Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🐈‍⬛💦🎒🧼 Tuesday, June 4, 2024

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They aḷl sound good. I have some DIY food things I have been meaning to post but haven’t had capacity. I will get there.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sure they’ll be appreciated, food costs are up

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can post whatever you like on there. If you want to start a weekly thread go for it.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lol if I remember.

    Also I have this weird fear of getting made fun of for my tight fistedness/povness (despite the fact that it allowed me to save an emergency fund from very little)

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m a mod on there. @TinyBreak@aussie.zone is a mod on there. If anyone makes fun of you then they get banned. You’ve got our support. We’ve got your back.

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks. It’s silly, living conditions being what they are, but poverty and frugality are still quite stigmatized and some might turn their noses up

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      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks. It’s silly, living conditions being what they are, but poverty and frugality are still quite stigmatized and some might turn their noses up

        Hard agree. I’ll admit I havnt had a lot of time for the community lately. I will try put some more time in.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No shame here.

      I’ve had to do really cheap meals myself such as 2 minute noodles and peas or frozen veggies or Devon sandwiches for a week at times.

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wait until I break out the meals to use Spam ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

        Or the Vegemite pasta. Perhaps even sketti

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think I spent about $3.50 on food today. Porridge, lentil curry, beans on potato, two eggs on toast. Maybe $5 with trimmings.

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That actually sounds quite tasty. I wish my stomach would stop being a jerk

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah nah bro, not in this economy no ones gonna be making fun. My mortgage is +1k greater when I moved in, power bills through the roof, council is knocking on my door for rates. I’m about to propose to the mrs we introduce 1 or 2 “Pov” nights for dinner, where we see what we can make for a capped price.

      We all get it! Though I am gonna raise an eyebrow if you’re reusing teabags for the 4th time 🙃 I legit have been wondering about reusing some of the expensive tea bags a second time. 47 bucks for a box of tea is taking the piss!

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Heh, I use generic instant coffee so there’s no waste, and generic teabags. I don’t tend to reuse teabags but… if it’s still sitting in the cup from having been left in there… 🤔

        There might be more tolerance now, sure. I just see people who are uh, perhaps a little new to being skint. I think what’s been happening is that working class (and underclass) have been forced to be frugal for a very long time so people’s expectations are lower and adaptability is higher. But conditions are now getting so bad that they’re starting to hit the middle class and it’s causing a real culture shock.

        Like you suggest an occasional treat that can be made with leftover amounts of stuff you already have/buy in bulk - so they go out and buy large sizes of new ingredients they don’t have another use for, and then tell you that it’s not working out cheaper than bought :|

        Or this weirdly rigid handholdy article about recipes you can use if you can’t afford olive oil anymore… It’s like darls, those aren’t the only recipes you can use now. There may be specialised uses like animal fat or peanut oil for extremely high heat/deep frying but for general cooking you won’t explode if you substitute a more affordable oil. It’s usually just a spoonful anyway. Even canola and sunflower oil have essential fatty acids so there is still a little of a health benefit there.

        Or news articles will come out with the most obvious cost cutting tips presented like nobody has thought of them when… it’s something everyone you know has been doing forever.

        It makes me feel weird to say stuff like I haven’t bought olive oil in years, have never had a Netflix subscription, I don’t buy takeaway, grew up wearing op shop and hand me downs, I would always darn socks and replace zips or elastic rather than buy new clothes, I would use dried or tinned foods… Poor shaming has been such a thing for so long that something very normal for me might be a bridge too far for someone who hasn’t quite adjusted to ‘the new normal’.

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• CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !frugal@aussie.zone

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good bot

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve just put a comment in there. I saved $400 recently by swapping to a different car insurance provider. It’s a boring task, but a worthwhile reminder to shop around. I’m just mad I was probably over paying for years.

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