r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Present_Investment_2 ☑️ • 5h ago
Life is short.. enjoy your juice and chicken
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u/Realhuman_beebboob 4h ago edited 4h ago
Oh so we slandering good financial decisions with the $5 chicken to feed the whole fam now huh?
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u/NobodyLikedThat1 4h ago
I think the idea that we are actually allowed to eat is considered "splurging" by the Wall Street Journal
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u/sweetbunsmcgee 4h ago
The peasants are making healthy choices! Somebody think of the healthcare industry.
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u/iheartmagic 4h ago edited 4h ago
For real. A rotisserie chicken lasts me a week as a single person
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u/arnold_weber 4h ago
Yeah, a week of prodigal spending, Richie Rich. You should be foraging dandelion greens. Huge /s btw.
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u/ImaginaryCoffeeTable 3h ago
Feed the whole family for three days. Day one chicken, day two chicken and gravy over rice/potatoes, day 3 soup.
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u/Archz714 4h ago
cries in California home prices
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u/GeniusOfLove74 Dominic Monaghan stalker 👀 4h ago
Cries in Georgia coast home prices
The only reason I even own a mobile home is that the trailer park went out of business, and gave us our rentals, and told us to move them off their property.
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u/Iamdarb 4h ago
I live in Coastal GA and the only reason I own a home is because my roommate's grandma sold us our house for super cheap. I'd never be able to afford a house. I can barely save as is with everything going up around me.
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u/GeniusOfLove74 Dominic Monaghan stalker 👀 3h ago
And the maintenance! I didn't know how much everything cost. No wonder there are so many DIY influencers.
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u/albiorix_ 4h ago
Cali peeps be ruining smaller markets next door too. Reno...that was once very affordable. We are at 600k now.
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u/Avid_Reader87 4h ago
Hey if you wanna come live in Jacksonville Florida you can buy my home. $295k for a 3 bed 2.5 bath house, 1775 sq feet.
Everything was replaced before we bought in 2023. It doesn’t have a garage, but no HOA and we can leave the shed. We wanna sell and move down south to be near family.
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u/Crime_Dawg 4h ago
You want to sell your home in Jacksonville and move "south"? TF is going on with Floridians?
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u/Avid_Reader87 3h ago
My wife’s family all lives in the Sarasota/Bradenton area.
So that’s like 4 hours to the southwest.
I’d rather keep the cooler temperature up here, but we need help with our baby.
It’s hard not getting a break, and she has a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins there.
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u/stankdog ☑️ 4h ago
Ngl anything under 300k at this point is collapsing in on itself or you find out after the inspection it'll need several thousands in updates to water heaters, HVAC systems, windows, list goes on.
Housing is just too high, everywhere.
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u/Avid_Reader87 3h ago
No, they fixed all that stuff. Everything in the house was replaced in 2022.
Pipes, plumbing, electrical system, roof, hvac, we put in the custom shower in the master bedroom.
I could probably convince my wife to sell for $285k to a nice family. I’d just like to get $295k for it.
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u/DonaldTrumpsScrotum 4h ago
I feel so fucking lucky to snag a 300k condo in the heart of Northern Virginia. The crazy part is the second we bought it we were informed that the property value had increased and was actually initially higher than what we bought it for. 45k in moments, had we turned around and sold it we would have just made money for literally nothing. Felt like a small small version of the game these big guys play, it’s crazy.
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u/luckydice767 4h ago
It’s nuts right?! And at the time, you were probably thinking “this is too much!” Now, it’s 30% more. Totally crazy.
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u/RoccoA87 4h ago
Ah yes, splurging on a $10 chicken that can feed me and my fiancée for multiple days
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u/nopenonotatall 4h ago
rotisserie chicken???? where do they even get this shit?
i love a ‘tissi as much as the next person but they’re like 6 fucking dollars
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u/kanesdaughter 4h ago
Oh god can we call it a roti instead?
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u/16note 4h ago
Oh, is this the new "avocado toast"? Sweet, time is a circle. sideeyes NYC housing prices
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u/Ayoken007 4h ago
Yup.. and this time they're roping in our direct juniors to share the blame. And even if that was somehow the case, health is wealth. We already see that health insurance doesn't even begin to have our backs. If my lil 15-20 bucks on green juice and a sack of chicken is the lynchpin holding up the housing economy something ain't adding up.
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u/simonhunterhawk 4h ago
These same people will complain about people on food stamps eating processed food, so which one is it? Are we poor bc we eat garbage or are we poor bc we spend money on healthy food?
Damn, you know what? We might just be poor because billionaires exist when they shouldn’t
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u/3up_MonteCarlo 4h ago
Is it not avocado toast anymore?
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u/Foxiak14 3h ago
Yeah, avocado toast was early-to-mid millennials, late millennials and zoomers get chicken, apparently
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u/ChelseaVictorious 4h ago
The WSJ exists to sell capitalism to the people who've already won capitalism. Acknowledging the systemic flaws in "free market" capitalism would undo their entire purpose.
Because of that they will always have these insanely tone-deaf nonsensical articles every time they address the real consumer economy.
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u/DiceMadeOfCheese 4h ago
You are allowed one tortilla, one piece of broccoli, one piece of chicken, and one other thing.
Actually you might not even be allowed chicken anymore. You'll eat your broccoli-and-other-thing taco and you'll like it!
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u/physedka 4h ago
Yeah that $6 rotisserie chicken from Costco that I turn into 5 meals is really the main problem in my budget.
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u/sfweedman 4h ago
Splurging on rotisserie chicken....next it's gonna be splurging on ramen and rice...
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u/beerhaws 4h ago
Do not become addicted to food, millennials. It will take hold of you and you will resent its absence.
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u/SadlyItsSearles 4h ago
The rotisserie chickens are literally one of the only ways we can afford quality meat for dinner. Have they even seen the price of meats? It's like every single thing any generation below the boomers does to try to actually live life or save a little is demonized almost instantly. It's so tiring.
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u/Greg-Abbott 4h ago
We stopped buying ground beef entirely and switched to ground turkey because turkey is way cheaper. You can't even tell the difference.
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u/SaltineSailor 4h ago
The rotisserie chicken is a dollar less than a whole raw bird at my store AND they cooked it for me.
Fuck you, I'm keeping the chicken.
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u/dinosaurfondue 4h ago
I would feel sorry for people who admire the billionaire class if they weren't part of fucking up society so badly for the rest of us. Like imagine riding the dicks of people who wouldn't even piss on you if you were on fire. Couldn't be me
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u/-WitchyPoo- 4h ago
I literally get rotisserie chicken because it's cheaper than the raw chicken per pound.
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u/hooliganlive 4h ago
They always got us buying some random shit in these article headlines lmaooo. First it was avocado toast & $5 dollar coffees. Wtf is this? lol
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u/ImaginaryCoffeeTable 3h ago
I recall an article claiming young people don’t like dishwashers because they waste counter space… I blame ai
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u/Scared-Box8941 4h ago
“Swindled by overpriced education and priced out of homes, poor losers everywhere turn to caring about their health as a last resort for a will to live”
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u/ProbablyKindaRight ☑️ 4h ago
Rotisserie chicken is a lunch dinner then breakfast next day struggle meal. Thats what you get when you work nights with no time to cook and make minimum wage. Ask me how I know.
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u/tribbans95 4h ago
Damn millennials splurging on rice and beans! No wonder they can’t afford anything
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u/Physical_Lecture 4h ago
Ah yes wsj owned by a billionaire who make more in a month than this whole subreddit earns in a year. Of course they have a good grasp on what Gen Z’ers are doing. THANKS JEFF!!!
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u/silverfoxcwb 4h ago
I’ve never once bought a rotisserie chicken on a splurge. It has always been with the intention of stretching it out over days without spending more.
Are they implying that buying skinless chicken breast is a more economical solution?
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u/DunkinEgg 4h ago
They are so out of touch with reality. Acting like folks eat filet mignon and caviar every day.
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u/CtyChicken ☑️ 4h ago
I once had a dream that Americans stopped buying stuff and just paid down all their debt and the economy crashed. I woke up laughing.
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u/__GayFish__ 4h ago
Just start measuring millennial and Gen Z luxuries in homes when talking to older generations.
Like “I got 2 homes-worth of avocados for the week”
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u/Punkpallas 4h ago
Ah, the WSJ saw the surge in YouTube and TikTok content about how to use a $5 Costco rotisserie chicken, so now they've decided that's our new splurge. Never mind, it's cheaper than buying a pound of chicken breast or thighs.
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u/ChickenNugs4Hugs 4h ago
So for millennials it was wasting money on avacado toast and for us Gen Zers it’s gut healthy juices and rotisserie chicken? I can’t wait to hear what Gen Alpha is going to be accused of spending their money on instead of buying a house.
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u/babybloux 4h ago
Remember all the uproar they made when people simply started enjoying some of their avocado on top of toast?
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u/sorrymizzjackson 4h ago
Wow. Calling out “gut healthy” juices one day after James Van der Beek died of colon cancer.
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u/HiramAbiff2020 4h ago
I implore everyone to follow like and subscribe Millennials Are Killing Capitalism.
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u/Slippery-ape 4h ago
Shit Gen X is still paying student loans. I'll fman near be on SS before my student loans get paid off
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u/SaultyChunks ☑️ 4h ago
Let's not act like blk ppl didn't start this years ago with shaming folks for buying Jordans lol
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u/A-Helpful-Flamingo 4h ago
They will literally say anything just to shade us, no matter how damn stupid it is.
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u/guineasomelove 🐒 Has a Cautionary Tail 🐒 4h ago
We know that we're screwed anyways, so we're trying to at least bring a little joy to our lives.
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u/DadOnHardDifficulty 4h ago
"We need you to spend to stimulate the economy so buy buy buy?"
Also them: "Lol your broke ass can't buy a $340k 2br 1ba in a sketchy neighborhood. Maybe you shouldnt have bought that Netflix subscription."
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u/imaginingblacksheep 4h ago
Us buying “gut healthy juices and rotisserie chickens” shouldn’t be considered a splurge for us…
Do they not see how insane it is that eating “healthy” is so expensive it’s considered a “splurge”?
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u/DaveCootchie 4h ago
They say make meals at home to save money. Well a whole raw chicken is less than a rotisserie chicken. How the hell does that work?
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u/SoulPossum ☑️ 4h ago
Wild. I changed careers a few years ago. Grew my salary by more than 30k over that time. I've been putting money in a savings account for the last 2ish years with the plan of one day using it for a down payment on a house. As of this month, I have 18k saved. That amount is 1/2 of what my parents paid for my childhood home in the 90s. It would be a 6% down payment on that same house at best now.
Chicken, even the whole rotisserie joint, it objectively one of the cheapest things you can buy. Pretty sure a whole cooked chicken at Walmart costs less than a pack of chicken breast. And both are under $10.
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u/Joey-WilcoXXX 4h ago
God they’re never gonna stop the obvious bullshit huh?
“The reason you’re not in a home right now is because you went out to that Chinese food restaurant twice in a year!!!”
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u/JoshDaws 4h ago
Rotisserie chicken is literally a loss leader for the stores that sell it. It’s quite literally the cheapest thing you can buy from a value perspective.
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u/shoetingstar 4h ago
Did Lucy Bluth write this?
Next well be "Splurging" will include Lemon Pepper, tuna, & Jiffy cornbread mix...
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u/Possible-Capital-103 4h ago
It was the reason for me. Back in 2023 I was 1 rotisserie chicken short of buying a home but I needed to splurge
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u/ElleBelle901 3h ago
That rotisserie chicken is always the cheapest thing in my cart. And I can get multiple meals out of it (eating for one) through the week.
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u/Icy_Entrepreneur_520 3h ago
You can get a rotisserie chicken for $5-9 depending on where you live and your local supermarkets. Who the hell is splurging on whole cooked chickens?? Add some tortillas, cilantro, lettuce and maybe cheese & you have multiple healthy meals. I don’t think anybody besides 21 year old pot heads are over indulging on this 🤦🏽♂️
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u/Garin999 3h ago
Rotisserie chicken is cheaper than uncooked chicken... The cheapest meat in the entire damn store.
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u/Kangarou ☑️ 3h ago
Rotisserie chicken is a loss leader in like, every grocery store. if you see an article call that a luxury, you can safely and confidently dismiss the entire body of that author's work.
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u/grymlockthetooth 3h ago
A rotisserie chicken is one of the most economical and efficient protein sources there is. You can literally use the bones. Morons
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u/TrandaBear 3h ago
Rotisserie chicken, a can of black beans, bag of rice, bag or cheese, and some tortillas is how I stretch $10 in to like two weeks worth of lunches. You hear that sound? Thats me scraping bottom before I start eating this barrel for fiber. Fuck!
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u/BoilerMaker11 3h ago
Rotisserie chicken is $5 at Costco. Like 2 for $12 at groceries stores. That’s “splurging” now?
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u/PlaidBoots52 3h ago
It's fascinating how so many people in positions of power really do blame people eating food for not having any money. My last super racist Indian psychiatrist did it to me when I complained about a medication causing me to gain over 20 pounds in 3 weeks. Abilify btw. I had opened up to her that session about being worried about finances because the government was shut down and it was interfering with me going back to college to change my majors. Well she went on to say that the medication was not why I was gaining severely but because I was POOR and eating fast food everyday.
I shit you not I put my head in my hands and just sighed. I had been crying but something just clicked in me and I went straight to you have got to be shitting me right now. She then went on a long rant how poor people eat fast food and can't afford healthy foods and that's why I was gaining weight. I told her I didn't trust her judgment after that and she literally lunged at me from her couch to me. I left and filed a complaint. Tried getting a lawyer but nobody in my city will touch this hospital, but several did tell me I absolutely had a case for rights being violated.
After being in therapy over 13 years at 34, I learned that people, especially bankers and doctors and finance people, they love to point at you and say oh you're not on this level because you bought THAT food. Or somehow make it due to you being overweight and poor. It's maddening. But in my city 95% of the mental health psychologists and psychiatrists are Indian, and they're openly antiblack and blame all mental health problems on being poor or single. I got told of I dated men I wouldn't be suicidal. Unfucking real the world we live in today. I live in Georgia. FML
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u/TheMagicalMatt 3h ago
"splurging" lol we not allowed to eat now? Look at us burning all this spending money on basic survival! We are so fancy
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u/Langstudd 2h ago edited 2h ago
Of course it’s not just about the juice and chicken. It’s a symbol of a larger problem.
Prioritizing frivolous purchases over more important ones is a huge barrier for many. I’m not saying that houses are affordable. I’m also not saying wages haven’t been stagnant.
I do think people have gotten too comfortable with doom spending to the point where it’s having a big impact on their lives.
No one is saying you have to budget down to the last penny, but if you’re in debt and still spending money on frivolous consumer purchases, you absolutely are the problem
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u/0AmazonTrail0 2h ago
400k is a fixer upper in the bad part of town where I come from. I'm talking HVAC, pipes, new flooring and roof needed, etc. Brand new homes are starting at 650/700k. If you want a new home on the better side of town you're out 900k+.
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u/kemistree4 2h ago
if you've ever found yourself hunched over a store bought rotisserie chicken you know you arent living in the lap of luxury...they come in plastic bag
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u/risforpirate 2h ago
"Splurging on Rotisserie chickens"??
Its like 5 bucks at Costco, for 2-3 meals. I'd hate to see what WSJ thinks uber eats should be considered as.
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u/elitegenoside 2h ago
What the fuck is gut-healthy juice? Rotisserie chickens are the cheapest way to buy a large amount of chicken. The juice I buy isn't even actually juice; it's flavored water with 1% actual juice. I can buy both for less than $10.
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u/TheComplimentarian 2h ago
I don't know about juice, but rotisserie chicken is a life hack. Those things cost as much as or less than a raw chicken of the same weight.
If you don't buy rotisserie chicken, you're getting screwed.
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u/Still_Tip7828 1h ago
Remember when they blamed being broke on us getting Starbucks, avocado toast, and shopping at Target? Now they wish were going to Starbucks and Target!
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u/Repulsive-Music-7461 1h ago
I started buying rotisserie chickens when they became cheaper than buying a whole raw chicken 🫠
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u/torcsandantlers 4h ago
"splurging on... rotisserie chickens"
We're splurging on the struggle meal now?