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15 Post author: jpaulson 02 February 2014 10:16AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 February 2014 10:28:59AM 4 points [-]

The best ratio of happiness per Euro spent I ever got was from a shower with a rain shower head for about 120€. I imagine a full fledged shower panel with massage showers could give even more happiness but maybe with a smaller ratio.

Another example was spending about 400€ on a Saitek pro flight control and X-Plane 10.

Also vacations probably count. There was this seafood plate I once had on Mallorca ...

Comment author: diegocaleiro 04 February 2014 08:32:06PM *  5 points [-]

Seconding shower things.

Also consider sex toys and sex-shop items.

I carry thermic starbucks glasses around to keep my tea hot in winter and cold in the brazilian summer. Worth it.

Depending on your age, big 5 personality traits, group of friends etc... psychedelic drugs (but not opiates or amphetamines) may be worth their price and time.

Comment author: marchdown 10 February 2014 08:08:03AM 0 points [-]

Aren't psychostimulators, such as amphetamine and its derivatives or modafinil¹, legitimate means for augmenting mood, cognition and productivity? Or are they seriously dangerous? Can you point out some relevant research?

¹ Can modafinil be lumped together with other psychostimulators?