This is stupid. Christ I hate this take. Buying shit isn’t what makes life worth living, and if you think it is, you need to rethink your priorities.

If the temporary little dopamine hit from a fancy coffee is the best part of your life, that’s fucking sad and you should change your life.

Y’all been bamboozled by advertising.

The implication and “punchline” here is that millennials only have $300/year of free spending money. It’s self-deprecating/morbid humor.

That’s not far off for some of us. That’s about 25 bucks a month, and until about 2 years ago I was making just enough to have about 30 bucks left over at the end of the month that I didn’t spend on bills or food. Then I did fairly well for about 2 years, with about 200 bucks a month left over… Then my mom passed away 2 months ago, and since my job was being her caregiver, I’m now jobless. :/ life sucks