# I don't have a refrigerator and I'm never buying one. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033 "2012-04-06T21:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/1 "2012-04-06T21:16:52Z")
All this newfangled technology is a sucker’s game. Like my great-grandfather, and his father before him, I don’t own a refrigerator and I refuse to buy into this whole “convenience” garbage people keep saying about modern appliances. I think refrigerators are for fat people who can’t be bothered to hunt their own game and cure their own meats for sustenance. I mean seriously, how lazy are people these days? That’s just not my thing. I prefer to forage and hunt like a man, rather than giving Big Oil the satisfaction of me owning another one of these energy-sucking machines. Any other RFDs (Refrigerator-Free Dopers) out there? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/2 "2012-04-06T21:19:19Z")
How do you keep your beer cold? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/3 "2012-04-06T21:31:22Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > How do you keep your beer cold? An [evaporative cooler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-in-pot_refrigerator) fueled by the blood he drains from the big game that apparently wanders through his front yard. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/4 "2012-04-06T21:39:34Z")
har har har Emails, Telephpones, letters doing the same thing as FB but not as awesome I guess. Any other subsitutes for refrigirators out there ? no. Why don’t you just pitt non-FB users and get it over with. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/5 "2012-04-06T21:41:45Z")
I don’t have: a car a house a computer a mobile phone an appendix any STDs any STP (no car anyways) a teenaged girlfriend a pachyderm expulsion kit a clue any money a nice warm feeling (except in my pants) toilet paper a clock an RCA CED Videodisc (what good are they? you can’t record on them. not compatible with my system) a half life measured in billions of years any more tomato soup left (time to go shopping. wish I had money) anything else to list (for now) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/6 "2012-04-06T21:46:33Z")
Damn **NoClueBoy** , you might just be more awesome at not having things than I am! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/7 "2012-04-06T21:48:33Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > Why don’t you just pitt non-FB users and get it over with. Because satire is so much more fun. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/8 "2012-04-06T22:27:25Z")
Oh yeah? Well I don’t even have a wheel. I get around perfectly fine on my own two legs, thank you very much. Also, fire is for the kids and nerds and geeks and ‘the hip’. Real men eat food raw and like it. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/9 "2012-04-06T22:32:19Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Because satire is so much more fun. That’s about a two out of ten on the satire proficiency scale. (Lack of subtlety, mainly, but also an unnecessary target.) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/10 "2012-04-06T22:32:55Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Oh yeah? Well I don’t even have a wheel. I get around perfectly fine on my own two legs, thank you very much. > > Also, fire is for the kids and nerds and geeks and ‘the hip’. Real men eat food raw and like it. Food? Ha, we call that luxury around here. Grubs and worms do just fine, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/11 "2012-04-06T22:34:18Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > That’s about a two out of ten on the satire proficiency scale. (Lack of subtlety, mainly, but also an unnecessary target.) Thanks for your opinion. It was very necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/12 "2012-04-06T22:45:53Z")
Do you at least have a freezer to store your extra meat? Or is that too closely related to the dreaded refrigerator? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/13 "2012-04-06T22:55:26Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Food? Ha, we call that luxury around here. Grubs and worms do just fine, thank you very much. LUXURY! I’m skimming for plankton. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/14 "2012-04-06T22:56:37Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > How do you keep your beer cold? Drink it before it gets warm. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/15 "2012-04-06T23:44:24Z")
Bitter, much? How does this even count as a parody thread, btw? It’s not funny. It’s a snark thread, and there’s a whole SDMB subforum (and several offsite communities) for that. But I guess you really showed us. :rolleyes: > [@Rigamarole](#): > > Thanks for your opinion. It was very necessary. It was exactly as necessary as this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/16 "2012-04-06T23:57:09Z")
I actually haven’t had a refrigerator for about 2 months now. Mostly because I was waiting on my tax refund to get a new one. But then my tax refund went to bills and I realized I would have to get a really cheap used one. Then I just didn’t have time to run around looking for one. Every so often I’ll get some ice for a cooler if I have something I want to keep cold but mostly I just don’t buy stuff I have to refrigerate. But I will get one eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/17 "2012-04-07T00:58:12Z")
Well I thought it was funny. So you amused someone, at least. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/18 "2012-04-07T02:25:57Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Also, fire is for the kids and nerds and geeks and ‘the hip’. Real men eat food raw and like it. > [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Food? Ha, we call that luxury around here. Grubs and worms do just fine, thank you very much. > [@NoClueBoy](#): > > LUXURY! > > I’m skimming for plankton. I’ve reverted to photosynthesis. No sense in being too advanced. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/19 "2012-04-07T02:29:57Z")
Hey all! If you don’t think this thread is funny/necessary, go pit him and this thread, instead of being meany meany jelly beanies! ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033/20 "2012-04-07T02:40:09Z")
Yes, the benefits of refrigeration, one of the most useful advances in technology ever, and the benefits of Facebook, the social networking site, are truly comparable things. I haven’t seen satire of this quality since I read Mission Earth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-refrigerator-and-im-never-buying-one/618033.md?page=2)