cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8485106
Definitely has nothing to do with sky-rocketing food prices in our capitalist hellscape.
Looking for the original link still…
Edit, found it:
https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-splurge-groceries-spending-inflation-gen-z-boomers-2024-4
If they don’t pay for actual groceries then 12$ a day sounds like a lot for snacks.
And if they do pay for groceries $12 a day is not abnormal, $4 a meal (assuming they are having 3 a day) is not some highfalutin lifestyle.