Headline in two years: Gen Z’ers are splurging on food instead of giving their money to the rich.
“GenZ struggling to survive in the lower levels of MegaCity5. Their blood is too low in iron to keep the immortal rich alive.”
GenZ not eating nutritious meals is the leading cause of rejection for Soylent processing.
Yeah that might be the most accurate to the blaming tone these kinds of articles write with and to what they will take from us.
Just need to jazz it up with some homemade slang to hide the sad bits and the immortal rich part.
“GenZ struggling in well stocked MegaCity5; “Fecal-de-Cal” diet blamed for lack of macro nutrients during their mandatory weekly Blood-Up donations.”
Gen Z and millennials are splurging on breathing air.
literally, the conservative culture of boot licking the billionaires never ceases to amaze me
I’m hungry. When do we eat?
"Splurging“ on the absolute cheapest most preservative laiden meat available, cheapeer than fucking Spam, and Gut healthy jucis because they can’t afford to go to a doctor.
Fucking ghouls.
“Splurging” on one of the most prolific loss leaders in grocery is certainly one way to say it. We’re buying them because it’s the cheapest way to eat
Up next: Gen Z splurging on costco hotdogs and mi goreng instant noodles.
Wait are you telling me a chicken dinner and juice is more attainable than a home?? Could that be why?
There’s a reason young people are travelling and using their savings on entertainment, we know we will never own. Not until we take housing by force, so what’s the point of saving? I can’t even save enough to keep up with interest. So yeah when I’m old I’ll be poor and the government will have to deal with me
So we are not supposed to …eat?
The rich don’t understand the purpose of food, having never missed a meal in their lives.
Ending your sentence after “rich” would have been good enough to answer the question.
GenZ complains about having so much debt and not enough income but they keep buying food! How can they expect to succeed when they waste their money so frivolously?!
… That’s what this headline reads like to me. How dare you buy food with the money you should be spending on the interest you owe to the owners of the country.
The wall street journal aren’t good journalists.
They cater towards rich people and as such:
- Grant a sense of superiority through highlighting financial disparity
- Portray news in terms of how they would affect rich people, like tax breaks being good for the economy (the economy being billionaires for wsj)
Nothing they write is objective
They’re not journalists at all.
You mean the rotisserie chickens that are $5-6, compared to lunch meat being at 10-12/lb? Splurging on that rotisserie chicken purchase?
There is a reason we think boomers are out of touch.
They bought houses with high school diplomas for 6 walnuts. Why can’t you kids do the same?
Try to explain to them that we will never be as weathly as they are and how we will receive 0 inheritance from them because they planned out how to spend their entire retirement savings not knowing what end of life care actually costs.
That rotisserie chicken that I can stretch into like three to five meals, including making broth? That one?
Good ol’ rotisserie chicken, rice, n beans. Sauce of choice. A legendary combination.
It’s depressing just how quickly and comprehensively Jeff Bezos has managed to destroy the WSJ. It used to be respected internationally, now it’s just a grubby little clickfarm.
Splurging on double ply toilet paper that is free of bark. Recklessly spending on biannual toothbrushs. carelessly using their lunch break to eat instead of adopting mico-hussles. foolishly agreeing to pay rent instead of taking money out of their grandfather’s equity built trust fund to buy expansive rental properties.
why are they so bad with money?
Gen Zer… just say “Gen-Z kids” ??
splurging on rotisserie chicken
You mean those cheap chickens they sell at grocery stores that can feed you for days?
and gut-healthy juices
so they don’t have to have healthcare. Don’t forget that this is owned by Murdoch, a truly evil shit stain.
I live alone now, and I get less motivated to cook for just myself, but today I felt like I needed to eat healthy. I got a rotisserie chicken and made a nice sandwich with it, pulled most of the meat off the bone and put it in the fridge, then simmered the carcase with celery, onions, carrots, bay leaf, thyme, and salt until it was reduced way down. Strained that into a container, and tomorrow I’ll make chicken soup with that, some more of the veggies, and some little potatoes I have leftover. I’ll have several meals with a few cheap ingredients. Super cost effective, healthy, and delicious.
This is the way.
Just a few practical tips for those of you wanting to do this, but feel a bit nervous about dealing with the chicken carcass. Disposable gloves are your friend. Pull off every bit of meat you can possibly pull off. It can be frozen and then used for pretty much anything. You can throw it in tacos. You can put it in ramen soup.You can just eat it. You can share it with your dog or cat, if you can afford one.
If you have an Instant Pot cooker, I have the small three quart sized one, it makes it really easy and quick to simmer the carcass and get all that delicious bone broth. The bone broth can also be used for anything savory you’re making that requires water like rice, instant stuffing, Ramen, couscous. You get the idea.
Filled with chlorine
I can get frozen chicken bits pretty cheap. My cheap options right now look like a half a kilo plus sauces, or (with some walking) a full kilo, plus no extras.
That doesn’t account for the time value of money. The reality is even worse because the price of the house is continuing to increase as you push the purchase off into the future. (I haven’t done the math, but it could very well be increasing faster than $5 day, so in reality foregoing the rotisserie chicken doesn’t make you make progress at all, but only fall behind slower.)
Yeah… I wish I didn’t, but I get that reference…
I’ll just be satisfied with knowing what this guy is about to do, but not actually seeing the footage myself.
hey man nice shot
It’s even worse, if you buy “cold” rotisserie chicken (literally the same just not kept warm under heat lamps so you have to warm it up if you want it hot) it was $2.77 last time I bought one at Walmart.
Why the price difference? Don’t know. It’s stored in the open cover “cold food storage” they use it which are probably similar cost to run as the heat lamps. That said for a chicken sandwich or chicken noodle soup such a better deal.
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I can’t speak for Walmart but I can confirm other grocery stores do that. Whatever doesn’t sell gets chilled for the following day.
I know there was a time written on the bag, could of been from the previous day I don’t know. That said if I buy a chicken, eat half, put the other half in the refrigerator I would still eat it the next day so…
Our local Costco has these. They’re the previous day’s chicken and are sold at a discount.
The cold ones can be bought with SNAP/food stamps as well a being cheaper.
$5 for a whole chicken? That’s cheap as fuck. What does the WSJ expect gen z and millennials to eat? Their mom’s cooking?
A single meal for $5 would be a deal. A rotisserie chicken can feed a family, or a single person could eat it for days.
This is just more “anyone who isn’t a millionaire doesn’t deserve to eat” rhetoric from the world’s billionaires.
Also, as a 30y.o. millennial, I object to the characterization of the “oldest gen z” being 30. I’ve earned my place among 20th century-borns!
Can feed a family yes, but isn’t truly a meal on its own. Add some rice and beans, and now you’ve got a decent meal that has a tad more nutrition/balance than just straight up chicken.
You’re right, it needs some veggies too. But honestly if you’re having rice and beans, and something iron-rich like broccoli, then the chicken isn’t even necessary.
But we all know the people complaining about this aren’t advocating for vegetarianism…
New day, new generation, every single day
What a way to live
If you’re writing stories like this do us all a favor and just burn yourself alive.
If they were interested in doing favors for humanity, they wouldn’t be working at WSJ
It doesn’t matter what food you eat, it’s still too good for you. How long until the articles about “splurging” on instant ramen come out?
You can afford instant ramen?!
I had to work for my ramen.
Stop buying (checks notes) food!! 🥑😤
Whats wrong with instant ramen?
It’s like 12¢ a pack. The commenter was saying the out-of-touch billionaires will never be pleased and will continue to shame the poors no matter what they do. Even if you’re eating the cheapest thing you can find, they’ll still call it a frivolous expense because you’re not a millionaire.
Instant ramen is more expensive than rotisserie chicken right now.
Find an asian market near you. The ramen is so cheap there and it’s way better than the ones in the supermarket.
I’ve started buying the frozen ramen (raw noodles) at my local asian market :)
