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Because they are required, anything else is optional. Note that food and gas are also more expensive. Optional items must be cheaper and better because we can

Because they are required, anything else is optional. Note that food and gas are also more expensive. Optional items must be cheaper and better because we can't afford them to be more expensive.

tonyedgecombe 8y ago
Food is pretty cheap compared to historic standards, so cheap that we have a problem with eating too much rather than too little. Education is the one that I think can be fixed. We need to separate accreditation from the actual education. Just that would increase competitiveness and lower costs.
- mjevans 8y ago
  Healthy food isn't cheap. Unhealthy food is cheep. Particularly if you are single and trying to eat a variety of fresh things.
  - dorchadas 8y ago
    God, it's horrible as a single person. My roommate digs on me for what I eat (not superbly healthy, or, if healthy, in small portions) as well as for the fact I make multiple trips to the grocery (I get home at varying times, so don't always have time to cook and sometimes it's too late even to eat a crockpot meal), but also never wants to split and plan a menu for two to avoid costs. Cooking for one is a bitch, and it sucks.
    - tonyedgecombe 8y ago
      Cooking for one is a bitch, and it sucks. Batch cooking is the solution to that, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/MealPrepSunday/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MealPrepSunday/
      - dorchadas 8y ago
        I disagree that it's the solution, unless you can find a few meals that all require the same ingredients but are cooked differently. Otherwise you end up eating the same thing multiple times a week... Which just gets old. I'm fine eating dinner one night and leftovers for a day or two, but I don't wanna do it all week, even if you slightly change it up (mix grilled chicken in a salad, then a burrito, soup, etc)
  - nradov 8y ago
    Foods like potatoes, rice, beans, apples, carrots, and chicken are all healthy and cheap. Generally canned vegetables are just as healthy as fresh.

Because they are required, anything else is optional. Note that food and gas are also more expensive. Optional items must be cheaper and better because we can't afford them to be more expensive.

tonyedgecombe 8y ago

Food is pretty cheap compared to historic standards, so cheap that we have a problem with eating too much rather than too little. Education is the one that I think can be fixed. We need to separate accreditation from the actual education. Just that would increase competitiveness and lower costs.

mjevans 8y ago
Healthy food isn't cheap. Unhealthy food is cheep. Particularly if you are single and trying to eat a variety of fresh things.
- dorchadas 8y ago
  God, it's horrible as a single person. My roommate digs on me for what I eat (not superbly healthy, or, if healthy, in small portions) as well as for the fact I make multiple trips to the grocery (I get home at varying times, so don't always have time to cook and sometimes it's too late even to eat a crockpot meal), but also never wants to split and plan a menu for two to avoid costs. Cooking for one is a bitch, and it sucks.
  - tonyedgecombe 8y ago
    Cooking for one is a bitch, and it sucks. Batch cooking is the solution to that, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/MealPrepSunday/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MealPrepSunday/
    - dorchadas 8y ago
      I disagree that it's the solution, unless you can find a few meals that all require the same ingredients but are cooked differently. Otherwise you end up eating the same thing multiple times a week... Which just gets old. I'm fine eating dinner one night and leftovers for a day or two, but I don't wanna do it all week, even if you slightly change it up (mix grilled chicken in a salad, then a burrito, soup, etc)
- nradov 8y ago
  Foods like potatoes, rice, beans, apples, carrots, and chicken are all healthy and cheap. Generally canned vegetables are just as healthy as fresh.