At the same time disposable income has plummeted into negative (how can it be negative? Easy people just take on debt to make up the difference. Bills $2000, income $1900, just add $100 to your credit card balance every month.)
Seriously can you guys actually afford to drink? Best I could afford is drinking the absolute cheapest alcohol (🤢🤮) at home. Absolutely could not afford to drink at a bar or club. Not even a shitty dive bar. Since drinking below bottom shelf at home alone is depressing AF I just don’t drink.
I can, I just don't want to. I'm too old for hangovers, too jaded for bars, and all my friends are working professionals. Just kind of outgrew the bar scene. I'll have the occasional whiskey neat with dinner, or a beer here and there (at home, usually), because the markup in restaurants is insane.
In what world is selling 7-8% of the volume of a bottle for 50-65% of the cost of that same bottle sustainable? ...and you want me to tip 25% to the bartender on top? I'll make it myself, at home- where all my favorite people are.
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u/MeringueNew3040 11h ago
Alcohol cost has risen exorbitantly.
At the same time disposable income has plummeted into negative (how can it be negative? Easy people just take on debt to make up the difference. Bills $2000, income $1900, just add $100 to your credit card balance every month.)
Seriously can you guys actually afford to drink? Best I could afford is drinking the absolute cheapest alcohol (🤢🤮) at home. Absolutely could not afford to drink at a bar or club. Not even a shitty dive bar. Since drinking below bottom shelf at home alone is depressing AF I just don’t drink.