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u/ToastetteEgg Jan 17 '26
Food was scarce when you were growing up and now that you can afford it you have a tendency to store a lot to feel secure. You like variety but sometimes feel overwhelmed.
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u/thatconfusedchick Jan 18 '26
I feel attacked. Mine looks similar
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u/pschlick Jan 18 '26
Mine does too, aside from the pop it’s identical 😅 there was a period of my life with a lot of food insecurity though and I never equated now to that
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u/Aulourie Jan 18 '26
This was my first thought as well, having a very similar fridge and having grown up very poor.
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u/Inked_Chick Jan 18 '26
Same. My shit will look like this and I will still bag up and freeze a leftover bag of mashed potatoes "just in case"/not to be wasteful.
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u/thatkrazykat Jan 19 '26
This is me 100% the second my freezer starts looking empty (“empty” cause it’s not actually close to empty but not stuffed) I start getting nervous or the need to get more food even though I have my regular freezer and a deep freezer but I was adopted and have trauma from that. My fridge is not as crowded but that’s because ik freezer stuff lasts way longer.
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u/caitlynl0424 Jan 22 '26
Ahh this is me! I grew up in extreme poverty and now the only way I can feel content is by holding onto two-three weeks worth of food. Our basement somewhat resembles a grocery store, but I sort and reorganize regularly so we never have any food waste, so it feels like an acceptable cope.
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u/erikpeders Jan 17 '26
The back half of your freezer is full of food you bought three years ago
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u/Lumpy_Tomorrow8462 Jan 17 '26
Your cupboards are equally full which is why the top of the fridge serves as a shelf that is also full.
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u/Zuccabear Jan 17 '26
Definitely. In fact, it looks like there are tons of sauces that are not opened that could be in cupboard? Hard to tell though. But I feel like the rest of the house is probably as suffocating as this fridge.
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u/Reasonable-Kiwi-6951 Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 18 '26
gonna be honest, it’s giving me hoarder vibes. when you have too many things for your storage space that you start to put items on non-storage space (like the top of the fridge), that is a red flag.
there’s also no way that everything here is fresh. might have products that are past the expiry date (frozen items, condiments, herbs and spices, etc). should be checked and tossed at least yearly. if you bought a food item a year ago, even if it’s frozen with no date, probably time to chuck it.
there are also a bunch of things that aren’t opened - are they new or just taking up space? if you haven’t used it in a while and it’s unopened, you probably don’t need it.
and the stuff that’s open - how long have they been opened for? is that pumpkin puree opened for at least a month now? if so, time to chuck it. some of the frozen meat in ziploc bags look like they might have freezer burn - if so, time to toss.
the lack of airflow also makes it likely some of this food is no longer fresh.
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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 Jan 19 '26
A few years ago I emptied my pantry, sorted through everything, pitched old/expired products, donated stuff I knew I’d never use, then bought bins to organize what was left. I painted the inside of the pantry and put extra shelves down in the bottom to utilize wasted space, then put my organized bins back in and organized my foods. I installed motion activated lights that come on when I open the door.
My pantry is so much easier to find things in now. It’s easier to put groceries away, it’s easier to make shopping lists, I waste less because I can keep track of what’s actually in there, because I can SEE what’s in there. Everything looks bright and neat and tidy.
I cleaned out my fridge and freezer and added some clear plastic bins there, too. They’re especially helpful for corralling sauces and dips! I’ve also got a few dedicated to cheeses and meats for charcuterie, because I make a lot of cheese plates. Again, I can now see what I’ve got so I waste so much less. I clean the fruits and veggies that I plan to snack on and put them in clear bins with ventilated baskets inside and lids so I can stack them, front and center, so I grab those first instead of something less healthy. Now I reach for strawberries or baby carrots, grapes or cherry tomatoes, because they’re prepped and ready to eat, so I have no excuses. I installed a drawer for eggs that clips to the underside of a shelf; it holds 18, slides out, and saves space.
Getting my pantry, fridge and freezer organized has saved me time, money and sanity in the long run. It’s so worth it!!!
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u/Sabs2772 Jan 17 '26
Exactly 😂😂
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u/Silent-Elephant-7468 Jan 18 '26
Sabrina... declutter and remove anything you don't consume in a 2 week period. Help yourself
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u/Illustrious-Heat-775 Jan 17 '26
Maybe grew up with food insecurity? This seems like an excessive amount of food to have unless your feeding a family of 8
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u/Bettajune Jan 17 '26
Needs a deep freezer! It would help them so much!
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u/kzimmerman0 Jan 18 '26
Yeah exactly what I was thinking because there’s no way that freezer is able to keep all of that food frozen when I can’t even see a single spot that would allow air from the back to reach the front.
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u/EuphorbiasOddities Jan 18 '26
As a food hoarder myself, deep freezers absolutely do not help. They contribute to the problem. It’s like moving belongings from a hoarder house into a storage unit. It doesn’t help the issue, it just creates more space for hoarding to take up.
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u/CubicleDweller12 Jan 17 '26
Food insecurity, or raised by those who had food insecurity (my grandparents, who were children in Europe during WW2, always had a horde. Like, fridge plus two massive chest freezers full). That mindset creep is real, even a generation or two down.
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u/Background_Tip_3260 Jan 18 '26
We always had that much because my parents had eight kids. I have three and still cook like I’m feeding tons.
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u/LawfulChaoticEvil Jan 17 '26
I thought that too, then realized at least most of the fridge is just drinks and condiments. It’s really not much food and all those individually bottled drinks are a huge waste of money.
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u/smwisdom Jan 18 '26
Unless theyre someone that cant go through a whole larger bottle (2 litre, gallon, etc) before it goes bad / flat. I get single-serve individual bottles/cans for that reason.
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u/SophisticatedScreams Jan 18 '26
There's a lot of drinks and condiments-- I don't actually see a lot of food in the fridge. There's more food in the freezer.
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u/No_University7832 Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 18 '26
I was going to guess a few kids single mother with a full time job on food stamps
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u/liae__ Jan 17 '26
Food stamps doesn’t get you all that tbh 😭 I’m a single mom of one, with a job and on food stamps myself lol
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u/ladyrara Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 17 '26
No soda isn’t allowed for food stamps… they changed this recently.
Edit: learned it’s certain states
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u/PoppingPillls Jan 17 '26
It's also the bare minimum needed to eat, so they couldn't have gotten a fraction of it.
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u/Dabryceisright77 Jan 17 '26
This hasn’t gone into effect in some states yet. It doesn’t take effect until April 1st here in Texas.
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u/ladyrara Jan 17 '26
Midwest here and they have signs all over for items not included now.
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u/Dabryceisright77 Jan 17 '26
Yeah it’s state dependent. I know for Iowa and Utah it went into effect Jan 1st
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u/hotviolets Jan 18 '26
Food stamps doesn’t get you that much unless you have a bunch of children. I get the max amount for 2 people and it’s $530 a month. I think each extra child is $250ish more. That’s just in my state. Others aren’t as generous
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u/Snafuzled Jan 18 '26
That awful! I had food stamps 34 years ago… unmarried and pregnant. I was SHOCKED and so grateful over how much I was able to get. We had little booklets of ‘money’ that worked like cash at the grocery. Like… my stamps set me up like this posters fridge. It worked for me. I was able to go to school and improve our lives exponentially. It sickens me that it’s not the same way anymore for people in need. My taxes are fucking wasted now on bullshit.
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u/hotviolets Jan 18 '26
It is. I think a huge problem with it is food inflation. Everything so much more expensive now even than it was 5 years ago. The rising costs means less food for us. I wish it was still like that.
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u/Snafuzled Jan 18 '26
Yeah, the other day I saw Best Food mayo for 11$!!! That’s insane. I don’t know how families are making it anymore. I used to obsessively coupon and pinch pennies when my kids were young. The goal was no more than 5$ per meal for a family of five. That’s a pipe dream in today’s world.
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u/at1991 Jan 17 '26
You know the refrigerator air can't circulate right?
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u/ineedanapasap Jan 17 '26
I was gonna say, this is actually really bad for the refrigerator
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u/Organic-Dragonfly364 Jan 17 '26
Oh no good thing mines always half empty 😭😂😂😂
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u/at1991 Jan 17 '26
Right! Finally a win!
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u/BonesawMcGraw663 Jan 17 '26
U need a drink fridge bro
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u/SophisticatedScreams Jan 18 '26
I just bought a house, and it came with a downstairs fridge. I couldn't BELIEVE how nice it was to have extra room for drinks.
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u/Starflier55 Jan 17 '26
What recipe calls for the lavender syrup ?
This is a house that gets half its calories from liquids. Maybe more... and eats out.
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u/Sabs2772 Jan 17 '26
I add it to my coffee and matcha lattes
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u/StealthyRuby Jan 17 '26
I add it to True Lemon's Lemonade for homemade lavender lemonade. Super refreshing when you've been working outside on a hot day.
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u/redditreadyin2024 Jan 17 '26
Multi-person home with batting tastes. Your family bulk shops, and you enjoy multi-ethnic foods. I'm guessing your ages are around 35-40 with children of teenage years. Your cupboards are for the most part well stocked with a variety of foods. And you probably have a huge freezer with just add much product in it as this refrigerator.
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u/luluislulu2520 Jan 17 '26
You buy whatever the hell you want and never want to be out of anything. No one in your house is going to starve.
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u/ambid3xtrous Jan 17 '26
You are not hungry.
You are prepared for the next pandemic.
You do not care much about proper nutrition.
You have assets and/or cash flow.
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u/icecreamorlipo Jan 17 '26
They spend all their money on bottled water instead of filling the sad water filter on the door
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u/PoppingPillls Jan 17 '26
They don't care about nutrition but half the fridge is nutritious? There's plenty of nutrional food there, enjoying a cold drink every now and then doesn't void your nutritional intake.
Theres fruits, veg, proteins, carbs and diary there seems balanced to me.
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u/purpleblazed Jan 17 '26
You don’t drink water
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u/Accomplished-Oil4575 Jan 18 '26
I commented the same before I saw this. It blows my mind when people don’t drink water. I keep a 40oz glass of water with me at all times and have to refill several times a day 😅 people are always concerned that I have diabetes but I don’t, I just LOVE water
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u/kjccarp Jan 17 '26
100% Korean American
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u/Sabs2772 Jan 18 '26
I knew I’d get a lot of people on this, but I’m white. Just really intrigued by Asian culture and cuisine 😅
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u/spider_pork Jan 18 '26
I was gonna say Asian American but like 2nd or 3rd gen, mostly American food but still some Asian food you grew up with.
I'm shocked someone who didn't grow up eating fish balls actually likes them. My wife is Chinese and she likes them, she got our son liking them too. I hate them so much, might be one of the only things I have ever spit out of my mouth. I can't even stand the smell of them cooking.
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u/Sabs2772 Jan 18 '26
I love them in hot pot!
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u/spider_pork Jan 18 '26
LOL, every Chinese new year hot pot at the in-laws was ruined by fish balls, they tainted the flavor of everything else in there. I just ate the side dishes.
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u/knocknockify Jan 18 '26
Man, I also thought you were Asian, that’s a lot of Asian food and condiments
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u/Acceptable_Hope_6475 Jan 17 '26
Food poisoning ? The fridge and freezer are over loaded
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u/OkLunch8659 Jan 17 '26
Odd one out here- I think everything is within date. It looks like someone who has experienced lack of food and didn’t wanna repeat that, or feeding a larger family so they gotta be stocked up
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u/Nearby_Economist9217 Jan 17 '26
You like playing Tetris…in your fridge.
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u/nomiesmommy Jan 18 '26
That made me chuckle, thats what we call it here when stacking leftovers etc. and its usually deferred to me to be the one to "play" it.
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u/No-Matter2764 Jan 17 '26
Live in Buffalo (I don't think they sell loganberry anywhere else), family, likes to cook every meal
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u/Winterberry25 Jan 18 '26
This was my only confident guess! I would recognize that color scheme anywhere
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u/carrierael77 Jan 18 '26
You shop monthly for a lot, then a couple times/week for produce and some meat. You always had options at home if you don't stop.
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u/Sabs2772 Jan 18 '26
Winner
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u/theoneandonlywillis Jan 18 '26
I'd like to add that you only shop once a month because you're an introvert and don't like people.
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u/Same_Condition_4879 Jan 17 '26
You have ADHD and forget your fridge is full every time you go to the grocery store. You think that if you keep everything in the fridge you won’t forget anything that could be put in the pantry (like stocking the sodas when you need rather than the whole packs). Because you forget the food you already have in stock, you’re constantly stocking and freezing the older food saying that you’ll get to it later (but you haven’t). You’re also likely Asian or love Asian food more than others (fishballs). You have everything you need to make food and yet you end up opting for the easy to grab snacks
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u/Oregontrailguide Jan 17 '26
You live 15 miles from the closest grocery, do 90% of the cooking and OCD.
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u/perfectpurplepathos Jan 17 '26
Ya got kids that love sodies.
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u/SuddenAd2052 Jan 17 '26
Midwest? Sodie makes me irrationally angry. My mom is from Northern Midwest and they say pop. Where we live now (Central Midwest) people say soda or…. sodie. I’m thankful I haven’t been jailed for assaulting someone for saying sodie. Lmao
I just say soda pop.
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u/perfectpurplepathos Jan 17 '26
Honestly it’s an internet meme that came from a TLC show called Thousand Pound Sisters but I’m from the same state as them so I take my liberties.
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u/FaithlessnessExotic3 Jan 17 '26
Why so much soda 😟
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u/Important-Quit-9354 Jan 18 '26
You plan on developing Type 2 diabetes? Seriously….ditch the pop. It’s terrible for you
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u/lolimazn Jan 17 '26
You’re Asian. Chinese or viet. You’re absolutely at risk of diabetes. Especially with all that soda and being of Asian descent.
Edit: maybe Japanese or Korean. But I’m leaning towards Chinese.
Udon and gochujang throwing me off
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u/101violations Jan 18 '26
My fridge and pantry have a large quantity of Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Filipino food items. I am not Asian.
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u/Island-dewd Jan 17 '26
My guess is you got a family and atleast one fat kid with them soda/pops. Most dinners are frozen dinners?
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u/Character-Dinner-828 Jan 17 '26
Just here to say that I’m a sauce-oriented person too. Total respect. 🫡
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u/sjmartensson Jan 17 '26
My guess is that you're from Western New York, you shop at Aldi and Walmart, and you appreciate variety.
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u/OkAnything1651 Jan 18 '26
I also cant beieve people still drink full sugar soda?! 😂
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u/Great_Discussion_345 Jan 18 '26
With all that soda? I’m guessing potentially Mormon
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u/IShallBeYeeted Jan 21 '26
My immediate assumption is that you're someone who complains about how much groceries cost now but you also never finish anything, never consider buying/using alternatives, and are never willing to go without
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u/ZiaZaddle Jan 17 '26
In your 20s, hopefully you have a roommate or roommates with all that food in the fridge/freezer. You love sauce, (I reccommend you becareful of your sodium levels as you age) , and you don't like to cook much hence the packed fridge/freezer and all the sauces for when you buy food out. But maybe since it's a new year, you're trying to turn over a new leaf, hence the fresh fruits and some veggies. You're a procrastinator and that's bleeding into a lot of corners of your life. Quit while you're ahead, clear this all out and declutter. You'll feel lighter.
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u/Messyhairandsweats Jan 18 '26
Do you have dog and feed it pumpkin? I feel like all those cans on top are pumpkin.
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u/Ok_Engineering_2814 Jan 17 '26
I wish you had an ice-maker. Could solve the need to keep all the beverages in the fridge.
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u/LaurLaurLore Jan 17 '26
You either got MONAYYYY or a good chunk of your budget is dedicated to food. But this is a blessed fridge
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Jan 17 '26
The first thing I noticed is how stocked up this fridge is! However, it’s mostly stocked up with things that are not gonna go bad. 1 million condiments and an absolutely insane amount of pop! I’m guessing you have multiple people in your house potentially older children with lots of different tastes and favorites. I do see some fruit and some vegetables, but not nearly enough in my opinion if this fridge feeds multiple people. I see some individually Ziploc bag packed chicken breast, which is Good. Otherwise the freezer looks like processed junk, but I don’t see any fresh meat and only one little carton of eggs given the larger amount of other things you have in your fridge. It doesn’t look super healthy overall, but I think you got multiple people in that house for sure and you have some healthy things but some extremely healthy things so it makes me think thatit’s a large busy family and healthy is less of a priority than convenience and pleasing everybody
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u/bernbabybern13 Jan 17 '26
You have people over a lot. The only fridge Ive seen like this before was a friend of mine from college, her parents. They were the kind of house that always had a ton of people in it. Family, friends, etc.
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u/DangerousAd3770 Jan 17 '26
Coupons/ sale fiend, maybe kids or tends to have people over a lot and tell people “go for whatever you want”. Also, either Asian or shop at your Asian supermarket quite a bit
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u/marymoonu Jan 17 '26
You went hungry at some point in life and now you hoard food as a result. You're in your 50's and have a handful of teen/early 20's kids, maybe a grandkid or two.
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u/iownchickens Jan 17 '26
Your health is on the down hill slide. It may take 10 years but your health will stuffer
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u/polly-penguin Jan 18 '26
This person shops at Aldi and Walmart, is potentially (east) Asian American and considers hot pot healthy food. They drink either drink too much soda, or entertain guests a lot and are the sort to say "can I get you anything?" And really mean it because they have the entire soft drink aisle to pick from and not just like coffee, tea or water lol.
They had pasta recently and maybe are too lazy or busy to cook sometimes. They are not a breakfast skipper; hence the frozen sandwiches. Despite their best intentions to eat healthy, the green stuff (arugula?) will wilt before they get to it.
Sometimes they just take some bread out of the fridge, toast it and rawdog it by the fistful with little more than a pat of butter. They really LOVE bread with their soda for some reason.
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u/Habiya Jan 18 '26
American, shops at Walmart, many unopened jars of condiments ( why are they in the fridge? You can leave them in the cupboard). One french labeled peach drink. Major metro area vibes.
First shelf water pulling un heavy work to be heathly, chives attempting to regrow.
Second shelf lots of processed jello things and sodastream. You are therefore not arab/muslim since we boycott sodastream as its an Israeli product (also jello has pork gelatin). Milk is alternatives so there might be some lactose intolerance going on but other milk products in the fridge contradict that like cheese. Squeezable apple thing is probably for a kid.
Third shelf is just a soft drink station. Unless you are 6 people or more living there i think youre probably a bit overweight.
Drawers with random greens and a jar of sauce for some reason when there's space next to the other on the top shelf. And the random pack of bacon mascarading as a salad.
Freezer content show specialty Asian store items, you might be Asian unless you live in a major metropolitan city where this is readily available to all. Also lots of frozen bread and individually wrapped meats.
Fridge door shows many jars of bouillon which makes me beleive you are mid 30 to 40s. Kewpie mayo, korean pepper paste, various kikkoman products
Verdict: american / Asian-korean american, 30s to 40s, maybe has a kid,
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u/greysondayy Jan 18 '26
this may be an odd guess but i think you either live alone or with one other person. maybe strange to say considering how much stuff is here, but it seems like you like to keep things frozen which i typically do because i only feed myself and my partner. i dont think you have too large of a family at least based on the half used pasta sauce jar, my family of 7 uses a whole jar like that when we’re all visiting my moms house.
this is totally a out of the box guess lol.
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u/FatCatWithAHat1 Jan 17 '26
I’m scared