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Fortunately soon the babyboomer dream will be over and this is what is going to be daily life for more and more people.

• riffraff 5y ago
  My mother is a baby boomer and she was poor, she lived in the country so they didn't really go hungry, but they had stuff like keeping a single smoked hering to flavor things for two weeks. The most traditional dish in my hometown is literally called "cooked water". If anything, boomers had the rise from poverty, and it's gen-x who got it good. And this is only true in western countries anyway.
  • tomcooks 5y ago
    Am I referring to your mom, baby boomers in general or the american-centric ideal that created the conditions which lead to the core of the problems illustrated in the article? Moreover if you want to generalize let me help you: the article was written in 2005, we can assume the author is from Gen X, so how come he didn't have it good?
  • lsiebert 5y ago
    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/09/millennials-own-less-than-5percent-of-all-us-wealth.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/09/millennials-own-less-than-5p...
  • throaway46546 5y ago
    What is "cooked water"?
    • riffraff 5y ago
      "acquacotta". The recipe varies, but in my hometown it's basically a soup made with onions, potatoes, stale bread and raw olive oil, plus whatever was around to give it flavour (broccoli, wild water cress, dried cod, lard). It's not "bad" but you definitely can feel it being the cheapest thing that you could do to fill you up.
• pseudalopex 5y ago
  Fortunately?