• FritzApollo@lemmy.todayOP
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    20 hours ago

    There are always people like that in these threads. Lemmy, Reddit, same thing. “Dirt broke and need to eat? Buy some kitchenware! It’s quite cheap if you have the money for it!” Don’t let them get to you!

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      20 hours ago

      Lol, in the long run it is totally worth having even the basics and being able to make food from scratch but when I was poor I was also working two jobs so didn’t have a lot of extra time for making food that took more than a few minutes.

      Being poor is really expensive!

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        19 hours ago

        “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” James Baldwin

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      19 hours ago

      Well considering I’m speaking from the experience of my own poverty, I might actually know what I’m talking about. I’m not saying go out and buy a $200 pot set. But you can get a $5 pot from a second hand store or garage sale, or these days something like Facebook marketplace that didn’t even exist when I was going through this, and you’ll make that up by not buying the garbage that the other person suggested. Your money will stretch a hell of a lot farther that way. Or you know, just dismiss me and other people because that person is insecure.