I live in Seattle where it rains like 9 months a year and my basement always smelled like wet dog and old socks. I kept ignoring it thinking it was just normal. Then I spent $200 on a big Frigidaire dehumidifier from Home Depot back in March. Fast forward to June and I go down there to grab a box and the smell is totally gone. No musty air, no damp feeling. Plus the bucket fills up every 2 days which grosses me out but also proves it's doing something. Has anyone else had a cheap fix like this make such a difference in their home?
I was going through my receipts from the past 6 months for a big kitchen job in Peoria. I always ordered materials as I needed them, small batches from the local big box store. Turned out I was paying $15 to $20 extra per trip in delivery fees and markups. Plus the gas running back and forth. Then I finally sat down and added it all up. I was throwing away close to $2400 a year just because I hated planning ahead. Anyone else catch themselves doing something dumb like this for years before the numbers hit you?
I saw this random comment on a cleaning forum 2 years ago where someone said they stopped buying expensive laundry boosters and just dumped a box of Dollar Tree baking soda in with their detergent. I rolled my eyes at first because I thought it was just a waste of time. But last month I was broke waiting for my next paycheck and tried it out of desperation. I used half a box in a load of my workout clothes that always smelled funky even after washing. The smell was actually gone afterwards and my clothes felt softer too. I've been doing it for 3 weeks now and it costs me $1.25 per box versus the $12 I was spending on name brand stuff. Has anyone else tried this or am I the only one who slept on it this long?
He told me specifically that China's phosphate export limits would hit us hard three years before it even made the news, and I just thought he was being dramatic about his corn yields.
I was digging through old Reddit threads and stumbled onto a comment from r/Futurology in May 2020. Some user named 'AI_Worker2025' said GPT-3 would replace customer service jobs within 3 years and make coding obsolete for basics. Everyone laughed at him back then but now its happening. Has anyone else found older predictions that actually came true like that?
Was digging through old threads last night and stumbled on a post from r/PrepperIntel from March 2019. Someone who worked at Abbott's plant in Sturgis, Michigan warned about a major production line being shut down for months due to contamination issues. They said it would ripple through the supply chain and cause shortages for infants on specialty formulas. At the time people just laughed it off as fear mongering. Then in 2021 the plant actually closed and the whole crisis exploded. Has anyone else found early warnings that got dismissed by the crowd?