Yeah, not many millennials or gen X were able to afford to live alone before their 30s, stop thinking you’re the only ones who had it hard for years after being done with school.
Heck, my parents came out of university with unemployment at 12+% and interest rates at 18+%, sounds like fun, right? Good climate to think about owning a first house! I wonder what they did… Oh, that’s right, they rented an apartment from my great grandmother and lived right above her and my grandparents! A fucking dream, right?
They purchased their first house when they were in their early/mid thirties.
Wanna know how I managed to do better than them? I got 10k from my father’s life insurance after he hung himself when I was 26 and let me tell you, I would rather have continued renting.
I’m just tired of Zs acting like they’re the only ones who were delt a bad hand, it’s just a way to turn people of different generations against one another while the real issue is billionaires manipulating is into hating each other.
I don’t see you telling them they’re angry and should talk to someone and that’s it.
Because they know they’re angry and those that can afford to talk to someone already are. Hell most of my millennial friends are in therapy.
And if you really don’t want to see division between generations, well, you’re the impediment there. If gen Z says things suck, and your response is stfu everyone has always had it bad… you’re the problem.
It’s not an oppression-depression Olympics. Because someone else has something worse off or similar does mean you win. Because someone else has something better off than you does not mean you lose.
There is one thing you can do; Organize. Help people not ever have the same situation you and your family had. Make it so anyone who faced such hardships doesn’t need to, nor anyone else would again.
I’m sorry you had a rough life, and I hope you feel better soon, but the people who are struggling are not your enemy, they are compatriots in a similar mental struggle. They are not the ones who caused your family pain and strife, but feel it in a similar vein. They are not your enemy.
Sorry that’s how you interpreted it, my message was intended to make people realize that it’s not a gen Z thing, it’s a systemic issue that’s affected many generations.
Gen Z are what… 26 at most?
Yeah, not many millennials or gen X were able to afford to live alone before their 30s, stop thinking you’re the only ones who had it hard for years after being done with school.
Heck, my parents came out of university with unemployment at 12+% and interest rates at 18+%, sounds like fun, right? Good climate to think about owning a first house! I wonder what they did… Oh, that’s right, they rented an apartment from my great grandmother and lived right above her and my grandparents! A fucking dream, right?
They purchased their first house when they were in their early/mid thirties.
Wanna know how I managed to do better than them? I got 10k from my father’s life insurance after he hung himself when I was 26 and let me tell you, I would rather have continued renting.
I truly thought shittymorph had come to lemmy.
You are angry and you deserve to be, and you should talk to somebody about it, but not like this.
I’m just tired of Zs acting like they’re the only ones who were delt a bad hand, it’s just a way to turn people of different generations against one another while the real issue is billionaires manipulating is into hating each other.
I don’t see you telling them they’re angry and should talk to someone and that’s it.
Because they know they’re angry and those that can afford to talk to someone already are. Hell most of my millennial friends are in therapy.
And if you really don’t want to see division between generations, well, you’re the impediment there. If gen Z says things suck, and your response is stfu everyone has always had it bad… you’re the problem.
No my reaction is “If you’re angry at the previous generations then you’re barking at the wrong tree.”
Fair enough
It’s not an oppression-depression Olympics. Because someone else has something worse off or similar does mean you win. Because someone else has something better off than you does not mean you lose.
There is one thing you can do; Organize. Help people not ever have the same situation you and your family had. Make it so anyone who faced such hardships doesn’t need to, nor anyone else would again.
I’m sorry you had a rough life, and I hope you feel better soon, but the people who are struggling are not your enemy, they are compatriots in a similar mental struggle. They are not the ones who caused your family pain and strife, but feel it in a similar vein. They are not your enemy.
Sorry that’s how you interpreted it, my message was intended to make people realize that it’s not a gen Z thing, it’s a systemic issue that’s affected many generations.
Hey man, sorry your dad hanged himself.
Holy fucking shit
Heck!