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[–] [email protected] 85 points 8 months ago

nerd "Well, the data is quite clear...Millennials and Gen Z are spending twice as much on groceries all of a sudden. And, as I'm sure you are all well aware, THERE IS NO INFLATION! So the only explanation is young people being irresponsible."

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If he just grew his hair out and put on the respirator he wears when nor on camera it'd be impossible to tell the difference.

The real question is which son is Beau and which is Hunter?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Was anybody confused by this? Hunter is Rictus Erectus, obviously.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure it'd that obvious? Cause he died and Collosus didn't

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, but Corpus Colossus has all the cancers, and is Joe's eldest son. Also, Hunter has a big ol' wiener. GET IT? ERECTUS?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 8 months ago (1 children)

honestly it's barely even contemptibly ghoulish, just mind-nummingly inept 'journalism'. a silly small-sample survey, half-remembered items from the last time she grocery shopped, & a text to the coffee boy. i've done more research for a book report lmao

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I do more research when I comment here

[–] [email protected] 43 points 8 months ago

in fairness you face significantly higher levels of scrutiny than they do

[–] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago

Not even two weeks ago MSNBC had an article which similarly criticized millenials and gen z for spending on short-term purchases which included groceries. Fuck these fucking capitalist ghouls and cheerleaders.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They have to be taking the piss

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

They can take my shit too. Gobble it right up

[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

One 23-year-old Gen Zer told Business Insider by text that he spends about $130 for a week and a half on groceries. "Fancy sodas and drinks" and "random snacks at Trader Joe's" account for the bulk of the bill. He also said he spent about $35 on protein bars.

$660 a month on groceries is high but really not the issue. No mention of rent, healthcare, education (student loans) etc.

The typical American household now needs to spend $445 more on groceries a month to purchase the same amount of goods they were spending a year ago, according to a report from Moody's.

Last para btw

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure how you arrived at $660 a month. $130 for a week and a half's worth of food, assuming it's $130 each subsequent week and a half of course, would be $346.67 a month.

I'm also assuming the $35 of protein bars is part of the $130 every 1.5 weeks. If it's extra then that's $440 monthly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yea my dumbass didn't notice the half part. Either way, my point stands.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Agreed. Except ~$350 a month isn't a lot for groceries anymore.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What’s next with these extravagantly irresponsible kids? Clothing? Shelter?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

Business Insider accidently rewriting Marx's chapter on historical materialism from The German Ideology, and then saying that can't be right...uh, because of human nature.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago

ENTITLED Gen Z and Muh-len-eals HOPELESSLY ADDICTED to FOOD and WATER. WHY must I continue to fund their EXTRAVAGANT LIFESTYLE??? frothingfash

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago

Look at these entitled jerks, wanting FOOD.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The success of the canned water brand Liquid Death also shows how young people are willing to spend on flashy food and beverages. The brand recently shot up to a valuation of $1.4 billion thanks to a recent round of funding, according to Forbes.

They almost got it, it’s right there! Indeed, the success of shitty canned water is due to injections of cash. It has nothing to do with spending on whatever the fuck a “flashy beverage” is. Deeply Unserious “journalist”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Part of the reason why Liquid Death is so popular is because it's the only way you can drink water at a shit ton of bars and venues now. All live nation venues only carry it.
And at many bars if you just ask for "water" and don't think about appending "tap" to it you get one, and get charged for it.

Maybe it's a hot seller at the grocery store and I'm unaware but aside from parties where it's purchased because it looks like a beer can and reduces the teetotal and DD stigma, it's mostly bars and venues fueling their success afaik.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Cw meat:

spoiler

Deli meat that was 5$ a pound 5 years ago is 15 now. I was trying to find something i could make (brain problems) that was cheaper than fast food and maybe not as bad for my aging heart. 15$/lb for sliced turkey.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Don’t die early fee

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Honestly, the precooked rotisserie chickens most places make are typically loss leaders to get you in the store. It's the only affordable way I can buy a chicken,(any other kind of meat is beyond my comprehension of how anyone affords it unless they're rich fucks), that doesn't involve buying like a month's worth of chicken in bulk because as one person I don't need too much. I used to buy a kg of meatballs too, but they've gone up about 30% over the past year so it's just the chicken now if I want meat.

I usually buy a big bag of frozen veggies, lentils, beans, and rice and just make stir fry stuff with the cheapest sauce I can find. If I'm feeling fancy I buy nice noodles and use that instead of rice.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Wow, finally one of these generalizations about our generation that applies to me

I've been spending most of my money on groceries for well over a decade now so I feel pretty called out

joker-shopping

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago

they're dabbing on us

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

Money saving tip for gen-z, don't eat.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what you woke soyboys are crying about; you need to get starvationpilled and get on that thirstgrind. Show those commie megacorporations some malnutritionpunk in your skin and bones gear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

hashtaghungermaxxing

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

One 23-year-old Gen Zer told Business Insider by text that he spends about $130 for a week and a half on groceries.

I wish I could spend that little on a week and a half of groceries

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What? Is this really real?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it's real. link is in another comment. hair tearing should be kept to a minimum. there are no restrictions on primal fury or screaming

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

You are correct, there are no words for this. I don't even... I can't even.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Nah, no splurges, just dried beans and rice from the bulk bins. Sometimes you gotta pick up small stones, but that's the cost of freedumb. Oh yeah, canned corn was 3 for a dollar with a coupon, so I got some of that the other day, makes a decent addition to my rice and bean soup.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I read this as "young people should eat trash all day, so they are sick all the time, so my pharma stocks can keep rising"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

with all the food we waste you could probably live a happy life on trash

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

:gavel: death

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

I remember when I got excited I found $5 and decided to get mushrooms for my stir-fry and some raspberries.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

I just spent $50 on toilet paper, facial tissue, some Tang, and I splurged and bought a couple frozen spring rolls.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Splurge.

If a millenial screaming at a carton of eggs startled you, I'm sorry. That was me not splurging and choosing to slowly starve to death.