r/Frugal_Jerk • • Apr 01 '26

Ask /r/frugal_jerk Meta: need a new mod

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96 Upvotes

I’m the only active one left and just noticed a bunch of stuff I missed. I almost died trying to clear it out, so if anyone has any energy to help out… I can’t pay you (actually I just refuse to).

This place keeps growing and AI posts are becoming an issue. When I joined there were less than 100k members. Now it’s almost 7 million. I got a message from Reddit in August about me being the only one left and ignored it. Now I think maybe I actually do need someone else in here.

I don’t know shit about picking a mod, so if I don’t want you to be one don’t take it personally. I’ll just go by post history and karma I guess (and vibes). I’ll give it a week and I’ll delete this and try again.

Having post/comment history in here helps

If you (and anyone else) is interested and has never been a mod, I recommend making your own sub and getting familiar with the tools. I also stickied a lame link Reddit made.

We hardly ever ban people. Just get rid of spam and bot posts or AI stuff (and then ban if they do it again). If a member says/posts something gross or “offensive” and it doesn’t break site-wide rules, leave it. Posts that are off topic or belongs in r/frugal just remove and select the appropriate reason.

If you got to the end of this, good. If you didn’t read this, then you’re not it. It’s not some weird status symbol thing. I don’t want people that think being a mod is cool or powerful. It’s to keep the sub from turning into AI shit.


r/Frugal_Jerk • • Nov 08 '22

Suggestions Crossposting…

80 Upvotes

Okay, so how about you look at what’s in here before you crosspost something or I’m just going to disable crossposting?


r/Frugal_Jerk • • 21h ago

Frugal Find Come my friends, join in the feast. The bounty has been gifted to us.

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30 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 1d ago

Frugal Find Tiny jar of Nutella on the sidewalk.

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59 Upvotes

My lunch for the entire week.


r/Frugal_Jerk • • 2d ago

fatcat Fundraiser for a bean

82 Upvotes

Hello frugal community, I have fallen on hard times recently. I was hoping if you could donate money so I could buy a bean to suck on and maybe gain enough nutrients continue living on this earth. My rat traps have been empty for a month now, I think I may have over hunted my local rat population and I am now too frail to hunt cats with my hands without risking fatal injury. If there are any fat cats in this community that maybe could help someone in need I will be very happy. Every little bit helps 😇.

736 votes, 15h left
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$0.000002
$0.001
$0.05 (the full cost of one whole bean, thank you!)
Die fatass, my bean money

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 1d ago

Ask /r/frugal_jerk Surely this is a magical find? This aspiring fat cat wants to make sure gourging this is a good idea!

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7 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 4d ago

fatcat Fatcat fly rubs his hands together deviously as he steals my inheritance

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118 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 6d ago

Glutton gets only seven meals out of 1200 calories

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r/Frugal_Jerk • • 7d ago

What a bargain

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34 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 8d ago

Behold OP's bountiful harvest

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86 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 13d ago

How many lentils would this cost today's interest?

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201 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 17d ago

Frugal Find Local Chinese restaurant serves rice with extra protein at no premium cost

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67 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 18d ago

Look at Mr Rockafeller here, eating pasta and tomatoes with his MULTIPLE lentils

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r/Frugal_Jerk • • 19d ago

Frugal Find CA-LO-REEEES! Wish me luck, I'm going in!

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r/Frugal_Jerk • • 19d ago

Frugal Find Fatcat hits crisp jackpot.

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36 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 22d ago

Farmer Scrooge Mcduck diving into her vault of potato’s

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193 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 22d ago

fatcat Freeze outside vs Deep Freezer

9 Upvotes

New family guy here.

For the first time, it may be economical to buy meats in bulk. We eat beef, chicken, chevon (goat), chicken in my home.

It is almost always cheaper to buy in bulk (cartons, whole goat/lamb, etc), especially when more than 3 people. Thus, it seems I may need to buy a deep freezer.

However, I live in northern MB and it seems extremely inefficient to buy a freezer when temp stays lower than - 10 C for 5+ months.

Has anyone used an outdoor ice box, or old freezer in a cold climate during the winter?


r/Frugal_Jerk • • 24d ago

Frugal Find This was $50 worth of pizza and cheese sticks.

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62 Upvotes

Someone left me dinner for a week on the steps


r/Frugal_Jerk • • 25d ago

This fat cat sat on their wealth for so long it started multiplying.

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59 Upvotes

This is the kind of flagrant display of wealth that started the French Revolution. Time to bring out the guillotine on this fat cat, sitting on their horde like a dragon, showing it off while we can each subsist on one weevil and one pasta noodle for an entire year.


r/Frugal_Jerk • • 26d ago

With all of this protein I can win Mr. Olympia and be like Ronnie Coleman! Light weight, baby!!!

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27 Upvotes

r/Frugal_Jerk • • 27d ago

Today's gym toilet find...

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13 Upvotes

Lucky day! A couple of free snacksters!


r/Frugal_Jerk • • 28d ago

Mushroom Pizza

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91 Upvotes

Loot at all that free penicillin!


r/Frugal_Jerk • • 28d ago

just bought a single kitchen sponge and kept using it? saving around $40/yr

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r/Frugal_Jerk • • 28d ago

Frugal Recipe Fatcat leaves generational amount of tea at work

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61 Upvotes

The debris are a delightful flavoring