Comments by "fialee8" (@fialee8) on "Homeless Youth, Indebted Adults, Abandoned Elders: China’s Anti-poverty Facade Hides Rising Poverty" video.

When someone cries about having to choose the lowest prices for take out food... I have zero sympathy for them. Seriously, it's prob 66% cheaper if you just make it yourself.
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@kojinmaster She's still old, broke, and crying. If someone is broke, they make your own food to save money... or if they have to, they can go to the store and buy cooked food, vs having it delivered (which costs more/waste of money).
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@sbalogh53 You can give her double sympathy, so I don't have to give mine. Crying about spilled milk isn't going to fix the future... and complaining about ordering delivery (not even take out/take away... where you can save on the delivery fee), and then complaining about having to order the cheaper items on the menu is beyond out of touch with reality. There are literally tens of thousands of homeless and elderly laborers who don't complain... who are barely surviving, and she complains about the high cost of having food delivered to her home.
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@sbalogh53 I can see making a complex dish at home could cost more than ordering a single dish... as some recipes require certain items, and they are only sold in much more quantities than it takes to make one dish, so the extra may go to waste. However, most basic dishes are simple, use few ingredients, and much cheaper to make at home. For example, a huge pot of rice can prob be made for less than $1 (all one needs is rice, water, pot, and stove). The extra rice can easily be made into fried rice the next day for maybe $1 more (egg, onion, carrot, peas, soy sauce, pan, stove). Other easy, and delicious dishes can be roast chicken (salt, pepper, oven), and the bones can make a broth or soup. A bag of rice or potatoes don't cost much, but can easily feed a family with many tasty dishes cheaply. If one is low on, or does not have money, they should stretch out their funds as much as possible, since they don't know where their next check/cash will come. Having tasty food doesn't have to be expensive, but it does take a little bit of work in the kitchen.
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