Pinch pennyism

[buella_pearl]

Recently a friend was whining about how with hidden expenses he's worried about his stipend stretching far enough in the fall. So he's been working and saving money like responsible folks

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[marzipanbaklava]

After my summer of extreme poverty last year, I know what eking out dimes is like (breakfast: oatmeal with no milk, lunch: 26-cent ramen, dinner: fried egg and Aldi-brand bread, etc.), and I would still be coupon-clipping if I were in a country where I could obtain coupons and read them. But I'm actually better these days at the not-doing-things kind of being poor than the doing-things part (since I can't sew, I guess). I really like how you've made it into a positive thing.

[marzipanbaklava]

This reads weirdly, let me rephrase. I mean that I'm better at the coupon-clipping, buy-the-crappy-brand-to-save-twelve-cents, don't-go-out, skip-lunch-today kind of poverty because it's what I've done before, but I'm not good at your more constructive version. And what I like is your ability to do the constructive things, and to see it in such a positive light.

[buella_pearl]

We could be money-saving roommates. I'd patch your jeans, and you'd clip coupons. I refuse to skip lunch.

[marzipanbaklava]

Awesome plan, let's do it

No really, I wish we could.

relevant to nothing

[marzipanbaklava]

I just read your interests list for no real reason, and it made me feel nostalgic. I don't know if all your listed interests are still actual interests of yours or not. But seeing "fake fashion" listed gave me a pang of melancholy. Sometimes I miss our old together times.

Re: relevant to nothing

[buella_pearl]

Wow, I'm so bad at updating things that my interest list serves as a time capsule. Enjoy it while you can because I am going to go ahead and make it more current soon. I am still very interested in eating things I shouldn't. It is also still in terms of safety and amount rather than nutrition and calories.

Re: relevant to nothing

[marzipanbaklava]

It never even occurred to me that it could refer to caloric content! Rather than, like, things that contain raw eggs, or, things that MIGHT have been dropped on the floor one time but come on, five second rule. Or other things like that.

Re: relevant to nothing

[buella_pearl]

If you click on the link to see who else has that interest there are a bunch of eating disorder communities and stuff, or at least there were when that showed communities and not just users.