For me it would have been buying the steam frame (but I am still in the waitlist). Also, I recently gotten into the 40k lore, but there is no way I can find the time and physical place to get into wargames.
I thought about the Steam Frame, and can definitely afford it, but I just can’t see enough VR software I’m interested in. I’ve played through HL:A, and most everything else is very short experiences. Or beat saber, which is too fast for me.
This is my hang up on it too. There’s just not been any interesting VR titles lately, and I havent seen any announcements either. Seems like a waste of money for a blade and sorcery machine.
Being debt free.
I kinda want a true cargo bike. Not anything branded, I’d want to be able to replace electronics, but just having a huge box on an e-bike would be nice I imagine.
I rarely need to move more stuff than fits in a backpack, I have 2 big bike bags as well, and if it won’t fit in any of these, chances are it’s furniture that won’t fit in a cargo bike either. I simply do not need it.
Holy shit, are you me?
Can’t really justify the Frame, but will do anyway, when buying mail comes around.
Also got into 40k lore recently, but that is easier to withold, as I have no time and patience whatsoever to paint minis rn (especially not if the Frame comes around 😅). Books do it now, I suppose.
😭 i want so bad but these times it makes no sense
Upgrade my server/storage. I only have 1.5tb of storage total for everything including my music, shows, etc.
But I am able to manage it, so I can’t really justify buying more storage for it when I technically don’t need it.
A virtual tabletop setup for D&D. A tv cut into a large table with space for players to have some food, drink, their sheets, and dice while putting their minis on an animated map in the center
A new bicycle. But I can fix the one I’ve got for now.
I put off buy new hard drives for my NAS. I have an 8 bay and slowly filled it over the years with 6tb drives since they were about $200 at that time. Now that I ran out of that space I started replacing the 6tb one by one with 12tb which at the time was around $200 as well. Ive needed a new HD for years now but couldnt really afford it, but now I really need a new one and I REALLY can’t afford it… this hobby is essentially dead at these prices. Ill continue to purge data and hope in a few years some miracle happens and prices drop again. I also hope these current drives hold out without issues…
I’m lucky enough that I can afford some nicer things for myself, like a new ebike. Metallica is one of my favorite bands and I’m looking to go visit the Sphere in Las Vegas one day.
But with all of that said, I can’t justify paying a minimum of $500 a ticket to go see Metallica at the sphere. I get the spectacle and Vegas setting brings the price up, but most live music seating to me is not worth more than $200-300 tops per ticket.
A FUCKING HOUSE
I feel you.
I heard the banks where I live are thinking about providing multi-generational loans so people would be able to pay for them.
Amazing, that’s literally serfdom 😭
Healthcare
In 1995: a virtual boy
In 2015: an Oculus Rift
In 2026: a Steam Frame
I’m sensing a pattern, here.
The new Framework Desktop with 192GB unified memory, specifically for LLM inference. I’ve looked at the numbers and there’s no scenario for me in which it’s economically sensible to upgrade from 20GB gpu vram + rent EU API inference for larger models. Even if the tokens became more expensive by factor of 10 overnight, by the time the hardware paid for itself it would already long be obsolete.
It’s an impressive machine, but I just can’t justify the purchase.
The list is long and varied.
Can’t afford: New floors and AC in my house (~$20K)
Can’t justify: a XGIMI Aura 3 Max 4K 120Hz UST Projector ($2K)
Can’t afford: A camper van (~$60K)
Can’t justify: A new PC (~$3500)
One thing I did justify recently was $2K on a new bed. My old bed was over 20 years old.
