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This is ridiculous, IMO. When you go out to eat you should optimize for pleasure, not the difficulty of constructing a dish. Avocado Toast was chosen in the "yo

This is ridiculous, IMO. When you go out to eat you should optimize for pleasure, not the difficulty of constructing a dish. Avocado Toast was chosen in the "young people suck" articles because it was trendy, not because it simple. Look at the other complaint - espresso drinks at cafes. People whine that young people could save more money if they just stopped buying lattes. Given that virtually nobody has an espresso machine at home, this is the polar opposite of the "well, you can make it at home" situation. No. The complaint is "young people should stop complaining about their economic fortunes because it is their own damn fault." Nothing to do with trading money for convenience.

notyourwork 3y ago
I think it is some of both. Doing without or compromising for your own financial well being is well established pattern. For example, don’t buy or lease a car beyond your means is a perfect example of a poor decision that holds one back. Our society doesn’t help with offering 8-year car loans and sales people convincing a young adult how affordable the vehicle is. So in some ways younger generations are not setup for success. Their own fault. In some ways they create their own self-demise. Eating out constantly when making your own food or coffee is a perfectly viable option. In total, society owes it to itself to ensure future generations are successful. I don’t think we’re doing that well enough.
- UncleMeat 3y ago
  If the complaints were about major things like high interest car loans or living without roommates in your early 20s then sure, I'm confident that there are plenty of young people who are making very expensive financial decisions without thinking it through. But "why can't young people afford houses" is well explained by student loans and high home prices even for financially careful young people.
  - notyourwork 3y ago
    And student loans are one of those things where society didn’t setup a future generation for success due to their own greed.
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notyourwork 3y ago

I think it is some of both. Doing without or compromising for your own financial well being is well established pattern. For example, don’t buy or lease a car beyond your means is a perfect example of a poor decision that holds one back. Our society doesn’t help with offering 8-year car loans and sales people convincing a young adult how affordable the vehicle is. So in some ways younger generations are not setup for success. Their own fault. In some ways they create their own self-demise. Eating out constantly when making your own food or coffee is a perfectly viable option. In total, society owes it to itself to ensure future generations are successful. I don’t think we’re doing that well enough.

UncleMeat 3y ago
If the complaints were about major things like high interest car loans or living without roommates in your early 20s then sure, I'm confident that there are plenty of young people who are making very expensive financial decisions without thinking it through. But "why can't young people afford houses" is well explained by student loans and high home prices even for financially careful young people.
- notyourwork 3y ago
  And student loans are one of those things where society didn’t setup a future generation for success due to their own greed.

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