Ask HN: What's something you purchased impulsively just because you wanted it?

Last year, a Buell XB12R Firebolt. An exotic, American sport bike with a radical design and engineering philosophy. I knew they existed, but never paid much attention. Then a distant friend sold his bike. I took a test ride, just for the fun of it, because they are quite rare.

On the ride home I already had made the downpayment with the intent to pick up the bike the next day. One the best decisions I ever made!

I have a fairly expensive to laymen watch collection. (Enthusiasts would consider it modest since prices can get silly)

I work in tech but my education was in mechanical engineering and I appreciate the little microcosm of precision manufacturing, materials science, and craftsmanship that goes into a rube Goldberg mechanical movement.

So I don’t really own them for any specific purpose and I just buy them when I feel like it.

Oculus Quest. I haven't used it ever since one of its controllers stopped working. Last I checked(a year so ago) they are on Amazon for a ridiculous price.

Used minidisc player from the reuse center. I let something else go by and felt I really had to act when I saw this one.

65 days ago I bought a brochure titled "How to get updoots easily: a confessions of karmawhore"

A fortune cookie in a chinese restaurant.

I sometimes get one just to have fun with collegues after lunch.

1959 Fender Stratocaster.

Didn’t go over well with the wife.

Worth it.