Can anyone explain why?

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• CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure a per capita (18+) comparison would be more useful than NET expenditure? It might be lower but there are too many possible variables that aren’t accounted for.

  For example the graph below seems to indicate younger audiences drink dramatically less beer and wine than older generations, but dramatically more Hard Seltzers.

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  • michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why doesn’t this just have a combined category so we can figure out how many drink rather than what they drink

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    • PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And also, those years aren’t exactly right for the generational categories. Millennials are 1980-1996, boomers are 1946-1964, etc.

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• hardcoreufo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  IDK Im an older millenial and pretty much stopped drinking a decade ago. Never had a problem, but I just got too busy going back to school and working full time. Then I started noticing how many people I knew who were using it as a crutch to get through the week. Others were amazed when I said I couldn’t remember the last time I drank. It just started to really turn me off drinking once I noticed how seemingly everyone had a terrible relationship with alcohol.

  Now I drink again but not much. i buy a small box of wine to make a recipe every now and then and will drink the leftover glass or two. In the summer I feel a beer goes well with yard work but i buy a sixpack or two all summer and probably have leftovers come fall. Ocassionally I’ll go out and have a beer with people. All in all maybe $100-$200 a year but probably less

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• Yeller_king@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Poorest generation spends the least on a luxury.

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• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Now show cbd/pot use.

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• markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Legitimately I think it’s because Gen Z and below are horribly anxious and not very social. We really fucked these kids’ confidence over at every opportunity and now we’re wondering why they’re not going out to parties and stuff and why they’re not really dating.

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• sonofearth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why spend on alcohol when I can buy more books, games, travel the world or join a sports club instead of damaging my own body and end up paying more with hospital bills later in life?

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• TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cocktails are $20 a pop. Hell, mocktails are like $15 a pop and they don’t contain alcohol.

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• 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cocaine, cannabis, lack of money, and the rest having enough braincells to have a healthy and suistanable diet

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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well apparently smoking is making a comeback thanks to GenZ, if we have to believe the media.

  I think they get their buzz from vaping

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• cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Weed is clearly superior (at lest for me)

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  • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Vaping is massive with them too.

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• troed@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Internet and games. Stay inside sober and have fun - including chatting with possible partners - instead of going out drinking trying to get laid.

  /GenX who did the drinking variant. Gen Z has it better.

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• myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They have to spend like 80% of their income on housing. The rest on groceries and bills.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  tiktok and youtube thats why. that pretty much is the new alcohol.

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  • plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    GLP-1, omezpic, and WEGOVY also is a threat to alcohol industry.

    Why? Do thin people not drink?

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    • GTG3000@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ozempic and the like also affect impulse control (and a whole lot of other stuff, the health effect research is technically ongoing).

      So if you’re on it you don’t feel the desire to snack, it helps you moderate yourself, and I guess it stands to reason it would lower the impulse to drink too.

      Though I’m just guessing here, take this with a grain of salt.

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    • Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because people don’t have unlimited money, I guess.

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• BaraCoded@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Gen Y here, love Gen Zs. You got it, folks, keep resisting.

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• Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because alcohol is bad for you?

  Our parents were still told that a glass of wine a day was healthy.

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• VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Gen Z spent it all on avocado toast, so they’ll have to make due with Olde English “800”

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  • Lucky_777@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Two hands, taped to each. A wild night for sure

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• NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When I was 19 I could barely scrape together $22 for a 30 rack of something cheap.

  When I was 14 I had never tried alcohol. Obviously the 21-25 crowd might be expected to spend slightly more on alcohol (maybe?) than the 26-30 crowd. But like even if Gen Z isn’t drinking (which I hear is true) I wouldn’t expect them to spend a lot on booze, for a host of reasons.

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• REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Isn’t it common for people to start consuming alcohol with age? I found it disgusting still at 20

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  • Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not really. Teenagers and young adults used to party a lot, and those parties used to have a lot of alcohol

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    • REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To be fair, back then I didn’t have GTA 5

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• OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah but how was the data collected? At bars and pubs? The cost of alcohol has always been pricey but its been very expensive for gen z. We had pre-drinks before going out and then didnt spend much at the pub coz we were already on a few things. Im in my 30s now and i still do predrinks before going somewhere or i just dont drink coz im not paying $20 for a shot of gin with some tonic water

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• Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The generation that won’t answer their phone or door and that doesn’t spend much time with friends. You don’t say.

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• Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I spent twenty bucks on alcohol in 2024. That was the first alcohol I had purchased since 2018. Gen X here.

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  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fellow GenX here. A bottle of Jameson’s was $20 just 2 years ago. Now it’s $30. I only ever buy it on mega sale. Can’t really afford to drink it that often, so I save it for special occasions. $10 more may not sound like a lot to done but to me it’s the cost of dinner for 2 nights.

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• helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They like the cheap shit. Generation MD.

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• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because they have no money!

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  • Bazell@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Of course not. Healthcare in the USA is a nightmare.

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m surprised millennials didn’t kick that habit. But it was bound to happen. Alcohol doesn’t taste like something good at all.

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• Marble_turret@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Money

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• DrFistington@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is just because they don’t get paid enough to afford it in the first place, so it never develops as a habit.

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• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  • Gen Zs grew up watching all kinds of messages about drinking and driving, probably saw relatives screw up their lives with DUIs. Going out to drink isn’t an attractive idea.

  • Gen Zs are the generation with the least acces to decent wages, and alcohol in restaurants and bars has become extremely expensive. Going out drinking costs way too much.

  • Weed is easily available, and far cheaper. You can easily blow $50 in a bar in one evening, while $50 can buy enough weed for a week, and you won’t be waking up hungover every morning.

  It’s not just Gen Z, I’m an old guy, and I don’t like to drink when I go out. I might have a beer with dinner, but never more than one. I’d never drink more than a couple and drive home. You can get a DUI even if you aren’t feeling the effects, and I can’t deal with that. I’ll just drink at home.

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• Nicopf@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can’t speak for them Zoomers in the US, but my guess would be that Corona is responsible for the sharp decline. Most of GenZ reached drinking age around that time and boozing alone is by far not as fun as in a group.

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• NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I suspect it has to do with what their primary activities are. Perhaps they’re spending less time in groups and more time isolated, communicating digitally.

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• LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m wondering how this is calculated? Is the data tracked by IDs scanned and birthdays entered at registers?

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