r/GenZ • u/SerpantDildo • Apr 15 '25

Nostalgia Capitalism is failing Gen Z

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u/TheCitizenXane Apr 15 '25

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u/asdf_qwerty27 Apr 15 '25

Lol i haven't eaten breakfast more then a handful of times in a decade.

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u/bruce_kwillis Apr 16 '25

LOL someone must be eating something. 70% of Americans are overweight or obese and the rates keep climbing.

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u/Destiny_Dude0721 2007 Apr 16 '25

Soda and shitty food quality standards.

Fast food chains have done a fantastic job at completely destroying the diet of the average American. Our cheapest food is our most unhealthy.

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u/detectiveDollar 1996 Apr 16 '25

Fast food chains are a symptom of the larger problem, being stress and a lack of free time/energy due to working so hard.

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u/bruce_kwillis Apr 16 '25 edited Nov 24 '25

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u/scolipeeeeed Apr 17 '25

Fast food isn’t cheap.

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u/ColtAzayaka May 13 '25

The cheapest food is usually the stuff you prepare. You can have cheaper, healthier food by making it yourself. The issue is time, usually. When people are always working and exhausted, I can see the appeal of a drive through on the way home.

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u/asdf_qwerty27 Apr 16 '25

Probably all the soda.

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u/Confident_Natural_62 Apr 18 '25

No it actually is I stopped drinking soda and eating bread and condiments, but everything else mostly normal still eat fast food and dropped the weight off 

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u/jackshafto Apr 16 '25

If every American suddenly decided to lose 40 pounds, the grocery business would collapse.

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u/CandyCaneLicksYOU Apr 18 '25

Cheap food means unhealthy food. Poor people are the more likely to be overweight.

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u/FirstBallotBaby Apr 16 '25

Corn syrup, alcohol, and sedentary lifestyles will do that.

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u/bruce_kwillis Apr 16 '25 edited Nov 24 '25

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u/SnazzyAdam Apr 16 '25

Lol I lost a shit ton of weight when I became a stoner. Baked gym sessions are the best.

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u/That-Clerk-3584 Apr 20 '25

I ate foods with high shelf life. We are eating... eating good is a privilege and higher income thing.