Ep. 1912 - Boomers Scold Gen Z For Eating Rotisserie Chicken
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Why is Gen Z criticized for their food choices?
The Wall Street Journal is lambasting Gen Z for wasting all of its money on frivolous luxuries like rotisserie chicken to eat so that they can live. Also, according to a new survey, Gen Z is lambasting Christianity because Jesus has a God complex. The kids, I think we can safely conclude, are not all right. Something's a little wrong. And for the most part, actually, I don't think it's their fault. I'm Michael Knowles. This is The Michael Knowles Show. Welcome back to the show. Was Shakespeare a black Jewish woman? No. No, he wasn't.
What are Gen Z's views on Christianity and Jesus?
I guess I don't need to get to that story. He wasn't. But anyway, someone's claiming that he was. He was a black Jewish woman. We'll get to that momentarily. First, though, I want to tell you about Equip Foods. Go to equipfoods.com slash Michael Knowles. You guys have heard me talk about our sponsor Equip's Prime Bars in the past. Equip is all about making healthy habits simple and sustainable with their delicious, clean, grass-fed beef Prime Bar. This is the first of its kind grass-fed beef protein bar. with only real food ingredients. Nothing to hide, 20 grams of clean protein. Most protein bars, which I hate, are loaded with sugar and ingredients you can't even pronounce. Equip is changing that. Starting today, our listeners will receive an exclusive discount on Prime Bar, which has become our team's very favorite protein bar.
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And lambasting us for being profligate and wasteful because we would order avocado toast at brunch. And I didn't order avocado toast at brunch, but apparently the millennials were doing this. So they'd go out and they'd spend 15 bucks on a piece of toast with avocado on it. And at that time, before Joe Biden's inflation, 15 bucks was a lot of money. So the boomers were attacking the millennials because they said that's a waste of money. Now, they weren't attacking the millennials for eating avocados or eating toast, which are relatively basic foods. Avocado is a little fancier, a little more exotic, but it's relatively basic. The criticism was that they were overpaying for it. You could buy a piece of toast and an avocado and that meal should cost you like 60 cents, not $15.
That was the criticism. Now we have an update. And the update is care of the Wall Street Journal still attacking millennials a little bit, but Gen Z is the prime target. Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they're splurging on gut-healthy juices. There is a lot of overpriced juice. I agree that is unnecessary usually. They're splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens. Now, the thing about rotisserie chickens is not only are they not particularly expensive, I think they're like six bucks for a whole cooked chicken at the grocery store. They used to be five bucks when I was buying them, but inflation. Still, six bucks is a pretty good deal for a whole chicken.
The thing about a rotisserie chicken is not only is it inexpensive to for relatively nutritious food, you know, a lot of protein. Also, rotisserie chickens specifically are loss leaders. So grocery stores and places like Costco, which has great rotisserie chicken, they price the cooked chicken below market value. And the reason they do this, as with all loss leaders, like Costco does with the $1.50 hot dog and Diet Coke, they do it to get you in the store so that you feel like you're getting a good deal, because you are, and it's awesome, and I love it.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is Gen Z criticized for their food choices?
0:00–1:00
2
What are Gen Z's views on Christianity and Jesus?
1:00–17:11
3
How do rotisserie chickens serve as a loss leader in grocery stores?
17:11–25:32
4
What are the socio-economic challenges faced by Gen Z?
25:32–31:00
5
How does the political context affect Gen Z's upbringing?
31:00–38:01
6
What criticisms does Gen Z have about authority and religion?
38:01–48:50
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