I was in a fugue state drawing this. If it is in any way upsetting, I will delete it.

  • dbtng@eviltoast.org
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    7 days ago

    How much do you think rice and beans actually cost? Good luck eating more than $10 worth in a month. Pork loin ($12) is super-cheap, slice and freeze, got food for a couple weeks. Bag of mini oranges is $4 and that’s desert for a week. Add a (freakin huge) bag of Popeye fresh spinach for $4. So far I’ve spent $30 and have enough food to feed myself and even guests. Dunno who these “most people” are. These studies you mention … and all this navel gazing … that’s not real.

    It can be hard to break out of the American processed food trap. Requires practice. Gotta do it in order to understand. Go buy some groceries and cook something.

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      6 days ago

      Pork loin is 7 dollars a pound. Ground beef is cheaper. Chicken or tofu are by far the cheapest proteins.

      And I’m sorry but you cannot survive on spinach, oranges, pork, rice, and beans. Not to mention that rice is a 20 minute cook and dried beans take literal hours.

      You can’t just say something is cheap when the knock is time, money, and mental energy. You sound like those yuppis born into money, just telling people to buy a house to get on the financial freedom train.

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        5 days ago

        Buddy, that’s what I eat. You’re buried in some sort of fantasy. And apparently you shop at a luxury store, and ya don’t know how to actually shop. I’m telling you about my diet, not a study or research effort. You don’t believe me. That’s fine. Continue to be a victim. Keep eating crap.

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          5 days ago

          I’d love to know where you live that one of the most marketable pieces of pork is cheaper than chicken and ground beef. Because that would be amazing.

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            5 days ago

            Winco. Goes as low as $2 lbs all the time. Get the whole thing, not cuts. Pork, sadly for the pigs, is cheap.

    • Some Annoying Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      I meal prep, but i eat home cooked food every day. Anyway, since I gave up all the processed junk food, my acne is gone, I feel healthier, I AM healthier. I don’t work though, so I doubt I could work AND home cook meals.