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A Boring Dystopia
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"Okay I cut back on the SODAS and AVACADO TOAST and CONCERT TICKETS(!) and now I'm saving $76/month. Any tips on rent taking up 40% of my income?"
No, this country is bad at paying people.
At the same time we're breaking travel records: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-07-08/us-agency-screens-record-3-million-airline-passengers-in-single-day
The truth is somewhere in the middle. Some people are hurting. Others are splurging for whatever reason.
That's what I've been seeing more of my millennial friend group doing. Basically said fuck saving for retirement. The world is going to shit before then.
So...their plan is to be destitute later in life?
Nope. Just dead.
Tornado Alley has shifted to the southeast over the past few decades, that is true. But people have populated the Great Plains, where Tornado Alley used to be centered, for many generations. Why don't you think your community will survive where others have survived?
"We are fucked." And then what?
Ok, I've deduced to plan for the future
I'm still confused as to what you think the better option is?
Did you know it's possible to live your life right now and plan for the future?
Only if you have access to adequate resources
Certainly heading that way by their actions. But flip side they think I'm saving for a retirement that won't be worth having because the environment will be collapsing.
I don't know what exactly the climate is going to look like in 30 years, but society is still going to exist. I deeply understand feeling sad about the state of the environment, but giving up is only going to make things worse for them in the future
That's what I keep telling them too. Plus reminding them flying is pretty bad for the environment.
Apocalypse spending.
People throwing cash on the fire to make themselves feel happy for a moment the same way the games industry is using addiction to keep spending on microtransactions high.
Also rebound from covid with the wealthy trying to maximise on their "lost" time.
Times are weird.
Wow one whole data point? People must be doing awesome. \s
Eh... Little bit of column A, little but of column B.
If 40% of your income every month is being vaporized into nonequitable housing, you're probably broke. You being taken advantage of even more than most people doesn't make them "not broke" and that reply makes you frankly come across as a jaded cynic more than anything.