Showroom7561
@Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Well, they finally got around to me 1 day ago:
Just tried Grayjay on desktop last night. Syncing with mobile is awesome.
But on desktop, I’ll continue to use freetube because i can block channels (or even content by keyword) from showing up on my feed.
If you only watch content that you’re sibscribed to, then this shouldn’t even be a concern.
- Comment on Like Elon Musk, 1 in 3 bosses admit they are pushing RTO because they're so upset about wasting money on all those empty desks 2 days ago:
It’s all about status. Big building = big dick. And more buildings spread all over the place is the equivalent to them having tons of kids.
It’s such a primitive, ape-brain thing to do, but that’s how these psychopaths operate.
- Comment on Vomit-inducing article about Jeff Bezos’s obscene wealth 2 days ago:
This isn’t “vomit-inducing”, it’s rage-inducing.
If someone can give away 99% of their hoarded wealth, and still be a MULTI BILLIONAIRE, you know that the global community needs to come together and put caps on personal wealth. Taxing them isn’t enough.
- Comment on But of course we don't want to poison our child. 2 days ago:
Yeah, likely right in front of the doors so she makes sure to poison everyone else, too.
The front of my local hospital always has people smoking, and you’ll always be breathing it in if you’re trying to enter the ER or main entrance or parking lot or the park beside it.
- Comment on We need a new Amazon 3 days ago:
but otherwise it’s local if possible, or direct from the vendor if not.
The problem I find is that local usually means “you’re gonna pay a lot more for the same item you can get shipped for free off Amazon”.
So, who am I benefitting? It’s a horrible consumer dilemma that I hate to be caught up in.
And it’s not even an “Amazon” issue. Our local bike shop, as much as I really do like to support them, sells tires for 2-3x more than what I pay to get them shipped in from an online bike store out of Germany (I’m in Canada!). Supporting local only works when local isn’t trying to screw you over.
- Comment on We need a new Amazon 3 days ago:
Also, check your local library for “creator” services. Our local libraries have 3d printers you can either use, or have them print stuff for you for dirt cheap. Really, really cool service.
- Comment on Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some U.S. stores 4 days ago:
At our (Canadian) Walmart, I’ve seen so many cameras set up, you’d think you were at a casino! I’m talking cameras in the dry good isle, FFS! And we have an airport style security gate as well as uniformed security at the store exits.
And to think that they trust customers enough to be their own cashier, yet treat them like criminals while they shop, is madness.
- Comment on I have read through this job ad multiple times and I still have no idea who they are looking for. 6 days ago:
This is what happens when you let AI write the job listing. It’s just word salad.
- Comment on Some disabled workers are making pennies per hour. Will that change under Trump? 1 week ago:
Never forget that Trump publicly mocked a reporter with a disability.
- Comment on FedEx has absolutely no clue what 'economy' means. 1 week ago:
When Canada Post was still alive, this used to happen a lot when using their parcel service.
I would check all available options, because the ones you’d expect to be cheap often ended up being more expensive and take longer to get to the destination, and the cheap options don’t give you perks like free parcel insurance.
OP, I also love how much you save by letting them deliver just a few hours later!
- Comment on What a bargain 1 week ago:
Here’s an interesting interpretation of the strategy in the context of modern, online shopping:
“…while ending‐9 prices exert a sizable impact on shopping cart additions (by nearly 20%), the impact on final purchases is marginal (by less than 4%). A possible reason could be that even if each individual product adopts its ending‐9 price, the cost of the shopping cart (which can involve multiple items) might still not preserve such a pricing structure.”
This “trick” may be easier at the retail level, when the customer really doesn’t know (or can be influenced) by the final total. But as the study suggests, when shopping online, we may fall for the trick initially, but have an easy enough way out to avoid making the final purchase.
Either way, that’s just one form of phycological warfare that retailers use. Online shopping comes with far more opportunities to trick us compared to a brick-and-mortal shop. Always have enough buffers before confirming your order, so you aren’t spending more than you need to (or buying things you don’t need!).
- Comment on What a bargain 1 week ago:
You’d be surprised how well “99” works compared to the whole number. It’s a marketing trick, which is why most items are listed as .99, .98, etc.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
You assume that I’ve been both skinny and well off, so I can’t speak to the topic?
Well, you’re wrong.
And the reality is, the MAJORITY of the population is dangerously overweight, so this isn’t a “some people can’t do what you do!” situation. There are SOLUTIONS, and they don’t have to be difficult or out of reach to anyone.
Why wouldn’t you want more people to be educated in nutrition? Why would you want poverty to be an excuse to not try? Give people a chance, man.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
It’s amazing for me to consider that anyone could bake a loaf of bread in their kitchen in a few hours, and nobody, not even Musk could taste it, not even if he wanted to. It’s a sense of ownership and accomplishment, and you… won’t die of starvation, so it has that going for it too.
That’s such a wonderful perspective! And funny enough, I’ve got a loaf in the bread maker! 😂
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
The intuition of how much I need to cook comes with more experience, but it means I’d need to go through months of me cooking too much and either throwing it away, or eating the same thing for a long time.
I know exactly what you mean! Having raised kids, and now grandkids, this problem can come up often!
My only suggestion here (for anyone), is to make less than you think you can eat, and then have simple sides or snacks to cover any shortfalls. It’s far too easy to over prepare meals, so you do bring up a good point!
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
Well, I knew how to cook and enjoyed cooking well before the pandemic. We did rely on more packaged food back then, not junk food, but just “packaged” stuff (i.e. bread, dry pasta, etc.).
As prices went up, we had to find ways to bring them back down.
Another example would be canned beans. As a vegan household, we were going through canned beans… at least 40 cans per week. Not bad when they are $0.69 each, but impossible to sustain as they climbed to $1.69. So, we started cooking dry beans with our instantpot (which we already had).
Almost no prep work, other than dividing the portions into separate containers to make it easier to use in other dishes. But we’re saving hundreds of dollars a year, and we’re getting 100% beans (no anti-foaming agents, preservatives, or other extras).
We picked up so many cost-saving strategies over the pandemic, and while food costs are still high, it’s not crippling our budget.
Education in (basic) nutrition, basic meal prep, kitchen shortcuts, using small appliances to your advantage, all go a long way!
The biggest challenge that I think most families would face to get out of the “so we learned” stage is deprogramming certain habits and taste preferences.
If you’re used to overly sweet, overly salty, overly fatty, and artificially flavoured food, then it takes some adjustment before your taste buds can appreciate what real food tastes like (spoiler: it tastes better than the fake crap).
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
Yes, I do, along with the grocery shopping. For a family of 4.
Since the pandemic, we really had to tighten up on our grocery budget, so we learned where to save money on food while making food prep easier (so we aren’t relying on convenience foods).
As an example, we were spending something like $15 to $20 per week on non-dairy milk. So, we just make that at home for pennies at a time. Takes <10 minutes to make a week’s worth, then we reuse the glass jars. No waste, no running to the store, no filler ingredients.
We do also make use of an instant pot and bread machine. Low effort, but high-quality food that’s cheap.
Food prep (and cleanup) is a skill that I hope everyone can take at least some time to learn. It carries through to the rest of your life, and you’ll have better health as a result.
Don’t get me wrong, we definitely still buy convenience and packaged food, but they aren’t the meal. Even as snacks, these foods are far too expensive to have all the time.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
The problem is cooking for one. If you are inexperienced, you tend to overcook and then you either waste that or eat the same thing for five days.
I honestly think it’s a shame that more people don’t learn how to prepare food, even if it’s just decent quality quick meals.
It’s a skill that everyone should know, not only to help save money, but to nourish the body without much effort.
Sure, if you like making extravagant meals, go for it! Cooking can be a hobby, too.
But so many meals can be made with less than 10 minutes of effort, and you can scale up the quantity to feed your entire family without adding more time and lowering the overall cost per portion.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
Good luck eating “overnight oats” everyday on dirty plates in a dirty kitchen
Goddamn, where are you eating your meals, bro?
Cleanup is SUPER EASY.
I don’t understand what everyone is doing to make food prep and cleanup such a nightmare, but it really doesn’t have to be difficult, unless you make it difficult.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
The problem isn’t “bad food” it’s all about controlling calories intake.
Yup, that’s what I’ve always said.
Top athletes eat loads and loads and loads of highly processed, high calorie food… and they have low body fat and are at peak fitness.
That’s because they treat food a fuel, and if people are eating food (fuel) as if they were a competitive athlete, but spend their day in a chair, they’re going to get fat!
But in terms of cost, it’s way more expensive to be eating delivered food than to make basic recipes.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
the time and energy to cook is an expensive luxury that no everyone have.
I would reject that statement on the basis that preparing a decent meal does NOT have to be time or energy intensive.
For example, you can make overnight oats with about 10 to 15 seconds of effort. It would be filling, healthy, cheaper than packaged cereal, and can be done with something that most people already have in their home or apartment (a fridge).
And with a visit to the thrift shop, you can get a rice cooker for like $10. And make all kinds of dishes without any effort at all.
There are so many “hacks” to make cooking quick and easy, that I’d say it’s more effort to always feel shitty because of a poor diet.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
Highly processed, high sugar foods are generally less expensive.
It may seem that way, but I’d love to have some examples.
FWIW, I do the grocery shopping in the home, and find that highly processed foods, for the amount you get, is far more expensive than real food.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
An obese poor person really is a paradox!
It’s far more expensive to eat in a way that would make you fat, so maybe not poverty, but (nutrition) education levels would be a better correlation?
- Comment on Weekends were a mistake says Infosys co-founder Murthy 4 weeks ago:
Some people just hate their family so much that they’d rather be working 80 hours a week, and go through great lengths to justify it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Rich coming from the party of voter suppression…
- Comment on Sneezing with cottage cheese in your mouth 1 month ago:
These are the tips that the Kleenex company doesn’t want you to know! LOL
- Comment on Sneezing with cottage cheese in your mouth 1 month ago:
If you feel a sneeze coming on, pinch the soft tissue at the bridge of your nose. For me, this stops a sneeze 99% of the time.
- Comment on Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice? 2 months ago:
I care about other people’s kids. I want them housed, fed, clothed, etc.
I want my tax dollars to improve other’s lives so they have what they need to be self-actualized human beings.
I won’t let them get hurt at the playground if I can help it.
I watch them when they cross the street to make sure they do it safely.
Oh geeze, yeah, I hope that what I wrote didn’t come off as “not caring” about the wellbeing of other people’s children, because that’s absolutely not what I meant!
What I mean is that most people don’t get excited about when someone else’s child just spoke their first word, or took their first step. They really don’t, because it’s not a milestone that impacts that person’s life in any meaningful way.
When someone sends you baby picture after baby picture, or their kid’s school trip photos… nobody actually “cares” about those things. It occupies no space in their head past that brief moment they were told about it. That’s what I mean.
If those things make you happy, there’s nothing wrong with that, either!
Do cute kids put a smile on my face? Of course. But do I care that an acquaintance’s child now uses the potty? Not. At. All.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 2 months ago:
Some flashlights I own have a lockout feature to prevent this from happening accidentally.
The one bike light that doesn’t have this lockout mode, or the ability to disconnect the battery by unscrewing the cap, burned through a dry bag I had it in…
Still a good light, but I had to tape a metal ring over the on/off button, so this never happens again.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 2 months ago:
I don’t mind a long-click to turn off/on, and a short click to move between SOLID modes (high/low). But for the love of Christ and all the saints, any strobe mode should be a special key combination (i.e. double click).
Flashlights that have you moving through multiple strobe modes before you can get to a different brightness level, or before you reach “off” are infuriating.