#And it takes 18 years to get my order bc shit isn't optimized around Uber Eats and nobody wants to hire train and pay a full workforce

[elkian]

Also, less major but a serious drain on the fincances over time: protein bars (or shakes).

Fast food is both slower and much more expensive to get so old standby protein bar is there for me. 2 hours past when I wanted to go to sleep and starving bc I couldn't decide what to have? Protein bar! Late for work bc I opened Tumblr and 6 hours evaporated? Protein bar! No food because I meant to get groceries on the way home from work but zoned out, drove past the store, and already dressed down for the day? You're going to the protein bar zone, buddy!

They have a decent shelf life and, depending on brand, can be easy to eat and not terrible tasting. The problem is that protein bars are goddamn expensive (and they're *all* expensive, but have wildly different nutritional values, so I could be paying $10 an ounce for something that won't even tide me over half an hour, and I won't know until it's too late) and this behavior adds up quickly.

I guess, Thanks for being there when I needed you, protein bar.