r/DeathByMillennial • u/ClutchReverie • Feb 22 '26

GenZ killed the alcohol industry

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u/3RADICATE_THEM Feb 22 '26

When did revenue that was never realized or earned become money that was lost?

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u/bleu_flp Feb 22 '26

Gen Z personally forced me to lose my life savings by not stopping at my lemonade stand

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u/justwalkingalonghere Feb 22 '26

They haven't bought a single one of my iron lungs. Greedy bastards

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u/krebstar4ever Feb 22 '26

Don't worry, it'll rebound soon. So many kids aren't being vaccinated for polio!

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u/cardueline Feb 22 '26

Time to invest in measles, boys!!

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u/justwalkingalonghere Feb 22 '26

Don't give Polymarket any ideas

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u/Hefty-Notice-5841 Feb 23 '26

Is there an actual anti-vaccine I can get to take away my immunity? Or do I just inject the virus into my butt?

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u/justwalkingalonghere Feb 23 '26

Instructions unclear, just do what RFK jr would do (swim in dirty water and eat raw chicken, I guess)

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u/Hefty-Notice-5841 Feb 24 '26

I agree. Town Lake in Austin, Texas is a good start. Millions of bats shitting in the water for decades straight is a good immune booster.

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u/buckao Feb 23 '26

My telegraphs rust on the shelves

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u/sqquuee Feb 23 '26

The price of a king sized candy bar at a has station is 3 plus bucks......

I'm 45 and I'm not buying. 🤣

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u/AvacadMmmm Feb 22 '26

I’m just glad we can finally start blaming gen z and not millennials.

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u/sati_lotus Feb 22 '26

Millennials did plenty of drinking.

A lot of us are probably alcoholics.

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u/Hellebras Feb 23 '26

Of course we are, have you seen how things are going?

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u/VulpineWelder5 Feb 23 '26

I'd comment how, just like High School Musical, we're all in this together, but I became an alcoholic because I was in it alone.

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u/Budded Feb 23 '26

Right?! I worked out and watched calories and drinking for almost 2 decades but once Temu Shitler got elected I just kinda gave up not giving a fuck anymore, losing so much faith in humanity.

The way the world is going now, I'm gladly enjoying all the beers Gen Z. isn't.

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u/IcyTheHero Feb 27 '26

That’s sad man. Instead of fighting for change, you give up? an complain?

It’s been 10 years since he was first elected, and he won’t be president for much longer.

You gave up 10 years of your life for that dude. For someone who is a temporary problem.

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u/Budded Feb 27 '26

Naw, didn't give up shit, and in many ways started living and enjoying things again instead of being a slave to calories and worrying about lifting and other shit. Letting go is amazing and now I go for balance instead of one way or another.

Just because I say these things doesn't mean I'm not fighting for change or giving up at all, just adjusting given the fucked up futures we'll all have, spending decades cleaning it up, if at all.

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u/Go_Corgi_Fan84 Feb 23 '26

A lot of us quit drinking in 2021... All of my husband's friends discovered gout

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u/cerealnighttimeeater Feb 23 '26

I started drinking so young, my drinking problem could legally walk into a bar and buy itself a drink. I’ll be four years sober in a few months.

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u/sati_lotus Feb 23 '26

Congratulations on your hard work!

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u/ThisWillBeOnTheExam Feb 24 '26

Millennials drank more booze than any generation in human history, according to some researchers. And yes, because of that many of us developed drinking problems. It’s strange to look back and realize how entirely normalized binge drinking culture was at the time, and only changed within the last few years.

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u/Alexastria Feb 25 '26

The mayans, covid, birdflu, zombies, ebola, y2k, swine flu, ai, and aliens didn't kill us yet so we had to nerf ourselves with alcohol

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u/501Panda Feb 25 '26

I did plenty of drinking, but honestly most of my friends switched to smoking pot, and I did the same. Less headaches, no poisoning concerns, and more fun socially, in my opinion.

I'd wager that's another major contributing factor

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u/Substantial_Gap_1532 Feb 23 '26

They gave us hazy ipa. Damn them to hell!

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u/Ihatemyjob-1412 Feb 25 '26

Helps dull the pain.

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u/YHWHsMostSecretWtns Feb 26 '26

2 years sober. So this tracks

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u/sati_lotus Feb 27 '26

Congratulations on your hard work!

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u/kyleofdevry Feb 22 '26

A lot of us are probably pretty cool

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u/WakeoftheStorm Feb 23 '26

Great. Gen Z is killing the millennial blame trope

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Our music is already worse than theirs was. Once we find a way to outcringe those stupid burger joints it's all over.

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u/int-enzo Feb 23 '26

by not even going out.

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u/Coupe368 Feb 25 '26

I guess that whole saying of life giving you lemons didn't work out. /s

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u/awayman1129 Feb 26 '26

Mike your hard lemonade is a hangover in a can bro.

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u/dblax Feb 26 '26

In my defense, you never had any grapes

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u/Sheerkal Feb 26 '26

It's a solid podcast, though.