Would you like a ball pit?

Having a ball pit in your living room may be expensive, but it is still totally awesome.

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Comic from xkcd.

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I WANT!... but I don't think my feline companions, 3, would appreciate it.

to a grad student, "expensive" is completely relative. does anything really cost that much money, if you don't have much money in the first place?

so worth it. just eat more ramen noodles for a while.