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do I really need a house if I never eat?
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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Splurging means buying a cheap ass grocery store rotisserie chicken now? Literally one of the cheapest ways to eat? 
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
βLook at these fancy pants zoomers, putting beans in their rice.β
Pretty sure millennial has just become synonymous with βyoung personβ at this point. Arenβt millennials like 30-45 years old at this point?
Yes, the youngest millenials are 30 now.
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 ago
I'm going to buy a coffin on the weekend
"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
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, iβm 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.
Yes, even in the most expensive places of the world you get plenty for your money with rotisserie chicken compared to other options.
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.
I get my groceries delivered. I can get a hot chicken for $9. They used to have sales for $8.
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
people under 50 can't afford stable shelter, but spending big on... something to eat today.
edible shelter
And maybe a little to freeze for later I bet
the recommended articles at the bottom lol
Code for "let the young poor starve, I guess"
Economists pitching "acceptably priced" food alternatives for people under ~~20~~ ~~30~~ ~~40~~ 50:
"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!!!"
eating a whole rotisserie chicken over the sink is what we call boy dinner in this house
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
Where do you think the rich's war on food for poors ends? Is it a "decadence for me, branded influencer gruel for you" kind of thing or will these people slowly gaslight themselves into not eating food at all because it's too pedestrian? Food will be the iphone or the big screen TV, where the poors show no moral fortitude by debasing themselves in consumerism while the noble elites only eat food because they can afford it?
wsj are just doing 
for engagement farming for some q1 metric, i just thought it was funny tbh, living big on a chicken.
they seem more eyes wide shut type guys than expensive food
Ty Beanis Brain
It must be remembered that privation of food is very reluctantly borne, and that as a rule great poorness of diet will only come when other privations have preceded it. Long before insufficiency of diet is a matter of hygienic concern, long before the physiologist would think of counting the grains of nitrogen and carbon which intervene between life and starvation, the household will have been utterly destitute of material comfort; clothing and fuel will have been even scantier than food β against inclemencies of weather there will have been no adequate protection β dwelling space will have been stinted to the degree in which overcrowding produces or increases disease; of household utensils and furniture there will have been scarcely any β even cleanliness will have been found costly or difficult, and if there still be self-respectful endeavours to maintain it, every such endeavour will represent additional pangs of hunger.
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
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.
Rotisserie chickens used to be like The symbol of cheap ass huge dinner
But sure go off on how it's splurge. Why is it a splurge, again, exactly? Hmmm interesting
Why is it a splurge, again, exactly? Hmmm interesting
Wow you're buying dinner sweetie? Yikes, not a good look.
When i was working out of town with barely anything before the first cheque rolled in the one thing i had was $9 rotisserie chicken.
Guess i was bougie