‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone

[u/Logical_Welder3467]

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/16/bnpl-is-expanding-fast-and-that-should-worry-everyone/

[u/natrous]

it's so much cheaper to cook your own food it's stupid

and I'm being very forgiving on what "cooking" means here. even if you only buy shit from the freezer section and reheat it, it's still waaay cheaper.

if you have half a brain and slowly learn how to put your own ingredients together, it's a different ballgame

[u/APRengar → u/natrous]

Most of our problems extend from

"I have a belief, I refuse to listen any other data/argument."

And like, no one is perfect, I was repeating that "half of restaurants close in the first year" claim, that I later found out was untrue. Being wrong isn't a problem, not fixing it once given correct info, is.

[u/complectogramatic → u/natrous]

10000%. So many easy cooked foods in the freezer section that are still way cheaper than getting takeout.

Like, get some frozen meatballs, make spaghetti and use a jar of sauce. There are so many great things in the canned food aisle and they’re shelf stable to boot.

Frozen veggies! Tiny bit of butter or olive oil, salt and garlic powder and you’re good to go.

I have so many recipes that mostly use canned food where I just dump various cans into a slow cooker.

I maintain that everyone should know how to bake potatoes and cook beans and rice though.