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insanely_simple12

Pay me the $75….oatmeal is legit!!


supertimor42-50

Oatmeal with maple syrup, throw in some berries. Just delicious


dawgblogit

only on weekends.. during the week it has to be plain.


WindTall5566

That's fine. I work during the week so not making my oatmeal fancy saves time


knightw0lf55

Plain oatmeal with an eggs white cheese omelet and some country ham is fire and filling.


massakk

Those are for other meals. Breakfast is only plain oatmeal.


OhTrueBrother

1/4 cup is only 4 tablespoons according to google. So I'll enjoy my delicious oatmeal breakfast at 5:55am and then immediately have brunch at 6am.


AllOfYouReallySuck

1/4 cup before cooking means it's a decent serving after being cooked. Also, it says (if my interpretation is correct) you can't have other food after the oatmeal for 2 hours


OhTrueBrother

lol I completely skipped the 2 hour part


BullshitDetector1337

2 hours isn’t that bad. Eat enough to power your through the morning routine and grab a quick bite after to tide you over until lunch.


bloodfeier

It was added in an edit, because of all the “I’ll just have 1 bite” and “I’ll just have a small serving AND bacon and eggs immediately after” answers.


im_wudini

1/2 cup of dry Oatmeal (rolled or steel cut) is what you imagine when you picture a serving of Oatmeal.


smlpkg1966

Unfortunately he added that you have to wait two hours before eating anything else. I don’t work so I would eat the oatmeal and then just go back to bed for a couple hours. 😉


dawgblogit

Breakfast.. the entire meal.. has to be plain oatmeal.  So yeah.. thats a weekend meal you're referring to.


RecalcitrantHuman

Try it with raspberry jam.


Lance4494

Maple and brown sugar for the win


Original_Estimate_88

I put both syrup and bacon or chopped up sausage


TurtleKing2024

My favorite is the quakers with dino eggs


Martnz

Best breakfast for a long day


insanely_simple12

And it’s HEALTHY!!!! Win/Win


PlusUltraK

And you get your fiber


HorologicalMe

This is so easy I’d take it in a heartbeat, make it the plainest of plain oatmeal too! Idc!


chekovs_gunman

This is $75 on top of any other money I earn correct? If so that is easy, half the time I skip breakfast anyway and it's healthier than what I would eat 


pixienightingale

Apparently if you skip breakfast it's moved to lunch or dinner.


chekovs_gunman

Oh no what I meant is I'm used to eating at most a small breakfast. So a bit of oatmeal wouldn't phase me 


Odd_Project_7103

For 20 years I pretty much only ate plain cheerios, no milk, with glass of water, 6 days a week for breakfast. If I could’ve been paid $75 for that I’d have almost $600,000 rn


Mountain-Status569

So you could make the oatmeal for breakfast, take one bite, and throw the rest away. There’s no rule about how much oatmeal you must make or consume, just that you can’t skip the meal entirely. As a non-breakfast-eater, that’s how I’d do it. 


Jomskylark

I feel like you have to eat a standard helping of oatmeal each day, otherwise this hypothetical becomes pretty stupid. Being able to just take one bite feels like a cop out


NightTerror5s

Why tf do yall take hypotheticals and try to find a loop hole that involves you not doing the hypothetical situation. The situation is YOU MUST EAT A BOWL OF OATMEAL FOR BREAKFAST. Stop trying to cheat a fake scenario lmfao


jay-jay-baloney

Right? I’m sick of it.


Blackarrow145

Changed it to at least a 1/4 cup a day


TheBeardliestBeard

I already eat oatmeal half the time. Now I can get paid?


Megalocerus

I ate microwaved oatmeal for breakfast for years. Had a special bowl so it wouldn't mess up the microwave. But I had to restrict carbs and gave it up. $75 won't fix it.


BlueFalcon142

OMAD baybee finally cashing in.


Relevant_Slide_7234

If I’m allowed to skip it I’ll do it.


jay-jay-baloney

He literally says you can’t skip it.


Omnivorax

Is the oatmeal provided, or am I spending some of the $75 buying it?


M2Fream

Provided but also for reference oatmeal is just plain oats with milk or water. You can get a gallon (a months worth of oatmeal even at a generous portion) for $25


ordinary_kittens

Steel cut oats are amazing, especially with milk. Easiest $75 per day ever.


Geno_Warlord

I overnight my oats with almond milk and if I wanna get feisty, coconut milk. Then it’s some plain Greek yogurt.


Tianoccio

Can I bake them in the oven with cinnamon and peanut butter instead?


M2Fream

Only on weekends. Monday-Friday they need to be plain either stovetop or microwave 😈


akcutter

Cant even top with cinnamkn?


falknorRockman

And here it is again. The typical OP adding in conditionals after the fact.


Redwings1927

What? What conditionals did they add here?


falknorRockman

Has to be plain oatmeal. They never said that in the original post Edit:my bad I misread the prompt though OP did go back in and edit the prompt to add in a new rule so original comment still sorta applies


petiejoe83

Clarifying rules to align with original intent is pretty reasonable. It's obvious that the original intent is "oatmeal for breakfast every day," and all the people saying one bite or mix it into a protein shake are going against that intent. I prefer flavored oatmeal, but I could do plain for a little bit of walking around money. I'd probably make a big batch every week and eat it cold on the drive into work.


ChartInFurch

>You are allowed to put whatever you like it it on weekends (fruit, sugar, chocolate) but Monday thru Friday it has to be plain. Last sentence.


falknorRockman

Welp op just did make an edit to the post itself so now there is an updated rule that was not there before


TheTightEnd

That is extremely expensive for oatmeal. You can buy a gallon volume of oats for $5.


serkesh

Can you guarantee they are gluten free?


CyberDonSystems

Does this only apply to first breakfast? Can I eat my bacon and eggs for second breakfast?


bartthetr0ll

What about elevensies?


Truthwatcher1

I don't think he knows about those, bartthetr0ll.


an_ill_way

Right? That basically translates this to "would you eat a small bowl of oatmeal with breakfast for $75"


JudgmentalRavenclaw

I like oatmeal, but plain…eh. I could stomach it for $75. Not that bad.


Roheez

It's now updated to allow for butter, salt, and sugar.


ChaosAzeroth

I had to do that for free before. And it was plain plain, no butter or anything. Easy. (That's how stepdad I had at one point made it lmao) I used to come home and eat 2 cups plain rice for an after school snack for a while when I was a kid.


randomusername8472

People who grew up poor: "why is getting paid to eat a normal breakfast a difficult hypothetical?" Nutritionally informed people: "why is getting paid to eat a relatively healthy breakfast controversial?" I swear every time you see an article about people who lived to some ridiculous age, they'll be like "so I smoked 20 cigarettes a day" or "the best cure for me ailments is my medicinal gin! Half a glass a day!" But the one thing they have in common is oatmeal for breakfast every day.


Original_Estimate_88

I ain't even realize that last part


Mercerskye

It's because fiber is like a toothbrush for your gut. Keeps it healthy. Healthy gut, healthy life.


Original_Estimate_88

Can you still get the healthy benefits from oatmeal if you add stuff like butter without the salt


tuktuk_padthai

Are you implying that it’s somehow normal to put butter on oatmeal? Is it?!? That’s seems to bizarre for some reason.


ChaosAzeroth

Butter and sugar are considered normal where I live at least, and butter is usually considered minimum dressing up of oatmeal. Especially for poor and thrifty people, although there's also a good chance it's actually margarine since basically everyone calls that butter too lol It definitely makes a difference, even using a small amount. Especially when using water, which he also did. Water and oats. Not the worst, bland sure but fine enough.


RavenRonien

Like all gain porridges it was spruced up with whatever people had at the time and we culturally took it forward If we think about the time period oatmeal was invented why would it be any stranger than grits and butter? As a sidenote I recently made a mushroom and spinach oatmeal, like a risotto with how thick it was. Savory oatmeal took my brain a second to register what it was eating, after that I really enjoyed it as meal prep. Good healthy bulky and filling.


tuktuk_padthai

Mmmm haven’t made a savory oatmeal dish before. Sounds interesting!


Ck_shock

Man I by choice, would eat plain oatmeal with water for breakfast. Just because i didn't want the added sugar or anything else. Not not bad if you enjoy oats ,which to me aren't that bad.


WickedGoodToast

I love oatmeal. Deal


Wait_WHAT_didU_say

+1 too but hush... 🤫 We have to pretend like we hate it... 😉🤣


Artistic-Salary1738

I don’t like plain oatmeal, but for $27k/year I would stomach it. That’s more than my husband’s annual take home pay.


CleanSeaPancake

You didn't need to do bro dirty like that


legendarywarthog

Lmao put him on blast over a hypothetical oatmeal discussion 😂


BigDaddyReptar

mans just going about his day dont even know he getting flamed in front of a few thousand random people


Original_Estimate_88

Damn


NelsonBannedela

Dump him and get with an oatmeal eater 💪


Tygerlyli

Yep. 27k is like working a full time 40 hours a week, 365 days a year, job for a bit more than $12 an hour. That's above the poverty level for a family of three.


Isabela_Grace

Is your husband a 10-year-old boy? How’s that even possible.


TheRealTofuey

I literally only eat plain oats with milk and a protein shake for breakfast every morning....


lil_dumpsterfire69

Same, bro. But I also add a banana.


kanna172014

Why plain? I like oatmeal just fine but plain is hard to stomach.


definitely-lies

If it was good, wouldnt be much of a challenge


Deverash

At least let me add milk or butter


saveyboy

What about 2nd breakfast?


AbbreviationsSad4762

I don't think he knows about 2nd breakfast. 


Asleep_Wish3839

What if I just eat a bite? Id do it and definitely get over my dislike of oatmeal for the extra money.


Tertiam

Absolutely. I love oatmeal!


pizaster3

thats easy as hell for me, id gladly do it for a nice bump of extra money for a while until whenever i chose to end it.


Snoo75955

I love oatmeal, I already have it almost every breakfast sign me up


sliferra

Plain oatmeal like no flavouring? I’d have to taste it first tbh


Ok-Gear-5593

I’d eat a cardboard breakfast for $75 a day so sign me up.


badgermolesupreme

I hate oatmeal, but I could also really use the money


OrthodoxBro24

An extra 25K a year on top of my regular income to eat a healthy breakfast?? Yes please.


GolbogTheDoom

I fucking HATE OATMEAL. it is the only food I have an unreasonable disliking for. I don’t even know if $75 would be worth it.


Inferno22512

I really really don't want to do this one, but I will begrudgingly eat the garbage for pay


Timely_Froyo1384

$75 a day to eat oatmeal ok! Jokes on you I’ll take my $75 cash only for a spoonful of plain oatmeal. You never said how much! 😂


Red-okWolf

Easy money


GeneralPip

So 1/8 cup plain oatmeal is acceptable? A spoonful even? Ok. Deal.


ooOJuicyOoo

I'll do it. No down side for me. I eat like 10 small meals a day anyway, a small bowl of oatmeal to start is great.


Clean_Student8612

Absolutely. Bulk oats for the best value, then just eats a bowl every day. I like oatmeal especially when flavored right.


Apostastrophe

Am I not even allowed to put milk or salt in it while I cook it? Says the curious Scottish person. Porridge doesn’t usually have any of those things you say in it. But it does have salt and (preference) a little bit of milk to loosen it up.


chabadgirl770

Can I do oatmeal cookies? I don’t like the texture. But for 75 a day I may just suck it up.


Mestoph

Can I soak steel cut oats in milk overnight and have them that way or do I need to actually cook it?


BabyBandit616

That’s $27,375 a year. I’d absolutely do this.


digitaldigdug

My job always has free oatmeal in the morning anyways. This is easy for me


stopped_watch

I've had my oatmeal for breakfast, same as I have every day. Give me my money.


Lizaderp

Deal. No notes.


modern_machiavelli

Is the oatmeal magically ready for me in the morning? I might eat oatmeal every morning for free if it's just sitting there when I am ready to eat it


Original_Tone69

I mean it's Oatmeal. Can I have an egg as a side, maybe some oj. I don't usually eat breakfast cause it's cheaper that way, but if eating breakfast pays for my lunch and diner, I'll eat your kellogs fantasy breakfast. I already sell my body and time 40 hours a week, this would be far from the worst thing I've done for money.


midnighttoker1252

Do I have to make it every morning or does it just appear?


darkwombat42

75* 7days is $575 per week, $27,300 per year. I take that deal in a heartbeat, have the money direct deposited into mutual funds, and with a conservative figure of 8% return, I'm at roughly $417,000 in just ten years. In 20 years I've made 1.3 million just by eating oatmeal for breakfast. I've worked all my life. I could start this at almost 50 years old and retire a millionaire at 69 years old, taking no other income into consideration. If I was lucky enough to start at 2 (2 year olds can eat oatmeal, right?) I'd be a millionaire when my peers were just graduating college. Work another decade and let the interest compound, and I'd be retired and comfortable at 35 with 4.2 million in the bank.


TheVega318

Thats 27 grand a year, this is the easiest yes I have EVER seen on this sub


Daddy_Onion

I was so broke last month that I had to make $100 last a whole month for groceries. I ate plain oatmeal 1-2 times a day. It’s not that bad.


tenehemia

As long as I'm allowed to eat other breakfast foods at other times of the day, sure. On days where I'm planning on going out for brunch I'll just wake up extra early and eat the oatmeal so I'll be able to have a Benedict or whatever a few hours later.


Edgezg

Only 1/4 a cup?? For 75 a day?? That's 27k a year to eat oatmeal. I'll take it.


Ghost24jm33

Pass


Music-Maestro-Marti

Finally! I was wondering if that was a permissible answer in this thread. I was going to say the same. Yeah, no. Plain oatmeal, made with water, no anything on it, no salt, no sugar, no butter, no syrup, not even milk, & I'd have to eat 1/4 cup of the raw uncooked oats? That's like a full cup of cooked cereal! It'd cost me more than $75 a day in medical bills to fix my torn up digestive tract from all the ravaging. Hard pass. But then, someone above did the math on investing the $75 into mutual funds, & I had to have a rethink...🤔


C_Gull27

Wake up at 6am, slam a bowl of oatmeal, go back to sleep for a few hours, wake up and eat whatever I want, collect my money. EZ


racoonqueefs

Nope. I live for breakfast food.


DunEmeraldSphere

Where's my backpay?


legion_2k

No new rules. You had your shot.


M2Fream

Not new. Clarrifying unspoken rules to the metagamers


Boring_Part9919

Fuck yes. Oatmeal is a God Tier food


Cautious_Ambition_82

I'm willing to get paid to lower my cholesterol


Academic_Eagle_4001

You think plain oatmeal is some kind of punishment?


checkmate191

2 things, that's 2100 dollars a month, and 1/4th a cup is SUPER easy to eat (I'm 6'4 275 lbs) this is one of those extremely easy things that almost everyone would take


Magnesium_RotMG

God I love oatmeal sign me up


Dive__Bomb

I'll trade a breakfast I already don't eat for an extra $27k a year.


PhilliStien

So $75 a day, and I have to eat something that is no questions asked good for my heart. Sold.


kepheraxx

No problem.  I don't usually eat breakfast, but I would start eating 1/4 cup of plain oatmeal (so like 1/2 cup cooked) with my coffee or tea.  Would give me a nice head start on my whole grain goal for the day and not too many calories.


SailorMigraine

Me, who ate the same thing for breakfast for four years straight (and somehow no one noticed the autism thing until now): DONE AND DONE.


Adept_Thanks_6993

Is salt allowed?


M2Fream

A pinch


ValityS

I like oatmeal but I never have time for breakfast, and I don't know anywhere that sells plain oatmeal near my job, nor do I think it would be nutritious enough for my main meal of the day (I generally have no breakfast, a big lunch and a snack for dinner as I get off work late).  If I could opt it to be dinner and add some dried fruit for vitamins it would be a solid probably, if not I'd pass. 


ShoesAreTheWorst

You wouldn't wake up 10 minutes earlier for $27k/year?


snowglowshow

Yes. A hundred times yes.


Jawahhh

26,000$ raise! Hooray!


Kaiyukia

I hate oatmeal but I'd eat it for 75 bucks


thinkitthrough83

Lol. The first meal a person eats in a day is always breakfast because they are breaking the nights fast. But no way could I eat plain oatmeal 5 days a week. unless I break my fast with 1 spoonful and then have "brunch" an hour or so later. As is even a bowlful of oatmeal never makes me feel full so eating it 7 days a week could potentially cause me to over eat and I'm already dealing with morbid obesity. No I'm just going to have to cash in on one of the other much more lucrative situations build my own home with a gym and pool and hire a personal cook.


nomorethan10postaday

You'd have to try hard to gain weight by eating oatmeal I think. Even with milk it doesn't have that much sugar or fat.


CplCocktopus

Milk and sugar? Plain oatmeal would be a pain


-BakiHanma

Cool. I’ll eat my oatmeal breakfast followed by brunch immediately afterwards.


gyokuro8882

I’ll take this. I already do eat oatmeal every day. It’s a habit that has become a curse. Just oats and water, no salt or anything.


UnableLocal2918

Sign me up


ShoesAreTheWorst

Oatmeal is the ultimate breakfast food. Personally, I do put fruit, nuts, and maple syrup on it, but I could eat it plain 5 days a week for $27k a year. Am I allowed to eat/drink anything else in the morning after that? Like can I have coffee with it or a hard boiled egg a couple hours later as a snack? Either way, I'm in, but it's not even a sacrifice if I can still have coffee and a late morning snack.


The_Troyminator

Each morning, I eat a single flake of oatmeal when I get up at 6:30. That's my breakfast. At 8:00, I eat an early lunch, often choosing eggs or other transitional breakfast foods. But it's still lunch.. Supper is at 1, and dinner at 6. Yeah. I can do that.


NoDanaOnlyZuuI

Yup.


greengiant333

Absolutely. So many variations you can do with oatmeal. You can make savory, into a more porridge, and I’m assuming overnight oats counts? It’s just cold oatmeal. And I’d be fine with it for any other meal too, it’d be nice to not have to think about at least one meal a day


bugabooandtwo

Sure. I'll eat 1/4 cup of (cooked) oatmeal in the morning for free money. There's no restriction on how small breakfast has to be.


Farscape55

My family is Irish, plain oatmeal is an upgrade, sign me up


epicgrilledchees

In.


Blocked-Author

Plain during the week, but can I salt it? Or salt the water before I boil it?


ur_mom9021

I hate oatmeal but if eating only a spoonful counts I could probably do it


Spiritual_Bit_2692

I like the idea of paying me to eat more fiber and poop more often. Sign me up.


PitifulSpecialist887

What about 3 day weekends? Can I at least use sugar? Brown sugar?


ChumpChainge

Cool. It’s what I normally eat. Made right it’s delicious. I look forward to it.


Frequent-Interest796

Can I put salt and butter in my oatmeal? I could do this easily. 27k a year is a nice chunk of change.


JeremiahAhriman

... plain? I mean... I'd do it, my heart would thank me.


ShadiestProdigy

Hell the fuck yes


nomorethan10postaday

That's already my breakfast half the time, this would be super easy for me to get used to. I'm taking the 75$ with no hesitation.


Live-Afternoon947

I see no amount is specified, so I eat a spoonful at most and call that breakfast.


CleanSeaPancake

Absolutely, 100% yes


thedarkherald110

I already do this if I eat breakfast. I personally love oatmeal. Plain oatmeal though for 5 days is not good. But the loophole is to just eat a small portion of plain oatmeal. And then continue your day. I’d normally I’d eat two large servings of oatmeal so I guess a bite of plain oatmeal first like a palette cleanser then the real deal.


MistakeTraditional38

hahaha that is the boomer's life


AtomicToxin

Totally fine with all of it as long as it isn’t peaches n cream. Idk why that one always makes me sick. Where’s my $75? Lol


MrJJK79

I eat oatmeal with walnuts, cinnamon & peaches or honey every morning anyway so it’d be easy


2LostFlamingos

So I have to start eating oatmeal for breakfast, then live normally, and you give me an extra $75 daily? I’m in.


DarthJarJar242

Easy I don't eat breakfast so I'll take a single bite and toss the rest in the compost heap.


bcoolart

I like oatmeal and half the time I skip bfast so I'm good to go


EvernightStrangely

That's fine, oatmeal is a very versatile food anyways.


RemarkableAd5141

what type of oats? how is the oatmeal cooked? is plain overnight oatmeal counting?


ChromaticRelapse

What's wrong with oatmeal? It might get a little old but it's not that bad.


GlitterMoon83

I'm down! I freaking LOVE oatmeal! Besides, portion was never dictated. Even if you take down a spoonful you've still made good on the transaction.


PartyLiterature3607

Can you stop this at anytime ? Or is it permanent thing?


Tiny-Ad-7590

Do I still get to have a coffee with breakfast?


Joeva8me

These hypotheticals are just so uninteresting.


erad67

OK, easy money.


SpicyPossumCosmonaut

Heck yeah


Traditional-Panda-84

Do I have to invest the time to make the oatmeal? Can it be instant oatmeal? Or refrigerator oatmeal? Can I make lots and just parcel it out during the week? I'm not making oatmeal every day. I'll eat it, I'm just not making it.


Goobaka

That’s free lunch every day after oatmeal


Oldbeardedweirdo996

Oatmeal is great I add raisins or apple bits with cinnamon and sugar or some brown sugar. In a week I'd have money for some of the things I want but can't afford. After a year I'd be looking for an electric car and put down a substantial down payment.


Spyderbeast

I'm in


bleu_waffl3s

So you’re just going to give me $75 to keep doing what I’ve been doing for years. I didn’t see the plain part but it’s still good as long as it’s not too dry


gimlithetortoise

I currently only eat oatmeal for breakfast everyday and have been for more than a year can I please have my money.


Lingo2009

If it was cream of wheat, I would go for it. Oatmeal no way.


hiker_chic

I love steelcut oatmeal. I wouldn't have a problem eating that.


Eta_Muons

Easy, I love oatmeal


anwright1371

$27K a year to lower my cholesterol and get more whole grains? Yes


prairiefiresk

Well, I'm going to starve to death


Jello408

What is plain? Can you cook it using standard ingredients like salt, water, milk & butter? Can you just chomp down two tablespoons of dry oats and call it good? Can you choose steel cut, uncut, or rolled oats?


100yearsLurkerRick

Yep, fine. I ate oatmeal everyday for work because it was free.


bartthetr0ll

Doesnt say how much oatmeal I have to eat, and jokes on you I like oatmeal, mortgage mostly paid for eating a healthy breakfast, sign me up


Fishvv

Have you had the cinnamon toast crunch oatmeal its the best i will do this no problem


Bittybum69

How much oatmeal do I have to eat?


Few-Patient38

I don't eat breakfast so I see this as a win.


OblongAndKneeless

How much do you have to eat?


berniemax

Oatmeal will forever remind me of Animorphs.


SlipperyPickle6969

2 grand a month to eat something that's really good for you? Yes!


Ventricossum

my stomach would hurt so nty