The Boys

Which is not to say that I thought is was a bad show. I watched S1 and about half of S2 and found it a struggle to stay engaged. Karl Urban is incredible and I’m a fan of Jack Quaid from his Lower Decks work. Probably my biggest gripe was that too often it was gory just for the sake of being gory, but I personally just lost interest in the overall story for no reason other than I just didn’t vibe with it.

There’s a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy joke in here somewhere…

This comment section is the Tumblr of my feed.

I’m making people smile.

I’m a good meme. 😌

I found a little underground music club about 20 minutes from my house that hosts both local and national touring acts for dirt cheap. For 30-40 bucks I can get three hours of live music in an intimate setting and enjoy the vibe. Been trying to go at least once a month. Doesn’t matter if I know the acts; I get to experience new music and support upcoming artists.

Yogurt.

And it pains me to say that because I like it, it’s good for me…it’s just…you know, the magic is fading.

How can I bring more excitement to my yogurt?

Absolute peak content for this community.

I mean I’m sure there is, but it ain’t this. 😏

Woody Guthrie’s guitar

They both got in through your weak hole.

Thing you should keep in mind is that, at least in my experience, there are next to no businesses that only offer the federally mandated minimum wage. States have their own mandated minimum wage, and yes, many of them are also 7.25/hr, but many are significantly higher. I live in a state where the minimum wage is 7.25 but I’ve never seen a job posting that started there. It’s always higher, because it’s not survivable and no one is accepting that as a starting offer. I know that’s adjacent to your question but I still wanted to clarify that.

Having said all that, your estimations on what an average American spends on dining out are off. I can take myself and my son to a fast food place and feed us both for around $15. I can take us to a mid-tier restaurant (think a place like Applebees) and feed us both for about $40-$50. Family of four? $80-$100 at such a place. Yeah it’s not great - I can remember a family of four doing that for around $50-$60 not that long ago, but that still falls short of your estimations. Can you spend $500 or more dining out? Of course. But your average household isn’t doing that.

To more directly answer your question, the disproportionate increases in median household income and inflation have caused Americans to eat out less and be more frugal with their grocery shopping. Still got other bills to pay as you rightly pointed out. I’m a single dad and my monthly grocery bill is around $200 and I consider that manageable. I only eat out maybe 2-3 times a month, more for health reasons, as restaurant food is a massive warhead of carbs, calories, and sodium.

Thing to remember overall, is that the US is its own economy, just like any other country. And this is where things stand here currently. There will always be a proportional relationship between what people earn in a given country and what food costs and what they spend. It’s neither good nor bad the way I see it. It just is.

Sorry for the long winded answer. I just wanted to try and give you my perspective.

Lol “ass tomatoes.”

“That’s Mister Freeze to you, bub!”

OP, can you please livestream this?

And after.

Any kind of algorithm that determines what I see. I get to cultivate my own experience by collecting what I like and muting/blocking what I don’t. I don’t need a script that says, “Oh, I see you stopped for a moment to check the comments on a single post on c/roombaswithfeet. Here’s a nonstop barrage of everything else in that community and all related communities.”

Username kinda checks out maybe…?

This comment cuts both ways.

Well that’s my advice. Take it or don’t. 🤷🏻