What's the most useful thing in the room you're in right now?

My cat's not very useful, but he's heckin' cute.
Winner!

Oops. Tied for first!

The tap, it generates water out of the void

What you’re tapping is another universe. They’re wondering where their water is disappearing to.
Real magic

Me. I’m competent as fuck.

The bidet.

This guys bidet.
- These guys bidet
- I, too, choose this guy's bidet.

Me

Me too!

Probably the walls. Without them, the ceiling would collapse and everything in the room would be useless.

I have the same phone stock os. How's graphene?

My glasses, my eyes are completely fucked so I really can't do anything without them.

Nah there are studies that show that if you go blind suddenly you will start to learn decent echolocation within a few hours, meaning in a room they've never been in they can use a clicker and not walk into things. You can already do it you just haven't ever done it consciously. It's your phone.
- Honey, daredevil comics aren't studies.

Standing on the bus stop, so, uh the road? But that wouldn't be useful without the buildings and all the activities in them that bring people here. Or since the room could be considered the general "outdoors", oxygen, or stuff like that.

Also now I'm in the bus, so the driver.

Definitely not me.

Gonna go with the floor. It really ties the whole room together.

Myself. none of the other things would do anything without me.

Depends on purpose. We’re complex creatures. Sometimes we need food. Sometimes we need to stay warm. sometimes we need to battle the dark thoughts in our head.

The chances of the most useful thing in the room being my phone is pretty high no matter what room I am in, since my phone is usually in my pocket and also modern phones are one of the most useful tools in existence.

My laptop & phone

Toothbrush

My computer. It was the most expensive one in the store when I bought it, and besides a not so great wi-fi adapter and ageing HDD's, this computer's been amazing for gaming sessions! The only physical console I've touched in years has been the Nintendo Switch due to the exclusives.

Emulators exist... ...oh wait... FUCK NINTENDO
I love their exclusive titles, but their hardware, and the way they deal with emulator developers make me want to throw up

Antibiotics.

My wife.

I'm out in a gazebo with nothing around me, so probably the sleeveless argyle sweater which is doing a better job keeping me warm than my blouse/skirt.

Toilet paper

I would argue the plumbing system beneath and behind you is more useful.
- Arguably. Though I could just use a hole in the ground. I'd say the sink is a close second. If I was in the wilderness and I needed to choose one though, I'd choose the toilet paper.

Myself. Which I see as a sign that I need better stuff. I am a low bar.

Probably the ladder with 6 rungs, about 2m long.

I'm rocking in a hammock in my backyard, while the portal solar panel I got for camping charges my bike battery. The sun is definitely the most useful thing right now, giving me next week's commute!

I'm cleaning my basement, so I'm surrounded by tools, warm winter clothes and blankets, and bicycles.

But probably the smartphone in my hand.

Alcohol

Why do you keep posting the same question in different communities?

I'm in my car so, probably my car.

If you’re in the car, does the car really count as inside itself?
- 🤷 I guess everything that's inside the outside is inside.
A car is the least useful thing in any setting.

My 3d printer.

Uhhhh. Probably the fridge. Maybe the microwave/oven combi, but the microwave no longer works so it's a bit less useful. If you purely look at the basics of survival then those would probably do it. Maybe the heaters, because surviving in a cold room is also pretty shit.

You could also argue that the smartphone I'm typing this on or the laptop are the most useful. It really comes down to semantics of "useful".

Depends what you want to do.

Want to sit? The chairs. Want to see? The lights. Want to not fall under the building? The floor. Want to get out? The door. Want to swim? The pool. Want to get out of the pool? The ladder. Want to get changed? The changing room. Want to warm the room? The heater.

I'm in the kitchen with my teenage daughter, so maybe the fridge?..

These little USB light bulb things.. They were like a nickel each and I use them with my power banks and when I just need a light

The room.

Was going to say my phone but honestly? Probably my bed.

Would "my phone" or "my computer" be too cheap as answers?

My iPad. I can not only doom scroll Lemmy, but keep up on news, read, play music or video, consume all the worlds knowledge. Also I can order food or anything really

Me!