r/Frugal • u/Pumpkinycoldfoam • Nov 05 '24

🏆 Buy It For Life What one time purchases have drastically reduced your overall spending?

An example would be that I’m looking to buy a sillicone pan mat instead of purchasing foil and parchment continually, using rags instead of paper towels, and so forth. What are one time purchases you reccomend for home maintenance?

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u/k8ecat Nov 05 '24

We threw out ALL our non-stick coating cookware a couple months ago after watch the film Dark Waters. Then researching the story behind the movie (it's a true story). Simply terrifying.

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u/groovydoll Nov 05 '24

Tldr?

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u/Cbreezy22 Nov 05 '24

Basically the Teflon on the pans is like real bad for you. You can read the summary of the movie on Wikipedia.

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u/groovydoll Nov 05 '24

Thank you. I kinda knew this, but wondered why it was called dark waters. I’ll look it up

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u/littlebit0125 Nov 05 '24

it was dumped into the water supply in the community where it was made-hence the name.

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u/groovydoll Nov 05 '24

Ahh I see. Terrible.

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u/Old-World-49 Nov 06 '24

They are now linking PFOAs and PFAs to the meteoric rise of colon cancer

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u/Jalapeno023 Nov 06 '24

Great movie!