2019, back in #avocadotoast days. When apparently we wasted our money on extravagances like “not the cheapest fruit/vegetables”. Which wasn’t even the case. We literally didn’t even do that, we 100% had to eat the cheapest fruit/vegetable, if we were lucky enough that any fruit or vegetable met our budget. They were so out of touch that even their attempt to find a minor extravangance they thought we could afford to waste money on but shouldn’t, was inaccessible.
When I entered my 40s, I decided to switch from Gala to Honey Crisp apples.
Not because I have more money, but because I realized if I don’t get the apples I want, a part of me goes out and eats two medium dominos pizzas in a single setting as an act of rebellion.
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.
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.
2019, back in #avocadotoast days. When apparently we wasted our money on extravagances like “not the cheapest fruit/vegetables”. Which wasn’t even the case. We literally didn’t even do that, we 100% had to eat the cheapest fruit/vegetable, if we were lucky enough that any fruit or vegetable met our budget. They were so out of touch that even their attempt to find a minor extravangance they thought we could afford to waste money on but shouldn’t, was inaccessible.
When I entered my 40s, I decided to switch from Gala to Honey Crisp apples.
Not because I have more money, but because I realized if I don’t get the apples I want, a part of me goes out and eats two medium dominos pizzas in a single setting as an act of rebellion.
What’s bizarre about the avocado toast thing is avocados were 2-4/$1 or a whole whopping $.79 ea then.
Not that it makes it a better argument, but the meme was that millennials were going out to restaurants for an 11$ 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.
If you are struggling for money then doing that sort of shit regularly does sound dumb
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.
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.
I severely doubt a lot of the dumbass boomers thought it through well enough to claim that.