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I respect that you would be willing to sacrifice three minutes of sleep for toast without a toaster. However, I am working to increase my sleep back to a healthy amount including physical therapy, setting better boundaries at work, and outsourcing a lot of low-value "just a few minutes" kinds of tasks that are individually small but cumulatively add up.

If I can spend $50 and half a square foot of counter space to get an extra 3 minutes of sleep every day I would do that in a heartbeat. If I could pay $1,000 and ten square feet of counter space to get an extra hour a day I'd do that in a heartbeat too.

Our differing life circumstances make our tradeoffs different, though I will admit that I aspire to become time-rich enough someday to afford luxuries like spending three minutes a day making toast without a toaster.




Fair, you may be the edge case that benefits greatly from a dedicated toasting appliance.


I may be, though given the popularity of dedicated toasting appliances, have you considered the possibility that it's not really an edge case?




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