I'm just saying you have to be able to hold down a job well enough that food is not the primary cost driver for your living expenses. You don't have to be at a

I'm just saying you have to be able to hold down a job well enough that food is not the primary cost driver for your living expenses. You don't have to be at a HN-level of intelligence/industriousness to do that either, but you do have to be reasonably intelligent. If you can't hold down a decent job, odds are you aren't going to be much use in the kitchen.