Every time I try to cook, I'm reminded that it fucking sucks.

Yyyyep. And it's even harder for me to muster up the desire to cook since I live in Japan, land of surprisingly good supermarket/conbini meals for surprisingly cheap. Sure, I COULD make a spag bol from scratch... OR I could get a decent premade one at 7-Eleven for $5 or my local supermarket for $3.