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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:06:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Laughs in a generation of latch key kid, analog/digital transition, multiple recessions, and 20+ years of forever wars. Yeah *we're* the soft ones that will suffer. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l0ExvlQpHWYYubT0s/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952buctqh45gn2uwvjit3r970o57lpuepquzjh991ls&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g  i am also a pussy millennial loser renter who was broken by the fake plauge.  yep, fake plauge done broke me. le sad. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:07:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Save and live within your means. Timeless words..... |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:09:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:10:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i still have scars from cooking for meself after skool as a 2nd grader latchkey kid. i am also a pussy millennial loser renter who was broken by the fake plauge. yep, fake plauge done broke me. le sad. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Laughs in a generation of latch key kid, analog/digital transition, multiple recessions, and 20+ years of forever wars. Yeah *we're* the soft ones that will suffer. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l0ExvlQpHWYYubT0s/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952buctqh45gn2uwvjit3r970o57lpuepquzjh991ls&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g i am also a pussy millennial loser renter who was broken by the fake plauge. yep, fake plauge done broke me. le sad.    |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:11:01 AM EDT
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In 1970 entitlements accounted for 7.6% of the Federal budget.. Now, it is 55%. Worse is the fact the fed budget was $195.3 Billion. By 1980 the budget increased to $579 Billion. By the year 2000, the budget tripled to $1.788.1 Trillion with a surplus of $237 Billion. The Affordable Care Act, (ACA) was passed in 2010. Remember, we were told we didn't need to know what was in it? Well, now you know. It was literally a blank check. Now the surplus has turned into a $34 Trillion debt and not slowing down. The ACA was never meant to be affordable. All of you bought into the lie of socialism and not the pointing of fingers and the blame game is on. You want to play this game means you don't want the problem fixed.
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:11:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://media2.giphy.com/media/cRHgphdnVZMtRLZlT1/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952yuv22verasqyelggbmr8h4xjqqs9cnd5uet23jmx&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g get out of here with math and facts and shit. My bad, I forgot GD just requires anecdotal evidence to prove anything and that math, facts, and sources are all bullshit pushed by the WEF and UN globohomos. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:12:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:13:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In 2005, in a high bay at Keesler AFB after Hurricane Katrina, I had to teach a whole class of boomers how to fucking properly eat MRE's without killing themselves because apparently I was some fucking whiz kid from learning how to eat them and maximize all the components of them from my time in OEF and OIF. But yes the X/Xennial/Millennial gens are gonna fucking roll up like cheap TP in the wind when it pops off. https://64.media.tumblr.com/65467accb7643e08ab02afc8bc234beb/tumblr_mr1izxIvnS1r4tb8lo1_400.gifv  i want to take Lujan's class on how to eat an MRE without killing myself.  [very enthusiastically] Have you seen what she wears? Forget about it. Have you ever been with a warrior woman? |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:14:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My bad, I forgot GD just requires anecdotal evidence to prove anything and that math, facts, and sources are all bullshit pushed by the WEF and UN globohomos.
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:14:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My guidance counselor in '90 said I was nuts to want to join the PD (I had already passed the easy hiring exam) instead of going away to college for 4 years. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Blame the teachers. They have been pushing Millennials and Zoomers into college, vs. the trades. The shortage of construction and high building costs is creating the problem, not Boomers per se. Well, Boomer teachers are guilty as hell They said the same thing to Gen X. My guidance counselor in '90 said I was nuts to want to join the PD (I had already passed the easy hiring exam) instead of going away to college for 4 years. My guidance counselor said I was nothing and would end up on welfare. I am in the top 1-5% of income of my graduating class. (And I am not rich) Army Cop College Final Career In that Order |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:14:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe it's because their low effort and attitude. The service and attitude I receive from gen Z'ers is mostly shit and apathetic! Even when I used to work at a grocery store I did it with a smile and a good attitude, I acted professional. These gen Z'ers don't really have the same kind of attitude, they're a bunch of whiners and babies, think that the whole world owes them a living. They seem to got enough money for blue hair dye and a lot of tattoos though. Word |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:15:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I agree with this wholeheartedly. I genuinely wish the boomers as a whole would take accountability for being on watch during the biggest decline this country has ever had, and ruining every single institution that needs to be completely rebuilt, but can't be because they refuse to accept they are broken and take responsibility Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How about taking accountability for your own decisions. GD is fixated on blaming other generations for problems that they place upon themselves. I agree with this wholeheartedly. I genuinely wish the boomers as a whole would take accountability for being on watch during the biggest decline this country has ever had, and ruining every single institution that needs to be completely rebuilt, but can't be because they refuse to accept they are broken and take responsibility  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:16:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In 1970 entitlements accounted for 7.6% of the Federal budget.. Now, it is 55%. Worse is the fact the fed budget was $195.3 Billion. By 1980 the budget increased to $579 Billion. By the year 2000, the budget tripled to $1.788.1 Trillion with a surplus of $237 Billion. The Affordable Care Act, (ACA) was passed in 2010. Remember, we were told we didn't need to know what was in it? Well, now you know. It was literally a blank check. Now the surplus has turned into a $34 Trillion debt and not slowing down. The ACA was never meant to be affordable. All of you bought into the lie of socialism and not the pointing of fingers and the blame game is on. You want to play this game means you don't want the problem fixed. i'm Milton Bradley, son. try again. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:17:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i want to take Lujan's class on how to eat an MRE without killing myself. https://i.makeagif.com/media/1-13-2024/IL-hhJ.gif [very enthusiastically] Have you seen what she wears? Forget about it. Have you ever been with a warrior woman? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: In 2005, in a high bay at Keesler AFB after Hurricane Katrina, I had to teach a whole class of boomers how to fucking properly eat MRE's without killing themselves because apparently I was some fucking whiz kid from learning how to eat them and maximize all the components of them from my time in OEF and OIF. But yes the X/Xennial/Millennial gens are gonna fucking roll up like cheap TP in the wind when it pops off. https://64.media.tumblr.com/65467accb7643e08ab02afc8bc234beb/tumblr_mr1izxIvnS1r4tb8lo1_400.gifv i want to take Lujan's class on how to eat an MRE without killing myself. https://i.makeagif.com/media/1-13-2024/IL-hhJ.gif [very enthusiastically] Have you seen what she wears? Forget about it. Have you ever been with a warrior woman? |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:17:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In 2005, in a high bay at Keesler AFB after Hurricane Katrina, I had to teach a whole class of boomers how to fucking properly eat MRE's without killing themselves because apparently I was some fucking whiz kid from learning how to eat them and maximize all the components of them from my time in OEF and OIF. But yes the X/Xennial/Millennial gens are gonna fucking roll up like cheap TP in the wind when it pops off. https://64.media.tumblr.com/65467accb7643e08ab02afc8bc234beb/tumblr_mr1izxIvnS1r4tb8lo1_400.gifv Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Laughs in a generation of latch key kid, analog/digital transition, multiple recessions, and 20+ years of forever wars. Yeah *we're* the soft ones that will suffer. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l0ExvlQpHWYYubT0s/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952buctqh45gn2uwvjit3r970o57lpuepquzjh991ls&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g i am also a pussy millennial loser renter who was broken by the fake plauge. yep, fake plauge done broke me. le sad. https://64.media.tumblr.com/65467accb7643e08ab02afc8bc234beb/tumblr_mr1izxIvnS1r4tb8lo1_400.gifv Let me show you how to properly eat a C Ration.
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:18:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The things I could do with her and an MRE multigrain snack bread, jalapeno cheese spread, and a heater packet would make 50 shades of grey look like a dr seuss book.
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:19:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: b**mas want to play games? i'm Milton Bradley, son. try again. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: In 1970 entitlements accounted for 7.6% of the Federal budget.. Now, it is 55%. Worse is the fact the fed budget was $195.3 Billion. By 1980 the budget increased to $579 Billion. By the year 2000, the budget tripled to $1.788.1 Trillion with a surplus of $237 Billion. The Affordable Care Act, (ACA) was passed in 2010. Remember, we were told we didn't need to know what was in it? Well, now you know. It was literally a blank check. Now the surplus has turned into a $34 Trillion debt and not slowing down. The ACA was never meant to be affordable. All of you bought into the lie of socialism and not the pointing of fingers and the blame game is on. You want to play this game means you don't want the problem fixed. i'm Milton Bradley, son. try again.   Crossfire (ft. Steel Panther) |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:20:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The things I could do with her and an MRE multigrain snack bread, jalapeno cheese spread, and a heater packet would make 50 shades of grey look like a dr seuss book.  |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:20:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pretty impressive, really. The oldest millennials in 2007 were about 25, so every single one of the millennials you know managing to turn that recession into multiple millions of dollars at ages ranging from 10 to 25 years old is astounding. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Boomers didn't whine and worked hard to move up and get ahead to afford homes, vehicles, families, etc. The younger generations should be combined and called whiners as they blame everything on others vs. putting in the hard work to get ahead. Must be nice for boomers to grow up in a world where you have to be particularly idiotic to not secure a comfortable retirement, if not actual wealth. As a millennial, every time I turn around, the economy takes a shit and wealth is erased. Just get out there, 01 crash. Then 08. Then covid recession. Now massive inflation. Combined with there is no SS for us but yet we have to pay for it , yeah, we don't exactly have it easy. That wealth didn't really get erased. It got temporarily deflated, but if you kept your stocks and kept your house, it came roaring back 500% In fact, that's what caused all the inflation. All my millennial friends are multi-Millionairs now. You aren’t making any sense at all. Millennials are 28-43 years old today. That’s plenty old enough to own a multi-million dollar business, or be well established in a multimillion dollar career. Hell, it’s old enough to already be Retired on a fat million dollar government pension. Millennials are the new Boomers. Pretty soon gen Z and A will be blaming you for everything. Time to Grow up and Stop making excuses. If you failed, it was Your own fault. Own it and use your remaining time as best you can. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:20:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a member of GenX, I have no use for either of those generations. I’m fine with Boomers as long as they don’t use the self checkout. umm...they also aborted 25% of our generation, fucking bankrupted the country 3 times after shipping our jobs offshore....but other than that...they're "great" |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:20:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Let me show you how to properly eat a C Ration. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Laughs in a generation of latch key kid, analog/digital transition, multiple recessions, and 20+ years of forever wars. Yeah *we're* the soft ones that will suffer. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l0ExvlQpHWYYubT0s/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952buctqh45gn2uwvjit3r970o57lpuepquzjh991ls&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g i am also a pussy millennial loser renter who was broken by the fake plauge. yep, fake plauge done broke me. le sad. https://64.media.tumblr.com/65467accb7643e08ab02afc8bc234beb/tumblr_mr1izxIvnS1r4tb8lo1_400.gifv Let me show you how to properly eat a C Ration. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:21:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The things I could do with her and an MRE multigrain snack bread, jalapeno cheese spread, and a heater packet would make 50 shades of grey look like a dr seuss book. 
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:21:34 AM EDT
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The whole concept of generations is fucking stupid unless you are talking about it in the context one specific family. Our society has got progressively softer and more materialistic over time. My boomer dad had it easier than his dad. I had it easier than my dad. And my kids have it easier that me.
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:21:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Houses back in the day only cost 3x to 4x the average salary. Now it's 7x to 8x. The same with cars. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:21:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You aren't making any sense at all. Millennials are 28-43 years old today. That's plenty old enough to own a multi-million dollar business, or be well established in a multimillion dollar career. Hell, it's old enough to already be Retired on a fat million dollar government pension. Millennials are the new Boomers. Pretty soon gen Z and A will be blaming you for everything. Time to Grow up and Stop making excuses. If you failed, it was Your own fault. Own it and use your remaining time as best you can. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:22:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://media2.giphy.com/media/cRHgphdnVZMtRLZlT1/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952yuv22verasqyelggbmr8h4xjqqs9cnd5uet23jmx&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g get out of here with math and facts and shit. Quote HistoryQuoted: https://media2.giphy.com/media/cRHgphdnVZMtRLZlT1/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952yuv22verasqyelggbmr8h4xjqqs9cnd5uet23jmx&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g get out of here with math and facts and shit. $60K was a pretty good income in 1986 and $80K was a dumpy house. Most decent homes in my AO would’ve been at least 2x that. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:23:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I got a P38 and P51 openers right here baby. dem soles and toes. 
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i'm too tired to math it all out for you. you do you, boo. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 100k won't get you into a mansion anymore but it's not slumming it either. Unless you're in a big city, there's no reason 100k can't afford you a decent crash pad, a reliable vehicle, food in the fridge, some savings, and some fun money. Especially a single person. Yeah, if you have a family, a second job is going to be needed. No doubt, the amount of disposable income has drastically increased due to multiple generations of poor economic policy, but to say 100k ain't shit is factually incorrect and hyperbole. I think you'll find people not making it off 100k have some unrealistic expectations when it comes to lifestyle. you do you, boo. I live great on about 100K I am responsible with my money. I bought a house that I could afford not what I wanted. same with vehicles same with food etc etc etc. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: math be hard, yo. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A laptop is like $400 and you can snag a big TV for about $500 right now. Figure each will last several years and that's a drop in bucket compared to a mortgage. Try it. We had a basic 19" black and white set on a chrome stand. Cost my Dad $200 c.1968. That's what, $2000 today? UHF, VHF, no remote, no cable, three or four channels to watch. My first computer, a TI-99/4A on third year blow-out pricing was $350 c.1982. 16k RAM, a $50 Radio Shack cassette deck for storage, and a $150 13" black and white TV for a monitor. That little junky thing started my career (little did I know at the time), but I still feel guilty for how much my parents spent to buy it. The whine in here is deafening. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I got a P38 and P51 openers right here baby. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Laughs in a generation of latch key kid, analog/digital transition, multiple recessions, and 20+ years of forever wars. Yeah *we're* the soft ones that will suffer. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l0ExvlQpHWYYubT0s/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952buctqh45gn2uwvjit3r970o57lpuepquzjh991ls&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g i am also a pussy millennial loser renter who was broken by the fake plauge. yep, fake plauge done broke me. le sad. https://64.media.tumblr.com/65467accb7643e08ab02afc8bc234beb/tumblr_mr1izxIvnS1r4tb8lo1_400.gifv Let me show you how to properly eat a C Ration. I still have Dad's, he carried it on his keychain daily until he passed at 84. [And my own and I also snarfed up a couple P-51's.] |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: $60K was a pretty good income in 1986 and $80K was a dumpy house. Most decent homes in my AO would've been at least 2x that. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:24:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The things I could do with her and an MRE multigrain snack bread, jalapeno cheese spread, and a heater packet would make 50 shades of grey look like a dr seuss book.  |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:25:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i like Your use of Random caps. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You aren't making any sense at all. Millennials are 28-43 years old today. That's plenty old enough to own a multi-million dollar business, or be well established in a multimillion dollar career. Hell, it's old enough to already be Retired on a fat million dollar government pension. Millennials are the new Boomers. Pretty soon gen Z and A will be blaming you for everything. Time to Grow up and Stop making excuses. If you failed, it was Your own fault. Own it and use your remaining time as best you can. I Love how you type the Same Bullshit story 500 times in a row. It’s Fucking Brilliant! |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:26:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: and? Didn’t ya know? Anecdotal evidence beats the UN globohomo data everyday. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:26:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: and? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: $60K was a pretty good income in 1986 and $80K was a dumpy house. Most decent homes in my AO would've been at least 2x that. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:27:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm saving the little tobasco bottle, chili mac, and moist towellette for Valkyrie Brynn https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1724215060858634240/pu/img/eDe0RUA92-S-FavF.jpg:large 
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:27:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I Love how you type the Same Bullshit story 500 times in a row. It's Fucking Brilliant!
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:28:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a GenX pushing 50, younger people seem to diverge *strongly* into one of two camps: they either have their shit VERY together about school, work ethic, finances, investments, etc.. or they are COMPLETE fuckups. I don't remember kids my generation being so polarized. It has always been that way, but it seems to be getting worse in a hurry. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:28:35 AM EDT
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y'all are gonna get this thread locked d/t all these personal attacks.
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:29:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We are not one nation. We are many nations living within one border. It has always been that way, but it seems to be getting worse in a hurry. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:29:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We are not one nation. We are many nations living within one border. It has always been that way, but it seems to be getting worse in a hurry. Let it burn. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:30:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe problem is that the shit bags and illegals now factor towards those averages. I’d be interested to see median salary of specific jobs over the years rather then median income. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:30:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: $60k in '86 is equivalent to over $171k now lol. BOOTSTRAPS! lol poors thread. wrok some OT for me boi. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:30:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Houses back in the day only cost 3x to 4x the average salary. Now it's 7x to 8x. The same with cars. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Boomers didn't whine and worked hard to move up and get ahead to afford homes, vehicles, families, etc. The younger generations should be combined and called whiners as they blame everything on others vs. putting in the hard work to get ahead. Houses back in the day only cost 3x to 4x the average salary. Now it's 7x to 8x. The same with cars.  min wage when I started working as a kid was 2.30 cents also
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:30:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I read an article the other day where millennials and Gen Z are blaming high real estate prices on retired Boomers who decided to stay in a bigger home instead of downsizing. I'm not sure if that's true or if the "writer" just believes it. I guess they weren't satisfied dividing the country by political parties and race, so now this bullshit. Being a millennial who recently bought a home, there are plenty of mcmansions and large nice houses, but very few starter homes. I make twice as much as my wife's cousins, who mostly bought nicer houses than me. They are leveraged to the gills and one missed paycheck from bankruptcy. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:31:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: you don't make $171k/yr working down at da mill as a high skool drop out with full pension and benefits? lol poors thread. wrok some OT for me boi. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: $60k in '86 is equivalent to over $171k now lol. BOOTSTRAPS! lol poors thread. wrok some OT for me boi.
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:31:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Let it burn.  Let It Burn i'ma play this whilst watching president AOC seize the b**mas' 401k money and houses to give to the illegals. way o the road there, bubs. way o the road. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:32:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Must be nice for boomers to grow up in a world where you have to be particularly idiotic to not secure a comfortable retirement, if not actual wealth. As a millennial, every time I turn around, the economy takes a shit and wealth is erased. Just get out there, 01 crash. Then 08. Then covid recession. Now massive inflation. Combined with there is no SS for us but yet we have to pay for it , yeah, we don't exactly have it easy. That being said it's a different world, the boomers came up in a post WWII world where we were the only manufacturing powerhouse in the world. That era is an anomaly in US history, it was hard for any manufacturing company to not make money. There simply wasn't any competition. That era was not normal for human history and short of another world war that doesn't touch our shores we likely won't see it again. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:32:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The problem is that the shit bags and illegals now factor towards those averages. I’d be interested to see median salary of specific jobs over the years rather then median income. Cool, that’s not the point that was being disputed. I was told that household income today should be double what it was back in the 80’s because of dual income households. Turns out that claim was bullshit. |
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Posted: 5/26/2024 11:33:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am not a millennial but due to poor life choices didn't graduate college until 2008 yet have managed to amass a decent amount of retirement savings, much of which is due to continuing to buy in during the downturns. You can make it, it just takes tough decisions. For the first few years out of school I didn't go out to eat much, my vacations were camping or going to Galveston, I drive my college car till it literally wouldn't go anymore without putting a down payment worth of maintenance into it. In the past 16 years I've watched people come to work for the company I'm at and the disciplined ones are now pretty well set and the others aren't. Yeah the disciplined ones had to drive an extra 20 minutes to work and weren't in a condo walking distance from the nightlife but that delayed gratification paid off. That being said it's a different world, the boomers came up in a post WWII world where we were the only manufacturing powerhouse in the world. That era is an anomaly in US history, it was hard for any manufacturing company to not make money. There simply wasn't any competition. That era was not normal for human history and short of another world war that doesn't touch our shores we likely won't see it again. lucky.gif |
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