Washedupcynic

The internet is available and recipes are searchable. Cooking can be learned as an adult. As a child I learned how to cook on PBS by watching the frugal gourmet and Julia Childs. Cookbooks are a thing.

The time issue is why people are eating pre-made, processed foods.

Below is an example of what it takes for me to make a pizza from scratch in terms of ingredients and time.

Cost of store brand premade pizza: $6-8, 15 minutes cook time, versus Cost of homemade pizza:

$2.50 for half block of store brand mozzarella cheese (Pre-shredded cheese has additives in it to keep it from clumping.)

1/2 onion - $1.00

2 cloves garlic $0.25

4 ounces tomato paste $0.50

Dry basil, oregano, bay leaf, parsley, paprika $0.10

2 cups flour $0.30

Packet of yeast $0.30

Total cost of ingredients: $4.95 Ingredient wise, I'm saving $1-3.

Prep time/clean time: Making dough, chopping veg, making sauce, shredding cheese, bake time, and washing dishes, is 2.5 hours (My hourly wage is $28) so that's a $70 cost in terms of time. That cost will be variable depending on a person's hourly wage.

Making a pizza from scratch has a cost of $74.95 for me. Yeah that homemade pizza is cheaper ingredient wise, and has better ingredients without added sugar, salt, or preservatives, but I could buy 10-15 store brand pizzas by just working for 2.5 hours instead. For a person making $15 an hour, that labor is costing them $37.50, and they could buy 5-7 pizzas bu just working 2.5 hours.

We all get 24 hours in a day, but they are not equal. If you don't live close to work, or have to rely on public transit, you could spend 4 hours of your day commuting, on top of an 8 hour work day. My eating habits improved when I had a 15 minute commute which gave me time to cook and clean.

Manure is also used as a fuel. Coal is too good for them.

They’re also absolute liars. They’ll say primaries are the time to disagree then vote blue no matter who in the general, but you see how they tried to sabotage Mamdani.

100% agree with you on this. Let's not forget how the fucked over Bernie Sanders too. At this point, they're controlled opposition to give us the illusion of choice.

They won't help us. It's up to us to save ourselves. And that means a tea-party style takeover of the Democratic Party via major grass roots effort.

Edit: I just remembered, we didn't even get a god damned primary for president because Biden dropped out and we just had to Swallow Kamala.

The message never really evolved past, at least we aren't trump. The working class and hard leftists are fucking pissed with milquetoast centrist democrats. They spend all their time trying to win over republicans than holding on to their core fucking base. I voted for Hillary and Kamala because, at least they weren't trump, but I wasn't fucking happy that those were my choices.

Ho trovato il repubblicano.

Former, and reformed resident of Dallas; Dallas pride is in September because June is too hot. Just a fun fact. When I lived there in 2008-2011 the police were still raiding gay bars and beating up gay men.

As was foretold by the deep magic.

I'm just going to sit here and enjoy the no deductible insurance provided to me by my blue state job, that costs me $10 a month after trading in vacation time to get a $110 discount each month. Mike Lawler voted against impeaching trump, again on 12/11/25. He voted yes to tabling impeachment in June of 2025 also. More performative bullshit from a rethuglican. Thoughts and prayers to the democrats in his district. Republicans in his district, along with him, can enjoy getting EXACTLY what they voted for. Lawler has that sweet sweet gubment insurance plan, so he'll be fine. I'll be waiting with the popcorn when his constituents turn on him.

The correct answer was thalidomide.

Tin-foil hat time: I'd bet $ Trump put out a hit on Reiner and his wife.

Edit: Looks like Reiner's son was arrested for the murders. takes off tinfoil hat

I spent 10 years working for vision and dental insurance. The only benefit of plans with a high deductible, like what you are describing, is it puts a cap on your own spending. Look at your plan's maximum out of pocket. That number represents how much you have to spend out of pocket, before you are fully covered. What you spend towards the deductible is counted towards the maximum out of pocket. (If my deductible is $4000, and my max oop is $10,000, I won't get 100% coverage until I have spent $4000 towards the deductible, and $6000 in copays/coinsurance.)

In all honesty, some of these plans have such high deductibles and max out of pockets that even with insurance, a major illness would be financially devastating. I've been in that position and just decided not to have insurance. Like if I'm going to be fucked no matter what, may as well save those insurance premiums for an emergency instead of paying a middleman for nothing.

I'm truly sorry you had this experience, and I am so happy you set a boundary and blocked this girl/woman. Do not unblock her. You may miss her presence in your life, but that pain will fade. Focus on other things in your life that make you happy. If you like to draw, every time you think about her go draw. You like video games? Play your favorite game when you think about her. Stay safe.