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StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I feel like it’s more bleeding into, ok x-er now.
Not to say that all of Gen X’s like this, but I’m definitely seeing some of the older ranks falling into this sort of behavior
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes. But where is the most common? I think that’s the point. That they are usually of the boomer variety.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
in my experience it’s everyone. very few people care about facts or evidence. most lemmy posters do not.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I guess you just proved the point, mate. You dont have to be a boomer to have dumb as fuck takes…
GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To know what averages are is dumb? Interesting takeaway.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Gen X here, sadly can confirm :( I see what used to be friends turn into selfish people, ignorant derps or conspiracy/russia shills. Or a combination thereof. It’s depressing to watch this process up close and have no antidote.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Let me Tell you a story from a whippersnapper if you care to listen. When I was young and roaming the digital wild West, there’s one thing I kept seeing from my peers. People saying “as a millennial/ gen. Z, I’m sorry for my generation” This is always stuck with me as something that was depressing in and of itself, but that also gave me pause for the idea that we needed to be sorry for something in the first place. They were apologizing for stupid things like memes or childish behavior, but I had seen them do these things in the past and have a great time doing it.
The main thing this taught me is that people are a product of their time and the current time. It’s usually not worth it to just write these people off as lost souls, but rather to reach out and try to peel back that layer of societal contempt. There’s still a human under there and they still have some of the old ideals you used to know, just under a layer of dust. When I see my peers changing nowadays, I don’t let that affect my perception of them, I still remember them as the Goofy 14-year-olds shouting swag in the hallways. Now, whenever I meet up with them, I make the effort to brush off whatever nonsense they’re going on about now and peel back that layer to see the version of them that I know and grew up with.
It’s easier than you might think, just takes a few well placed laughs and you’ve got your friends back
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Even assuming your observation was universally true (which I doubt, I firmly believe people can irreversibly deteriorate) - there are circumstances that can prevent you from reaching people. To name the immediate two that come to mind:
- lack of “alone” time that they will spend with you due to family / spouses / jobs
- you simply do not find the key (again, assuming it exists) to “peel back” their layer of anger and frustration that clouds their objectiveness
akacastor@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I agree with StarvingMartist, it really is much easier to be an enabler than it is to give a shit about values. It’s easier than you might think.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Sure if you want to belittle my point and make a joke, be my guest! Ultimately I can’t change your mind so I’m not going to bother trying, just like with my friends and family, I’m going to brush off dust and keep navigating this complex spiderweb we call life.
I just know I won’t be doing it alone and isolated from people because they have a different viewpoint.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Im GenX, and Ill say it. You are all moaning gits, too stupid to get out for your own way because the upvotes from saying “popular thing” are just too good. Every comment I read, goes into this issue like they want to buy a forever home right off the bat in the fancy part of town. Its no wonder people cant afford anything with that mentality.
In 2003, I bought a 25% share of a single bedroom flat in the shitty part of town. It was 8k. I was earning around £4.50 an hour, before tax and national insurance. This was me getting on the ladder. As the cost of housing increased, so did my investment, and I kept on saving. So ten years later, I was able to sell and get into a bigger house in a less shit part of town. Another 10 years later, same thing, only now Im in a pretty OK part of town in a 3 bedroom detached, and it all it took was not being a fucking idiot with my money. And before you accuse me of being rich, I have never once earned more than 30k a year.
So what are people pissing their money away on that I didnt? Well, I cant speak to avocado toast, but I can point to cigarettes and drinking as some of the main reasons why I own a home and no one else I grew up with does.
The Average smoker smokes 10 a day, thats 1 20 deck very 2 days. The average cost of a 20 deck is around 15 quid. So on cigarettes along, thats already 225 quid a month. The average person in the UK has at least one night out a week. The average night out costs around 60 quid. Thats 240 quid. Thats a total of 465 quid per month on just smoking and drinking. Or 5,580 quid a year. Over 10 years thats 55,800 quid. And if you are telling me, that THAT is not enough to get a deposit for a house? Im sorry, Im calling bullshit.
Things might not be as easy as they once were, and yes the prices are stupid, and yes landlords are cunts, but people keep on talking like they have no options. The average wage of a full time worker in the UK is 37k a year. There is zero reason that a person making that much cant save as I have outlined here, and get themselves a deposit for a mortgage that will allow them to be able to afford somewhere to live. But if you want to live in a major city… well, thats a YOU problem. Theres plenty of housing around cities with minimal travel times that are inside values Ive outlined here. A lot of people need to get out of their own way, and stop making excuses. If you want to be able to afford a house, you have to make some sacrifices.
Skrufimonki@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
What the fuck are you on about?
First your not even on topic here for this thread for this comment. Typical.
I want you to do a little mental exercise, put a pin on the shit you just said and translate all your life efforts to today’s economic situation. Example.
Your 8k in 2003 was about 14k in today’s market. That 8k was %25 of the total amount so your first buying the flat cost around $56,000 (2003) , $98,601(2025).
I want you to font a flat, house whatever that is Liviable for that price. 100k. Easy peasy right? I won’t even try to explain to you the current pay differences cause you likely wouldn’t listen anyways.
From a genX that just hit the 50s and is technically now part of this boomer group,
Ok Boomer.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Your 8k in 2003 was about 14k in today’s market. That 8k was %25 of the total amount so your first buying the flat cost around $56,000 (2003) , $98,601(2025).
£s not $s
I want you to find a flat, house whatever that is Liviable for that price. 100k. Easy peasy right?
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/168213995#%2Ffloor…
Done. A 2 bedroom terrace 20 minutes from a major city.
Oh, and minium wage for me at the time £4.50(around £9.10 in 2025), like I said. Its now £12.21.
Is there anything else I can do for you? Perhaps, I can cut up your meat into nice little chewable squares for you??
Skrufimonki@lemmynsfw.com 15 hours ago
Conversion rate doesn’t give a fuck what symbol is in front of the number.
You’re missing 2 bedrooms. Stay in the same story. Your story.
Now explain to me how wages has inflated commensurately with housing prices. Go on try.
By the way I’m proud of you for staying on topic.
Good job.
Keep your shity boiled meat. I’ll keep eating my flavorful bbq’d beef.
Sabata11792@ani.social 1 day ago
My GenX dad sure shut the fuck up about the job market and economy once he had to find a new one. He gave up and retired after working a handful of shitty ones after he got laid off the good job.
gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
My GenX dad calling me and complaining about how much Indeed sucked for finding jobs was extremely validating.
Jeremyward@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Indeed fucking sucks 😡
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
It does, but wtf else do we have? The other options might have one better feature and then several that are worse.
Mac@mander.xyz 1 day ago
I wish i could do that.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
i did, and im only 35. thanks mental health disorders!
Sabata11792@ani.social 1 day ago
Same.