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re: I reject the idea that young adults/millennials “have it harder” than boomers at that age
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:44 am to Taxing Authority
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:44 am to Taxing Authority
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You have opportunities (assets) you see as expenses. Likely because you use your phone to consume content rather than put it you to learn, communicate, etc
Right.
The word "Hustle" used to mean something. Everything was a hustle. You had to dig and scratch to make it, work through the ranks regardless of occupation. Everything, including setback was opportunity.
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Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:45 am to Taxing Authority
Yep. The iphone alone makes young people today better off than boomers
You wanted to learn about history, cooking, directions, back in 70s?
Immense time costs.
You wanted to learn about history, cooking, directions, back in 70s?
Immense time costs.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:47 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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HailHailtoMichigan
You’ve made a grave error. Trying to get a millennial to accept anything is their fault is like trying to divide by 0.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:50 am to Taxing Authority
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This is BS. The cars boomers bought had manual transmissions, roll up windows, AM radios, and A/C was optional.
Not an argument.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:53 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I think they are more oppressed and therefore they do have it harder.
But they do not know they are oppressed by an overbearing government so they blame boomers.
But they do not know they are oppressed by an overbearing government so they blame boomers.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:54 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:I have a Nigerian friend (not a Prince) that just got hired by Microsoft. He taught himself JavaScript solely on his smartphone. Used it to practice English too.
You wanted to learn about history, cooking, directions, back in 70s?
Immense time costs.
So you have a black person, living in a foreign country, in real poverty that found a way to a six-figure salary working for an American company.
But millennials... can’t find any opportunities in this cruel evil racist world.
It’s pathetic.
This post was edited on 3/30/19 at 10:55 am
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:55 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Plus you aren't paying 15% interest on a note
I guess the fed has kept interest rates historically low for twenty years because the economy is so great for millennials and everything is so affordable.
The OPs position is absolutely indefensible.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:55 am to GeorgeTheGreek
You don't NEED a smart phone.
Karl Malone has proven this
Karl Malone has proven this
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:58 am to Darth_Vader
I just want to thank all the millennials posting in this thread and proving the point I made earlier, namely....
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Trying to get a millennial to accept anything is their fault is like trying to divide by 0.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:58 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I dont throw pity parties for myself
Every generation gets to deal with their own challenges
You may have personal preferences on which hardships you view as easier to manage due to your compatibility to that generation or how your place in life when that generation came along made it difficult to see the challenges of people who were trying to establish themselves at a later time
too often previous generations attempt to use their relative experience in life as a way to measure someone else's experience 20-30 years later
Every generation gets to deal with their own challenges
You may have personal preferences on which hardships you view as easier to manage due to your compatibility to that generation or how your place in life when that generation came along made it difficult to see the challenges of people who were trying to establish themselves at a later time
too often previous generations attempt to use their relative experience in life as a way to measure someone else's experience 20-30 years later
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:58 am to uway
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because the economy is so great for millennials
It is. With any common sense, this is the best time to be alive in history.
Without it, youre a perpetual victim, and helpless.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 10:59 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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I don’t give a shite, at least you could afford a vehicle.
My son bought a brand new vehicle when in High School and paid if off in 18 months before he went to college. He bought a Nissan Versa.. basic.. doesn't even have power windows or locks, but it was brand new and knew it would last him through college. The Versa cost $12000. No it's not a mustang, camera, BMW, land rover or Tesla. But it is functional and very reliable.
The problem is that many kids want now all of the material things their parents took a lifetime to acquire.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:01 am to Homesick Tiger
Most college students are not millennials anymore. That’s the next generation who likely have even more of what a lot of older people hate.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:02 am to RogerTheShrubber
Most posters in here are exemplifying a “back in my day mentality.”
Same generation that didn’t even need a degree to find work and afford a house.
Same generation that didn’t even need a degree to find work and afford a house.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:03 am to Friscodog
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The problem is that many kids want now all of the material things their parents took a lifetime to acquire.
Correct.
The concept of struggling has been replaced with a sense of entitlement.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:03 am to Friscodog
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The problem is that many parents give their kids all of the material things their parents took a lifetime to acquire.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:04 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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I reject the idea that young adults/millennials “have it harder” than boomers at that age
I was in Iraq at 19.
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Sure college debt is a problem, but it’s only a problem for people who didn’t use their college years to obtain a marketable degree.
Don't have any college debt
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Millennials also claim housing more expensive, but that is because unlike boomers who fled the cities (almost every major city on the eastern seaboard lost significant population in the 60s,70s,80s,90s) for cheap suburban wide open land in the sunbelt and west, millennials are obsessed with reversing that trend and moving back to cities and trendy college towns. That will mean they have to deal with higher prices of homes and units.
That's where jobs are for those with college education.
I still live in a rural area though and commute to larger, but smaller cities.
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boomers
Are responsible for how things turned out. Stop bitching about a group when people from every generational group can be labeled as worthless.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:04 am to GeorgeTheGreek
A meme generation relies on meme logic . I was poor as shite throughout my 20s ( rich in experience though). I haven’t been on a payroll in over 15 years. I lost my life savings at age 40 with four dependents and had to create my own gig. It’s fricking life. We all have to make our way, your weasely generation too.
FTR, when I was a Gen X kid, we said the same stupid shite about how unfair things were. But the fact is that every generation that has come of age since the end of the Draft/Vietnam has had it EXCEEDINGLY easy by any historical standards.
I could take a 25 year old right now, who was articulate , hard working and willing to work 40 hours a week and teach him how to make a 6 figure income in year two. Quit bitching and go fricking EARN it like we all had to do.
My daughter is 20 and in year two of college and has almost 80 credit hours. She also makes 40 bucks an hour on her side gig that she created. Quit whining and step up.
FTR, when I was a Gen X kid, we said the same stupid shite about how unfair things were. But the fact is that every generation that has come of age since the end of the Draft/Vietnam has had it EXCEEDINGLY easy by any historical standards.
I could take a 25 year old right now, who was articulate , hard working and willing to work 40 hours a week and teach him how to make a 6 figure income in year two. Quit bitching and go fricking EARN it like we all had to do.
My daughter is 20 and in year two of college and has almost 80 credit hours. She also makes 40 bucks an hour on her side gig that she created. Quit whining and step up.
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:04 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:The tough thing for millennials was the 08/09 recession. IIRC it resulted in the highest rate of college-grad unemployment in US history. Higher than the % of college-grad unemployment during the Great Depression. New grads were competing against more experienced and underemployed 30-40y/o workers.
I reject the idea that young adults/millennials “have it harder” than boomers at that age
Posted on 3/30/19 at 11:05 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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I don’t give a shite, at least you could afford a vehicle.
You can get nice vehicles brand new around 17 to 24k.
I'm a millennial, and while the housing market is annoying, Boomers also tended to live cheaply in suburbs. Had I stayed in Louisiana, I could have easily afforded a house in my 20s and early 30s.
This post was edited on 3/30/19 at 11:06 am
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