I admit it: I love DoorDash. I hate driving. I don't like people I don't know. I don't like crowds, and I don't like waiting. I got hooked on delivery services during COVID. My dad (who lived behind me) was going through cancer treatment, and we were doing our best to avoid strangers and crowds. So, we started having groceries delivered. Walmart and Kroger made it pretty reasonable, and that became a habit. Then, occasionally, when we wanted to eat out, I'd order takeout and have one of my kids go pick it up. My kids were in their late teens and early twenties, and they introduced me to DoorDash. What a mistake for my pocketbook. Heh.
The NYT has an article about Zoomers and millennials spending $10k+ a year on DoorDash and I'm worried it's going to turn me into a Boomer meme.
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) January 30, 2026
Affordability is absolutely a key issue for young people, but we need to be honest about values and basic discipline.
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Now, I certainly don't spend that much weekly, and I'm working hard to wean myself off it—but it's just so convenient. I can even get an air filter for my AC delivered (I always forget to change it and then panic when I remember). As a single woman taking care of an elderly mother, delivery just seems much safer and wiser. My son handles most of these things, but he works 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, so sometimes we're in a real bind. Seeing the amount someone is spending when they barely make $50k is shocking, though, and it suggests the younger generation could make some better financial choices.
Now that the VC subsidy is gone, frictionless online transactions are absolutely driving the “affordability” crisis.
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) January 31, 2026
People don’t even notice anymore that all the streaming services they’re paying for are more than they ever paid for cable. https://t.co/EBo28ErsV7
When you consider Netflix, Hulu, AppleTV, Paramount, Amazon Prime, etc, those expenses add up as well. It doesn't seem so bad because they come out at different times and they are relatively small amounts of money.
Just an insane economy going on where delivery drivers are underpaid and consumers are overpaying and everyone seems to be losing except the corporation owners. https://t.co/YDIYoJDHTf
— Dave Stein (@DaveSteinSays) January 31, 2026
"I don't have savings because I'm too lazy to boil noodles and heat jarred sauce." I'm sorry but this person deserves to be poor. https://t.co/7SvYvbNcXf
— Nostromo (@conradenjoyer) January 31, 2026
All of this. I'm not talking cereal for dinner, just understanding where your money goes, making deliberate choices, and acknowledging how those choices affect your future. Much is out of your control, but what you CAN control, control. https://t.co/z2YrYpNG06
— MilyaBee (@MilyaBee) January 31, 2026
The one real Dave Ramsay universal truth is that wealth isn’t math, it’s behavior.
— I’m Makin Em’ at Night 🪤 (@DannyCheeee) January 31, 2026
Even as a Gen Xer, I'm relearning this the hard way: Convenience is great, but my financial health matters more. The grocery store really isn't that bad—and honestly, getting out of the house for a bit feels pretty good these days
