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Some think "younger people" shun the responsibility property brings with it. And obviously that we spend our money on traveling, Netflix and expensive gadgets instead.
Don't you know, if you cancel Netflix you can afford to buy a new house or car!
Obligatory douchebag wealthy boomer remark about "avocado toast" and the outrage over man buns. They're out of touch and their perspective of having afforded a house means they cannot understand a world in which they ruined opportunity for future generations.
That analogy is really a big deal, and you would think the inflation that they lived through during the Carter and Reagan years would've made them as a whole, more sympathetic. We're dealing with prohibitively expensive medical costs, and home ownership being a pipe dream, to where we try to explain to them that a $400k mortgage on a $70k wage/salary doesn't equate to what they had available to them.
There are some who get it, but anecdotally they seem obscure and silent in comparison to those who pulled the "nOboDy wAnTS tO wOrK AnyMOre" card.
I really wish it could be highlighted how shitty people are treated when they're trying to get employment. Between getting ghosted or some of the bullshit hiring managers have in their minds, I'm seeing that people who eventually do find a role are very well justified in just sticking to the job's expectations, and "going above and beyond" is an uncommon practice.
Ending hustle culture is one of the best things I've seen over the past year.
Seems maybe they need to spend more time around younger people without simply dismissing them due to lack of real world experience.
In my case I really am antisocial. I only ever message my family and the one guy I used to hang out with would phone me and talk for hours mostly by himself.
That me. I shun the responsibility property brings with it. I there a chance I'm still "younger people?"