Wonderful X thread where trendy leftist Taylor Lorenz explains that poor people cannot get by because reliance on DoorDash and eating out leaves them very little money for other things. Presumably, like pots, pans, utensils, and cookbooks.
I hear a lot of GenZ whining about Boomers consuming "infinite resources." I think some of these people need to learn to cook.
I remember a number of years ago, in the previous century, probably when the hated actor was President, the Propagandist Media asserted that many old people were buying canned dog food because the money given by the Social Security Administration with its budget slashed to 1939 pre-inflation levels did not stretch far enough to allow the SS recipients to buy real food and were forced to eat dog food.
ReplyDeleteAt least this was until someone pointed out that potatoes and some variety of cheap cheese was cheaper than dog food, both on a pound for pound basis, and a calorie for calorie basis, with money left over for a variety of spices and occasionally more expensive cheese to relieve the monotony.
Are these Door-Dash addicts claiming that they cannot afford potatoes, cheese, and a microwave? Admittedly the Microwave will be expensive, but it will last a lot longer than a meal purchased from Door-Dash. If these people are renting, even a studio Apartment will have an apartment-sized stove. Plus, if money is really so tight, they won't need a complete battery of pots and pans like their mother used to feed them. A large pot for pasta and a smaller one for, say, a can of soup will be more than adequate. Besides, there is Salvation Army to buy such bare bones equipment, and if that is too much, they'll feed you. Hotdogs, to be sure, but calories in any event.
I predict that once the hated Orange Man is out of office or one of his people is not going to be the next president, like the day the 1992 election results announced Bill Clinton was Bush the Elder's replacement, suddenly all the news will be optimistic, and all miraculously before January 21, 1992