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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Nothing, I don't have one.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

On my nightstand? the usual: lamp, chargers, some decorations and that’s where my wallet and glasses sit at night.

In my nightstand? That has turned into a massive junk drawer of thjngs I have no idea of where to put, but some things of note: passport, travel charger, different currencies from the world, old chargers, nail file and clippers, other watches, a journal I tried to keep 20 years ago.

That reminds me, I should probably go through and clean it out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Condoms, a magic wand, lube, cock ring, extra cables for charging various devices, and a knife the seller named "Praxis" like the moon from Undiscovered Country.

On top, I keep ear buds, glasses, and my phone, usually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hmmm.. Mostly a full bottle of water, rest of the space is for my phone and glasses when I go to sleep, in the morning the same space can be reused for a mug full of coffee.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago
  • Crushed hopes and dreams
  • A small motherless goat
  • World peace
  • A cardboard chicken McNuggets box from June 1983, including remnants
  • 2.73 grams of termite frass
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My dildo and some expensive lube

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Inside I keep extra meds and a small gun safe. On top is usually water, Nintendo DS, a book, and my jewelry. When I’m lazy you’ll find little nebulizer vials on top too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

small gun safe

Amazing how odd that sounds to people that don't live in the 19th century

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Home defense is only normal in the 19th century? I have kids and own guns, not sure what else would be expected.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A lot of shit honestly.

  1. THC vapes (mostly empty)
  2. Books
  3. Blood pressure monitor
  4. Thermometer
  5. Dildos/vibrators/lube for my wife
  6. Small cases/boxes for things
  7. A wii u
  8. Random bush crafting/back packing stuff. Bandaids, head lamps, etc.
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I don't have a bedside nightstand but I do have a shallow shelf over my bed where I have sleep meds, paracetamol, wireless earphones, a roll of TP, microfiber cloth and and also put my glasses and snus can there when I go to bed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You don't have a cat do you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I had/have a similar setup. My one cat I've had for years never knocks anything down but now I also have a kitten and he occasionally feels the need to clear that ledge off. Typically when I'm in bed. It is kind of funny just hearing the pill bottles slide for a bit then fall out of nowhere.

I don't keep very much up there now. Only stuff he shows very little interest in pushing over.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

A truly unreasonable number of sex toys that built up over the years from previous relationships. My anti-bible "Drunk With Blood".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Honest:

  • Taco Bell hot sauce packets (may be expired, who knows)
  • McDonald's Hot Mustard cups or whatever you call them
  • Depleted weed batteries
  • Old remotes that I don't even know what they go to
  • Random mail from like 2+ years ago
  • Sunflower seeds (fresh!)
  • Nail clippers
  • A couple books I haven't read yet
  • Extra socks
  • Extra charging cables
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Woman over 30 here. I just keep a bottle of water, and in the summer, an electric infuser that thwarts mosquitos (too many in my area). I make a point to not have phones or alarm clocks by.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

We have limited closet space. So I don't get a bedside anything except a clothes rack. Tbh...it's fuckin annoying.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I'm a minimalist- no nightstand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Phone, phone charger, TV remote

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

A clock, kleenex, and a good book.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

The spare sheets.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

My savings.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

USB multi charger, head scritcher, massage oil, iPad, loads of cables, fitness tracker, book-shaped light, remote for the lights. There's also a little trash bin next to the bed, which is super useful.

Most of the stuff is in my nightstand though, so everything looks neat and tidy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Charging cables for phone + watch integrated in a 3D printed pikachu, a chapstick, a bottle of water

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Just my phone pretty much. I dont need my glasses to find my way to the bathroom in the morning, and I dont wake up in the middle of the night to drink water, if anything I wake up prematurely because I need to take a whiz. And then I can take a couple sips from the bathroom sink if I am thirsty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Books I never read and T shirts for sleeping.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh no… it’s kinda gross. Mostly snot rags and money.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Charging cables, earplugs in case of random lawnmower in summer, a bottle of water to the side.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

In - sex things.

On: glasses case, charging cable

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Some CDs that go in the stereo on top of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

In or on?

In? Nothing

On? Glasses, book, wallet and keys, phone, bottle of water, eye mask and a tissue box.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A stand for my phone, a stand for my ereader, and two buttons for my smart home setup: one turns everything in the house off, the other toggles the reading lamp.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Where'd you get those buttons?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Inside? An old silk pillowcase that I don't use anymore, an old birthday card from my mom, and most of my warm pants.

On top? Phone charger, phone, headphones, glasses

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Water, Glases, my Phone and a pack of migraine pills.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Phone, alarm clock (because some mornings, at least one of those will fail). Water bottle on the floor so there's less fuss when I tip it over.

Piles of books have taken over most other surfaces.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My phone, water, a tarot deck, and waaay too many books.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

My side:

  • Top: lamp, candle holder with LED tealight
  • Top drawer: books to read and weed, as well as a smart button
  • Middle drawer: pills and supplements
  • Bottom drawer: hairbrush, hair ties, nail clippers, nail file, cotton buds and my old watch (a present from my late father)

Other side:

  • Top: candle holder with LED tealight, my first haircut (waiting to go into the safe), new books and boardgames waiting to be processed and filed
  • Top drawer: wrong colour pillow case
  • Middle drawer: VHS tape of some video I took many moons ago waiting for me to convert it to digital as it has my Dad on it
  • Bottom drawer: ornamental rocks
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Anything that was ever on top of it that I no longer wanted there. There is a whole bunch of shit in there. I even have glow sticks in there.

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