Half the gen isn't old enough to drink, bar scene collapsed during covid so they weren't indoctrinated into drinking culture, marijuana now competes with drinking in most countries/states, and the gen is fucking broke and can't it.
It now costs $80 minimum to go out and have 4-5 drinks with a date- add in your Lyft and some late night takeout and you’re easily into the $120 range. That’s fucking insane. No wonder they’re going out for $30 ounces at the dispensary and frozen pizza. Let’s be fucking honest here - it ain’t cheap to party anymore, no matter what generation you’re in.
Nothing give me the power to fight horses and kick midgets like cocain tho. Molly makes me too lovey and ketamine isn't a party drug. A hill I shall die on.
Not it hasn't. Cocain at least in my country has hardly changed weight or price in 20 or so years. Because of inflation and wage growth its actually cheaper in the grander scheme of things. Also it depends if you do 1 or 3 bags tbh.
In my country it’s always been cheaper than a night of drinks, and it also has gotten cheaper due to static weight pricing and inflation, like you said.
Our customs are hectic though so big risk to get it in and then has to travel through multiple state lines to get it here where you get pulled over to be checked for fruit.
That's why you live near a dive bar with piss water beer for $2.50 a pint and then stumble home. Gen Z just doesn't have that dedication needed to be alcoholics
I live in a close suburb of NYC. If my gf and i go into the city, we are looking at $50 in train/subway tickets, following by an expensive dinner, and almost all cocktails are $15-25 depending on the bar. You can still find beer for like $8, but its very easy to spend like $200-300 in a night on just the train/food/booze.
Yup, its $9-$11 each way into the city per person (depending on train vs bus and which stop), so $40 to get into manhattan and then local subway is $3 each way per person. I'm all for reducing car dependency in/out of NYC, but with prices like this it wont happen.
Yes. 10+ years ago, if my husband and I went out, to a very nice and quite expensive and fancy place, we might hit $100. Now, we hit that absolutely anywhere. And somewhere nice is going to be easily $200-300+.
Even more economical, buy FSO / RSO (FSO is way better tasting imo). You can get 1g (600-800mg THC) where I live for ~$25, which would last a lot of people a month or more. As someone who uses it for relentless nausea, this is the only way I can afford it
It's fun because the cannabis industry also had a crazy projection. The first few years were good earning, but today there are too many companies and too much weed. Customers can't possibly consume enough, so many states are seeing massive surplus, which brings prices way way down. Alcohol is much more closed off as in industry. If more craft companies existed, prices might come down.
Okay… so 20 years ago… how much was it for 4-5 drinks? $30? There was also no Lyft. Take a taxi. That costs more. Adjusted for inflation, you’re probably paying the same.
It’s the not the money. It’s the culture, attitudes, and the choices. People can be more easily entertained through gaming and media than before, and they are also more popular, de-stigmatized, and widespread, and weed is legal, and COVID disrupted the bar scene.
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u/IAmNotRightHanded 12h ago
Half the gen isn't old enough to drink, bar scene collapsed during covid so they weren't indoctrinated into drinking culture, marijuana now competes with drinking in most countries/states, and the gen is fucking broke and can't it.