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Avocado Toast is a food featuring avocado fruit spread over bread. The term became a popular reference and in-joke for millennials after an article about millionaire Tim Gurner featured a quote from him saying he got rich by saving and not spending money on frivolous things such as avocado toast. Since the article, millennials joke about their poverty by referencing all the avocado toast they have supposedly purchased.

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On May 15th, 2017, Australian website 9news[1] ran an article recapping a 60 Minutes episode in which millionaire property mogul Tim Gurner said “When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn't buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each.” Gurner was attempting to make the point that millennials spend too lavishly to afford a home, while older generations saved money in order to invest in a home. However, the quote about avocado became a subject of derision as it became the focus of dialogue around Gurner's comments. TIME[2] tweeted an article that claimed Gurner stated "Stop buying avocado toast if you want to buy a home."

TIME @TIME TIME Follow Millionaire to millennials: Stop buying avocado toast if you want to buy a home Millionaire to Millennials: Stop Buying Avocado Toast If You Want to Buy a Ho... Avocado prices have soared in recent years time.com

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This understanding of Gurner's comments led to jokes on Twitter painting the idea as massively out-of-touch with the economy (examples shown below). The jokes were covered by several news outlets, including Mediaite[3] and Time.[4]

Alright, I did the math. If I stopped eating avocado toast every day, I would be able to afford a bad house in Los Angeles in 642 years FOOD & DRINK Millionaire to Millennials: Stop Buying Avocado Toast If You Want to Buy a Home Jennifer Calfas 12:45 PM ET Freely spending on avocados - the pricey
0 Murtaza Hussain @MazMHussain + Follow Monthly expenses Transportation: $120 Food: $500 Clothing $200 Avocado toast: $35,000 Someone good at the economy please help me budget this RETWEETS LIKES 4:31 PM-15 May 2017
Millennials who want to be homeowners should STOP buying avocados and START receiving $34,000 from their grandfather to start their careers gan with a humble gym in the Melbourne sub ados the pricey, populaimer was just 19 years old. the reasons why some yuuty and took over the lease,; he told ne tralian millionaire and prounity, a good spot. n know what I was doing, to be totally honest, her gave him $34,000 to kickstart the project nce. Within six months, the place was pumpir titors and "they took it straight away". lly good little first business," he said. uy my first home, I wasn't eck vnovaikenone npchlegtng s 54 each," Gurner told the Agthe gym for another year, Mr Gurner offered

In the months following the article, "Avocado Toast" has become an inside joke among millennials satirizing boomer-generation critics who don't understand the economic hardships of their generation. For example, on July 21st, 2017, Instagram user badtastebb[6] posted an image of a person covered in avocado and toast and made to look like Shrek as a sarcastic reaction image to boomers who ask if millennials would rather have avocado toast or a house (shown below, left). On July 22nd, CAFE[5] tweeted an image by @drewtoothpaste (artist of Toothpase for Dinner) satirizing the idea in a tweet that gained over 360 retweets (shown below, right).

Would you rather be able to afford a house or have avocado toast? Millennials: dtasteB
Millennials I'll take 2 avocado toast and O health care, bae. Let me post this to social. Baby Boomers: (wisely) I'd like 0 avocádo toast ano 2 healthcare. respect the troops. CAFE

Hold My Avocado

On August 8th, 2017, shortly after President Donald Trump frightened Americans by promising "fire and fury" at North Korea if they continued to threaten America with its nuclear program,[8] Twitter user @kennethn[7] tweeted a scenario which featured the phrase "Hold my avocado," a play on Hold My Beer. The tweet went viral, gaining over 72,000 retweets and 203,000 likes.

Ken Norton @kennethn Follow Millennial: your generation got houses and jobs Boomer: yes but we lived with constant fear of nuclear winter Millennial: hold my avocado 6:38 PM - 8 Aug 2017

Time[9] covered the tweet and people enjoying the joke. However, TIME's article was harshly mocked on Twitter for being further out-of-touch with millennials. The harsh backlash led to a Twitter Moment.[10]

Calum Carson @calum_carson Follow Replying to @TIME Someone needs to reply with this, so it might as well be me. . . musIC BAn How do you do, fellowkids? GIF 7:23 PM-9 Aug 2017
Chris Follow MixingChris Time: "Hold my avocado... the catchphrase Millennials have been looking for. Millennials: "Oh, that magazine from the dentist in the 90s." 11:10 AM -10 Aug 2017

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When you spend all your money on avocado toast
GEE BILL! HOW cOME YOUR MOM LETS YOU BUY TWO HOUSES!? NOAVOCADOS
riendshig ended with Home Ownenh Now vocao Teas s m best friend
Callum @rasta dad Follow At the shops* ldiot millenial: "duhhh can I have a million dollars of avocado Me (smiling wisely): "One house please" RETWEETS LIKES 1,087 2,385
Trap @trapshawterino Follow Roses are red I want to cry The housing market is in shambles and I will probably never be able to afford a house one day Smashed avo on rye 10:41 AM -16 May 2017

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About

Avocado Toast is a food featuring avocado fruit spread over bread. The term became a popular reference and in-joke for millennials after an article about millionaire Tim Gurner featured a quote from him saying he got rich by saving and not spending money on frivolous things such as avocado toast. Since the article, millennials joke about their poverty by referencing all the avocado toast they have supposedly purchased.

Origin

On May 15th, 2017, Australian website 9news[1] ran an article recapping a 60 Minutes episode in which millionaire property mogul Tim Gurner said “When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn't buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each.” Gurner was attempting to make the point that millennials spend too lavishly to afford a home, while older generations saved money in order to invest in a home. However, the quote about avocado became a subject of derision as it became the focus of dialogue around Gurner's comments. TIME[2] tweeted an article that claimed Gurner stated "Stop buying avocado toast if you want to buy a home."


TIME @TIME TIME Follow Millionaire to millennials: Stop buying avocado toast if you want to buy a home Millionaire to Millennials: Stop Buying Avocado Toast If You Want to Buy a Ho... Avocado prices have soared in recent years time.com

Spread

This understanding of Gurner's comments led to jokes on Twitter painting the idea as massively out-of-touch with the economy (examples shown below). The jokes were covered by several news outlets, including Mediaite[3] and Time.[4]


Alright, I did the math. If I stopped eating avocado toast every day, I would be able to afford a bad house in Los Angeles in 642 years FOOD & DRINK Millionaire to Millennials: Stop Buying Avocado Toast If You Want to Buy a Home Jennifer Calfas 12:45 PM ET Freely spending on avocados - the pricey 0 Murtaza Hussain @MazMHussain + Follow Monthly expenses Transportation: $120 Food: $500 Clothing $200 Avocado toast: $35,000 Someone good at the economy please help me budget this RETWEETS LIKES 4:31 PM-15 May 2017 Millennials who want to be homeowners should STOP buying avocados and START receiving $34,000 from their grandfather to start their careers gan with a humble gym in the Melbourne sub ados the pricey, populaimer was just 19 years old. the reasons why some yuuty and took over the lease,; he told ne tralian millionaire and prounity, a good spot. n know what I was doing, to be totally honest, her gave him $34,000 to kickstart the project nce. Within six months, the place was pumpir titors and "they took it straight away". lly good little first business," he said. uy my first home, I wasn't eck vnovaikenone npchlegtng s 54 each," Gurner told the Agthe gym for another year, Mr Gurner offered

In the months following the article, "Avocado Toast" has become an inside joke among millennials satirizing boomer-generation critics who don't understand the economic hardships of their generation. For example, on July 21st, 2017, Instagram user badtastebb[6] posted an image of a person covered in avocado and toast and made to look like Shrek as a sarcastic reaction image to boomers who ask if millennials would rather have avocado toast or a house (shown below, left). On July 22nd, CAFE[5] tweeted an image by @drewtoothpaste (artist of Toothpase for Dinner) satirizing the idea in a tweet that gained over 360 retweets (shown below, right).


Would you rather be able to afford a house or have avocado toast? Millennials: dtasteB Millennials I'll take 2 avocado toast and O health care, bae. Let me post this to social. Baby Boomers: (wisely) I'd like 0 avocádo toast ano 2 healthcare. respect the troops. CAFE

Hold My Avocado

On August 8th, 2017, shortly after President Donald Trump frightened Americans by promising "fire and fury" at North Korea if they continued to threaten America with its nuclear program,[8] Twitter user @kennethn[7] tweeted a scenario which featured the phrase "Hold my avocado," a play on Hold My Beer. The tweet went viral, gaining over 72,000 retweets and 203,000 likes.


Ken Norton @kennethn Follow Millennial: your generation got houses and jobs Boomer: yes but we lived with constant fear of nuclear winter Millennial: hold my avocado 6:38 PM - 8 Aug 2017

Time[9] covered the tweet and people enjoying the joke. However, TIME's article was harshly mocked on Twitter for being further out-of-touch with millennials. The harsh backlash led to a Twitter Moment.[10]


Calum Carson @calum_carson Follow Replying to @TIME Someone needs to reply with this, so it might as well be me. . . musIC BAn How do you do, fellowkids? GIF 7:23 PM-9 Aug 2017 Chris Follow MixingChris Time: "Hold my avocado... the catchphrase Millennials have been looking for. Millennials: "Oh, that magazine from the dentist in the 90s." 11:10 AM -10 Aug 2017

Various Examples


When you spend all your money on avocado toast GEE BILL! HOW cOME YOUR MOM LETS YOU BUY TWO HOUSES!? NOAVOCADOS riendshig ended with Home Ownenh Now vocao Teas s m best friend Callum @rasta dad Follow At the shops* ldiot millenial: "duhhh can I have a million dollars of avocado Me (smiling wisely): "One house please" RETWEETS LIKES 1,087 2,385 Trap @trapshawterino Follow Roses are red I want to cry The housing market is in shambles and I will probably never be able to afford a house one day Smashed avo on rye 10:41 AM -16 May 2017

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