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I cant be trusted with food in my house so i usually just buy something like a chicken or a tv dinner when i decide to feed myself instead of eating whatever is in thr community chest in my work’s breakroom
Aren’t rotisserie chickens usually a cheapish (relatively) prepared food that you get at a grocery store?
Yeah, they’re a certified loss leader
Can grab one for between $5 and $8 depending on which grocery store I am willing to go to
Yeah, my initial read was “oh, cheap not entirely empty calories and something with some vitamins and minerals for a person who doesn’t have a lot of money and is struggling to cook for themselves.” Just normal things to be buying in a totally healthy economy
If 120% of your paycheck isn’t going to your landlord you’re a parasite who’s mooching the economy.
i’m splurging on my water bill over here. live big, stay hydrated, die old
Do you know that while you carelessly drink water, there are AI data centers struggling to stay cooled?
Unfortunately for you, i’m ai-less
Cheaper than raw chicken
Raw chicken prices are wild. Chicken quarters at my local grocery are $1 per pound, but to get legs or thighs is $2 mixed or $3 separated. I don’t think it actually costs that much to chop, just saying.
lower flesh to bone ratio in the weight
But a quarter is a thigh + leg, and they sell mixed thighs and legs at $1 more per pound, which would have the exact same bone ratio. They also sell thighs and legs separately at the same price, which is $1 more than the mixed bag.
The implication seems to be that making one extra cut (separating the thigh and the leg) costs $1 per pound, and that separating the thighs and legs costs an additional $1 per pound.
I can get a roasted chicken for about $10-11ish from my store. The cheapest burger from McDonald’s door dashed to me is like $9 so the chicken is a steal.
Yes, even in the most expensive places of the world you get plenty for your money with rotisserie chicken compared to other options.
I get my groceries delivered. I can get a hot chicken for $9. They used to have sales for $8.
Pretty sure millennial has just become synonymous with “young person” at this point. Aren’t millennials like 30-45 years old at this point?
Yes, the youngest millenials are 30 now.
“Millennials are too busy buying themselves funko pops and marvel goop to afford hip replacements and retirement homes”
Its true I bought Funko Pops in the worth of 5million US dollars instead of buying a home
I’m a millenial
I went to see a band last night that are on a 40th anniversary tour.
I realised that the last time I saw them was 18 years agoI’m going to buy a coffin on the weekend
Ooh, look at the fancy millennial and his coffin. Back in my day our corpses were left out for the vultures, and we never complained about it.
Rotisserie chicken wow Mr moneybags over here eating the thing that’s often cheaper than frozen chicken.
splurging on the loss-leader that’s meant to manipulate you into buying more stuff because you smell it and get hungry
I’m no big city economist but rotisserie chickens are probably the cheapest cooked meal you can buy. This probably ain’t an indicator of anything
literally the most common loss leader
the recommended articles at the bottom lol
people under 50 can’t afford stable shelter, but spending big on… something to eat today.
And maybe a little to freeze for later I bet
edible shelter
“Look at these fancy pants zoomers, putting beans in their rice.”
eating a whole rotisserie chicken over the sink is what we call boy dinner in this house
Making butteted noodles and eating thrm straight from the pot because i havent done dishes in 2 months
Disgusting, the only appropriate time to eat a whole rotisserie chicken is after punching a wall until it crumbles and the chicken falls out.
When I’m tired of protein shakes post workout but still need the gains
Wall street journal figures out 20 bucks is easier to spend than it is to save up 165,000 dollars.
165k is going to get you a house that could really use 40-50k of work, unless it’s in a neighborhood with bars on all the windows
“Stop eating avocado toast!!”
Okay but I need to live, so I’ll buy like the cheapest meat and like something to help my stomach survive this gruel I’m forced to endure
“SPLURGING MONEY WASTER!!!”
Economists pitching “acceptably priced” food alternatives for people under
20304050:
Splurging means buying a cheap ass grocery store rotisserie chicken now? Literally one of the cheapest ways to eat?
It’s been conventional wisdom for longer than this godforsaken country has existed that health is the most important thing someone should prioritize, but no, you mustn’t spend any money on something like “gut-healthy juices” until the decades of paying off your debt are complete. I don’t care about "gut-healthy juices, but attacking downwardly mobile debtors for having the audacity to buy them is beyond disgusting.
The entire past and present editorial staff of WSJ and a large portion of their columnists belong in prison until such a time as they can be rehabilitated to not engage in these behaviors.
Code for “let the young poor starve, I guess”
