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What are some creative ways that you save money? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by GreyTechnician@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me I generally pirate most books I read, although if there is a book I really enjoyed I will buy the physical copy.

I also generally tend to avoid having takeaways because they are just so expensive in this day and age with inflation and tend to opt for cheap meals like pasta or rice etc.

Also I don't pay for any streaming services, but borrow a VPN service from a friend to pirate the movies I watch.

Curious to hear of some ways that you people here save money.

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Rather than leaping straight to words like "corpse" and "murderer" for shock value, why not try a different approach?

It would be possible to actually contribute to the conversation, recommending vegetable-based dishes that are cheap. You could even mention in passing that you prefer a plant-based diet without coming off as a cultish fruitcake.

Can you suggest any other protein sources that are cheap for OP?

[–] PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbt 1 points 11 months ago

Why'd you change the goalposts to protein sources? Nobody mentioned protein sources before just now. We were comparing with rice and ramen. Ramen might be a half decent protein source, but rice isn't.

If you mean to answer my question by saying that you only mentioned corpse because it's rich in protein, then I understand why you only mentioned meat, but you're a fool because you didn't understand that we weren't talking about protein. But if you changed the subject to protein in order to one-up the nasty vegan who uses direct language instead of euphemisms, then you're having this conversation in bad faith.

Oh, and beans, tofu, pumpkin seeds. Because if I don't jump through this little hoop you've erected to try to "gotcha" me, I'm sure you'll spend your entire comment talking about what a stupid vegan I am instead of engaging with the actual point. My point being that you are a meat addict who hears "food" and can't think of anything other than a corpse, and that you use cheap deceptions to try and make the non-murderers look like the bad guys. Can you engage with the actual point this time instead of trying to change the subject away from your own actions?

[–] PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbt 0 points 11 months ago

I didn't say murder is wrong. You said it. Because it's what you really believe. You already know it's wrong, you just don't like thinking about the things you already believe.

Beans, tofu, pumpkin seeds, broccoli.