AKA a composting toilet.

An electric toothbrush and more importantly a water flosser have saved me thousands in dental treatment costs.

“Do you want to be next? DO YOU?”

Then who?

Who?

Don’t tell me what to do.

Seems like the sort of thing that would leave some people parallelized.

Do they play polio there?

You’ve never been to Alabama, have you?

I’m rooting for the Polio. Those cute hats and little sticks and you get to ride around at a full gallop and then drink gin & tonics afterward.

That is NOT how you huff gas, man.

What is dark matter?

I don’t miss dial-up internet,

Nobody “misses” 56kbit/s.

I don’t even like the sound because it’s just digital screeches

When I hear that sound now I am very briefly returned to the excitement I felt in the 90s. It was an age of wide-open possibilities, free from commercial influence. Full of patience and anticipation.

Oh well.

most of the groceries the SO and I buy end up going bad before we can use all of the ingredients.

So what you mean to say that for YOU it’s cheaper to eat out given your current eating and cooking habits. But you are generalizing this for everyone. There are lots of reasons buying groceries and cooking may not be working for you. If you really want to save money, there is absolutely no question that it’s cheaper than paying someone to cook for you every meal. Just because you haven’t figured out how to do that doesn’t mean you can say that’s universally true.

This said, it sounds like eating out all the time is working for you and you are happy with it.

So this may not apply to you, but… If you do want to optimize for cost, I’d suggest:

1. Don’t buy cheap ingredients. Discounted groceries are old groceries. Buy from a farmer’s market if you can as things are WAY fresher and will last much longer.
2. Work out a small set of meals that you can put on repeat, last long and/or freeze well. Make these in quantities for several meals.
3. Buy as your base ingredients things that aren’t perishable or can be frozen easily. Dried beans are an obvious example.
4. Pool food resources with friends.

I demand my right to COMPLAIN! How insensitive of you to infringe upon my right to constant butthurt!

Do you know what a “refrigerator” is?

It is a Cracker Barrel

This all makes complete sense now. Thank you!

Is that a gift shop? Like where they sell fancy-looking jams and scented candles?

Are you sure? It’s not always clear.

This game recommendation thingy might be helpful: https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/surveys/start/gamerprofile/

In the profile you choose what you are looking for in a gaming experience - it doesn’t matter if you don’t know yet or need to make up some answers. There are questions like “How important is working towards a common goal with other players?”

It’s a place to start anyway.