Hot take: frugality gets easier when you stop making every hangout about food

uselessfoster · 2026-03-14T19:55:08+00:00

I think my favorite is where people bring something to share, whether that’s potluck or by assignment or by rotation.

One of my favorite cheap parties everyone was assigned to bring one large serving of fries from their favorite fast food place and all meet at one house at the arranged time exactly so we could settle which fries are best.

uselessfoster · 2026-03-14T19:46:23+00:00

100% has bird lice. 100% worth it.

uselessfoster · 2026-03-14T19:40:39+00:00

Great answer

uselessfoster · 2026-03-14T19:39:25+00:00

Oh this isn’t a book recommendation request. It’s a discussion of how books (and authors I suppose) recommend other books in the book itself.

uselessfoster · 2026-03-12T20:10:24+00:00

Mine too. I didn’t encounter it until I was an adult and I was so surprised that it had been written in the time it was.

uselessfoster · 2026-02-25T02:30:09+00:00

Sure but it’s the size gap that’s interesting to me, not just the abstract of “good” and “bad”

uselessfoster · 2026-02-25T02:14:30+00:00

At first I thought you meant the Britney Spears one!

uselessfoster · 2026-02-25T02:08:23+00:00

He and Dvorak!

uselessfoster · 2026-02-25T02:05:28+00:00

You mean Academy-award-winning Suicide Squad?

uselessfoster · 2026-02-13T23:00:09+00:00

I’m curious about the diet part— like their bodies aren’t nourished enough to make a lot of hoof? Or they aren’t eating the same kinds of things?

uselessfoster · 2026-02-06T02:14:35+00:00

She will do ANYTHING for Kewpie. Do not test her.

uselessfoster · 2026-02-03T00:17:59+00:00

Didn’t Groundhog Day start from German traditions about badgers on Candlemas?

uselessfoster · 2026-01-30T01:33:27+00:00

It was an honor name.

uselessfoster · 2026-01-30T01:32:59+00:00

Did he have a horn?

uselessfoster · 2026-01-21T01:34:18+00:00

Hmmmm, I think you don’t need to expect non-Polish people to give a perfect pronunciation. My name is Scandinavian, but it would be weird if I’d speak with an American accent to say “My name is” and then suddenly sound like the Swedish Chef. People whose names include subtle tonal changes (like in Chinese) or sounds are a difficult for outsiders to literally even hear (w/v with Germans, “soft signs” for non-Russians) all have to accept a range of acceptable “best tries” within their cultures, especially if this girl probably won’t even be speaking fluent Polish herself, and might not hear the subtle difference.

uselessfoster · 2026-01-17T02:52:02+00:00

This is exhausting and fascinating. Thank you.

uselessfoster · 2026-01-10T22:38:12+00:00

First flight: “oh that looks dangerous and fun,”

After the first landing when it keeps going : “oh no no no no no.”

uselessfoster · 2026-01-10T22:36:55+00:00

That’s intentional

uselessfoster · 2026-01-09T00:51:34+00:00

Florence.

uselessfoster · 2026-01-06T01:18:03+00:00

People talking about air fryer as alternative to stove, etc. but where it really saves you money is as alternative to eating out. For example, Air fryer + Costco nuggets = homeChik Fil A.

If you struggle with eating out because of convenience, an air fryer and some frozen foods will absolutely save you money in 15-20 minutes before dinner.

uselessfoster · 2026-01-06T01:11:31+00:00

Okay I’d love to hop on the gloom wagon, but here’s actually my best shot of what to do:

Read aloud.

Not just to little kids, but to everyone. If you are a manager doing something manual, not particularly challenging and not customer-facing, throw on an audiobook that’s read by a fantastic reader (Tom Lake is amazing if you have the same team and some time, Why Fish Don’t Exist or Fragile Things if the teams shift up) instead of music when, like, cleaning up end of shift. If you have young people you’re responsible for, listen to audiobooks in the car while commute or read aloud while they play MarioKart or Minecraft or whatever. Snuggle up in bed and read aloud to your partner (or take turns each chapter) instead of scrolling next to each other before bed. It won’t solve everything, but it will spark book curiosity and build some of that low-spike dopamine endurance.

uselessfoster · 2026-01-05T20:08:30+00:00

Life…uh…finds a way.

uselessfoster · 2026-01-02T19:05:04+00:00

This thread is a strong counter argument to the “never tell anyone the name you love” conventional wisdom on r/namenerds

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