Come be dirty and poor with me. The bourgeoisie on this site are not invited.

Let's go pee on their teslas or something.

Legitimately I hate all of them subtle bragging about their fucking jobs. Please go eat some caviar or something. Thanks.

  • No_Values [none/use name]
    4·
    4 years ago

    I legitimately got mad at thread about cast iron skillets, and the elitists therein, 'non-stick peasants' etc the other day that I've been posting here a lot less

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
        1·
        4 years ago

        Owning a dishwasher is way more bougie than owning a big chunk of iron for cooking.

          • JayTwo [any]
            ·
            4 years ago

            Yep. That's the scam trend. They consider it a "luxury" with a monthly premium attached.

            Granite countertops? +$100/mo
            Dishwasher? +$100/mo
            Microwave? +50/mo
            Convection oven? +$200/mo
            Fancier fridge? +$50-$200/mo
            etc

            And a dishwasher is great, but it's increasingly harder and harder to avoid these "renovated" apartments, and their jacked up rents, because landlords realize they can spend an extra grand or two on something to justify squeezing out 10-20k or more over its working life.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
            ·
            4 years ago

            I've yet to come across one, but anywhere relatively affordable here is usually a 100 year old building. Guess it varies from place to place.

            • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
              ·
              4 years ago

              To be fair one coming with the rental is way different than actually owning one anyways lol

              • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
                ·
                4 years ago

                Would love to have one, especially when I was working since I was a dishwasher at a place without a machine so getting home and washing dishes was...not appealing. I do get to live in a place that survived the biggest explosion until the atomic bomb was dropped tho.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Second hand cast iron pans are very much cheap and available. I work in kitchens and steal from work (Got a Vitamix by taking the parts of two broken ones and putting them together) and that can totally be a thing, it's where I got pretty much all my kitchen gear.

      • CommCat [none/use name]
        ·
        4 years ago

        never thought of Cast Iron as expensive, if you're in the city like me, most stores have them on sale for like 50% off, just keep checking their online flyers. Managed to score a nice one for around $20, and have been using it almost every day, and a nice non-stick patina has built up. Also bought a non-coated carbon steel Wok from walmart for around $20. Same with cast iron, just keep using it and a nice non-stick patina will build up. Teflon will wear out, and it's a carcinogen. Cast Iron and Carbon Steel will last a life time, just apply a thin coat of oil after every use.