Spyke
NeatNitreply
discuss.tchncs.de

I love that you look at this and say "woah, that's way too much, I prefer less"

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there are teensy tiny municipally-owned apartments available in a city near me for like 200€ per month and i'm absolutely planning to get one if i ever get an income, they're so smol that the "kitchen" is a recessed wardrobe with a sink and like 2 hotplates, which honestly considering how we have perfectly decent bags of frozen meals that you can just toss in a pot for 10 minutes is perfectly acceptable for a single-person household!

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De_Narmreply
lemmy.world

Ain't no home without enough open space for all kinds of push ups! If you're daring, you could even do other exercises too!

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Rakonatreply
lemmy.world

Had to take my coffee table out of my living area to get enough room in my apt. Only other option would have been moving my pc to bedroom and tossing out my bedframe

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Low carbon footprint living gets way more hate than it should (and it shouldn't get any).

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lemmy.radio

I'm too old to be getting down on the fucking ground like that. Needs a frame of cinder blocks and plywood.

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Blemgoreply
lemmy.world

You should do that anyways. Bed frames exost for a reason: it helps to stop moisture building up on the underside of the mattress, and thus prevents mold.

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sopuli.xyz

That plus less bugs end up crawling across your face at night.

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I just smother the bottom of my mattress with lotrimin and figure I'm good to go for a few years

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To be fair, air mattresses are like shittier futons and don't get moldy because you're always moving them around.

Source: I used to live with this setup, only in a smaller room.

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lemmy.world

This shit is putting men in a box and " hu duh, men basic, like dog"

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blarghlyreply
lemmy.world

Well, for starters, a bed frame. Lamps for better lighting, an couple night stands, something to divide up the space a bit (assuming this is a studio), book shelves, some plants, some art on the walls, an area rug, table and chairs, and a couple couches and a coffee table, some kind of speaker system, some kind of storage system for any equipment I own for job and hobbies. I also like wooden desks.

Like, the environment you spend time in has an impact on your mental state. Making that environment nice will make you feel better. The way your living space looks also says a lot about you. What this space says is "I literally do nothing but sleep and look at a computer screen". Which is less "hell yeah" and more "this cyberpunk dystopia isnt as neon as I expected."

So if this is what you want, then follow your bliss I guess. But also, if you are having trouble dating.... Look around you.

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Can’t help but read this and feel like you think I like this type of room. Bold of you to assume I would live in a basement.

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And tomorrow they'll post a picture of a 10,000$ gaming setup with LEDs and shit and claim that women can't possibly understand spending a ton of money on furniture and decorations.

Not to mention that this joke has been done to death. For years pictures of empty rooms with a matress have been posted to claim that "this is what men want". (Until next week, when we'll post a picture of a gaming room full of expensive furniture and elaborate decorations and claim that THIS is what men want, actually, for real, I swear.)

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It's a bit much for me, as I'd want the mattress more elevated, but let me tell you, I am 99% sure I have adhd, and minimalism like this appeals to me so it's less shit I have take care of, every item in your house is a fucking dust collector that you have to wipe down, fuck that shit, I only want the absolute essentials, rest is slowly going to the bin

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Men? Look at this flooring, look at this lighting project! Amazing place

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I just finished eight months of not having an office. I worked in random places off of only my laptop, 15.5" 1080p. I'm back in an office but not set up yet. For me, two monitors is workable, three is better. Split screen apps on a single laptop screen is barbaric.

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lemmy.ml

It is just missing a cinder block nightstand and a dead plastic plant to tie the place together.

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blarghlyreply
lemmy.world

Dead plastic plant. For when you want everyone to know you are irresponsible, but without the responsibility

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I'm a responsible adult, which is why I only grow living plastic plants.

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hell, I wish I had something more like that and not a house full of shit I don't use most of the time.

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lemmy.ml

I don't get why people hate on this. Do all the useless nick-nacks actually add something to their lives?

If this is all you need, what's the problem?

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Yes, the knick-knacks are my most prized possessions. Crystal balls, monkey skulls, old clocks—these are the building blocks of my happiness. Nothing brings me more joy than a perfectly arranged curio cabinet. It is like an OCD orgasm.

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To be fair, some women would say that too. There's so much room to build stuff and do projects! I could get so fucking irresponsible!

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I don't need a bed, but an air mattress is a HARD no.

I'd rather sleep on a clear carpet with a blanket.

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I lived like this the first year of my postdoc and couldn't have been happier. I had 4 place settings but only used one and washed it after every meal. Desk, computer, one camp chair, and an inflatable mattress. Stayed that way until my wife joined me my second year and made me get a real apartment.

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lemmy.ml

The minimal furniture and a sense of free space are great for my mental health. A cluttered home to me feels like a cluttered mind. I don't want to live in a cage of excess stuff, much like I don't want to carry unhealthy mental baggage with me, pulling me down. You may see a sparse room, but I see freedom from sensory fatigue. I see freedom.

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i've been getting help these past few weeks cleaning up my room and my god, it's so nice to just have empty surfaces! It really is like every visible item occupies space in your mind.

though i feel like explicit decorations don't really take up space in the same way, provided they're placed correctly.

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I need three desks. Modern PC desk, retro PC desk, and a soldering desk. Otherwise, perfect.

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Ahh yes, someone decided to make a spot in the backrooms his home....nice 🤩🍺🍺🍺👍

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lemmy.world

You can keep your living space as clean or dirty as you like. With all the open space you can use those big duster mops.

Probably take like 5 minutes. Those are over a meter wide

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RaivoKullireply
sopuli.xyz

Five minutes, Jesus Christ. And you prpbably want me to do that every month or something. Ridiculous

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Don't use that mop thing. Takes the fun out of it.

Get a cloth, hold it in a good shape on the floor with you hands, put a bit of your weight on it and start running straight forward.

You save on the Gym membership and get to do something much more fun than sitting on synthetic leather and moving a dumb-bell up and down, slowly.

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Especially the column in the middle, just cover it with wood and add various hooks, a transformer table (closed normally, open when you want to sip tea without display glow near you) and maybe something to make the space less open while sleeping. I dunno, a cloth instead of a wall.

And if this doesn't have a window, maybe not too good.

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lemmy.world

I'm sorry, maybe I'm a bit arrogant but, even if I live for PC and a bed, without any window I'd shoot myself

Edit: maybe the picture was taken by night, but it feels like there's no window

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i mean, I'll take anything I can own at this point. Everything is either a subscription or a license now, I'll be lucky to afford the upkeep to inherit a relatives house.

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Man, I am too old to sleep on the floor. I also prefer a separate bedroom without electronic distractions. But I do love me some minimalism.

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Beeds to be smaller. That is just empty space that need to be cleaned. Also it being so large seems like it would be cold on lonely winter nights

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I'm a gal. Replace the floor with carpet and add plushies and a dresser and boom. Perfection.

I also love using VR though, and that'd be an amazing VR space.

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Needs more HDDs.
And more screens.

I'm hoping there is an HVAC outlet not in view and the whole room has UPS.

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I'm not men, but I thought it seemed pretty cool if it just didn't have a puller in the middle. Obviously would prefer an actual frame for the bed, but having room for activities would be cool.

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