Gen Z woman attempts to buy 72 rolls of laundry quarters for $10 on Amazon, is baffled when she gets scammed: 'Isn't this the kind of thing that Gen Z thought only Boomers do?'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Oct 2, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

Almost all of us have a reliance on online shopping these days, but there are some things you just don't risk it with. For example, that obviously dropshipped miracle product being advertised on Twitter, or a suspiciously cheap piece of technology on Temu. However, we all have our dumb moments and some of us tend to be dumber than others. 

This seemed to be the conclusion that one girl reached when she revealed how she didn't know how to get quarters for her laundry machine, so she tried to buy some from Amazon. Predictably, the great deal she found was not all that it promised to be and it had the internet despairing at her thought process. While it's true that gullibility isn't just a Gen Z problem, people from this generation appear to be a lot more likely to post about their more stupid moments. Clearly, their parents didn't do everything they were supposed to do as well. 

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    Kim Wexler's Ponytail... @Madison Kittay Follow A generation with zero and I mean ZILCHO ZERO ZED survival skills.
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    calm down, @cubbytheejett WO... Follow Replying to @MadisonKittay "I'm just a girl" no you're an idiot. Cause who tf would ever think that made sense?
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    HARRIS for PRESIDENT Tristan Langford @Tristan JL2000 2d: Replying to @Madison Kittay First of all we're not all like this but secondly how is one stupid enough to believe that you can go on Amazon and just buy quarters? Like what?
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    ⚫ Kelvin Mavi ❤ @Unadjusted Game 1d Replying to @MadisonKittay Somebody had to raise them...so as a generation which I assume is the tail end of Gen X at this point... You're telling on yourself.
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    Lisa Glass @LMplusG. 2d Replying to @Madison Kittay Dear Lord. It's bad enough to do that... But then you make a video about it?
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    Dr. Regina Michele, J.D.... @Chiangel1984 Replying to @Madison Kittay Follow Aren't parents taking kids to banks and post offices and basic stuff like that?
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    The Spoiler Spot @mikawilson777.2d Replying to @MadisonKittay I wish this girl was trolling, but one of my cousins told her mother she always throws away the "jingly stuff" like quarters, dimes, and nickels if she "must use paper money". I shudder to think how many thousands of dollars she has thrown away.
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    DF KamalalsHope24... @dionneflinn Replying to @Madison Kittay Follow Do they not know what BANKS are?
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    Just Peachy @PeachyIn NJ. 2d Replying to @MadisonKittay How did this happen? Their parents completely failed them.
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    THEE Acting Lore @Portgreen . 2d Replying to @MadisonKittay 8 I guess I'm at least glad that she knows she's dumb and didn't pull a the ole "I was fooled!” Playing victim card. She knows she's dumb, first step
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    Follow FREE THOUGHT Heather Leisure @LeisDuch Replying to @Madison Kittay My goodness isn't this the kind of thing that Gen z thought only boomers do because they can't internet very well? lol
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    Coffeebara @DorothySporsnak 2d Replying to @MadisonKittay • The things these children declare to the world, without a gram of shame or sense, is just baffling to me.
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    Piper @PiperView. 2d Replying to @MadisonKittay I think this is about wealth as much as generation. This person had an iPhone and a credit card in middle school. And was allowed to order whatever whenever from Amazon and DoorDash.
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    Charlotte Honigman i... @honigmaydl Replying to @Madison Kittay Follow My 11yo said 'they sell quarters on Amazon? Can't you get them at a bank?'
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    Shelby & Dolly @soulfauxreal.2d The thing that gets me about this generation is that they cannot and do not critically think. The same phone that she used to try and buy quarters, which is dumb in and of itself, she could've simply asked Google where to get rolls of quarters instead.
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    the problem @such_A_frknlady. 1d it's WILD to me that there are adults old enough to vote who know how to do everything with the miniature supercomputer in their pocket except search for the answers to problems.
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    Gangsta Mittens' Ba... @lbrass3 Follow See, the clueless thing doesn't strike me as all that new. I distinctly remember my freshman year of college in the mid 90's being stunned at the number of people who'd never done their own laundry. What's changed is the capability to share it with the world in an instant.
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    Jess @Geese_Juggler • 1d This is a side tangent but I don't realize that people really stop and think about how far technology has evolved in the past few decades. My boomer mother grew up with a partyline and now her grandchild barely uses cash anymore cuz she can tap her phone to pay for things
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    NEVA Jess NEVA PLAY JOO... Follow @jessolpunkass I want you to think really hard as to why this kid thinks she can buy rolls of quarters on Amazon. Y'all act like these kids raise themselves and that they didn't grow up in a mostly cashless world where banks only exist online.
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