u/selune07

Edit: I've done the research and most vets don't recommend chicken skin for dogs/cats because of the high fat content unless they're very active, and my pets are all well-fed and my orange cat is borderline obese. Small amounts are okay, but I would not be able to give all of what's left to the pets, as too much at once can also cause upset stomach. If you have suggestions for how I can preserve it for occasional treats, I'm all ears.

I always give my pets boiled chicken breast as part of their diet and I decided to try thighs. I got skin-on, bone-in because it was cheaper and didn't realize how much richer that would make the leftover broth! I poured it in a bowl and stuck it in the fridge so I can render the fat a few more times.

After I got all the meat off I threw all the leftover bones/cartilage/skins/fat into a pot to boil again. I'm using the bones for bone meal, but what can I do with everything else besides toss it? I'm definitely saving the broth again, but what about the leftover bits?

I feel like I do a pretty good job of balancing my consumption habits. I shop local as much as possible, limit myself to one Amazon order per month for functional items only, spend most of my extra money on experiences or home improvement supplies, and only ever use AI when it's necessary for my job (because leadership loves to set impossible deadlines). I'm of the philosophy that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but we have to be willing to draw the line somewhere, and every little bit counts.

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My wife definitely shares the same values, but she's a lot less conscious of her habits. She has prime and sometimes we get several packages per week. Most of this is also functional, but a lot of it could be found at a store within 15 minutes of us. I always feel like it's better to buy something in person at Walmart than it is to order on Amazon, but she often doesn't bother to even check if something is available nearby unless I happen to see her browsing for it.

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She also has a habit of watching AI slop on Facebook/Instagram. At first, she just genuinely had a harder time detecting AI (for context, she's 42 and I'm 29, so I think age difference plays a role). Last night, I caught her watching some AI slop story on Facebook and I asked her why she was watching AI slop, and she just said "I wanna find out what happens to the dragon" or something like that. I told her she was poisoning her algorithm and she needs to stop interacting with AI content (and also block the accounts) or it's only gonna keep showing up in her feed. She went back to possible scrolling and skipped past the subsequent AI slop videos that came up, but this isn't the first time this has happened.

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My consumption habits are not perfect, and I'm actively trying to find ways to reduce my consumption in little ways, but I feel like it's all for naught when her habits just cancel out mine. I don't want to come off as condescending, but I want to talk to her about these things so we can do better TOGETHER at reducing our consumption habits. Any advice for approaching the topic without being an asshole?

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If it helps, we have a financial incentive because we're currently only common law and need to start saving up for an actual wedding, so I was thinking about using that as an angle for the Amazon thing, but it's not applicable for the AI stuff.