The only reason I need a refrigerator, stovetop, microwave, and sink I'd because I couldn't easily feed myself without them. Sure I could eat out every day but that's expensive and not very healthy. All I want is is two filling meals a day and maybe a snack. I already eat shit at work is a quasi cafeteria setting so at home what do I cook? Not well because living in an apartment makes it harder to cook, cooking for a single person is usually impossible because there's so much wasted food that I won't eat while it's fresh because of our buy in bulk culture. But what if every apartment building had a communal kitchen or two where meals were served on a schedule, it would literally set restaurants out of business and that's a good thing. Eating in a communal setting would definitely cut down on obesity and overconsumption. It would also be easier to make the people vegan since nobody can cook for themselves. Also if you ever had to deal with dinner table politics with friends or family that would probably end forever because neighbors and strangers don't want to hear your asinine opinions in everything and might rightfully beat you for saying something ignorant. Obviously no alcohol which would be good for society, no large portions, strict management of food. Oh and it's fucking free.

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Lots of apartment buildings in East / Southeast Asia have very inexpensive restaurants on the ground floor and people in said apartments often have very tiny kitchens and eat out 1-2 times per day at those inexpensive restaurants.

    Seems like a pretty decent starting place - just make those restaurants communal / free. Lots of people love cooking for others, it's a good job and can be rotated. This also allows for some variety since you can pop by neighboring places that make other food rather than eating whatever your apartment community has decided to cook that day. Maybe your community makes great crepes and the one across makes great breakfast burritos.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It's how apartment buildings in the free world still work, the American backwater has developed a division of capital that restricts all services to one capitalist and limits mixing of light and service industry