Instead of wasting the inventory slot, you can also just delay taking the upgrade until later in the run
A lot of large projects have design areas. Gere's gnomeshttps://welcome.gnome.org/en/team/design/#get-involved
Most guys aren't attracted to other men. I don't know modern numbers, but wikipedia has <10% of u.s. people identifying as lgbtq+ combined.Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_demographics_of_the_United_States
Instead of wasting the inventory slot, you can also just delay taking the upgrade until later in the run