Let’s get a list going. Like with a Target debit card you can get $40 cash back and it takes 1 to 2 days to be withdraw from your checking.

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    Get a chest freezer. It’s much more efficient for long-term storage than an upright fridge with a freezer because the cold air doesn’t spill out when you open it.

    Toss your incandescent and fluorescent lights. Get LED bulbs (not smart lights, just white LEDs). Where applicable, install timer switches.

    Fuck cars, get a bike. A simple, sturdy one, like an onafiets. They run on toast and determination.

    Understand the difference between having enough money to buy something and being able to afford something.

    Unsubscribe from music/video streaming services. Return to the seven seas.

    Maybe engage in some light tax evasion.

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      I don’t have an omafiets, but a single gear bike. The only gear it does have is quite tough to start, but my God is it so much better than something with 8 gears or whatever. So much less effort once you get going. I never realised this, but apparently you lose a lot of power through the gearing.

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        The derailleur transmission design introduces a LOT of friction because the chain is forced to bend and twist between gears that are out of alignment, and it hates doing that. It also leads to increased wear.

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          Nope. Do hills too.

          It is a bit tougher up hill, like cycling in a higher gear, but because you lose less power due to gearing, it’s not as bad as you’d expect.

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            I’m not an avid cyclist, and I found the inability to make inclines easier a no-go. I’m into electric assist though, but that increases bike price. I see quite a few used ones for sale tho.

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      The efficiency trade off of a chest freezer is often broken by people’s inability to remember what’s in it. If you can’t reach the stuff at the bottom then it all goes bad. This is why an upright most likely makes more sense, even though it’s less efficient. You end up wasting as much food simply from forgetting what’s in there.

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        11 months ago

        I consider not letting food go to waste as part of a poor person’s fiscal financial responsibility.

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          Can I be pedantic? I’m going to go ahead: fiscal means tax-related, so probably just ‘financial responsibility’ is more what you’re aiming for.

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      Maybe engage in some light tax evasion.

      Not me (definitely not me) but my friend certainly had a lot more money when they had a job that made light tax evasion easier :(