Mike
Don’t worry, fellow poors! The Wall Street Journal has a solution to our financial problems. Just skip breakfast. It’s that simple. Start the day hungry, work for a corporation that doesn’t care about you at all, and don’t question the government at all. It’s that simple!
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Twitter is buzzing after The Wall Street Journal published an article suggesting people start skipping breakfast in order to save money. A tone-deaf and widely mockable take.
Sure, the cost of breakfast foods, especially recently with eggs, has gone up. And yes, you could probs save a significant amount of money by not eating breakfast anymore. But also, we could be paid a living wage that increases with inflation so we don’t have to make ridiculous decisions that are completely unnecessary.
Obviously, a take like this is going to get roasted on Twitter. You don’t have to be an economist to understand people are struggling, and telling those folks to skip a meal is a lukewarm take worth taking a hot dump on. So…
13 tweets roasting The Wall Street Journal for suggesting poor people skip breakfast to save money
1. I mean, that’d be nice.
The Wall Street Journal says to save money we should just skip breakfast. I love how we're expected to starve ourselves rather than ask government and central banks to stop devaluing our hard earned money.
— Layah Heilpern (@LayahHeilpern) February 15, 2023
2. Hard to see where the WSJ is coming from on this one.
3. Gen Z is going to make the avocado extinct
4. WSJ is crazy for this one.
5. It’s a foolproof system. Why stop at breakfast?
If you skip breakfast, lunch and dinner you can save even more money. https://t.co/CCTJDIxt4R
— Douglas A. Boneparth (@dougboneparth) February 15, 2023
6. Stop it.
7. “Save money by eating your children.”
A modest proposal from the Wall Street Journal.
The 20 richest Americans own $1.6 trillion. And the workers who create their wealth cannot afford to eat three meals a day. pic.twitter.com/04XJmhIo59
— Andre Damon (WSWS) (@Andre__Damon) February 15, 2023
8. Off with their heads.
The Wall Street Journal said, "Don't let them eat pancake" pic.twitter.com/Uw4t95rAaX
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) February 16, 2023
9. What exactly did the Wall Street Journal think would happen? I mean, I’m sure they got clicks, but at what cost?
To save money, maybe you should unsubscribe from the Wall Street Journal https://t.co/HhAXibkLDl
— GutiSerenade (@GutiSerenade) February 16, 2023
10. I’m sure Andrew Tate needs a job…
the wall street journal is all about that grindset pic.twitter.com/w5v1j6cf06
— Denny Carter (@CDCarter13) February 15, 2023
11.
To save money, gate crash the Wall Street Journal and steal breakfast from their cafeteria pic.twitter.com/WiPnf2kr2s
— Killjoy McCoy (@letsgoayo) February 15, 2023
12. Hmmm…
13.
If it hasn’t become apparent to you that the separation of wealth has made certain people extremely out of touch, I hope this sheds some light on it. The future looks pretty bleak if we can’t do something about this.
So, in the meantime, no more eggs and coffee. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Go live the American dream. Or, at least enjoy some of the scraps that have been left. Just don’t have them for breakfast.
