Sabata

It’s the payday celebration lunch, getting something expensive at work for lunch. I usually eat cheaper but the payday burger is the first thing that came to mind that I know the price history. I got stash of dry food in my office I can microwave for lunch.

Small chips from vending machine is $1.50, ~$10-20 would be cheap fast food, a sit down restaurant would be ~30-$60 +tip for one person (haven’t been to one in a few years so I’m not quite up to date).

Normally if you cook at home you can make good meal that last you a day or 2 for $5-10. If your desperate you can scrape by on the college special of ramen, bread, and frozen pizza for ~$1-$2 a meal.

I’d boil my balls for internet that cheap, It’s not possible to get anything for less than $60 where I’m at and it’s cellular internet with a low data cap at that price. Average home internet would be about $75-100 I do also have more expensive contract as I would get charged MUCH more on a home plan as I use more than the 1.5tb a month of “unlimited” internet but it would still be $80-150 a month. I got the cheapest phone plan possible and root my phone to not get charged for tethering and to bypass the shady stuff phone carriers do to your phone to milk you for money.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an electric bill under $100 I know I’m higher than average as I’m on a computer all day.

Don’t worry the US changes how we measure inflation every few years to keep the number looking politically favorable.

It’s the changes from over the last few years. You don’t notice till you look back. A $10 burger, medium fries and, 2 energy drinks pre COVID became a $12 then $15 lunch post COVID. As of Monday same lunch I like to get is now $19.09.

Pre/during COVID I use to survive off $200usd for a month of groceries, Its now $400 to barely fill the fridge and get a few basics. Electric Went from $150 to $200/$250 and my state put a rate cap on it. Heating bill hit $400 once this winter. Internet went from $90 to $150 my last renewal and Comcast is the only real option. Gas only goes up…

I got a new job a few years ago doubled my pay, cut back on a bunch of monthly bills, and got good at cooking. I saved up a few thousand, and now inflation is taking it back. This month is looking to be a no grocery month as I needed to get the car worked on and I still have to pretend the budget works even the math hasn’t checked out in the last few months. At least I been building up a horde of canned food and ramen for this exact situation.

glad they don’t know what nukes are

I have an idea…

Outlook(classic), Outlook(New), Outlook, “Mail” and xXOutlook 365 Copilot Quickscope1337 for One Drive Please useXx. What do you mean it’s confusing?

They need to do something dystopian with the new tech or they won’t get investments.

A community built on lying to the gullible and anxious can never last long.

There is multiple thousand year+ lineages of morons worshiping gods that they are willing to die for. Its a pretty solid system of control.

I’ve met plenty of humans. My expectations are pretty low. Good chance I won’t even be burdened with sentients.

They became an alien on another planet trillions of lightyears away.

That sounds like an improvement.

Lots of pictures of anime girls…

Not quite, but yes.

Sorry, I need a potato themed wiafu vtuber or It’s not going to hold my attention.

Smartest politician of our lifetimes.

That’s why I’d risk the money on some random indy game that may be good or may be shitty rather than the guaranteed 5/10 corpo pasta.

too much money ruins art.

As soon as the losses look scary or an investor throws a money bag around, its a race the bottom. Same way most movies are broad market idiot slop. Creativity is risk.

You will pay $70 for half a game that will be unplayable in 6 months, let us root kit your PC, and spend another $60 in Family Guy skins. Our shareholders demand it.

I’d lobby politicians into bombing Israel, I think they need a turn.

There’s some anime titties but not enough to go around.

I got 1 win in my stats, and the thousands of times I died because I was trying to explore the map after the boss.

700 hours and it’s still kicking my ass.