Global Depression 2022 - Time to do the Breadline Boogaloo!

[Rei is Shit.]

OH NO NO NO NO

Yeah, luckily, Iam in a position where all ive seen is an increase in groceries, but it has got me thinking about ways to spend less. Ive gotten waist deep in ways to spend less for my entertainment in all forms. Cardgames, classic boardgames. No point spending $80-100 on a videogame when there's plenty of good old games or there, and ways to entertain ourselves cheaply.

I think alot of people have fallen into the trap of wasting money on entertainment.

Buy a big ass HDD for 80-100 and learn to dl

https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/

 

[Duiker]

OH NO NO NO NO
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Buy a big ass HDD for 80-100 and learn to dl

https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/

I already dl stuff. Been doing so my whole life. Honestly, I dont need more hd space. I got plenty in it I still should consume before getting other stuff.

 

[tehpope]

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-stocks-hit-rock-bottom-after-63-trillion-market-loss-brokers-suspend-short-selling

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/we-have-make-tough-choices-after-already-laying-thousands-google-prepping-more-layoffs

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/worried-about-next-two-months-solar-firms-running-out-cash-california

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/18/macys-to-cut-more-than-2300-jobs-about-3point5percent-of-its-workforce-as-it-moves-to-cut-costs.html

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ford-prepares-cut-f-150-lightning-electric-truck-production

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/19/wayfair-layoffs-home-goods-retailer-to-cut-1650-employees.html

 

[Audit]

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-stocks-hit-rock-bottom-after-63-trillion-market-loss-brokers-suspend-short-selling

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/we-have-make-tough-choices-after-already-laying-thousands-google-prepping-more-layoffs

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/worried-about-next-two-months-solar-firms-running-out-cash-california

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/18/macys-to-cut-more-than-2300-jobs-about-3point5percent-of-its-workforce-as-it-moves-to-cut-costs.html

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ford-prepares-cut-f-150-lightning-electric-truck-production

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/19/wayfair-layoffs-home-goods-retailer-to-cut-1650-employees.html

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So what you're saying is short everything?

 

[tehpope]

So what you're saying is short everything?

no. I'm not an finance expert. Go ask someone who is. But if you're patient, you can buy good stocks cheap when the market bottoms out. Then sell when it peaks again in a few years to a decade. Time in the market beats timing the market. You're better off getting voo or spy and adding to it each month than trying to short the market.

FWIW my two cents: 60% SCHG 40% SCHD. Only had it a month or so. But it regularly beats the market each day.

Spoiler

bitcoin halving - https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/

>signs the bottom of the crash is here
yield curve - non-inverted
put/call ratio - 1.8 puts for every call - https://www.cboe.com/us/options/market_statistics/daily/
VIX (use VIX1D instead) - reading of 45
200 day moving average - <20% companies are trading above the avg.

these stats might be out of wack because we live in clown world.

>the steps
Interest rates start to rise
Interest rates start to slow down
Interest rates freeze
Interest rates start heading downwards
market creates a bottom and starts to reverse
start buying
stock market goes bullish
Bitcoin Halving (2024)
crypto bull run
Sell Everything

 

[Kung Pow Cream]

I've been managing to keep my costs low when buying groceries but I've definitely had to have a change in my diet. Soda is a treat when it's on sale. Meat consumption has been decreased quite a lot however I don't mind. I usually just supplement with eggs and plant protein instead. I rarely buy snack items such as cookies and chips.

I have still noticed the upwards trend of prices, however when you know how to coupon or wait for stockpile prices, it's often the same price that it's been or just slightly more. For example, let's talk about cereal. I used to get cereal at a stockpile price of 75 cents each or so. Now, I've only been able to get it close to a $1-$1.50. Of course when you look at the prices, they still have increased significantly but when you compare it to the original pricing, it's still quite a steal. I find that the sweeter, sugary things are more expensive. Because hot cereal such as oatmeal is still dirt cheap and I could have gotten that for free a few days ago. Convenience food (frozen pizzas, ready to eat meals, etc) is quite expensive as well.

I will say my cooking has changed as well. I have to make more things from scratch, which is something I'm privileged to do because many people don't have the time. Tomato sauces are made from pureed tomatoes. Meals to put in an instant pot are made by me and then frozen in gallon bags. Burgers are made by hand. Dumplings are made by hand. Beans are cooked from dried beans however I have occasionally bought canned beans when they were on sale.

 

[Sneed's Feed And Seed]

I have to make more things from scratch, which is something I'm privileged to do because many people don't have the time.

Ooh, look at mister fancy-pants "I Took A Home Economics Class" with his aBiLiTy tO cOoK!

But for real, everyone should be able to cook. I've seen way too many dumb fat motherfuckers among my peer group that go "I'm hungry! Guess I'll go to the local Cow Death Emporium!" and then wonder why they're in debt, along with the student loans they've racked up "educating" themselves on everything BUT how to cook for themselves.

 

[Kung Pow Cream]

Ooh, look at mister fancy-pants "I Took A Home Economics Class" with his aBiLiTy tO cOoK!

But for real, everyone should be able to cook. I've seen way too many dumb fat motherfuckers among my peer group that go "I'm hungry! Guess I'll go to the local Cow Death Emporium!" and then wonder why they're in debt, along with the student loans they've racked up "educating" themselves on everything BUT how to cook for themselves.

I agree that everyone should be able to cook but the thing I'm talking about on particular is cooking many things from scratch. Some things like tomato sauce take a few more minutes but other things like dumplings take at least an hour.

Depending on one's time due to commuting and other things in their life, someone may not have the time. That's when you start getting shortcut items (pre-made tomato sauce, pre-made pizza dough, frozen dumplings) to speed up the time of how long it takes to cook.

Honestly, I blame the parents of our current generation because you can really tell they didn't really teach their children how to cook. My grandfather was taught things by his school and his elders. Folks now are rarely taught anything because home economics has been defunded and the parents didn't teach them anything. They were just taught how to be good at taking tests and that's it.

However, yes, there is a point in time where the blame shifts from the parents to the now adult child. They should still try to learn how to cook via YouTube and such.

 

[NyQuilninja]

Quality crushed tomatoes sugar salt olive oil and some herbs. That's all it takes takes to make a jar of spaghetti sauce. For around 2-3 bucks

 

[Toy Soldier]

Quality crushed tomatoes sugar salt olive oil and some herbs. That's all it takes takes to make a jar of spaghetti sauce. For around 2-3 bucks

if you have to add sugar to your tomatoes they are bad tomatoes.

 

[NyQuilninja]

if you have to add sugar to your tomatoes they are bad tomatoes.

I agree with you however Americans tend to prefer a slightly sweeter sauce. I use bell peppers and sweet onions myself.

 

[Ukraine is Big Gay]

In the midwest from what I've seen here and there, rent has easily doubled in just 8 years which is a flabbergasting fucking figure. Because even if the economy smooths out those figures and rates never, ever go BACK down. That's a rate increase on par with the typical inflation window of 16 years previously (IE: 1989 to 1995) crammed into half the time.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Because even if the economy smooths out those figures and rates never, ever go BACK down.

and that's the bleak realism that we all have to face. Shrinkflation, inflation and products reducing main ingredients (meat) will never revert to their 2018 version.

Just like how in 2006, products were made with quality, care and with added features to make it a unique product. Then, when 2008 hit, quality went out of the window, products became as cheap as possible to make to maximise profits, and 15 years later, those products are still just as shoddy.

 

[Ukraine is Big Gay]

Just like how in 2006, products were made with quality, care and with added features to make it a unique product. Then, when 2008 hit, quality went out of the window, products became as cheap as possible to make to maximise profits, and 15 years later, those products are still just as shoddy.

It is genuinely depressing to think that it could get to mainland china levels of bad (Counterfeit fucking meat and radioactive household goods for a couple examples) and nobody would or could put up any meaningful resistance to it.

 

[Kung Pow Cream]

Quality crushed tomatoes sugar salt olive oil and some herbs. That's all it takes takes to make a jar of spaghetti sauce. For around 2-3 bucks

You don't even need to get crushed tomatoes. Just get a can of whole tomatoes and puree them with a blender or immersion blender. Plus you can do more with whole tomatoes instead of just buying crushed. For example, I'll often use them in recipes that call for whole tomatoes.

Plus canned tomatoes taste better than ones not in a can because they're not bred for hardiness and are also bred for flavor.

 

[NyQuilninja]

You don't even need to get crushed tomatoes. Just get a can of whole tomatoes and puree them with a blender or immersion blender. Plus you can do more with whole tomatoes instead of just buying crushed. For example, I'll often use them in recipes that call for whole tomatoes.

Plus canned tomatoes taste better than ones not in a can because they're not bred for hardiness and are also bred for flavor.

Tomatoes are one of those gifts that keep on giving. And that's an excellent point that you make. More importantly nobody needs to be buying $8 jars of spaghetti sauce. Really I think it's condiments that easily drive up a food budget. especially salad dressing which is another incredibly easy to make item that everybody should have the basic ingredients for. Another one is trimmed up meat deboned chicken things like that. Really isn't too hard to prep it yourself you'll probably save about a dollar or two a pound

 

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canned tomatoes taste better than ones not in a can because they're not bred for hardiness and are also bred for flavor.

... Huh. Will have to try that.

 

[Rei is Shit.]

Try carrots in your tomato sauce.

 

[DiscoRodeo]

Honestly, I blame the parents of our current generation because you can really tell they didn't really teach their children how to cook. My grandfather was taught things by his school and his elders. Folks now are rarely taught anything because home economics has been defunded and the parents didn't teach them anything. They were just taught how to be good at taking tests and that's it.

However, yes, there is a point in time where the blame shifts from the parents to the now adult child. They should still try to learn how to cook via YouTube and such.

The big difference is people used to learn how to cook well, versus the fact that you don't actually need to cook well, but to just do the basics- and people even fail at that utterly.

I remember growing up poor and a meal didn't even have to be fancy or good, you learnt ways to stretch your money, you had rice and various veggies, you learnt to make a basic sauce, wa la.

It frustrates me seeing new poor who dont even know how to make meals when poor, and automatically resort to fast food. Thats the frustrating part

Try carrots in your tomato sauce.

Slices thinly is great for bolognesa if its put in midway

if you have to add sugar to your tomatoes they are bad tomatoes

You do it to cut acidity, which tomatoes naturally have.

Americans tend to prefer a slightly sweeter sauce

Its not just Americans, source- living in Italy and they put a crap ton of sugar in their sauces.

especially salad dressing which is another incredibly easy to make item that everybody should have the basic ingredients for

This is a brilliant one though, you can actually make a decent salad dressing with just olive oil, vinegar, and salt- most restaurants I know here do just that.

Like the biggest problem with the American consumer is they just don't know much about any sort of food culture at all. Its not even about expensive ingredients. People in Italy literally live off of 700 euros a month, for example, and so have to make everything from scratch and can't afford a million ingredients. If they went for fast food, theyd be broke. Most arent even decent chefs, but these basic things? The people know how to do them by default, and thats where they are doing better than us

 

[Toy Soldier]

You do it to cut acidity, which tomatoes naturally have.

YOU'RE BUYING THE WRONG TOMATOES.
listen, use peeled plum tomatoes and mix them with other types, if you're adding sugar to your tomatoes I'm imagining you in a trailerpark and eating buttered noodles on a weekly basis.

TIRED A' YOU FARMERS AND YOUR SUB-PAR SPAGHETTI SAUCE.