Feels like we’re already nearing Mad Max with a dash of Blade Runner for an appetizer.
I keep on having this debate with my dad. He’s 73 and I’m 37. One night he was like “people from your generation want to buy a ‘starter home’ and a vacation home, and then a few years later buy a bigger home!” and I was like “no one in my generation is even thinking about buying a vacation home when they can barely make a livable wage in a lot of fields.” Teachers make about $25/hour (about 35-40k/year) and they deal with tons of shit from the faculty, state, and students themselves. I was making $112k/year working in IT and could barely afford to live by myself in or close to Manhattan.
Edit: just for context, my rent was $2500/month for a 500 sq ft 1 bedroom apartment about 30-45 minutes from Manhattan. The sales tax rate in NYC is 10%. A burger and a beer can easily cost you $20.
The (boomer) generation holds bizarrely strong biases, it could be they subconsciously they do it to avoid admitting they’ve screwed their kids with their political votes, or more likely they simply only care about getting their own and aren’t thinking far enough ahead to realize their being snookered and driving the bus off a cliff.
This cuts too deep
What stings is realizing one of the few hopes for a home these days is the passing of a parent.
I want to laugh but man this hits close to home.
I know what you mean, these days all we can do is try to laugh everything off.
Luxury bones
That’s what they’ll be called in insurance plans.
Yeah but your parents suck and trauma makes you cool
I didn’t know it’s cool that I’m incapable of crying for the last twenty years due to cPTSD. Finally, some pay off.
I had to get a root canal the other day. The dentist had to wait to see if my insurance would cover it because I had recently had a different root canal and “they sometimes don’t pay for more than one.”
They had to clamp down, since so many people were getting root canals for shits and giggles. /s
Don’t forget trying to figure out how much you can eat daily! A second meal is a treat!
I’ve noticed I’m eating cheap ramen again, feels like a step backwards and doesn’t sit as easily.
It’s less satisfying now that I’m in my 40s than it was when I was in college.
Definitely feels that way.
