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re: Where does this idea come from that supposedly 40 years ago we lived large at age 20?
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:43 am to LEOPOLD2
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:43 am to LEOPOLD2
Boomers be like “you don’t realize how hard we had it! Led Zeppelin tickets were 5 bucks and burger chef only paid 3 bucks an hour!!
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:44 am to el Gaucho
18.50 to ELO MFer get it right.
$2.45 at HyVee
$2.45 at HyVee
This post was edited on 11/7/26 at 10:45 am
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:45 am to Jbird
Back in the day us boomers didn’t have $1000 iPhones like you millenials!!!
Yeah gramps it wasn’t invented yet
Yeah gramps it wasn’t invented yet
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:46 am to el Gaucho
quote:No shite! Wild exciting news Junior now be a good boy and get the table another iced tea.
Yeah gramps it wasn’t invented yet
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:47 am to Cito2point0
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A cheap apartment in this area is like $800. A full time 2 week paycheck making minimum wage doesn’t cover half of that. Hell making $10/hr isn’t going to make it much better. Most hourly jobs don’t schedule people more than 35 hours a week.
Again. Minimum wage in 1985 working 35 hours would have gotten you about $120 before deductions. Median rent in 1985 was about $400. The fairy tale you've been sold that we were living large is still a fricking fairy tale.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:49 am to LEOPOLD2
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The fairy tale you've been sold that we were living large is still a fricking fairy tale.
Never said that my man.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:51 am to LEOPOLD2
Yep
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:51 am to Cito2point0
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Never said that my man.
Okay then more accurately the fairy tale that many people that are young have been sold
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:54 am to LEOPOLD2
My first job was in 1981 at $3.45:an hour and even back then there wasn't any living large on that.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:56 am to Mushroom1968
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I'm 55, most everyone I knew and myself, we lived in the ghetto when we moved out. You always hear, "we can't afford to live in a decent area" well we simply didn't live in decent areas and we were ok with that.
Ghetto areas back then and now are completely different.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:58 am to el Gaucho
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Boomers be like “you don’t realize how hard we had it! Led Zeppelin tickets were 5 bucks and burger chef only paid 3 bucks an hour!!
And everyone is wealthy enough now that our young people can afford $1000 tickets to listen to Taylor Swift sing songs for two hours.
You’ve proven to yourself how fortunate everyone, including young people, are these days.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:00 am to Cito2point0
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A cheap apartment in this area is like $800. A full time 2 week paycheck making minimum wage doesn’t cover half of that. Hell making $10/hr isn’t going to make it much better. Most hourly jobs don’t schedule people more than 35 hours a week.
Add in utilities, transportation to and from work, groceries that’s not much money to live on.
We all had 2 roommates to split the costs. 3 people share rent, utilities, etc...and you can get by if you don't waste money on luxuries. Also many times people would work with our roommate(s) so we could car pool to work.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:01 am to David_DJS
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You’ve proven to yourself how fortunate everyone, including young people, are these days.
They can’t afford it they buy the tickets on some loan shark buy now pay later scam
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:01 am to T1gerNate
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Wow you really had it hard. You are really a hero for lifting yourself up by your bootstraps. Congratulations on all your success Boomer.
First, could you go 5 minutes without being soft AF? How about contributing to the discussion.
On that, I’m a boomer - my generation had it a shite ton better than my parents’ generation. And they had it better than their parents. That’s how it works. Life gets better and easier here.
What’s different now is young people have been led to believe this general rule magically skipped over them, in spite of the incredible technological advances of the last 50 years.
Young people have been sold a false narrative by Leftists.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:05 am to Ailsa
quote:Yeah. They were worse
Ghetto areas back then and now are completely different
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:05 am to Ailsa
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Ghetto areas back then and now are completely different.
Statistically there was more crime back then
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:09 am to el Gaucho
quote:Brilliant!
They can’t afford it they buy the tickets on some loan shark buy now pay later scam
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:11 am to LEOPOLD2
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Okay then more accurately the fairy tale that many people that are young have been sold
I think we can agree there are entitled shitheads who think the are owed something just for existing.
In my line of work all of my employees are from impoverished backgrounds. They aren’t looking to purchase wild elaborate amenities. They want to be able to feed their kids and provide for their families. It’s a fact it’s more difficult to do that in today’s environmental climate.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:12 am to LEOPOLD2
quote:Propagandists
Where does this idea come from that supposedly 40 years ago we lived large at age 20?
Posted on 11/7/26 at 11:14 am to Cito2point0
quote:With the great social safety net they still can't feed the children?
It’s a fact it’s more difficult to do that in today’s environmental climate.
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