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grasshopper_mouse

@ grasshopper_mouse @lemmy.world

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  • My partner and I are mid-40s, and our meals go like this:

    1. Cooking at home
    2. Delivery
    3. Pick-up/take-away that we pick up from the place ourselves and then eat at home
    4. Eat out at restaurant

    Reason being for all this:

    I enjoy cooking

    Partner and I both have no issue eating the same thing for dinner ever day for a week or more, so I make a huge portion and then we eat it for an entire week/until it's totally gone

    Delivery costs are expensive, even before tip

    Partner and I both have dietary restrictions that make ordering from somewhere difficult when they're not clear about what ingredients they're using

    We save a ton of money by cooking at home

  • What's the weirdest thing you're upset about?

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  • Omg, the resealable bags that don't reseal INFURIATE me.

  • California bill would require restaurants to disclose food allergens on menus

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  • Yup, it sucks. You can't trust it to work and you never know how much you need, or if it will work at all.

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  • I feel your pain!

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  • Oh yes, I'm well versed in lactase tablets. I always have these on hand, both Lactaid and Lactojoy (the hard stuff from Germany with 14,500 FCCs of lactase). The issue is that if you keep eating the food with lactose, you have to keep taking the lactase tablets, because you're body doesn't produce it (or very little) on its own.

    I accidentally ate something with lactose (Chinese food, of all things) last month and had to take 8 Lactaid pills and 2 Lactojoys just to keep myself off the toilet for the rest of the day. There's no way to tell how much lactose I consumed, how much lactase I need to counteract it, etc. It's just not a game I'm willing to play, especially out in public. It's like poisoning myself intentionally and then gambling with how much antidote to take before the pain sets in. Dairy just isn't worth it.

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  • I'm lactose intolerant to the point that a single sip of milk will wreck the rest of my day within 30 minutes of consumption, so if I ever eat out, I always ask if there's dairy in EVERYTHING, even stuff you wouldn't normally think has any dairy at all. Unless you prepare the food yourself, you just never know. My lactose intolerance isn't life threatening, but I can't imagine how difficult it is for people with allergies that can legit go into shock and die from them. Eating out must be a nightmare, or just something they're forced to avoid totally.

  • What is your favourite pickle?

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  • Hell yeah, gherkin is where it's at.

  • Do you feel sad for people born today?

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  • I mean, I made a conscious decision not to have children, so...

  • What's a process where you prefer the old way of doing things instead of how it's done now?

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  • In the 90s, I felt like I knew so much about computers, both the hardware and the software, but I've definitely fallen off from all the improvements in the past 20 years, and I'm so Goddamn lost now. I miss those simpler times when it was more about the physical aspects of a PC and less about the technical aspects.

  • Lemmings who write but never share your writings: How is it going?

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  • I write fanfiction and have a modest 250+ following. I never thought it would amount to much, but it's been several years, and my followers are invested enough at this point that I keep going.

  • How would one confirm that the ashes in the urn are from who their supposed to be?

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  • What is the scariest shit you can think of?

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  • Becoming a quadriplegic or suffering from "locked in" syndrome, where I can no longer move anything myself, cannot feed myself or use the toilet, etc, just laying there, 100% dependent on other people for everything. I'd rather be dead, thanks.

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  • One of the many reasons I'll hang onto my 2012 Toyota Corolla until I drive it into the ground. It has a touch screen for just the radio and Bluetooth, but it must be some sort of gen one prototype because it's pretty awful. Thankfully, everything else is tactile. I can't imagine giving it up.

  • [AFRICA] Who is your favourite African author?

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  • Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor

  • Do you remember what the first kind of alcohol you drank was?

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  • Sips of beer from my parents when I was a child.

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  • I'm a "Xennial" (born on the cusp in X and Millennial). I quit smoking cigarettes 14 years ago and haven't touched one since. I used to drink like a fish, but have cut way back just in the past 2 years or so. With all the articles coming out about how even more than 1 drink a day is bad for you, I suppose I should quit that as well, but alcohol makes fun times even more fun for me, and that's not something I'm ready to give up forever just yet. I'm healthy, go to the gym 3 times a week, excellent bloodwork, etc, so I don't feel the need to give it up 100%.

  • Did anyone else snort Pixy Stix as a kid?

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  • Never did this myself, but I watched a guy in the army crush and snort Altoids once. Boredom can make you do dumb things.

  • Is there an actor you can't stand? Do they have any exceptions?

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  • Walton Goggins and Will Arnett. I dunno why, I don't like their acting and they look creepy to me.

  • Is it worth selling on eBay in 2025?

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  • Hah, the only time I've bought things on EBay is to purchase Transformers toys! Though it had been a while.