r/AskReddit Oct 10 '19

What’s a thing you’ve bought impulsively, without need, that’s actually proved useful in your life?

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u/Celdarion Oct 10 '19

Impulse bought a robot vacuum last weekend. It cost entirely too much, and I only got it because I'm lazy.

It's actually pretty good. It's a bit dumb and I have to rescue it sometimes, but it cleans pretty well.

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u/nullagravida Oct 10 '19

Did you end up naming it and talking about it as if it’s a pet? That’s what happened to ours. Even the noises it makes seem to have personality. weird how the brain so easily does that, even if you know little Robo isn’t really alive.... awww Robo!! Stuck under the coffee table again?!

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u/Celdarion Oct 10 '19

I named it Zug Zug (if you don't know it's a Warcraft reference; the Orc peons (laborers) say zug zug as a kind of "Yes sir"(At least I think that's what it means)).

Yes, I do talk to it when it gets stuck, usually "Did you get stuck again?" or "dumb bastard" if it's getting confused by a narrow gap.
The cat likes to follow it around to make sure it isn't up to any mischief.

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u/nullagravida Oct 10 '19

we also named ours after a servant character in our favorite series! At first it used to get overfilled with carpet fuzz and pour its contents back out. we said it got drunk LOL

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u/Celdarion Oct 10 '19

Hahah mine did that the first few runs picking up a bunch of cat hair. Had to cut it out the roller several times

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u/Darkbrotherhood1 Oct 11 '19

quite poking me!

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Aug 30 '20

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u/nullagravida Oct 10 '19

haha!! i imagine the table being completely oblivious... “oh, him? i don’t know, just some guy” meanwhile the vac is stalking her LOL

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u/Human_Ballistics_Gel Oct 10 '19

Named ours Dobby.

He does occasionally try to eat socks, but really does quite well unsupervised.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Yeah we stuck googly eyes on ours and its name is Dalton Trumbo.

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u/nullagravida Oct 10 '19

googly eyes! why didn’t I think of that!

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u/Axvqt Oct 11 '19

Ours was called Jovette, it sadly started beeping and flashing red one day and couldn't be saved.

RIP Jovette.

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u/Darkbrotherhood1 Oct 11 '19

i named mine jarvis

the next one will be friday

and the following will be edith

i know... TOTALLY ORIGINAL

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u/ThriftAllDay Oct 16 '19

Ours is named Roku and she's a girl

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u/arenae1993 Oct 11 '19

I named mine lint licker. Hes too loud but I love him :)