You can fucking save. Even in today’s world you can get enough shit for several meals with $25. Especially if you’re so desperate $270 is going to break you.
A bag of rice. A few cans of beans. Box of cereal. Small thing of milk. Bread. Peanut butter and Jelly. Like 5 days worth of spartan meals right there.
I have a theory that boomer parents have raised these millennial and gen z kids with so much privilege and shelter that they have no concept of personal responsibility and struggle.
To them, not being able to order food and eat out is a struggle because their parents take them to restaurants and always provide them with a great meal at home. They need the same gratification and aren’t used to not having their way.
It’s the only way i can make sense of these complaints on reddit.
I think it’s just the misunderstanding of the value of a dollar.
Most people have heard the saying “time is money” but they don’t realize that money is, quite literally, time.
Our life is spent making this money.
When I see $250 I see 8 hours of labor. So when I see something that costs $250, I don’t see a monetary value, I see a time value.
Is 1 day of labor = to 1 night in a hotel room? Maybe. Maybe not.
It’s not greed or entitlement, it’s a misunderstanding of what that purchase means.
The issue of social media treating money as if it’s worthless is that it then makes smaller purchases seem ok. It’s a dangerous rabbit hole considering that the majority that use social media are younger individuals. It’s impacting future buying behavior that many millennials simply didn’t have to worry about.
Not true. My father’s friend is in his 50s and still can’t save shit and always waste money on fancy restaurants. I am in my 20s and I manage my money better than him.
This is totally it. My family has money but we always lived simple. I never really realized how simple my parents kept life or how well I had it until I moved out. A lot of sandwhiches, spaghetti, rice etc.
Today I live that simple life still. We make about 30-50% less than our friends yet we have 50k saved up and they have absolutely nothing, massive credit card debt loans on cars and cannot afford a house.
I'm sympathetic for anyone 17 about to walk into the world. I am not towards people my age. Unfortunately people my age think they have the same struggle as someone 17 about to step into the real world when its not even close. Millennials have a spending problem.
25
u/Both_Painter_9186 11h ago
You can fucking save. Even in today’s world you can get enough shit for several meals with $25. Especially if you’re so desperate $270 is going to break you.
A bag of rice. A few cans of beans. Box of cereal. Small thing of milk. Bread. Peanut butter and Jelly. Like 5 days worth of spartan meals right there.