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[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 97 points 1 year 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."

oooaaaaaaauhhhqin-shi-huangdi-fireball

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year 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?

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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?

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water.

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 67 points 1 year 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

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I do more research when I comment here

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Trudge@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's inexplicable why gen Z and millenials are focusing on short-term purchases instead of investing in real estate. I blame the YOLO mindset.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. ... But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The sad part is that the 'good' boots don't even last years and years anymore.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surely this must be an argument proving that inequality is decreasing then, right? If the gap between "poor" goods and "rich" goods is no longer as wide, then it stands to reason that inequality must be going down.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Flawless logic

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] JayTwo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] JayTwo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] davel@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year 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.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have to be taking the piss

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

They can take my shit too. Gobble it right up

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 42 points 1 year ago

Look at these entitled jerks, wanting FOOD.

[–] charlie@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year 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”

[–] JayTwo@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year 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.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year 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.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Don’t die early fee

[–] ryepunk@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year 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.

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

they're dabbing on us

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

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

[–] MorelaakIsBack@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year 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.

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

[–] NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? Is this really real?

[–] MorelaakIsBack@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year 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

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

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year 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.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

hashtaghungermaxxing

[–] Ithorian@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago
[–] Hexbear2@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year 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.

[–] DavidGarcia 19 points 1 year 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"

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

:gavel: death

[–] BakedBeanEnjoyer@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Locrio@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year 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.

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