Waldo, Smol and other practical subscription services

https://www.uopen.com/subscription-box/cereal-killer-sub-box

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Pretty sure you can still get Kellogg’s Variety packs to this day. Could always pinch them from hotel buffets if you can’t find them in a supermarket near you.

As for Japanese candy, there’s Tokyo Treat.

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Omg that looks digusting:

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It is the blue milk which puts me off!

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Just moved into new flat with partner and have now signed up to Smol for laundry, dishwasher, and fabric conditioner :grimacing: here we go!

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100% this. I bought an Xbox digital only console last year for around £100, I imagine within 5-10 years it will be a useless white brick, while my old Playstation carries on working until the discs give up.

Similarly with Stadia, how long before that is another service Google gives up on? 2 years?

There’s a big rise in IoT stuff these days but an awful lot of plugs / bulbs will probably go out of use within 5 years and the servers get shutdown. The only hope is they work without it, or a nice person buys the domain and carries on the service themselves (not some crazy hack0rz or something)

I found one or two fade over time in the wash but others have been pretty good at holding the crazy bright colours.

Has anyone tried out Smyle :thinking:

Been trying to find reviews online but all I find is ones where they put a here’s my review and here’s a referral link. I don’t trust those kind of reviews to be fair as to me they’re just touting for whatever reward they get from signing another person up

I subscribe to a service that is exactly this but for Ramen! It’s brilliant because it’s literally just one guy who’s set this thing up so it’s completely random what turns up when (it’s a surprise every time!) We just get a box of 10 or so Japanese ramen every 4-5 weeks :man_shrugging:t3:

It comes with a list of what everything is in English but we’ve started free styling and just playing ramen roulette :joy:

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That literally sounds amazing. Ramen in the post. This is the future.

I’ve had approx 7 pairs so far and they are all white inside. You certainly won’t get away with wearing them for more than a day if that’s your thing :grin:

I imagine it’s down to the printing process? I gather it is digitally printed fabric which needs a white base?

Out of interest, what is the material like in terms of feel/quality etc?

Yes, they all appear to be. I have got to add they are all incredibly comfortable

Agreed. I now have 5 pairs of OnThatAss and they are super comfortable!

Did anyone else get worried where this was headed?

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I justified the sock subscription to myself by saying I’d throw some away, I never did!

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Ditto. I had a t-shirt subscription for the same reason, to replace my tatty ones. I now have dozens of new t-shirts that I have yet to wear, and even tattier ones that I continue to wear to death!

I can’t be trusted with such a subscription!

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I did something similar but worse. Replaced old baggy t-shirts with nice, stylish fitted t-shirts. But kept wearing old ones instead. Then put weight back on so new t-shirts didn’t fit anyway :sob:

They’re all still in the wardrobe too :grimacing:

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I used to have a subscription to the London Sock Exchange, mostly because I liked the simplicity of the designs. But as others say - I just got overwhelmed with too many and I didn’t throw stuff away as they were ‘aging out’ of my sock rotation.

I’ve now just got one beast of a sock drawer with a sub-strata of socks that have probably been undisturbed since 2018… So… Yeah.

I am in desperate need of a good high quality underoo though, about 12 months ago my all time favourite boxers shorts got discontinued - and I’ve never found a pair anywhere near as comfy.

In all my searching I’ve not been able to find something that comes close. The second I do I’m buying 200 pairs of boxers I think.

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Got a spare £5000, @BritishLibrary?!

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