No one listens to the troubles of the college-educated Black professional classes. From lack of entry-level opportunity to the ghetto-ization of certain positions to the lack of mobility, it’s still an old-boys club. Except the old boys are now young whites (male and female). Instead of the former excuse of a lack of…

AGENT 47: Wally World Or Bust

**farts in your general direction**

My turning point was getting decent storage containers. Old, mismatched, warped containers with missing lids would discourage anyone from efficiently cooking ahead.

You have gas all the time and are unbearable to be around.

Yup, dude sounds like a chump. If my mother asked me for $20 for a meal, I’d hand it to her and apologize for not having chipped in for years before. We obviously don’t have all the info here (family dynamic and whatnot), but if your mom asking you for $20 in exchange for throwing a Thanksgiving get-together is reason…

Thanks. I am trying to be more like my cousin, to live by her example. She was one of those special people. 

She sounds exactly like my sister who I am nothing like. RIP to your sweet cousin.

For almost any other person I know, I would agree about the resentment. But not her. She was perhaps the most selfless, giving person I’d ever met. She loved seeing the family all together and never once complained about it (and I would have been the one person on this earth that she complained about that to).

Whatever gets you through this life (just as long as it’s legal and not hurting anyone, that is)

Right, but lets say you want to host/nobody else does but you don’t want to spend 400 dollars feeding 20 adults who have money of their own, and you are the best cook.

It is a ton of work and expensive. In the scheme of things, $21 is nothing for a holiday meal. I also notice that neither Staceyjas or her partner are offering to step up and help out with the meal or the expense. Instead Staceyjas has the nerve to say it’s not like her MIL is destitute. Some people are very free about…

I don’t have a problem with this. Its a ton of work, it’s expensive, and asking people to chip in isn’t a crazy request. There are other ways to do it as well. She could provide one aspect of the meal (the turkey for instance) and anything else that will be served needs to be brought by the guests. It’s family, it’s…

Or run it by everyone in advance.

People who argue about authenticity in fast food are completely missing the point. If it’s not to your taste, that’s totally fine/understandable. But this is the same argument people make with Taco Bell (“but it’s not real Mexican food!”), and it never makes sense to me.

Did you see Potbelly’s thing? Probably the best Brand twitter so far this week -

1. I forgot PeiWei even existed - it was overpriced rubbish when I lived in Oklahoma.

another good idea, avoid organic. research has shown no discernible difference in nutritional value between organic and non-organic food. when washed there is no difference beyond price. (and organic produce still uses pesticides for those unaware) the same has been found so far between non-gmo and gmo fruits, the…

A lot of good advice here, especially “plan your meals”, “shop only what you need” and ‘stock up on cheap basics.”

Two things my wife & I do (one is not directly cost saving but can help), have a couple ‘quick meals’ and HEB pick up.