just take em’ all it with his AK! Oh, wow that plan did not go well at all… The end.

        Now watch Goodfellas instead. And try to figure out if any of the characters (including the narrator) are “good guys”.

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    9 days ago

    One big sign is when you stop demanding to be treated like an adult and just start being one.

    Being an adult is just a decision you make one day.

    Years ago my older brother was on the phone complaining to me because our mom found out he bought a motorcycle and was mad at him and my dad (who helped him pick it out).

    He wanted to know why my mom thought she could treat him like a child.

    I pointed out that when he decided to get a motorcycle and kept it secret from our mom, he was acting like a child and enabling her to treat him like one.

    I have no interest in ever owning a motorcycle. However, if I ever did, it would never occur to me to keep it secret from anybody, because I’m an adult in charge of my own life. Everyone else can have opinions, but I get to decide whose opinions matter to me.

  • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world
    8·
    8 days ago

    When throwing away a perfectly good box is a well thought out decision after the box has been in a staging area for some time while you think about it.

    • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      8 days ago

      Most of my boxes are cat scratchers. Some of them are to paint on. A couple are in a closet in case I have to return the expensive thing that it housed.

  • hedge_lord@lemmy.world
    8·
    7 days ago

    Having the opportunity to buy cake whenever you want, having enough money to buy cake whenever you want, and choosing to not buy cake whenever you want.