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Apple Vision Pro headset. It’s way too expensive but the quality is so damn amazing. I’m a VR developer so I appreciate its power.

Gaming PC, PS5, VR headset...

Shit now I feel bad cuz I'm imagining some starving kid covered in flies just watching my fat ass play games in awe and anger.

Lawn. I have a lawn. Just grass. Takes water and space. Makes a little O2 and that's it.

FWIW, I'm trying to get rid of it. Plans to build a solar array in the back yard, cover the patio with a greenhouse that connects the house to the garage, side yard is going to be raised planters, and the front is going to be mostly wildflowers with some small pathways and nooks for reading and relaxing. I'd like to get it to the point where I can "mow" the whole property with just a string trimmer.

My absurd luxury is probably my PC. I had a pretty decent one but saved for 1yr and built a $2,600 one. It was unnecessary in almost every sense of the word.

I have a smartwatch, which I got for my birthday. I have no real need for such a thing, but I really do enjoy it. I spend most of my time at home, and it's nice to not have to do stuff like go find my phone and take it outside with me if I want to sit on the deck in case I get an important text or call or miss an alarm.

Also, because other people are mentioning audio and music- my dad was born in 1931 and died in 2016. He absolutely loved classical music and was a real expert on it, especially the Russian composers. He pointed out that in his lifetime, if he wanted to listen to recorded classical music, he had to go from multiple 78 records, about 3 minutes per side, which you had to just keep flipping over and switching to the next one if you wanted to listen to something long (this is where the word 'album' came from, it was originally a literal album full of 78s) to a smartphone or mp3 player that could hold virtually every CD in his massive collection.

That was definitely a luxury, but a luxury that gave him a whole lot of comfort in his old age.

Edit: I just hung up on a telemarketer from my wrist. God, that was satisfying.

Fiber. In addition to my cheerios every morning, the kind that gets me reliable gigabit symmetric internet service with lag consistently only a couple ms. You could argue I overpay since I don’t use anywhere near that bandwidth, but it just works. Internet use is so much nicer than neighboring towns with shitty Comcast monopolies

No human had a hot shower before a hundred years ago and now I have at least one a day

About once every 3-4 months I take a 4hr hot bath with, phone in a waterproof sandwich-bag, bluetooth speakers, tunes, Epsom salts, and reading material.

It's excellent self-care. (No, the water doesn't go cold, I let out half the water and top it up with more hot, when needed).

Highly recommended.

Depending on where you live my almost daily trip to the bakery for fresh baguette or croissant could be a luxury I guess?

I work 24 hour shifts but also get paid to sleep. This results in 6-7shifts a month to cover a full time job. It allows for a lot of free time and also easilly able to add extra shifts if needed during tough times

A bidet seemed like a luxury until i started using the one that was installed in the house that we rent.

Now it seems more like a requirement

WFH.

does anyone here know what absurd or luxury means

I eat a grass fed steak every day

Clean water, a place to live, a doctor, able to vote in a free election, driving a car,

Reduced work hours and work from home with good salary.

I live in a tropical humid place that regularly gets 40+Celsius temps even during "winter" (it is currently "winter")

But I can afford air conditioning. A lot of people in my country cannot, and have just an electric fan and a lot of water to get them through the days.