Australian millionaire Tim Gurner has some silly ideas about how Millennials are spending money.
He apparently thinks all were doing is blowing our cash on avocado toastsand that those avocado toasts are costing us hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Gurner, who works in real estate, told Australias 60 Minutes,
When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasnt buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each.
Were at a point now where the expectations of younger people are very, very high. They want to eat out every day, they want travel to Europe every year.
The people that own homes today worked very, very hard for it [and] saved every dollar, did everything they could to get up the property investment ladder.
(Smash is the Australian version of avocado toast.)
Theres a lot to digest here.
First of all, apparently the secret to all our entire generations financial problems is just to stop buying ridiculously overpriced avocado toasts.
Who knew!
I mean, its not like our generation isstruggling because of an economic recession linked toa housing bubble, not to mention stagnant wages, increased costs of living and crippling student debt.
No, no. Our problem is too many avo toasts.
Sure, avocado prices are increasing. And sure, we probably make too many guac is extra memes. And, OK, maybe we buyone too many Unicorn Frappuccinosevery so often.
But condescending generalizations are.
As if to piss us off even further, Gurner brought the Kardashians into his ridiculous argument.
This generation is watching the Kardashians and thinking thats normal thinking owning a Bentley is normal, he said.
Honestly, bro, did you even listen to Lorde? Were not that freakingdelusional. We actually understand thatowning a Bentley is not normal, believe it or not.
Naturally, the internet had some fun with Gurners remarks.
Obviously budgeting is a good thing, but to say Millennials cant afford houses because were busy buying avocado toasts is just laughable.
It also completely erases the experience of the people in our generation for whom fancy avocado toasts would be a serious luxury splurge.
And also obviously, Gurner was referring to more than just avocado toast he was talking about more general unhealthy spending habits. But it was a condescending generalization to make.
Weirdly, Gurner isnt the only Australian to say avocadosarethe problem.
Back in October 2016, columnist Bernard Salt made the same argument, saying hes seen young people order smashed avocado with crumbled feta on five-grain toasted bread at $22 a pop and more.
Which honestly makes one wonder: Whatin the hellis going on in Australia with avocado toast prices?
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