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Why, you're welcome for the link to the PDF! I'm glad you enjoyed reading it and appreciate your insightful and loquacious feedback on the matter at hand. You are a true gem of the lemmyverse, evenglow.

They've done that in the research, it's just a clickbait headline with very, very light details. After following a few clicks I found the PDF [1] in which they break it apart by many groups and factors (age, race, savings plan, income, student loan debt, all sorts of stuff) and that $955 figure falls under the "workers who do not have $1 in a DC" (meaning workers with no access to a savings plan). For those with access, the number is $40,000 average.

[1] https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf

Lentils are a complete protein, along with quinoa (one can be allergic to the coating on raw quinoa, wash thoroughly and test your compatibility carefully. I'm allergic.). Pea protein is great, my fave fake meat is pea protein based rather than soy. Rice balances out beans (black beans if possible) to make a complete protein, it's no accident that combo is standard in many latino dishes. Obviously tofu, it's just more work to prepare especially if it's only 1 or 2 ppl.

Slow cookers are great, most veggie dishes are ~4 hrs since no need for meat safety, you can make a billion things and Tupperware it for 6-8 meals. Celery works great as a natural salt, stands the heat and gives a dish some character (mince it). Half a jalapeno minced up brings nice fire to veggie dishes, goes well with chopped green onions which is also friendly to many dishes.

BH cheeses != meats. They don't own the cheese factories, they partner with established cheesemakers in a partner network.[1] (no comment on meats, I don't eat them)

[1] one of them was in the news recently for a recall so it's not all roses in the cheese world either :(

It's about the cheese - for example Boar's Head is $12/lb (baby swiss) to $14/lb (imported Swiss or Grueyere) and that's worth eating ramen to subsidize. :) We can't be eating any of that basic cheese oh no no no...

I assume you are just asking for clarification about the Far Side part of this, but for anyone who does not understand the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia part:

No, that was me too - I eventually figured out that looked like Danny DeVito's head, made the connection it was something about that Sunny show and shrugged. I don't watch that show so the context is/was completely lost on me, thank you for replying.

Can someone explain this to me and why it's being upvoted in Far Side comics area?

To share a bit more because people think it was "good", the Battle of the Alamo was specifically because "About one hundred Texians, wanting to defy Mexican law and maintain the institution of chattel slavery in their portion of Coahuila y Tejas by seeking secession from Mexico, ..." (emphasis mine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo