re: Millennial and under baws: what’s the craziest boomer advice you’ve heard?

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Millennial and under baws: what’s the craziest boomer advice you’ve heard?

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When i was 14 i wanted to buy an old vending machine and see if i could rig it to dispense VHS tapes. I was told to focus on something that might actually make me money one day, like algebra.

Vote horse hair.

Y’all really think rich people marry anyone? I had to work for this.

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Not speaking up and taking your worker ant pay assuming stuff will change itself?

And by lottery I mean studying the right major, accepting the right job, marrying the right partner, etc.

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I will say that speaking up is but one way to affect change, and can easily do more harm than good see Billie Eilish.

And thank you for clarifying the "luck" part - I can certainly agree that the requirements to success are more narrow than in the past.

Idk how far in the past that goes though - think about how difficult social mobility was even 100-150 years ago. You were a baker, son of a baker, grandson of a baker etc. Imo it seems like the 50s-90s were an economic anomaly & we are returning to the (miserable) baseline

Huh? It can def be influenced better by policies, transparency, better education, etc??

What policies? Transparency where? Define and measure better education?

Using your situation as an example, what would've allowed your peers that went into Petro Ag and finance to be as successful as you in Tech?

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If you just work hard and pull yourself up by your bootstraps, you can be successful"

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I came out of college into the 1980s recession that was far worse than anything Louisiana has seen since. I followed the advice above and now have enough for ten very nice retirements. Bought my first house in 1986 right after I was married. It was about 60% complete new construction that had major foundation problems. I finished the house using my own labor for everything except taping and floating sheetrock and HVAC. I did the plumbing, electrical, trim work and painting. I was 23. But you know, bootstraps and other stuff you don’t want to hear about.

Tell the other part of your bootstrap story

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Discrediting external factors and saying you have to pull your bootstraps is true boomer advice

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Nobody is saying to discredit them, but there isn't a single human on earth who hasn't suffered from a few "external factors" as roadblocks to success. This is just the game of life.

Fareplay asks the OT if taking time off was okay.....

His wife is a Dr who pulls a mill a year
He's a worker ant for meta
They have two houses
He has a 100k porsche

He's lecturing others about how inequitable life is for millennials