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re: Can anyone here admit that a lot of hardworking young people are fricked?
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:41 pm to MC5601
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:41 pm to MC5601
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it said a middle class family of 5 needed to make $265k per year to feel that they weren’t living month to month
All about the feels nowadays. Poor babies.
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Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:43 pm to _Hurricane_
Yep your fricked. You have no hope. Just go ahead and open your wrists.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:46 pm to _Hurricane_
A lot of older baws on the OT are feeling a little stress as well.
My dad taught automotive at Delgado and I wish he would have pushed me into vocational. Age caught me and I can’t hold up a transmission or climb in attics in June, but my son is a tankerman and loves it.
My dad taught automotive at Delgado and I wish he would have pushed me into vocational. Age caught me and I can’t hold up a transmission or climb in attics in June, but my son is a tankerman and loves it.
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:47 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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it's actually easier than ever to be successful even though carter, clinton, obama, and biden ruined the country by getting rid of jobs and making everything too expensive
So why didn't Reagan and the Bush's fix it? After Carter there were 3 consecutive terms to do something. Bush senior told everyone there would be no new taxes.. And there were new taxes. I think its funny that people think politicians from one side are the only bad ones.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:48 pm to Theduckhunter
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It sucks but if they’re hardworking and focus on what they can control, they’ll be alright. There are people in this world that will always find a way to be successful, and I can guarantee they aren’t going to be the ones sitting around feeling sorry for themselves.
Everybody would be better off focusing on what’s in their control instead of comparing themselves to other people. Whether it’s other generations or other people’s possessions, somebody is always going to have it better than you.
I tell my kids "No matter what else happens or what your disadvantages are, never, ever get out-worked" .
Yes, inflation sucks. So did stagflation of the 1970's, a cycle that was broken when interest rates went to ~20%. And I don't mean on credit cards either. Only rich people had those then.
My first car loan out of undergrad was 9.9% nearly 10 years after the end of stagflation, and I thought I had a screaming bargain! The mid range SUV I bought was close to 2/3rds of my then-annual pay, which is about where an average car today falls for my daughter on her engineering salary.
Give the present economic focus on restoring manufacturing time to unfold. It will create jobs, yes, even with automation and AI, that are far better than the McJobs many consider a "career" these days. Pushing out illegals is going to put pressure on raising the wage floor for semi-skilled labor, while at the same time it will relieve pricing pressure on the low end of the housing market.
It's also never been easier to have a side hustle, whether it's trading crypto/stonks or selling pretty junk on Etsy.
Opportunity is there. Stop listening to the siren call of Marxists claiming they are just mere "socialists". You can find a way to win.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:00 pm to Sus-Scrofa
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A lot of people were too young to remember that things weren’t all sunshine and rainbows for their parents when they were starting out and had their first kid.
Then things stabilized and got better as their parents progressed in their careers and built things up for their families.
Now people think it should be “like their parents or grandparents” had it, but they’re remembering things after their parents had been working at it for a while.
They think they should be able to live right away as if they’ve been working at it for a decade plus.
This is the correct answer.
Growing up—not just my parents, but almost every family we knew—lived much more frugally than people do now. That was normal/average.
Both parents worked in most families I knew, just like now. My parents bought their first house when mom was 39 and dad was 40. And they'd been "working at it" for quite some time by then, as they got married in their early 20s.
Yeah, young people now who think they want the same environment as their parents/grandparents have no idea what that means.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:05 pm to TheRealTigerHorn
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Opportunity is there. Stop listening to the siren call of Marxists claiming they are just mere "socialists". You can find a way to win.
You have got me pumped up!!! And I’m retired. Let’s do it!
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:07 pm to _Hurricane_
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Everyone in YOUR generation could start out like that and make it. And you guys really didn’t start at the same point at all. Out of touch.
You sound soft.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:27 pm to OweO
quote:cmon man
So why didn't Reagan and the Bush's fix it?
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:32 pm to _Hurricane_
I'm 32 and preparing to buy a lake house. Things are looking ok for me.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:50 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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by UptownJoeBrown
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You have got me pumped up!!! And I’m retired. Let’s do it!
Yet you post with the maturity of a 25 year old.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:53 pm to _Hurricane_
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Everyone in YOUR generation could start out like that and make it. And you guys really didn’t start at the same point at all. Out of touch.
This gets said literally each and every generation maybe skipping one here or there and yet here we are.
Economy is a roller coaster. Stop viewing it through a small lens.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:02 pm to _Hurricane_
The decline of stable marriages is also not helping. A lot of folks are staying single and trying to hack it on their own these days.
Dual income with someone you trust is a huge plus.
Dual income with someone you trust is a huge plus.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:12 pm to _Hurricane_
I was in my early 30s with 2 young kids when the bottom fell out in 2008.. shite can be rough at times but every generation has rough times, of varying degrees and types..
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:15 pm to _Hurricane_
"didn't go to LSU with a business degree". I got the chem engr degree, much much better
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:32 pm to kayjay
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I started working at 13 and retired at 61 and living a very comfortable life.
Same situation….work your arse of and make good choices and you will succeed.
It doesn’t matter what the rules to the game are…simply study them and figure out how to come out on top - Nick Saban taught me that one!
You will seldom be the smartest person in the room. Be the hardest worker, and you will come out ahead 90% of the time.
Likability and tact will carry you far in life.
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 9:42 am
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:35 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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Yet you post with the maturity of a 25 year old.
Life is too short to be so serious all the time. I’m deadly serious when needed and I will tear you a new one.
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:41 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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it's actually easier than ever to be successful
Relatively attractive chicks have no excuse whatsoever. Even if they won't sell their tits then the world practically caters to them now.
Guys are a different story.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:41 pm to _Hurricane_
Everyone struggles when they are young. The struggles are just worse now.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:43 pm to _Hurricane_
I feel for them. Everything is wildly expensive and young people have less money than anyone.
Also, the most insidious thing about inflation is that it encourages borrowing and discourages saving. No sense in saving money if it will be worthless down the road.
Also, the most insidious thing about inflation is that it encourages borrowing and discourages saving. No sense in saving money if it will be worthless down the road.
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