It IS the smartest of the stupidest moves for some of us. I make much more money than I would have without a degree, so I’ll still come out financially ahead. In would have been so much nicer to have gotten a decent education and not be saddled with enough debt to buy a small house (at the time, before the housing market went insane), though.

My parents and in-laws: $0 student debt
My spouse and me: just shy of $150k

In America I’m free to accrue massive debt! 🦅💵🇺🇸

Ooof, the blurb about haybox food safety needs to be corrected. Some microbes create secondary metabolites which cause illness. Reboiling won’t destroy them.