• odium
    814·
    1 year ago

    There’s not just projection, but also generalization. There are billions of people in each generation. Most of them have never heard of avocado toast.

    Even if we only consider the people in the generation who do know what avocado toast is, there’s probably still hundreds of millions of people.

    There is no way a group of even 1% of that size has a consistent way to view another group of its size.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      The avocado toast was never a popular thing. Maybe in some specific locations, but the whole thing about it was just another example of how out of touch with reality the boomers were by a) acting like all millennials were obsessively consuming it, and b) that it was at the root of why millennials were so far behind financially compared to where boomers were at that age.

      Tbh, I, a millennial, am not even sure what avocado toast is, despite being familiar with the meme. Is it toast made with avocados as an ingredient? Is it toast with avocado spread on top of it? Is it the act of raising one’s avocado and touching the raised avocados of others in appreciation of something or someone? I haven’t the foggiest clue, though it’s probably more fun if it remains a mystery.

    • Mawks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You do know that’s just an example… right? In Mexico I’ve heard people use “stop eating fancy tacos” and avocado IS FROM Mexico lol this applies in multiple ways