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    317 days ago

    Not that it makes it a better argument, but the meme was that millennials were going out to restaurants for an 11$ latte and 15$ avocado toast instead of staying home for breakfast. The whole point, to them, was that coffee and avocado toast had some of the cheapest ingredients you could ever ask for.

    • @vaultdweller013
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      117 days ago

      I severely doubt a lot of the dumbass boomers thought it through well enough to claim that.

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        66 days ago

        That’s the whole thing, they don’t think for themselves, they watch whatever current angry yelling guy on tv is popular at the time so they know what they are supposed to be angry and yelling about, and who they are supposed to call sheep.

        • @vaultdweller013
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          25 days ago

          Im aware, my grandmother forms her politics based off shitty SoCal talk radio. Could be worse, but that aint saying much.

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      46 days ago

      11$ latte and 15$ avocado toast instead of staying home for breakfast

      If you are struggling for money then doing that sort of shit regularly does sound dumb

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        96 days ago

        It’s the best way too argue. You take a situation that is very rare, but argues against the problem other people claim exists.

        Happens a lot for financial aid for poor people. Just find the person who takes advantage of a social plan and then claim a majority of people does that.

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          Unfortunately I know quite a few people who are financially struggling and still spend money like that on small things here and there. Adds up.

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            46 days ago

            The thing is, people should be able to spend money on small things like that here and there. Like, society has advanced to the point where no one should be left wanting, there’s enough for everyone to live a happy, fulfilled life, and treat themselves on occasion. Unfortunately though, billionaires hoard wealth like dragons sitting on a pile of treasure, and they’re just as greedy when people try and take even a tiny piece of their hoard.

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      It was an Australian Senator that said that in a comment about housing affordability for young people, about them being able to afford a deposit if they weren’t so frivolous with money.

      Ironically, totting that up, and assuming that they buy that every day ceaselessly, and that the cafe never closes, it’s only 10 grand, and Australian housing prices are high enough that in most places, that’s not even enough for a 5% deposit for a $500,000 home. You would only be half-way there.

      You’d still not be able to afford the mortgage, even after buying said home.