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Seems to be unpopular to admit in this post, but I use food delivery apps. Yes, the fees are ridiculous, but I can afford it. I don’t do it every day, but I do at least once a week.

I hate cooking and I hate dishes. It’s never pleasant. No, I can’t personally make something at home “better than most takeouts”. If you can, good for you. It’s not for me and I’m lucky that I am able to get takeout.

Honestly, I don’t know how in the world one human is able to keep up with working 40 hours a week, laundry, cook, clean, etc. It’s all too much for me. Hell, the state of my laundry has been insane the last several weeks.

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DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
I’d rather use a laundry that picks up and delivers folded clothes than get food delivered.

You’re allowed to use paper plates and throw them away after one use.

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tyler@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Once you learn how to reduce a lot of that, there is less waste and less cooking and waiting and yes the food is better than food delivered to your door. Even the cheapest frozen pizzas are better than the majority of pizzas delivered to door and pizza companies are the best at delivering fresh food to your door.

If you don’t want to do dishes then use paper plates. Like, you can both simultaneously generate less trash and have better food.

I agree that it’s impossible to keep up with chores. I do just a little every day and that helps keep the number down but it’s still impossible. But like if I’m going to get food from a restaurant (which i do) i go pick it up. It will get to me faster, I’ll eat it fresher, it will taste better, and it will be cheaper. Like the only upside to the food delivery apps is that you don’t have to go outside, which honestly is a downside for a lot of people in this day and age. We need people to interact more.

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- cm0002@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Even the cheapest frozen pizzas are better than the majority of pizzas delivered to door and pizza companies are the best at delivering fresh food to your door.
  
  Man you must have some absolute shit pizza places near you, I’ve had lots of frozen pizza and lots of pizza delivery. Frozen pizza can beat out the bottom tier chain pizza places (e.g. Little Caesars), but that’s about it
  
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Pro tip. Go to the laundromat. They have 75gallon machines. You can do a whole months worth of laundry in 1 go for a whole family. 30 minutes wash, 30-60 minutes dry. 1 afternoon, clothes for a month.

Or do drop off service, which costs 10x more, but you don’t have to do anything. Some even pickup/deliver

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- rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  You need to actually have enough clothes to last a month without washing, though. I’d last 10 days, maybe.
  
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  - DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    The best place to get clothes is the local uniform supply/restaurant supply/hardware store.
    
    Work type clothes are designed to be worn every day. Even if you have a small place you can store clothes in a box under the bed or at the bottom of the closet.
    
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