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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Ah yes good old tens of thousands in debt and property costing ten times what it used to when boomers bought them, cost of living souring, wages not climbing, and of course it's the cheap tasty chicken keeping the young folk from owning their own home. Yeeeesss. Great financial logic there, (checks notes) Wall Street Journal.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

I was OOTL on this one and had to search for it. The article is kind of hard to find, but I was very amused by the fact that there apparently is another article from the WSJ that essentially nullifies the entire claim of rotisserie chicken being a "splurge".

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Costco’s rotisserie chicken is cheaper than a raw chicken in most places and I don’t need to spend money on utilities to cook it. It’s also gross, but when you’re poor you don’t get a lot of protein options.

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[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Rotisserie chicken, used for burritos, can make lunch for the work week.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

pretty sure your boss is splurging human babies so shut the fuck up

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They should splurge on savvier investments like third-world suffering

[–] MelodiousFunk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Why should I pay extra for that when my taxes already pay for plenty?

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

When I splurge, I buy hamburger at 9$ a lb.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wallstreet journal... is Microsoft stock going down again?

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Door Dash fees / inflated prices are what should be the real target. In-game cosmetics would be another.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I thought they were saying they had a new fettish

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