Yeah I can’t get behind the food opinions in this topic. Bread is amazing. Avocado is amazing. Y’all are nuts.
The issue is not so much the food, but the fact that cash strapped millennials regularly pay upwards of $15 for this combination.
And? Can you do helicopter skiing when you are retired? No, you cant. My point savings is vastly overrated. There certain types of people who like savings, because that is their nature, but foe others, maybe tradeoff is worth it. There is an ocean of difference between living in 1bdr in florida low key in retirment, and traveling the world when you are retired
Yeah agreed. Avocados really raise the level of any dish. In both nutrition and taste. One of the healthiest foods.
https://authoritynutrition.com/12-proven-benefits-of-avocado/
12 Proven Health Benefits of Avocado
It would be a lot easier to be on this guys side if he was bashing wasting money on high calorie and sugar packed overpriced Starbucks drinks or something…
While I truly appreciate you keeping us in line here, two separate users have made anti-avocado and anti-toast comments. I was merely responding to those posts and not the macro issue at hand.
I also agree with this point. Gotta meet somewhere in the middle. I had to play catchup because I traveled a lot when I couldn’t really afford it in my early to mid 20’s. I wouldn’t take it back because honestly it’s a lot harder to travel to the same extent and with the same flexibility now that I have small kids and even if I did, it would never be the same type of adventure as when you’re early 20’s on your own. But if I had completely wrecked my finances doing so that would also have been going too far, so truth is somewhere in the middle and different for everyone.
But I also agree with Ohai that spending $15 on a stupid toast every morning doesn’t qualify as life experiences because nobody looks back and reflects on their lattes when they’re 50. While there are definitely many exceptions to be debated, the broad strokes of the message are intact.
he probably picked it as it’s so high margin and you’re basically paying for the privilege of sitting in a cafe to eat it, probably having queued for 45 minutes to get in.
I get the whole debate about savings vs spending and we all spend money on things that other people might look at and think it’s wasteful but ultimately you need to find a balance for you.
so life has played you some shitey cards and employment prospects are terrible and you can’t afford to buy a house then move, or stay where you are and get your head down and do something to make it better rather than buying everything you’re told you need to buy to keep up.
^Agree
My view is save enough that you and dependents will have a decent safety net. Otherwise, have fun. As a very smart and wealthy person once told me “you can’t take this sh!t with you,man.”
Why he hell not?
Few people can reliably ski at that level at that age. I mean, yes, can you go get on a helicopter and ski mid pitch bowls? Sure. But is that qualitatively the same thing as what I could do now? No. And I’d argue it misses the essence of what a trip like that should really accomplish. Which is why I plan on tackling that sooner rather than later.
Most people retire at ~65 even if they could have retired earlier. At that age, you are REALLY feeling the physical decline. Tearing an ACL because you have weak support muscles from years of riding a chair can take you 5 years to fully recover from.
^ Granted it’s unlikely you’re going to be skiing pillow lines at 65, but a couple hundred acres of untouched bowls reserved for you and 7 friends will still be a pretty attractive proposition if you have the means.
Meh, sounds gay. If I can’t rip I’ll stay in bounds or at least earn my turns. To each their own though.
Edit: Also, the reality is starkly different, there are very few 65 year olds that can ski even moderately challenging powder terrain and they’re unlikely to have 7 friends dishing out for a heli trip. So you’re banking on being an anomaly as your base case.
^ can’t put a price on living life and doing cool shit while you are young. It is those experiences that develop the individual you become. Just my opinion but, driving a 30 year old car, eating cat food every day, never taking vacation, living in a cardboard box, and grinding 100 hour work weeks to build an empire with the dream of retiring 10 years early or balling out as a geezer with nothing to look forward to but a massive wealth transfer to children I never spent time with has zero appeal to me. As for the avocado sandwich… you could substitute any number of “goods” and classify them as wasteful. Its all about the individual and the sum of his decisions, the balance of his life, and his personal financial goals. I would be quite content living out my retirement days with a downsized lifestyle after a lifetime of adventure.
See! The minute the discussion about savings and living below one’s means occur, it triggers this whole defensive “life is short - gotta enjoy it all while young” knee-jerk response. Nobody is taking about living in a misery, eating ramen. But either be responsible with the money or don’t complain about debt or inability to buy a house etc.
Meh, and then the defensive response gets thrown in after as expected. It’s not an either/or scenario. As with all things in life it’s about balance. And I think we are in agreement that no one who spends frivolously should complain about their future lack of financial security. Just had to throw in a counterpoint that most analyst types do not agree with although I think BS touched on it.
“I love bread!” - Oprah
people in general need to slow their fvcking roll. FOMO and YOLO are cute euphemisms for the american psychosis that is the constant need for distraction. dress up most of the sh!t people worry about however you want, at its root it is driven by uncontrolled pleasure impulses. i realize it’s hard to control in your youth. some are more naturally predisposed to contentment in simple things than others at an early age. but it can be learned.
Better wear your seatbelt. After all, YOLO.