• zephorah@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    What’s bizarre about the avocado toast thing is avocados were 2-4/$1 or a whole whopping $.79 ea then.

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      3 months 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.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        3 months 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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          3 months 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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            3 months ago

            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.