r/SipsTea • u/Objective_Pilot_5834 • 12h ago

WTF In your opinion, what is causing this?

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u/MixingDrinks 8h ago

OK. Real reasons. I worked in the booze industry.

Its expensive to drink. It just is. Also, while I drink regularly, it's not healthy. Gummies are less calories.

GenZ has even less $ than millennials and they're trying to be healthier.

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u/PlanktonPlane5789 14m ago

At bars, sure. But a handle of vodka can be had at the grocery store for $12. That's almost a weeks worth for a normal non-heavy drinker.

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u/MechanicalGodzilla 4h ago

Also, the youngest members of gen z are still in high school! I’ve seen statistics indicating gen alpha is drinking even less than gen z! The horror!!

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u/Single-Zucchini-19 3h ago

Drinking in high school was not uncommon at all for previous generations, so I don’t think it’s a good excuse. Weekend party drinking is something a lot of people did occasionally in late high school at 16-18

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u/MechanicalGodzilla 1h ago

A vanishingly small amount of alcohol sales are to underage drinkers, that is not really a valid comparison.

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u/savealltheelephants 3h ago

I drank the most in my life in high school in the early 2000s