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Posted: 3/23/2024 1:42:12 PM EDT
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https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article287009720.html Most Americans intuitively know that higher education has become disproportionately expensive for younger generations—thanks to millions of graduates trapped in student debt. But are education costs really so out of reach for younger generations, considering new career opportunities and wage inflation? Creditnews put that theory to the test by comparing the college tuition costs of Baby Boomers and Millennials against what both generations earned after graduation. Our analysis revealed a stark difference in the "purchasing power" of a college degree in the 1980s and today, driven by the growing disparity between tuition costs and wages. Even though Baby Boomers had it much easier back in the day, student debt is catching up with them, too. In a twist, Boomers' student debt balances have recently exploded as many Boomers take out loans to put their kids through college. Must've been nice to buy a single family home for $88k and flip it for $800k with no renovations 
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:15:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GrayMan66: There it is in a nutshell. Never give up. I don’t think anybody in this thread, old or young, has said giving up is the answer. But the constant degradation sure don’t help. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:17:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Tents? I just went out in the desert and found some Indian ruins. Only need a Bluetooth speaker every time the hikers come through to keep em from staying too long. Who knew mud huts made for decent housing? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Oh, well then welcome fellow stupid lazy avocado toast millennial. JLPIII and Eagerminuteman will be along shortly to give you a tour of the facilities. Please wipe your feet before entering the tents. thnx. Tents? I just went out in the desert and found some Indian ruins. Only need a Bluetooth speaker every time the hikers come through to keep em from staying too long. Who knew mud huts made for decent housing? not even kidding we looked real hard at self building an 800 sq/ft rammed earth house before packing up and leaving Arizona realized I'd be living in a mud hut, punched out the next month. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:18:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: tent? look at big pimpin' over here. i'm still using a stahtah tent AKA harbour freight blue tarp. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfyrx_1jsWfBZjWrdD2cmqrEqX113zi3BS8amr7p9nSTqTKpMCN1OEEH54CtGZ0cC6cIE&usqp=CAU Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: Originally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Oh, well then welcome fellow stupid lazy avocado toast millennial. JLPIII and Eagerminuteman will be along shortly to give you a tour of the facilities. Please wipe your feet before entering the tents. thnx. look at big pimpin' over here. i'm still using a stahtah tent AKA harbour freight blue tarp. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfyrx_1jsWfBZjWrdD2cmqrEqX113zi3BS8amr7p9nSTqTKpMCN1OEEH54CtGZ0cC6cIE&usqp=CAU This is why I work 14 days in a row, so I can splurge on dat Ozark Trail lyfe yo. I also bought it from the clearance section.  |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:18:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: I don't think anybody in this thread, old or young, has said giving up is the answer. But the constant degradation sure don't help. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By GrayMan66: There it is in a nutshell. Never give up. I don't think anybody in this thread, old or young, has said giving up is the answer. But the constant degradation sure don't help. I kinda did "Lower your standards" he's sorta been my motto how I woed my wife too. Hit her with that until she just kinda surrendered |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:18:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: not even kidding we looked real hard at self building an 800 sq/ft rammed earth house before packing up and leaving Arizona realized I'd be living in a mud hut, punched out the next month. I’m trying to not give up on my state that quickly. But hot damn going into Phoenix makes it hard.
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:18:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Tents? I just went out in the desert and found some Indian ruins. Only need a Bluetooth speaker every time the hikers come through to keep em from staying too long. Who knew mud huts made for decent housing? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Oh, well then welcome fellow stupid lazy avocado toast millennial. JLPIII and Eagerminuteman will be along shortly to give you a tour of the facilities. Please wipe your feet before entering the tents. thnx. Tents? I just went out in the desert and found some Indian ruins. Only need a Bluetooth speaker every time the hikers come through to keep em from staying too long. Who knew mud huts made for decent housing? lucky.gif |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:18:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: be me: JL Pettimore III Big tears boomers ruined American jobs, buys H1B tent.  |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:19:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: I kinda did "Lower your standards" he's sorta been my motto how I woed my wife too Man my standards are at living in a fucking mud hut, what could be lower? A foxhole? |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:20:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Man my standards are at living in a fucking mud hut, what could be lower? A foxhole? |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:21:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: I don’t think anybody in this thread, old or young, has said giving up is the answer. But the constant degradation sure don’t help. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By GrayMan66: There it is in a nutshell. Never give up. I don’t think anybody in this thread, old or young, has said giving up is the answer. But the constant degradation sure don’t help. The fact that you aren't a multi-millionaire already is clear sign that you in fact have given up. Literally anyone who isn't lazy AF can do it in an afternoon. It isn't that hard.
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:21:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: I'm trying to not give up on my state that quickly. But hot damn going into Phoenix makes it hard. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Papposilenus: not even kidding we looked real hard at self building an 800 sq/ft rammed earth house before packing up and leaving Arizona realized I'd be living in a mud hut, punched out the next month. I'm trying to not give up on my state that quickly. But hot damn going into Phoenix makes it hard. I just pretended Phoenix was the other end of a weird wormhole I missed falling into that transports you to East LA. Pretty sure it's somewhere around the 202 loop |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:22:04 PM EDT
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@eagarminuteman
all joking aside we're just a couple months of financial ruin away from being homeless. i have no family that wood take me in so i'd probably end up sleeping in my run down 18 year old compact sedan and/or bum camping. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:22:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: I just pretended Phoenix was the other end of a weird wormhole I missed falling into that transports you to East LA. Pretty sure it's somewhere around the 202 loop I always figured it was right past where the 202 passes the Bass Pro in Mesa. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:23:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: @eagarminuteman all joking aside we're just a couple months of financial ruin away from being homeless. i have no family that wood take me in so i'd probably end up sleeping in my run down 18 year old compact sedan and/or bum camping. 100% if the economy goes to shit, my wife and I are fucked. I’ll be back to working landscaping with the Mexicans. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:24:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: The fact that you aren't a multi-millionaire already is clear sign that you in fact have given up. Literally anyone who isn't lazy AF can do it in an afternoon. It isn't that hard. Multi-millionaire before 25 would be nice. I must be lazy to not have accomplished such an insignificant feat at an early age. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:25:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Man my standards are at living in a fucking mud hut, what could be lower? A foxhole? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Papposilenus: I kinda did "Lower your standards" he's sorta been my motto how I woed my wife too Man my standards are at living in a fucking mud hut, what could be lower? A foxhole? A mud hut on the wrong side of the Copper Queen mine? They got good hot dogs though |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:32:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: 100% if the economy goes to shit, my wife and I are fucked. I'll be back to working landscaping with the Mexicans. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: @eagarminuteman all joking aside we're just a couple months of financial ruin away from being homeless. i have no family that wood take me in so i'd probably end up sleeping in my run down 18 year old compact sedan and/or bum camping. 100% if the economy goes to shit, my wife and I are fucked. I'll be back to working landscaping with the Mexicans. oh damn I was "Guero" on a crew WAY back in the day. Those a-holes dropped my off with a jack hammer at about 4 am and said "got break up that caliche guero, we'll be back to pick you up." I said "which caliche?" Like a dumb ass He says "all of it." that day sucked super fucking bad, then that week sucked even worse. I'm still shaking. those fuckers got me through college. Miss em. . . Sorta |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:34:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: A mud hut on the wrong side of the Copper Queen mine? They got good hot dogs though when i see peeps with their $87,000 horse trailers with tack rooms that are nicer than anywhere i've ever lived who're spending the night at Costco in said tack room in said horse trailer i think: wowza, muffucka's living the dream. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:34:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: 100% if the economy goes to shit, my wife and I are fucked. I’ll be back to working landscaping with the Mexicans. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: @eagarminuteman all joking aside we're just a couple months of financial ruin away from being homeless. i have no family that wood take me in so i'd probably end up sleeping in my run down 18 year old compact sedan and/or bum camping. 100% if the economy goes to shit, my wife and I are fucked. I’ll be back to working landscaping with the Mexicans. Yep. I spent the second half of 2020, all of 2021 and the first half of 2022 scared to death I was going to lose my job. Having to find a different company even at similar level of responsibility would be a significant pay cut. Don't worry though, you can always just pack everything into your MINT 1984 Dodge Colt in perfect condition and simply move to Dickbeaters, OH and find a job at the local ACE hardware making $27k a year. There are still some houses out by the condemned industrial waste site that are very reasonably priced. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:34:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: oh damn I was "Guero" on a crew WAY back in the day. Those a-holes dropped my off with a jack hammer at about 4 am and said "got break up that caliche guero, we'll be back to pick you up." I said "which caliche?" Like a dumb ass He says "all of it." that day sucked super fucking bad, then that week sucked even worse. I'm still shaking. those fuckers got me through college. Miss em. . . Sorta I ain’t telling you fuckers my Spanish nickname. That’s a secret I’m taking to the grave. 
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:35:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: A mud hut on the wrong side of the Copper Queen mine? They got good hot dogs though Good ol Copper Queen mine. At this rate it’ll more likely be a mud hut outside Morenci though. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:38:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Yep. I spent the second half of 2020, all of 2021 and the first half of 2022 scared to death I was going to lose my job. Having to find a different company even at similar level of responsibility would be a significant pay cut. Don't worry though, you can always just pack everything into your MINT 1984 Dodge Colt in perfect condition and simply move to Dickbeaters, OH and find a job at the local ACE hardware making $27k a year. There are still some houses out by the condemned industrial waste site that are very reasonably priced. i drove the minty '87 dodge van 8700 miles east to seek my new fortune per the billy badass billionaire b**mas in Gee Dee. dying lumberyard in dicksuck, OH only pays $8.70/hr to start and a shitbox tear down 870 SF house from 1887 is still $87,000. teddy bear: renters lol. sucks to suck. fuck you i got mine lol. work some OT for me boi. fuck yourself lol. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:39:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: I ain't telling you fuckers my Spanish nickname. That's a secret I'm taking to the grave. messicans nicknamed him Ocho and it stuck.
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:39:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: I don't personally know any boomers who have college degrees. Only a few that I know in my GenX/Xennial peer group have them. Lots of degrees in the 35 and under group, based on resumes that come across my desk. Completely anecdotal FWIW. I believe you. However, growing up in the suburbs, I know/knew quite a few college graduates among friend's parents and my parents' friends. Most were in professions that required higher education. By that I mean MD, JD, PE, CPA, et cetera, rather than jobs that "require" higher education only because the job description says so. I also had friends whose father (like mine) didn't have college degrees. Some were blue collar, some were white collar, and some were business owners. All living in the same subdivision, although some houses were larger or nicer than others. As far as the resumes that come across your desk, are they applying for jobs with a degree required in the job description? That's another thing that's changed. My mom worked as a secretary before she married my dad and returned to work after we kids were "old enough" to be home alone after school. She didn't have a degree. However, even entry level office jobs these days seem to require a college degree. I don't know how much of that is a real requirement, and how much is HR laziness to limit the number of applicants, but I have my suspicions. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:40:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: bad news, brah. i drove the minty '87 dodge van 8700 miles east to seek my new fortune per the billy badass billionaire b**mas in Gee Dee. dying lumberyard in dicksuck, OH only pays $8.70/hr to start and a shitbox tear down 870 SF house from 1887 is still $87,000. teddy bear: renters lol. sucks to suck. fuck you i got mine lol. work some OT for me boi. fuck yourself lol. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:44:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: bad news, brah. i drove the minty '87 dodge van 8700 miles east to seek my new fortune per the billy badass billionaire b**mas in Gee Dee. dying lumberyard in dicksuck, OH only pays $8.70/hr to start and a shitbox tear down 870 SF house from 1887 is still $87,000. teddy bear: renters lol. sucks to suck. fuck you i got mine lol. work some OT for me boi. fuck yourself lol. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: Originally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Yep. I spent the second half of 2020, all of 2021 and the first half of 2022 scared to death I was going to lose my job. Having to find a different company even at similar level of responsibility would be a significant pay cut. Don't worry though, you can always just pack everything into your MINT 1984 Dodge Colt in perfect condition and simply move to Dickbeaters, OH and find a job at the local ACE hardware making $27k a year. There are still some houses out by the condemned industrial waste site that are very reasonably priced. i drove the minty '87 dodge van 8700 miles east to seek my new fortune per the billy badass billionaire b**mas in Gee Dee. dying lumberyard in dicksuck, OH only pays $8.70/hr to start and a shitbox tear down 870 SF house from 1887 is still $87,000. teddy bear: renters lol. sucks to suck. fuck you i got mine lol. work some OT for me boi. fuck yourself lol. Sir, this is entirely contrary to the unimpeachable |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:44:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DDDDCheapAF: I was born after 1975 . Be tough or smart, preferably both . Yes, but you had Sizzler's, Hometown Buffet, and antenna-connected free television for the majority of your life. Have mercy, sir. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:45:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: I ain't telling you fuckers my Spanish nickname. That's a secret I'm taking to the grave. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Papposilenus: oh damn I was "Guero" on a crew WAY back in the day. Those a-holes dropped my off with a jack hammer at about 4 am and said "got break up that caliche guero, we'll be back to pick you up." I said "which caliche?" Like a dumb ass He says "all of it." that day sucked super fucking bad, then that week sucked even worse. I'm still shaking. those fuckers got me through college. Miss em. . . Sorta I ain't telling you fuckers my Spanish nickname. That's a secret I'm taking to the grave. my man thay crew liked me I wasn't trying to date any of their daughters One tia though, damn. Tamales and fresh tortillas right to an early grave |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:45:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Good ol Copper Queen mine. At this rate it'll more likely be a mud hut outside Morenci though. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Papposilenus: A mud hut on the wrong side of the Copper Queen mine? They got good hot dogs though Good ol Copper Queen mine. At this rate it'll more likely be a mud hut outside Morenci though. San Manuel isn't all bad Ajos downright charming in a Yuma kinda way |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:47:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: my man thay crew liked me I wasn't trying to date any of their daughters One tia though, damn. Tamales and fresh tortillas right to an early grave They liked me too. I was a high schooler gringo that worked a whole summer with them, and then decided to come back and do it all over again. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:51:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Teddy bear is gonna be mad when AOC gets elected in 2028. Hell I'm gonna be mad, but I'll at least enjoy watching the redistribution of the 401ks. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:54:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Yep. I spent the second half of 2020, all of 2021 and the first half of 2022 scared to death I was going to lose my job. Having to find a different company even at similar level of responsibility would be a significant pay cut. Don't worry though, you can always just pack everything into your MINT 1984 Dodge Colt in perfect condition and simply move to Dickbeaters, OH and find a job at the local ACE hardware making $27k a year. There are still some houses out by the condemned industrial waste site that are very reasonably priced. If there are any packing plants nearby the starting pay is about 2x that |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:55:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By samsilk: I believe you. However, growing up in the suburbs, I know/knew quite a few college graduates among friend's parents and my parents' friends. Most were in professions that required higher education. By that I mean MD, JD, PE, CPA, et cetera, rather than jobs that "require" higher education only because the job description says so. I also had friends whose father (like mine) didn't have college degrees. Some were blue collar, some were white collar, and some were business owners. All living in the same subdivision, although some houses were larger or nicer than others. As far as the resumes that come across your desk, are they applying for jobs with a degree required in the job description? That's another thing that's changed. My mom worked as a secretary before she married my dad and returned to work after we kids were "old enough" to be home alone after school. She didn't have a degree. However, even entry level office jobs these days seem to require a college degree. I don't know how much of that is a real requirement, and how much is HR laziness to limit the number of applicants, but I have my suspicions. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By samsilk: Originally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: I don't personally know any boomers who have college degrees. Only a few that I know in my GenX/Xennial peer group have them. Lots of degrees in the 35 and under group, based on resumes that come across my desk. Completely anecdotal FWIW. I believe you. However, growing up in the suburbs, I know/knew quite a few college graduates among friend's parents and my parents' friends. Most were in professions that required higher education. By that I mean MD, JD, PE, CPA, et cetera, rather than jobs that "require" higher education only because the job description says so. I also had friends whose father (like mine) didn't have college degrees. Some were blue collar, some were white collar, and some were business owners. All living in the same subdivision, although some houses were larger or nicer than others. As far as the resumes that come across your desk, are they applying for jobs with a degree required in the job description? That's another thing that's changed. My mom worked as a secretary before she married my dad and returned to work after we kids were "old enough" to be home alone after school. She didn't have a degree. However, even entry level office jobs these days seem to require a college degree. I don't know how much of that is a real requirement, and how much is HR laziness to limit the number of applicants, but I have my suspicions. Degrees are not required, at least for any positions I would be hiring for. But they are listed as a possible alternative to having relevant experience (though I have never personally hired anyone with a degree in lieu of having at least SOME experience in the field or related). This is entry/mid level office work in the less than glamorous freight industry, not a lot of doe eyed kids fresh out of college knocking on our door. It's mostly late 20's to mid 30's who have been in the work force for a few years already. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:58:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sirensong: i probably don't have to say it on this forum, but this is a direct result of democrat policies that claimed to be helping the poor. Ds: "let's drastically expand the scope of federal student loan guarantees, remove the limits on how much you can borrow, and wildly liberalize creditworthiness criteria." Rs: "that will have an inflationary effect." Ds: "you racists." I registered to vote on my 18th birthday as a Republican in the then Deep South which made me a political minority in a old time Hughie P Long Democrat political machine. I didn't have a choice in Social Security for they took that out my pay regardless of what I thought or did. So, don't want or need to hear Jack or Shit out of Renters except about giving it all back to me plus interest as reparations. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 6:59:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gspointer: If there are any packing plants nearby the starting pay is about 2x that Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gspointer: Originally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Yep. I spent the second half of 2020, all of 2021 and the first half of 2022 scared to death I was going to lose my job. Having to find a different company even at similar level of responsibility would be a significant pay cut. Don't worry though, you can always just pack everything into your MINT 1984 Dodge Colt in perfect condition and simply move to Dickbeaters, OH and find a job at the local ACE hardware making $27k a year. There are still some houses out by the condemned industrial waste site that are very reasonably priced. If there are any packing plants nearby the starting pay is about 2x that A whole $60k? Got dayum I might even be able to get my wife her own MINT 1986 Ford Festiva. JLPIII, bro. We need to head to Dickbeaters, OH stat. They paying people big city money there. 
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:00:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: Degrees are not required, at least for any positions I would be hiring for. But they are listed as a possible alternative to having relevant experience (though I have never personally hired anyone with a degree in lieu of having at least SOME experience in the field or related). This is entry/mid level office work in the less than glamorous freight industry, not a lot of doe eyed kids fresh out of college knocking on our door. It's mostly late 20's to mid 30's who have been in the work force for a few years already. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:04:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: They liked me too. I was a high schooler gringo that worked a whole summer with them, and then decided to come back and do it all over again. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Papposilenus: my man thay crew liked me I wasn't trying to date any of their daughters One tia though, damn. Tamales and fresh tortillas right to an early grave They liked me too. I was a high schooler gringo that worked a whole summer with them, and then decided to come back and do it all over again. summer landscaper in Arizona we can be sure you're not lazy.. . .maybe dumb though |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:06:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Papposilenus: summer landscaper in Arizona we can be sure you're not lazy.. . .maybe dumb though My dad’s a lineman, what do you expect? @JLPettimoreIII |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:09:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: My dad's a lineman, what do you expect? @JLPettimoreIII Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: Originally Posted By Papposilenus: summer landscaper in Arizona we can be sure you're not lazy.. . .maybe dumb though My dad's a lineman, what do you expect? @JLPettimoreIII I kinda miss raking gravel Like some ASMR witchcraft |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:16:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fingas: They talk about the purchasing power of a degree in the 80s being more than now. I don't doubt that, I bet the number of people in college today for non-STEM, management or finance degrees is astronomically higher than the 80s. Sorry that your degree in afroeurasian bisexual art appreciation isn't paying off the loans you took to get it. It's not just the 80s. I can think of 3 years of a very strong economy, until a certain Asian bug and the great idea people had to torch it all. I remember when people were being told that the only ones who had a right to any opinion were the marginalized 3rd worlders. And now, they have 3rd world problems, but, would they listen to us when we told them it doesn't work, never has, and never will? But somehow, it's our fault that their socialist utopia is failing? |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:26:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: i often think of getting a job at Costco, sleeping in my cah in their pahkin' lot, and frequenting the Costco food court for lunch and dinner. when i see peeps with their $87,000 horse trailers with tack rooms that are nicer than anywhere i've ever lived who're spending the night at Costco in said tack room in said horse trailer i think: wowza, muffucka's living the dream. This social security I was recently in a small AZ town (pop 913…nine hundred and thirteen!) waiting on my crew and what do I see: a steady stream of boomies with outlandish toys. $125k trucks pulling even more expensive boats, quads, horse trailers, etc., $200k motor homes (like my neighbor’s!), etc. All supported by those of us contributing to social security.  |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:35:10 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KILLERB6: I agree. This social security I was recently in a small AZ town (pop 913…nine hundred and thirteen!) waiting on my crew and what do I see: a steady stream of boomies with outlandish toys. $125k trucks pulling even more expensive boats, quads, horse trailers, etc., $200k motor homes (like my neighbor’s!), etc. All supported by those of us contributing to social security. I doubt that. No one is buying stuff like that on Social Security. Besides, the odds that they contributed far more to social security while they were working is obvious. It's not like they did Walmart greeter for 45 years and then banged out to that lifestyle. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:35:32 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gspointer: They deserve to reap what they sow. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:36:50 PM EDT
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[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By @eagarminuteman: AJ, home of the double wides. I just went by the mine…it’s still there…just a little deeper than the first time I went by it this AM. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:40:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trunalimunumaprzure: A whole $60k? Got dayum I might even be able to get my wife her own MINT 1986 Ford Festiva. JLPIII, bro. We need to head to Dickbeaters, OH stat. They paying people big city money there. note: my first cah was a not mint '88 subaru GL wagon. perfect for sleeping in during the occasional bout of homelessness.
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:41:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eagarminuteman: My dad's a lineman, what do you expect? @JLPettimoreIII  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:41:20 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KILLERB6: I agree. This social security I was recently in a small AZ town (pop 913 nine hundred and thirteen!) waiting on my crew and what do I see: a steady stream of boomies with outlandish toys. $125k trucks pulling even more expensive boats, quads, horse trailers, etc., $200k motor homes (like my neighbor's!), etc. All supported by those of us contributing to social security. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:42:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KILLERB6: Unfortunately, as they sow, so shall we all we reap. Eli: Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are... and to the dust we shall return. |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:46:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JLPettimoreIII: Eli: Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are... and to the dust we shall return.  |
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Posted: 3/24/2024 7:47:39 PM EDT
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@Trunalimunumaprzure
i always wonder about your fellow mericans who've never really suffered in life and therefore don't appreciate what they have. i've been homeless a couple times and some of those were even as an adult. one of my post college degree unemployment jobs was working as a mover. naturally i was homeless because why pay $870/mo rent when you're never home and working on the road? some of the best sleep i've ever gotten was on a stack of moving blankets folded up in the back of an international T4300 with the doors open in the yahd at night in the high desert of western Colorado.  |
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