what does this have to do with being single? your wife didnt let you drink beer and eat beans? quit shitting yourself then ☠️

  • godlessworm [comrade/them]
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    3 days ago

    also i bet this dude just wrote this menu out for reddit and is gonna eat hungry man frozen meals all week

    • lil_tank [any, he/him]
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      3 days ago

      Imo gen X was always lost. I love my parents but it's crazy how stereotypical their generation act and think

  • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    As someone who drinks 250-700mL of grain alcohol a day 5-6 days a week:

    This man needs to drink less. He's not even doing it as a coping mechanism or to stave off withdrawal. He's drinking to be cringe.

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      3 days ago

      My alcohol consumption was about this at one stage from like... Really intense boredom and debt. I'm pretty sure I was getting most of my calories from alcohol. :/

      • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.ml
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        3 days ago

        What derailed me from this drinking pattern was the weight gain. Well it has derailed for now but I wish there were other motivators since this just adds some fuel to self loathing fire.

        • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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          3 days ago

          I haven't found that I've gained weight personally but drinking gin/vodka/baijiu w/o chasers or mixers probably doesn't provide your body with usable calories.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      He's only drinking 2 times a week according to this menu.

      Beer and champagne on Tuesday and 3 beers on Thursday.

      • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        That's 2 times too many if those two instances of drinking are cringe.

    • Ithorian [comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      Having drinks on a holiday and grabbing beer with your buddies is cringe? Then again I'm sure every thing this guy does is cringe.

      • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        Specifying "single millennial man" and "3 beers" implies this entire ordeal is performative for internet points.

        Like, it gives off a "haha, no broads around, gonna get some brewskis with the boys... on a week night???". Like it inherently implies that if he were in a relationship his week wouldn't look like this. It's boomercore "hate my spouse" posting which is inherently cringe.

    • godlessworm [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 days ago

      as someone who literally never drinks (maybe 1 beer every few months) i'm curious what clued you into that about this person. nothing jumped out at me like that but i don't drink like i said so unless it said like 7 beers every night i'm not likely to notice

      • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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        2 days ago

        It's performative because they're telegraphing that they're drinking in conjunction with being a "single millennial man" in the title. Implying the things on the whiteboard are unusual if not for the fact that they're single. Implying that if they were in a relationship they'd eat healthier and not drink.

        The "oh yeah, we drink alcohol.... exclusively on weekdays!" aspect is highly cringe.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 days ago

    Realistically, working at a factory or warehouse job, most of your meals are from a machine or a fast-food restaurant, unless you have someone at home packing your lunch. For me most days it was cereal for breakfast, one of my sandwiches for lunch, and leftovers for dinner. In-between I'd make large batches of soup or rice or dal or pasta, sometimes they'd be lunch and sometimes they'd be dinner. But on top of a fulltime job it was exhausting, and it makes sense how I was one of very few people who made their own packed lunches.

    Having a diverse menu where you don't repeat an item over 2 weeks is a luxury that's only possible if a homemaker is putting a lot of hours into cooking, or if it's mess hall/buffet style.

    • godlessworm [comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      i feel you, i work in a warehouse/factory (i do our manufacturing in house and also oversee the inventory/shipping etc in the warehouse) and i'm not gonna pretend i have the greatest diet but i don't eat this kinda food. granted i'm a vegetarian so i'm almost forced to eat vegetables but still. like you said, i'll make one big ass pot of chilli or soup for the week and then i can just have other random little meals in between. i get those Birds Eye frozen power blends for like 2 bucks a bag, they're healthy for you, don't have crazy preservatives or anything you don't wanna be eating, and you literally just put it in the microwave. i would rather eat 3 of those a day if i had to than eat this person's diet which imo takes a long time to prepare and is just gonna have him shitting blood if anything comes out at all

  • blunder [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    Lots of fun tidbits here:

    • this handwriting reads as VERY femme to me
    • lol at permabanned account taking screenshot 07
    • okra gumbo sounds good as fuck
    • D61 [any]
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      3 days ago

      waiting for the post with green and red lines representing masc and fem writing angles last-bit-of-hope

      • blunder [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        his virgin vowels face inward, her chad serifs face the world

    • godlessworm [comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      im so mad im allergic to okra

      i thought the handwriting was 'feminine' as well. would be even funnier if he's an adult and his mom wrote out what she's making for dinner for the week so he doesn't come home and ask

  • thefartographer@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    That's crazy! I can eat that shit AND hold my wife's hand while doing it because I cook all the meals in our house. Wanna know why I don't eat like that every night? Cuz it's not worth the constipated internal diarrhea.

  • EstraDoll [she/her]
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    3 days ago

    did you know: all the foods on that list are still edible if you have a significant other?

  • Hestia [she/her, love/loves]
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    3 days ago

    Tuesday: pizza, beer, and champagne. Uhhhh this is probably the most problematic thing here. I don't have an issue with the post otherwise, he's just finding the positive side of being single (not having to worry about what your partner wants to eat)

  • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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    edit-2
    3 days ago

    On the one hand I really want to dunk on this guy but on the other hand the fact that he plans his weekly meals in advance means he's got his shit together way more than I do so I'm really in no position to say shit

  • NewOldGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 days ago

    Man’s allergic to fiber lmao, guess regular BMs and not dying of colorectal cancer from red meat are just too feminine for this macho man

  • Orcocracy [comrade/them]
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    3 days ago

    Is this what a millennial midlife crisis looks like? Obviously we don’t have boomer money, so buying a sports car is out of the question.

  • Chronicon [they/them]
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    3 days ago

    theres only like 2 or 3 things on there all week that wouldn't give you maximum heartburn/constipation from no fiber