We're in the endgame bois.

  • MarxistJeb [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Being born around the 90s/00s is cool because your parents lose their home and jobs as you grow up in 08, then the economy explodes and there's a pandemic when you're about to graduate college, and then you die from climate change. All because the most psychotic humans to ever live get a dopamine rush when they see number go up, pretty cool!

    • throwawaylemmy [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Not just 90's. Mid 80's kids got screwed over just as well with graduating into the recession of 08, tried to claw out with crippling debt, then got this shit as well.

      All while being told that they should have a house and are "lazy for not having that" by 30.

      • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Bonus points go to people who graduated college in the aftermath of the '08 recession, couldn't land in a real career in their 20s, then decided to go back to grad school in time to graduate into the aftermath of an even bigger recession.

      • GloriousDoubleK [none/use name]
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        4 years ago
        1. Owning a house? Only if the market absolutely collapses and I'm lucky enough to have an economy proof job.
        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          35 and I live in a 100 sq foot studio in what used to be a shitty motel. And I'm pretty responsible with finances I have almost 10k in savings but that means fuck all in california.

      • Ent [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I remember graduating high school in the mid-00s. Interest rates were ridiculously high, like 4% for a savings account. Luckily, with the help of financial aid, I was able to avoid taking out student loans while in college. The ones that had to take out loans were not so lucky.

    • Jorick [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      We might survive climate change, but it won't be without sacrifice in my eyes, a lot of people will have to pay for their crimes; and an incalculable number of people will die before this happens. Possibly hundreds of millions.

      But yea, that's the mood. We have nothing left to lose, and a world to win.

      • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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        4 years ago

        Climate change may be "unavoidable" but literally every gram of GHG we prevent from being emitted makes the effects less severe. Never stop fighting comrades!

    • LaikaComeHome [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      maybe we'll finally hit the tipping point and people will actually do something to spark real change. or we'll all die waiting for a means tested unemployment check that only covers half the groceries.