It's fun to waste money, but literally burning it loses its thrill after a while. So, the New York Times is innovating: take second graders to one of the most expensive restaurants in Manhattan for a lavish, exorbitant meal they'll hate.

"Can Second Graders Appreciate a Seven-Course, $220 Tasting Meal?," the paper wonders in a new video segment. Unless that tasting meal is comprised of fish sticks and gushers, of course not. And even then, $220 worth of fish sticks would be a torment.

Have you ever seen 8-year-olds—ones with nascent-generational names like Chester and Rohan—gag on Daniel Boulud's caviar? You have now! Yes, this is a little grotesque, but at least the kids learned a lesson most wouldn't for another decade: if you're cute, people in New York will waste a lot of money on you.