This “look how good it is that our standard of living is falling” articles are just ridiculous.
How long before we see “massive rises in food prices reverse obesity crisis” with the BBC touting eating sawdust to feel full as one of the cost saving tricks people are using.
I stopped drinking in the Pandemic. Greatest decision ever made, and my wallet / Pension say ‘thank you very much’
Give it a week and millennials and gen z will be blamed for tanking the alcohol industry next too
God, what a depressing read:
>”As a student especially, I felt like so much of my student loan was going towards going out and socialising,” says 22-year-old Grace.
>For Grace, the £50 to £60 she’d spend in pubs, bars and clubs could buy her two weeks’ worth of groceries.
>”That’s huge,” she says.
>By not going out, artist and DJ So Sha says she could save enough money a month for three big shops.
We’re apparently a wealthy country, yet the ‘next generation’ are ‘leaving the nest’ and immediately being forced to cut socialisation or not be able to eat.
While the general down trend in alcohol use (especially as a social lubricant) is good for society as a whole, I don’t think the Tories and their paymasters are really considering the long term implications of a generation that doesn’t see the need to go out and spend money in a local economy in order to enjoy themselves. Cutting off their nose to spite their face as a phrase comes to mind.
Soon (despite the article talking about Gen Z):
MILLENIALS ARE DESTROYING THE BOOZE INDUSTRY
“You will own nothing and be happy”
These demoralization articles are seemingly every other day now. When are people going to clock what’s going on.
Still people book holidays, oblivious to their own huge debts.
Everyone seems to think it’s a personal right to have the latest mobile, the latest fashion, eat in the trendiest restaurant, to jet away to 3 holidays a year, regardless of how much debt they’re being buried in.
Utter madness, this will not end well.
Tbh I just don’t enjoy drinking much. Hate the fiery, chemically taste alcohol has going down. I pretty much actively avoided drinking for years until I discovered mead (the honey quenches the fire right away so it’s like very alcoholic flavoured water) and even then I only drink occasionally.
Sometimes due to a reason like money you give up something like booze and it ends up being a really positive life change that impacts positively all round. It’s quite a big thing for young people like this where it would be the norm to go out and drink but good on them for giving it a go.
I haven’t bought or drank booze in almost 5 years. So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised the prices have gone up lately, everything is high. Glad I can’t tell you how much alcohol is going for these days. I’m not exactly “young” but quitting drinking is a great idea.
My independent local has just closed down this month, it’s a shame that communities are losing pubs.
“Fecking lightweightsh, jusht pull yer bootshtraps and get the pinsht in”
whilst I do understand the points being made about “happy in my poverty” articles, and fully support those points. When it comes to alcohol I dont know if it is the worse thing ever. Its not cheap true, but its also not healthy, people become alcoholics.
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It is a good thing that there are less alcoholics. To say nothing of the costs of “poor judgement” actions, done whilst drunk.
So what you’re saying is after 13 years of the Tories running your government you can’t even afford a f****** beer, yeah this is clearly working out well for you.
I can’t wait to read the foaming-at-the-mouth-mad response to this by some today of Tim Martin in Wetherspoons News
Oh yeah, really uplifting BBC, very cool. Fuck off.
Oooooor, it’s because the price of a pint costs too much and everything else is going up thus it’s not really a choice. It’s more of a “Fuuck, if i buy this cider, i can’t afford to make dinner.” ffair.
Not good for the thousands of workers and small business owners who work/run bars tho
Your not saving money if you can’t afford to buy something due to a cost of living increase. Your just surviving.
Younger people have been drinking less for years, or rather not going out drinking as much and preferring to drink with friends and doing other things
Why are these people even in the news. I rarely drink, I save money. I don’t need an entire article about me.
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This “look how good it is that our standard of living is falling” articles are just ridiculous.
How long before we see “massive rises in food prices reverse obesity crisis” with the BBC touting eating sawdust to feel full as one of the cost saving tricks people are using.
I stopped drinking in the Pandemic. Greatest decision ever made, and my wallet / Pension say ‘thank you very much’
Give it a week and millennials and gen z will be blamed for tanking the alcohol industry next too
God, what a depressing read:
>”As a student especially, I felt like so much of my student loan was going towards going out and socialising,” says 22-year-old Grace.
>For Grace, the £50 to £60 she’d spend in pubs, bars and clubs could buy her two weeks’ worth of groceries.
>”That’s huge,” she says.
>By not going out, artist and DJ So Sha says she could save enough money a month for three big shops.
We’re apparently a wealthy country, yet the ‘next generation’ are ‘leaving the nest’ and immediately being forced to cut socialisation or not be able to eat.
While the general down trend in alcohol use (especially as a social lubricant) is good for society as a whole, I don’t think the Tories and their paymasters are really considering the long term implications of a generation that doesn’t see the need to go out and spend money in a local economy in order to enjoy themselves. Cutting off their nose to spite their face as a phrase comes to mind.
Soon (despite the article talking about Gen Z):
MILLENIALS ARE DESTROYING THE BOOZE INDUSTRY
“You will own nothing and be happy”
These demoralization articles are seemingly every other day now. When are people going to clock what’s going on.
Still people book holidays, oblivious to their own huge debts.
Everyone seems to think it’s a personal right to have the latest mobile, the latest fashion, eat in the trendiest restaurant, to jet away to 3 holidays a year, regardless of how much debt they’re being buried in.
Utter madness, this will not end well.
Tbh I just don’t enjoy drinking much. Hate the fiery, chemically taste alcohol has going down. I pretty much actively avoided drinking for years until I discovered mead (the honey quenches the fire right away so it’s like very alcoholic flavoured water) and even then I only drink occasionally.
Sometimes due to a reason like money you give up something like booze and it ends up being a really positive life change that impacts positively all round. It’s quite a big thing for young people like this where it would be the norm to go out and drink but good on them for giving it a go.
I haven’t bought or drank booze in almost 5 years. So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised the prices have gone up lately, everything is high. Glad I can’t tell you how much alcohol is going for these days. I’m not exactly “young” but quitting drinking is a great idea.
My independent local has just closed down this month, it’s a shame that communities are losing pubs.
“Fecking lightweightsh, jusht pull yer bootshtraps and get the pinsht in”
whilst I do understand the points being made about “happy in my poverty” articles, and fully support those points. When it comes to alcohol I dont know if it is the worse thing ever. Its not cheap true, but its also not healthy, people become alcoholics.
​
It is a good thing that there are less alcoholics. To say nothing of the costs of “poor judgement” actions, done whilst drunk.
So what you’re saying is after 13 years of the Tories running your government you can’t even afford a f****** beer, yeah this is clearly working out well for you.
I can’t wait to read the foaming-at-the-mouth-mad response to this by some today of Tim Martin in Wetherspoons News
Oh yeah, really uplifting BBC, very cool. Fuck off.
Oooooor, it’s because the price of a pint costs too much and everything else is going up thus it’s not really a choice. It’s more of a “Fuuck, if i buy this cider, i can’t afford to make dinner.” ffair.
Not good for the thousands of workers and small business owners who work/run bars tho
Your not saving money if you can’t afford to buy something due to a cost of living increase. Your just surviving.
Younger people have been drinking less for years, or rather not going out drinking as much and preferring to drink with friends and doing other things
Why are these people even in the news. I rarely drink, I save money. I don’t need an entire article about me.