Tbf I can still just ask the pizza place and they'll deliver to my door at like €3 without ever having to use an app.

It's nice as a "now and then" kind of deal. It's also a boon for elderly or disabled folks, especially for groceries. Or if you forgot your lunch and the traffic is heavy near your job to get food in time.

I'm sure many rely on it for a good reason. A food delivery company in my country partners with a charity to enable phone orders and free delivery to the elderly.

This cost me 1.80USD. Turns out if the government works to keep food prices low and gets rent down to 300-400/mo in the middle of major cities, 1 person running a small busibess can feed a lot of people cheaply.

Some government hand out "baby kits" for newborns - cot, blanket, nappies, bottles etc.

I think they should also hand out "self sufficiency kits" to new adults - pot & pan, utensils, cutlery, self sufficiency book w recipes, salt/pepper/herbs, coffee, tea seeds, vouchers and some other bits & pieces. Basically something to foster some independence, interest in cooking, diet and other life skills in new adults. And the school curriculum should also foster life skills.

Doesn't stop people eating out or buying takeaways but it shouldn't be the norm.

buying groceries is also more expensive than it should be. you also have to take the time to go do that, and if you don't have a car youre not likely to be getting very much stuff. then, you have to prepare the food, cook the food, and clean up after. i dont know about you, but my prep space, cooking space, and cleaning space are all the same small counter. im perfectly capable of cooking a meal, but I also hate cooking and don't enjoy it, for all the reasons i just said.

My niece was highly Uber eats dependent. Got her an air fryer for Christmas and it literally changed her life. Sometimes people want better but don't know how to get there

Vegan, here. If I didn't cook, I wouldn't eat.

I'm so happy to have grown up in a country where not learning to cook isn't an option.

New startup: BusGrub.

You put in an order for what you want and pick a timeslot a few hours in the future. E.g. for dinner, you put your order in at like at like noon and pick a 5-7pm window. Then, approaching your scheduled slot, a bus goes all around the area, picking up every order for that slot in the area, then swings around to each drop-off over the course of like two hours.

Result: Everyone enjoys cheaper, but gross soggy food.

Please give me $20 mil starting capital, thanks.

Not necessarily, if you own a home AND your pay slowly goes up to compensate (both of these unfortunately aren't happening for a lot of people), relative to your income your mortgage goes down.

Or in more generic terms, inflation is good if you borrow money.

This is true

Millennial upvote farmer

I haven't gotten a raise in almost 10 years.

Different companies.

Moved to a different state.

Now I just can't find work period.

Inflation isn't the only problem.