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re: This is why millennials are unhappy
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:24 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:24 pm to UncleFestersLegs
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no but in the 60s you could finish high school and go get a job at the local Ford service department and buy a house while your wife stayed at home and raised kids. Something changed
Most homes had one car. Most homes had one tv. None of them had computers. Most of them didn’t have campers or pleasure boats or weekend toy vehicles. My wife’s stove costs more than every appliance in my mothers kitchen, by a lot. And the list goes on and on. That’s what’s different.
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Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:27 pm to Cajun Tigah
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Most homes had one car. Most homes had one tv. None of them had computers. Most of them didn’t have campers or pleasure boats or weekend toy vehicles.
No cell phones. Vacation was a luxury that many people didn't have. Many family homes homes were 1400 Sq ft for a family of 6. American's expectations have changed as well and that's certainly part of it.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:30 pm to LSUFanHouston
Too many people living well beyond their means. Sometimes too good of credit can be a bad thing for some people. They can charge or finance things but can’t pay it back.
This post was edited on 4/1/22 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:30 pm to NC_Tigah
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He's fighting facts with sniveling emotions
You are the one using emotions and providing zero facts.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:31 pm to fallguy_1978
No cable bill, no internet bill, no cell phone bill. No credit card bills, for tons of useless junk made in chyna.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:32 pm to fallguy_1978
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No cell phones. Vacation was a luxury that many people didn't have. Many family homes homes were 1400 Sq ft for a family of 6. American's expectations have changed as well and that's certainly part of it.
Truth. But, the OP's expectations are just waaaaaay off as well.
People in 1970 who made minimum wage didn't expect to be able to afford an average new home.
In stereotypical millennial fashion, he's really just complaining because he's disappointed in his ability to compete and has an unreasonable expectation that things be handed to him. Honestly, that's where millennials were screwed...by the way they were raised and the values they were not taught (personal pride, hard work, integrity, etc.).
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:32 pm to auggie
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No cable bill, no internet bill, no cell phone bill.
Who still has a cable bill? And most homes back then had a home phone bill, who still has a home phone these days?
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:33 pm to LSUFanHouston
Great. Let’s make minimum wage $500 a hour!
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:33 pm to Cajun Tigah
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My wife’s stove costs more than every appliance in my mothers kitchen, by a lot.
And it will probably break in three years.
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Most of them didn’t have campers or pleasure boats or weekend toy vehicles.
Most Americans don't have any of these.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:34 pm to moneyg
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by the way they were raised and the values they were not taught (personal pride, hard work, integrity, etc.).
Oh man.
Who were these parents?
So you are saying the older generation did a crap job of parenting?
First thing we agree on.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Who still has a cable bill? And most homes back then had a home phone bill, who still has a home phone these days?
Streaming pretty much costs as much as cable now and a home phone was like $18/mo vs people's $250/mo cell phone bills.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
I still have a Land line. I don't need a cell phone. You don't either, unless you're a truck driver.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:36 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:Again, you do not want to go there. The internet can be your friend. Pull up 1500 sq ft homes for sale with formica counters, single car garages, room for a 10 cu ft fridge, and linoleum flooring throughout. Now then, home loan rates in 1970 were in the mid-7% range. You want to continue this BS?
Trouble reading?
This post was edited on 4/1/22 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:39 pm to LSUFanHouston
I can’t even get thru 1/2 that shite… so fricking what on paper it’s worse, get your head out your fricking arse and do something
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:40 pm to moneyg
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by the way they were raised and the values they were not taught (personal pride, hard work, integrity, etc.).
My wife grew up lower middle class in rural Alabama. She said they never went on vacation in her entire life. Not one time. They wore hand-me-down clothes & had to be damn near death to see a doctor. Her parents didn't buy any of them vehicles, pay their insurance, college bills, cell phones etc.
I do agree with OPs premise that life has gotten more expensive but I think the lifestyle or expectations have gotten a lot more lavish for regular middle class or lower middle class people too.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:41 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:Which one?
the older generation
Greatest, silent, boomer, X, Y?
Silents were guided by Spock ... don't spank.
Millennials are guided by pedophiles ... don't object to LGBTQ grooming.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:45 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Today it's $51,480 so a factor of 5.47
You are going to have to show your work on that one.
shite is more expensive, the dollar is worth less, wages are lower and productivity is UP.
But we have a generation of lazy people...
Boomers fricked this country HARD. They vote for entitlements left and right both.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
21 color TV 1970 - %500
Today - $50
Today - $50
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:AKA: Sock Puppet
LSUFanHouston
Posted on 4/1/22 at 4:46 pm to Mizooag94
Yeah....let the market sort it out and watch real exploitation today especially with the amount of illegals
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