King Jesus

Americans are pretty funny when they are complaining about cost of living while eating out everyday and needing some fucking 40k car. why can't you just buy some $1000 piece of shit and drive that and cook meals for 3$ a meal? Better yet, use public transport. Also why not get a room in a shared apartment? I'd much rather do that than live with my parents. I did an excel sheet and save all my receipts and put all my expenses there. I get 16k a year from disability and I think I could save $4k a year. Yeah medical bills probably suck but I doubt they add up to so much that 40k a year is not livable. I even refuse to buy coffee for 1,80€ at school so I bring my own. Point being you could cut expenses if you wanted to, but I guess in America that makes you a loser.

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On October 07 2023 07:55 CurbStomp2 wrote: Americans are pretty funny when they are complaining about cost of living while eating out everyday and needing some fucking 40k car. why can't you just buy some $1000 piece of shit and drive that and cook meals for 3$ a meal? Better yet, use public transport. Also why not get a room in a shared apartment? I'd much rather do that than live with my parents. I did an excel sheet and save all my receipts and put all my expenses there. I get 16k a year from disability and I think I could save $4k a year. Yeah medical bills probably suck but I doubt they add up to so much that 40k a year is not livable. I even refuse to buy coffee for 1,80€ at school so I bring my own. Point being you could cut expenses if you wanted to, but I guess in America that makes you a loser.

I drive an 11 year old car with 180,000 miles with the check engine light on, no AC, and 1 headlight.

What are you cooking for $3 / meal?

There is no public transport.

Having roomates suck but you are right living in a shared apartment is probably better than living with parents. Not in all cases but as a general rule yes.

I went to the doctor the other week. Blood work was $95. He wanted to do a sleep study so I can get a CPAP machine. It was $350 and I am unsure if it even worked. They haven't gotten back to me. I don't know if they'll have to charge me another $350. Who knows how much the CPAP machine costs....................

Last time I went to the liver doctor they wanted to do some scan. It was like $2,500 and I just told them NOPE and peaced out. Therapy is like $40 / session which isn't bad. Psychiatrist is like something ridiculous because I only see him for 10 min. Going to the psych ward is expensive. Medications are expensive. All this stuff adds up just as car bills add up. I mean replacing catalytic converters is $2k+ and I didn't even know what a catalytic converter was.

There is also a difference between pathetic and loser. Although maybe sometimes there is not. Sitting in my parent's basement making $20k / yr off of poker is pathetic and loser'ish. I don't think people with mental health issues are losers. I have considered going on disability a lot lately. But, the idea of being out and not being able to order a coffee if I want one kind of sucks. I told my therapist if I went on disability I would read a lot and walk a lot (and spend too much time on the internet). She was like, "That is a LOT of reading and walking. You are too damn smart to be on disability." My use of pathetic and loser isn't just used towards the lower class by the way. Vast swaths of middle and upper class are pathetic and losers. Probably more. What is it that Jesus said? It is easier to thread a camel through a needle than for most of these rich pathetic fucks have a shot at the Kingdom of Heaven? Something like that. In conclusion, I don't think you are a loser but it kind of sucks to not be able to buy a bottle of water when thirsty because it will break the budget.

I feel like we could collectively figure some things out in this thread.

One thing for me is lostaccount posted 2 kind of flashy videos but I didn't see any actual budgets. I would also be interested in seeing CurbStomp's budget for $12,000 / yr living.

On October 08 2023 04:38 RiKD wrote: I would also be interested in seeing CurbStomp's budget for $12,000 / yr living.

Me too.

Rice, broccoli with Kassler is like 2,45 a meal. You'll lose some weight too. spaghetti bolognese is probably not much more expensive per meal especially if you use some vegan soy shit instead of minced meat.

Chicken, broccoli, and rice is bringing flashbacks to when I was cutting doing bodybuilding. *Shudder*

I like spaghetti not even with any meat but not for every meal.

I'm taking my mom out to lunch for some good food. It will probably cost $60. That is a luxury I would miss if I just went straight disability.

I have been using Butler soy curls (contains only one ingredient: whole dehydrated soy beans) a lot lately. I buy a box in bulk (12 lbs) and one typical serving for me is 75g (has 25g protein). Comes down to 1.7$ CAD per meal (1.25 USD). Combined with a cheap staple like rice/rice noodles and some sauerkraut, it's less than 3$ per meal. Oats + a protein powder bought on sale/in bulk from Costco and fruit is also a very cheap common breakfast.

The issue with RiKD is not that he can't find cheap foods, it's that he can't commit to eating them regularly. This is especially difficult when you have no goals you're working towards, and you live with your parents where there is an abundance of "rich" foods. To succeed at eating this way you have to be either forced by circumstances due to low income, or working towards a goal (health/fitness/budgeting etc).

Loco is not wrong.

How are you Loco?

I don't expect you to continue posting but do you have any good books, film, music while you are here?

Ya'll inspired me to go cheaper with my meals.

1/2 cup Brown Basmati Rice
little bit Roganjosh sauce
1/2 a bag of frozen peas

pea soup is super cheap food too. 500g bag of dried peas is like 1 euro and then 400g of minced meat is 2,60 and some onion and mustard. thats probably a weeks worth of food. maybe gets a bit boring to eat that everyday though.

I quit my job today and need to lose some weight so I might try and jump on the cheap / healthy food train. I'll have time to cook too.

I might even go on disability if they'll let me. We'll be disability brothers Curb!

lulz i'm not on permanent disability because i'm not sick enough. but I'll ride this for a while and save money. Maybe I escape to cambodia or something when the order comes.

we have the most right wing government since 30s but they can't touch pensions due to old voters and disability is tied to the pensions.

I don't think I will actually go the disability trap route. As my therapist says I'm too damn smart to go on disability. Who knows what the job market entails though. I didn't exactly leave this company on good terms. I have no ill will towards anyone there but who knows who will resent me now. Quitting with not even a clue with what I want to do besides start an independent book store probably isn't prudent. It's what happened though.

well don't get stuck at home and do nothing. it's not good.

On October 14 2023 09:05 CurbStomp2 wrote: well don't get stuck at home and do nothing. it's not good.

This.

Try going to meetup groups for various things like hiking and stuff.

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. (Socrates)

Can it be somewhere in the middle rikd