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re: Why do old people go to the default argument of $6 coffee when talking about affordability
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:47 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:47 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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Millennials and zoomers care a lot less about German engineering and granite countertops than their parents did/do
Not so sure about that. That's not my experience, anyway.
Maybe German engineering, but they have to have an SUV or a truck if male, they can't just drive a sedan.
The granite countertops...I just don't see that.
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Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:49 am to boogiewoogie1978
because anybody can learn how to make a good cup of coffee. most anybody can learn how to beat Starbucks or whatever with about three YouTube videos if you even need that. These youngsters are lazy and entitled
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:49 am to Midtiger farm
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The facts that young people aren’t spending more of their money on drinking and soda
And the fact that college age kids still drink cheap alcohol
Got it.
Do you have a link?
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:50 am to Midtiger farm
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You do realize these places are going broke because young people don’t drink their products
I did not realize this and I’m not saying you’re wrong. However, around the Atlanta area, these places are packed with Millennials. Can’t say much about Gen Z because a lot of them are not of age yet. I was recently in NW Arkansas and the vibe was the same… packed mostly with younger folks. There are also new craft breweries opening constantly. Maybe you have statistics showing that’s a dying industry but what I see in reality doesn’t match your statistics.
I also have a couple of Gen Z sons and they both love some craft beer.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:52 am to wackatimesthree
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Do you have a link?
Look it up
There is a thing called google - will give you info in seconds
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:53 am to Midtiger farm
quote:Case in point. You don't know what you don't know.
the 14th Amendment has SS obligations to them more or less locked in?
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No it doesn’t
quote:It won't. You don't know why because you don't understand what SS is, and what it isn't. You don't understand its structural basis. Nor do you understand why Social Security will be "fixed" by raising payroll taxes, and dickering a little with retirement age rather than cutting rates. Since it sounds like you are someone who might get hit by that tax increase, it's a shame you don't understand why.
The rate cut is going to come in 6 years
This post was edited on 7/14/26 at 8:57 am
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:55 am to boogiewoogie1978
Because $6 cups of coffee is fricking ridiculous when you can make 55 cups from a $20 bag at home if you simply wake up 15 minutes earlier.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:56 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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Millennials and zoomers care a lot less about German engineering and granite countertops than their parents did/do
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:57 am to SWINC
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These youngsters are lazy and entitled
It’s going to be fascinating to watch you boomers become more and more dependent on a generation you’ve been openly hostile to for decades as you age.
This post was edited on 7/14/26 at 8:58 am
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:58 am to BhamTigah
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Can’t say much about Gen Z because a lot of them are not of age yet.
over half of gen z generation is of age - sounds like you don't know much about genz or millenials
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I was recently in NW Arkansas and the vibe was the same… packed mostly with younger folks. There are also new craft breweries opening constantly. Maybe you have statistics showing that’s a dying industry but what I see in reality doesn’t match your statistics.
I also have a couple of Gen Z sons and they both love some craft beer.
All anecdotal slop
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:02 am to boogiewoogie1978
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They always blame avocado toast and coffee for why younger people can’t afford things, but older generations spent plenty too.
People take it literally and not as a principle. It is meant to say you shouldn't be spending a lot of money on luxuries when you are young and unestablished. So don't spend $10 on starbucks every day when you can make your own at home and save a lot of money
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:03 am to lurking
quote:It's the cycle of life. It's no more fascinating then such transition has been over each preceding generation dating back to the ancient Greeks.
It’s going to be fascinating to watch you boomers become more and more dependent on a generation you’ve been openly hostile to for decades as you age.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:04 am to NC_Tigah
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. It is the fact that if one is unable to see his way clear to buy a car, purchase a home, etc., then blowing $6 a time or two a day on a cup of coffee is absurd. It is absurd in of itself, but it's also absurd in that it likely exemplifies other wasteful spending habits
like tobacco products and alcohol or previous generations?
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such as eating out,
Food not cooked at home accounts for a whole 3% more than it did in 1995
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The problem is you don't understand things which you assume you do understand. When that lack of understanding is pointed out with fairly evident counterfactuals, you deny them without considering their validity. .
Think you think you an expert but you aren't and shold practice some humility
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oney, finance, and home economics are very unforgiving of that kind of attitude.
Doing find in these areas and I'd bet if we compared - better than you
Im just not selfish and care about others Americans as whole and the future of the country
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:05 am to Midtiger farm
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All anecdotal slop
Why not just say "nuh-uh" and be done with it?
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:05 am to NC_Tigah
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Case in point. You don't know what you don't know.
Again its not and you don't know
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:07 am to NC_Tigah
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You don't understand its structural basis. Nor do you understand why Social Security will be "fixed" by raising payroll taxes, and dickering a little with retirement age rather than cutting rates. Since it sounds like you are someone who might get hit by that tax increase, it's a shame you don't understand why.
Its a shame you're so confident you know everything about this subject and everything else in this thread and actually are mostly wrong
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:07 am to Midtiger farm
quote:Grok is better.
There is a thing called google - will give you info in seconds
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:07 am to lurking
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It’s going to be fascinating to watch you boomers become more and more dependent on a generation THAT HAS BEEN OPENLY HOSTILE towards you for decades.
FIFY
Millennials blame all of there ills on Boomers.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:08 am to NC_Tigah
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It's the cycle of life. It's no more fascinating then such transition has been over each preceding generation dating back to the ancient Greeks.
I’m not so sure that’s true. There’s always been a certain level of angst towards older generations by the youth, sure, but boomers were the first generation to brag about abandoning the American ideal of leaving the country better than they found it for future generations.
I hope you raised successful and respectful children because the nation as a whole won’t be kind to boomers.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:09 am to wackatimesthree
quote:that’s ok. you’re wrong, but that’s fine
Not so sure about that
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