Back when a struggle meal was called dinner on Tuesday.
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I grew up on the lower end of middle class. Govnment cheese grilled cheese sammies is definitely something I loved eating as a kid. This forced us to be industrious. My parents gardening, did their own DIY home improvements, woodworking, hunting, and more. They weren't survivalists because of some doomsday shit, but lived this way because we couldn't afford not to if we wanted to live in a house in a big city suburb in the late 80s & 90s. Over time, my mother took on work utilizing the skills she gained doing the stuff for ourselves and we slowly climbed out of the near poverty life and I was able to have nice things in my teens.
I'm now doing well for myself, solidly middle class in this economy and region. But as things are shifting like crazy around us, I just decided to turn my yard into a garden so I can at least feed myself fresh food if shit becomes unavailable or unsafe to eat. If I have to start hunting again, I will.
I'm not panicking, I'm just going to control what I can, and will do my best to have a good life, and will fight for everybody else to have a chance at a good life too.
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I bet you'd start freaking out too if you don't have a roof over your head or food to eat...
When you can't afford food, fishing regulations are just a suggestion.
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Not if you're in any way queer. They don't help us.
Plenty of other charities exist to choose from
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You can go to the gas station to get their coffee, you don't have to also get gas.
Cheaper to drink my homebrew moonshine.
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You think old poor don't have crushing credit card debt?
As an old poor I don't, bank wouldn't even trust me with an overdraft.
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Using IASIP for this meme is pretty silly, considering everyone on that show (except for maybe Mac) has a seemingly unlimited amount of money via Frank.
The meme is literally a scene directly from iasip.
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Ironically poor people tend to put more emphasis on buying name brands, certainly for things that other people see, like clothes, vehicles etc.
Value signaling is a thing.
My dad grew up poor and he can't stand going to budget stores like Aldi and Lidl. It's almost a matter of principe for him, he can afford to go to the more expensive store so he will.
I love Aldi. Week of food for 15 quid, easily. Fried rice is a popular cheap meal for me
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It’s the whole “couponing is only trashy if you’re poor” mentality.
For the rich, couponing is a game. See how much you can get, for as little as possible. You have the storage space for it, so you’re not worried about excess or waste. All you care about is gaming the system to see what you can get. You had to buy 18 months worth of laundry detergent to get the discount? That’s fine, cuz you have space for it at home. And your basic necessities are already covered, so the coupons don’t need to be for staples that you’ll use quickly or regularly.
For the poor, couponing is a necessary evil. You’re eating chicken every day this week; Not because you really like chicken, but because it’s what you had a coupon for. And now you need to eat it before it goes bad, because you need the space in the fridge for this week’s coupons and you can’t afford to simply toss it out.
This makes me appreciate Aldi so much. No loyalty cards, no coupons, no bullshit. Just cheap food for all. I hate Tesco as they are the opposite. No loyalty card? Pay extra then. Also under 18s can't get loyalty cards.
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Yeah but it's also: logos on clothes are huge on items marketed to poorer people. You won't find old money walking around in overtly branded clothes. They do buy better quality stuff, but the branding is less important.
Supermarkets do plain clothes really cheaply here
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Cheaper to drink my homebrew moonshine.
Sure. It's also cheaper to just drink water. However, gas station coffee is cheaper than Starbucks by a fair amount at least where I'm from, and it's not half bad.
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Plenty of other charities exist to choose from
Not really. Too many give to the christofascists.
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Sometimes when I hear how much money people spend on groceries, I'm in awe. Who the fuck is spending 500$ on groceries per person per month? HOW the fuck are they doing it?
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I bet you'd start freaking out too if you don't have a roof over your head or food to eat...
My job is shit I make minimum wage, but dog the fascist right terror regime overshadows that by a longshot.
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Sometimes when I hear how much money people spend on groceries, I'm in awe. Who the fuck is spending 500$ on groceries per person per month? HOW the fuck are they doing it?
Listen man dunkaroos ain't cheap alright
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Using IASIP for this meme is pretty silly, considering everyone on that show (except for maybe Mac) has a seemingly unlimited amount of money via Frank.
It's from the economy episode brah
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Sometimes when I hear how much money people spend on groceries, I'm in awe. Who the fuck is spending 500$ on groceries per person per month? HOW the fuck are they doing it?
Per person????
We eat good, always have snacks and get a few bs quick meals whenever we go shopping. $800 for a family of 4 and I feel like that's too much.
Granted I make a lot of stuff from scratch, but I feel like the snack and quick meals even that out price wise.
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Per person????
We eat good, always have snacks and get a few bs quick meals whenever we go shopping. $800 for a family of 4 and I feel like that's too much.
Granted I make a lot of stuff from scratch, but I feel like the snack and quick meals even that out price wise.
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When you can't afford food, fishing regulations are just a suggestion.
Unless the pond is radioactive.
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Sometimes when I hear how much money people spend on groceries, I'm in awe. Who the fuck is spending 500$ on groceries per person per month? HOW the fuck are they doing it?
There's a difference between having enough to eat and having enough healthy food to live well. I'm sure you could survive on like on &100 per person per month if you wanted to eat ramen and canned meat. But throwing in fresh fruits and veggies runs that number up.
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There's a difference between having enough to eat and having enough healthy food to live well. I'm sure you could survive on like on &100 per person per month if you wanted to eat ramen and canned meat. But throwing in fresh fruits and veggies runs that number up.
Yeah, but most Americans aren't eating healthy either. So it's more of a worst of both worlds situation.
