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Can anyone explain why?

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Mickey7@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • babyfarmer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Considering half of Gen Z isn’t even legal drinking age yet, this isn’t too surprising.

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    • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Plus with declining birthrates in developed countries there are probably fewer overall Gen Z people than older cohorts. So even if they drank at the same rate you could still expect the absolute amount of alcohol consumption to be lower.

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    • Otiz@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      By that logic it should be around 10B by now

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      • turmacar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        People in their 20s tend to buy well drinks and cheap beer unless they’re independently wealthy “somehow” by that point. Older people tend to have more expensive, or at least more specific, preferences.

        Raw spending doesn’t mean much in isolation.

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      • kboos1@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No because the half that currently can’t drink might drink twice as much

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  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wow, I don’t spend nearly this amount on alcohol

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    • mbp@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Those are rookie numbers. Gotta push em up

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    • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t worry, I’m bringing the average back up again.

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Fading”, more like jumped off a cliff.

    There is no safe amount of alcohol to drink.

    Everyone is broke.

    They watched their parents make asses of themselves while drunk, and today everyone has a video camera in their hand.

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  • clav64@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Other drugs are cheaper, and readily available.

    northjerseyrecovery.com/why-gen-z-is-drinking-les…

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    • Tobsn@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And often less harmfull than alcohol

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    • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Stimulants like Adderall and Xanax are often misused to cope with academic and social pressures.

      I never knew benzodiazepines were stimulants.

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  • terraborra@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because they’re weak.

    In all seriousness, income has stayed about the same in nominal terms, but the cost of living has gone way up even between millennials and gen z. So really income has gone down and booze is much more of a luxury.

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    • galaxy_nova@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There’s part of it but also anecdotally a lot of us are aware that alcohol in pretty much any quality has negative effects and therefore don’t drink at all. There’s a lot less pressure to drink than in expect there was for other generations, it’s pretty normal for me to meet other people who prefer not to drink.

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      • mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        alcohol in pretty much any quality has negative effects

        The key is that this guidance came out somewhere between millennial and gen z coming of age.

        When I was a child the TV news would run “health” stories about how moderate amounts of red wine are good for you. It turned out those studies were funded by the alcohol industry.

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    • Hapankaali@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Drug use, and especially problematic drug use, has low price elasticity and the US is a relatively high-income country. The cost of living is almost certainly a negligible factor in the decline of alcohol consumption.

      Although most of the gains have gone to top earners, US real median household income has trended slightly upwards over time and is not “way [down].”

      Moreover, high-income European countries where even fewer people are budget-constrained when it comes to drug use have also seen dramatic declines in alcohol consumption.

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    lol this thread don’t realizing is a shitpost, half of gen z have not make it to 21 years old and this data could be years old

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  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Normalize it for age. How much did GenX spend at 22 vs GenZ?

    There’s a big drop off in drinking overall and it’s a good thing. Yet genZ is back on nicotine.

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    • riskable@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wait until you see Gen Alpha’s spending on alcohol!

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    • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, I know some Gen Z college kids, and I will attest they definitely spend significant money on alcohol. And cigarettes.

      I wouldn’t be surprised if the vice money is just split between alcohol, cigarettes, weed, vape carts, and adderall.

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      • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Is illicit Adderall in the US “real”? Or are they usually pressed fakes?

        I never understood why speed is/was so uncommon when I was in the US a long time ago. I was offered basically everything there, but never normal speed (without methamphetamine in it) like in Europe.

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  • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We’re less social, drinks in public spaces have gotten too expensive, weed

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I would assume it’s because most of them are still children.

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  • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know this is a shitpost but I’ve noticed that since the covid lockdown, a lot of my Gen-X friends and colleagues have quit drinking. Not a majority, but enough for me to notice. Has anyone else noticed a drop in alcohol consumption within your social circles?

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    • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve seen the opposite, and when I got my physical my doctor definitely supported that everyone has been drinking a lot more than previous. I’d say my use ticked down during lockdown but up afterwards 🤷‍♂️

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I stopped drinking when covid hit. Turns out I was a social drinker, and I never got back on the wagon.

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    • ShadowZone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      GenXer here. I started drinking due to social pressure almost 30 years ago. I basically completely stopped already before covid. My wife is the same. On occasion one or two drinks when going out, but we don’t have anything at home. My cousin (similar age) and her husband went completely dry.

      I think it’s more of an awareness of the health risks (also huge “don’t drink and drive” campaigns when I was reaching drinking age), add to that if we’re honest it doesn’t really taste that good, enduring a hangover is nothing to look forward to and also (at least in my case) I am fed up with how our society still looks weird at people that just don’t want to drink. Screw everyone who asks two or three times if someone says they want a non-alcoholic beverage or, even worse, makes stupid jokes, mostly to feel better about their own addiction.

      Sorry got a bit heated at the end. My son recently reached legal drinking age, does not want to drink and is being pressured by peers to start drinking. Luckily he is mentally strong enough to tell them to go suck a duck.

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      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Now hang on a second there. We gotta get one thing straight!

        …did the duck consent to being sucked?

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is Gen Z even allowed to drink yet?

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    • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      At least some of us are, yes. Im generally considered gen Z and ive been legally allowed to drink for years

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    • BananaChips@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The last gen z are nearly finished with high school. The oldest gen alpha kids are in high school. We’re a year into gen beta being born.

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  • homes@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I suspect that smoking weed has replaced a lot of drinking for much of GenZ.

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  • Lucky_777@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Millennial here. Pressure was there to drink when growing up. College everyone was boozing. You were weird if you didn’t booze.

    Times are different now and the pressure is off. I think this will be huge, plus weed is a way better vice. Hangover is basically zero, no long term effects with heavy use, and generally a fun time.

    Rather debate the moon’s creation than drag Becky out to the car again and hope she doesn’t puke in my car.

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  • TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • troed@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • DrFistington@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because they have no money!

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    • Bazell@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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