I was thinking from the perspective of a city dweller where we often don’t have an outdoor cooking option unless we go to the park or something. Although, I suppose the indoor air pollution issue is also more of a problem in a tiny city apartment where the same volume of pollution will be more concentrated.

I guess this doesn’t come up super often for a lot of people but I know certain foods can be charred directly on the flame, and don’t really have an equivalent way to be cooked with the same flavor on an electric stove. I’m thinking things like charred red pepper or eggplant, or tortillas. Probably not a reason not to…

I’ve always thought that part of the idea was that you are more likely to go walk around once you’ve already overcome the inertia of sitting, even if the standing itself isn’t that much better.

When I was 18 and checking out at Old Navy I figured I might as well do it because it made my order basically free and I figured I would just get rejected anyway (because I put my income as like $7k from my summer fast food job and had zero credit history). Of course they accepted me anyway and I was freaking out. It…

Yeah I’m all for not having to do chopping or buy more than you need but this time of year I’m more into having my vegetables cooked. Regular green coleslaw mix also works great anywhere you would use normal cabbage. I like to make an “unstuffed” cabbage casserole with ground meat or lentils and rice with a…

Just looked it up and most of the time the fees on Visa cards are in the $3-5 range depending on how much you put on the card and where you buy it. Not awful, but still $3-5 I’d rather save if I don’t have to spend it.

Why not just avoid the fees and gift them actual cash at that point? Or a check if you want something they can mobile deposit.

I get that “be healthier” isn’t a great goal, but I’ve heard that goals can also sometimes be too specific? For example if the goal is “go to the gym more” versus “go to the gym 3x a week”. If you only make it to the gym 2x a week for a few weeks, now you have failed the latter goal, and may be more likely to be…

I thought I was the only one who felt this way! People always say tofu is just bland and tastes like whatever you marinate it in but I feel like it in fact has a distinct flavor, and that flavor is why I don’t really like it so much. I don’t mind the taste of soy itself (OK with soy milk and edamame is delicious), so…

Cream cheese and jam is such an underrated bagel filling.

True about them being easily done away with. I’ve heard the worst gift is anything big meant to be displayed that they may not like, because now they need to display the ugly (to them at least) sculpture or painting every time the giver comes over. At least the spices don’t take up a lot of room, and you can get away…

True, although that applies just as equally to regular romantic marriage no? I feel like if anything you’re less likely to have a messy divorce where your spouse is actively trying to hurt you with a platonic friend.

Yeah I feel like my eyes might be drier now a year and a half out from Lasik, but it’s also possible I’m just noticing it more. Working on a computer all day isn’t great for your eyes even if you’re wearing glasses. In any case needing to put in some eye drops sometimes, while it does reduce the convenience benefit…

A lot of these suggestions are way more expensive than fuzzy socks so don’t really fit the same purpose (even if I have money and want to give nice gifts to certain people in my life not every gift giving calls for $150+). Also, all the scented stuff faces the same issue as the cheap lotions. I am picky about my…

Note that if you buy a refurbished device that is slightly older, you should research if there were any issues with that model. I bought a refurbished laptop awhile back and found out that the model I bought had the awful nearly completely flat keyboard, while newer models did not. If I had bought the model that was…

This isn’t really an apples-to-apples comparison though. There are Android phones that are just as expensive as Apple ones. If someone wants the latest fancy technology buying Android is not a way to save money.

Eh my only thing is I often cook dinner for multiple days at a time (so I’ll eat the same soup for Monday and Tuesday night dinner if not also Wednesday). In which case I need to make something else for lunch, unless I want to eat the same thing twice in one day.

I never understood that though because that term always implied to me that I was crying on purpose to manipulate when I was genuinely upset? Like I literally cannot cry on command. I also wasn’t necessarily even trying to get my way to make the crying stop. I was just crying and would have been fine to just be allowed…

I feel like the biggest cost would be being tempted to do expensive habits like eating/going out more frequently based on the nature of having less space. For example cooking in a tiny kitchen is less pleasant, plus you can’t batch cook/meal prep because you can only fit a small fridge and freezer. I can also see…

I wouldn’t be surprised if people marrying their close platonic friend becomes more a thing as long as the health insurance situation in the US remains the way it is. I am actually surprised you don’t hear about it more, though I suppose a lot of people probably don’t talk about it since there is still a stigma around…