Millennials React To Sobering Study About Their Drinking Habits

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mattstaff
Jun 10, 2018 11:00 AM EDT

A new study from the team over at Mintelsuggests 28% of Millennials nowadays would rather knock back their booze in the comfort of their own homes. Anything wrong with that? Who doesn't love a pleasantly overcrowded bar, filled with a sea of mad-eyed patrons, all yelling over each other to try and have at least one meaningful conversation? Apparently the 28%...

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    Text - Mintel Research News MINTEL Follow @mintelnews The stay-at-home generation: 28% of Younger Millennials drink alcohol at home because it takes too much effort to go out
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    Text - El George @EIGeorgeRiveraR Follow Replying to @tictoc "Millennials are so underpaid and so burdened by student loans and rising housing costs, they can hardly afford going out" There... Fixed your headline. >
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    Text - Griffin Follow @griffinbour Replying to @tictoc well let's see $10 for single beer vs $10 for an entire 6 pack in my own home, not hard
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    Text - Monica J, PhD @brainsondrugs Follow Replying to @BeyoncesHomeboy@tictoc Cover charge, waiting forever to place order, can't hear the conversation you're in, gross bathrooms, no place to sit...
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    Text - Mcyoung @Mcyoung999 Follow Replying to @Moneyish A drink at the bar: $15.00 minus the generous tip you need to give in order to be acknowledged for the next drink that's watered down. Cab ride home (depending on area) $18.00 cuz it takes 1 drink to get a DUI (for a woman). Drinking at home: cheaper & safe. Lazy? or
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    Text - Erika Smalley @erikaasmalley Follow Replying to @tictoc I don't see how this is bad. More people drinking at home, and fewer people driving home after drinking at bars
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    Text - Nope. @AlphaAmino Follow Replying to @mintelnews Definitely gonna start referring to money as "effort" from now on. "Sorry if I'm late on rent this month - my job refuses to give us a living effort."
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    Text - nurse maria Follow @mpirotteRN Replying to @Bernlennials @Moneyish EXACTLY what I was going to say. Why go out for $15/cocktail when I can buy two bottles of wine or a handle of OK alcohol for that price? "too lazy", more like money- smart
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    Text - Corrina Karch Follow @CCRK1 Replying to @Bernlennials @Moneyish Writers getting too lazy to come up with a better angle than slamming millennials.
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