CheGueBeara [he/him]

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Cake day: January 2nd, 2022
  • CheGueBeara [he/him]@hexbear.nettodoomer@hexbear.net•The wheat harvest in the US is gonna be fucked this year btwEnglish
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    3 years ago

    If you have the space + money:

    • Flour is much cheaper in bulk. 25 lbs is ~30-50% cheaper bought all at once rather then 5 lbs at a time.

    • Storage is very important. I recommend a 5 gallon food grade bucket with a gamma lid.

    • Pest control is important with bulk food storage. Things that help include putting bay leaves in the flour, using an oxygen-killing pack in with the flour before sealing it for the first time, and using a secondary container for ~3-5 libs at a time so that the storage container is opened infrequently.

    For non-flour items, I recommend using the same strategy but for rice and beans. Rice can be kept free of pets by baking it at 150 for 30 minutes before storage. You can do the same for beans though the quality degrades a tiny bit (beans have fewer pests anyways).

    1 bucket of each is enough food for 2 people for a couple months all by itself (plus a vitamin to avoid malnutrition). Not a bad way to buffer yourself from food price swings. If you get some bulk fat like a gallon of refined coconut oil or peanut butter, you’ll have a ton more calories for cheap. I’d say the total cost for everything I just described is around $150-250 and would be enough calories for 2 people for 3ish months. Add some bulk spices and canned tomatoes and it could even taste good.

    Also all of these tips work for mutual aid buys and storage if you have access to a kitchen.

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]@hexbear.nettothe_dunk_tank@hexbear.net•Adam Something drops "How The Gravel Institute Lies To You About Ukraine [41:11]"English
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    4 years ago

    It feels like listening to a baby atheist trying to debunk Islam because they read 1/3 of a Dawkins book. What they lack in knowledge they make up for in the pretense of certainty.

    I watched a little more and now he just quibbled about the difference between US funds and weapons “ending up” with Nazis vs the US funding Nazis, with the debunk being a hypothetical about Nazi Germany. He never contends with what the articles say nor the fact that the US has specifically targeted support to Nazi groups. Just moves on after the hypothetical. When calling it out, he basically did the :reddit-logo: fallacy citation thing too, lol.

    I’m impressed that there are so many dum-dums out there who take this seriously.