MicroWave1d ago

GOP Senate candidate on rising gas prices: ‘Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks’

https://lemmy.world/post/44508863

GOP Senate candidate on rising gas prices: ‘Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks’ - Lemmy.World

A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota suggested that Americans should cut back on daily costs amid the economic strain caused by the U.S. military operation in Iran. Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya acknowledged how “frustrating” and “hard” rising gas prices are for consumers during a Wednesday radio interview, but she suggested Americans should minimize some of their spending to support Trump’s actions in the Middle East. “I think right now at least just kind of keeping a stiff upper lip. Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further,” she told Tennessee’s KWAM radio host Todd Starnes.

Show threadneidu31d ago
Them millennials can’t afford houses because they’re blowing all their money on military operations and avocado toast
Show threadstringere
I knkw you’rr being facetious but it’s worth mentioning that avacado toast ingredients are $2 for multiple servings.
Mar 20 at 3:38pmWeb
Show threadneidu31d ago
And geriatric impressions of house prices were based on when houses cost 200$
Show threadContriteErudite1d ago

Yep! Not only is incredibly economical, it’s a healthier meal than most “traditional” American breakfasts. Didn’t stop conservative media from deriding it as millennial over-indulgence and as a means to sway the older generations’ opinions against the younger ones, but to also preserve meat industry profits. Vilifying the millennial tendency of frugality + preference for plants-based diet choices by portraying avocado toast as excessive and soy milk as emasculating, along with a concerted effort to say the /pol/ audience, it not only swayed the opinions of older generations, but spurred parts of the younger generations to resent each other.

The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it’s been that way in the US since radio was invented.

Show threadstringere1d ago

The only winners in the culture war are the ones who drive the narratives, and it’s been that way in the US since radio was invented.

And empowered further through industry funded research into behavioral psychology.

Show threadDuranie1d ago

I love me some avocado toast, but unfortunately in the Midwest I usually see them for about $2-2.50 ea for a decent sized one. I’ve had a hard time with the ones from Aldi that are cheaper. They tend to be tiny and the window between unripe and rotten seems to overlap.

When them bitches go on sale for $1 ea? I’ll eat it every day for a week lol.