# Millenials eating less cereal, because they have to wash a bowl **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098 "2016-06-11T11:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/81 "2016-06-18T19:12:57Z")
As the poster who first brought up _P. Swope_, I’d like to apologize for the persistent tangent and ask that someone post something cereal-related. … Oh, I know. I noticed that Malt-O-Meal seems to have phased out my (Millennial) daughter’s favorite cereal (“Marshmallow Mateys”), and replaced them with “Mallow Oats”, with a cute otter on the box. But I wasn’t sure they’d be as good as the name brand… So in honor of all this talk of cereal, I bought a box of Lucky Charms! Can’t wait for Afternoon Tea! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/82 "2016-06-19T03:05:05Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Millenials are retards. Full stop. > > They are the generation with the highest percentage going to college yet they can’t figure out to use paper bowls and plastic spoons with their cereal so there is no clean up. :smack: > > **Millenial:** “Durp, looka me! I gotsa sciencey degear.” > **Me:** smacks millennial upside the head That’s waste. The current young-adult generation is Green. Or at least greener than you single-use-people. I never eat cereal for breakfast if there’s actual food available. Kellogg and their ilk make sweet snacks, not meals. Definitely not a milennial. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/83 "2016-06-19T15:03:28Z")
Well, I for one will not countenance this talk of cereal-avoidance and laziness among our (post?)millennials. [Here’s](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/06/19/teen-girl-bumped-from-national-masonry-competition.html) a heartwarming yet infuriating story about a 17-year-old Ohio girl who won a gold medal for masonry\* but was bumped from national competition on a technicality. I’ll bet that she puts away a bowl of cereal every morning. \*as you can tell from the story, she lays a mean brick and her plumb is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@elliott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elliott)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/84 "2016-06-19T22:11:11Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > 100 Calories a day is like 10 lbs a year, so if he’s right about the difference in metabolism, he’s wrong about the amount of weight gain. [has mostly to do with decreased skeletal muscle over age](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8361073) 100 kcal a day is ~3000 a month which is ~6/7 of a pound. You’ll end up gaining about 10 lbs in a year if you switched from 20 year old to 70 year old levels of muscle mass, but gaining 15~20 lbs is going to even out that BMR increase and you’d stabilize pretty quickly. Given that muscle mass decreases linearly over your life, you’re looking at maybe ~20 kcal difference in a 20 and 30 year old, no where near enough to account for the bloat everyone claims happened because they turned 30. Also, maintaining a diet to within +/- 5 kcal of consistency a day is basically impossible in the real world, most people will lose at least pound or two’s worth of calories a year just from getting sick, traveling, or missing a meal. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/85 "2016-06-20T02:39:53Z")
The edible bowl. Like an ice cream cone for cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/86 "2016-06-20T15:42:59Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > I’d expect something like thid from Freepers who will believe anything in print that supports their prejudices. Poor showing, SDMB. Calm your baby tits. Some day when you are old enough to spell the adults might let you have a say. > [@Nava](#): > > That’s waste. The current young-adult generation is Green. Or at least greener than you single-use-people. I’m keeping people employed. Why do you hate working class people? You Richie-Riches who despise the poor and middle-class need to get over yourselves and stop trying to ruin the lives of us working people. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/87 "2016-06-21T08:48:20Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I’m keeping people employed. Why do you hate working class people? You Richie-Riches who despise the poor and middle-class need to get over yourselves and stop trying to ruin the lives of us working people. Oh, so now people who make reusable plates and cutlery are Richie-Riches who don’t deserve to eat? And those who make dishwashers, and sinks, and soap? Do you also throw your panties away once they get twisted? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098/88 "2016-06-21T12:42:09Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Calm your baby tits. Some day when you are old enough to spell the adults might let you have a say. > > I’m keeping people employed. Why do you hate working class people? You Richie-Riches who despise the poor and middle-class need to get over yourselves and stop trying to ruin the lives of us working people. I’m just basking in the warm morning glow of irony… Drunky telling someone else to get over themselves. Next, the guy who just accused a poster of having “baby tits” will tell someone to grow up… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millenials-eating-less-cereal-because-they-have-to-wash-a-bowl/757098.md?page=4)