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or they are incredibly short-sighted and assume they can manage to survive the next 60 years with whatever meagre savings that they may have and whatever skills

or they are incredibly short-sighted and assume they can manage to survive the next 60 years with whatever meagre savings that they may have and whatever skills that is relevant in 2021 is still relevant 10 years from now. If you are in your 20s, you think you rule the world (Thanks to validation from Social Media). But those 20 year olds will become 30y and they will be the 'boomers' The cycle will turn, employment will become harder and 'great resignation' may come back to bite them. I'm not saying that this might happen. But to categorically say that "This is the way" is incredibly short-sighted

RexM 5y ago
I didn’t see anything in the post you’re replying to saying categorically “This is the way.”
- deltree7 5y ago
  My posts are async thoughts that I write for myself mostly using a post/comment as a jump point. I know it isn't the right thread etiquette (and I always get downvoted), Internet blogging/commenting is just a stream of thoughts
  - Noumenon72 5y ago
    If you're aware of this behavior, could you just paste them to a text file after writing them instead of hitting submit? That way everyone else doesn't have to read, determine you were not attempting to contribute to the conversation, and downvote. I do this with a lot of angry/trolling tweets I write but don't post.
thrashh 5y ago
6 months is not 10 years
kgin 5y ago
Most of these moves will turn out to be temporary breaks and that’s ok. There’s a big range of possibilities that live between “never work again” and “I can’t have even a small gap in my resume lest my dedication to capitalism come into question”.
mtalantikite 5y ago
Let the kids go explore the world. Spending 6 months working and 6 months traveling in a cheaper place with friends sounds great. It’s not like their $15/hr job is ever going to afford them a house if they just grind it out for the next 20 years. They can use that time for self discovery, learning new things, and maybe getting a more stable situation for the future. They have every right to demand to be treated with respect on the job and to quit if it’s shitty. They have the privilege of a US passport and an exchange rate in their favor, might as well use it over the short term. Who knows what the world will even be like environmentally when they’re older and have spent their life doing the “proper thing”.
akudha 5y ago
Most likely this won’t last, but it still is a good thing. People are realizing they have greater than zero options, even if it is minuscule. That realization will help their future thinking and choices. In my case, I don’t even consider non remote jobs anymore (I have been remote since before COVID). Last time, I moved for a job - wasting a few thousand dollars on lease fee, relocation expenses etc. I am a little less stupid now
hh3k0 5y ago
> Or they are incredibly short-sighted and assume they can manage to survive the next 60 years […] I'll need you to understand that basically no young person assumes they'll manage to survive the next 30, let alone 60 years.

RexM 5y ago

I didn’t see anything in the post you’re replying to saying categorically “This is the way.”

deltree7 5y ago
My posts are async thoughts that I write for myself mostly using a post/comment as a jump point. I know it isn't the right thread etiquette (and I always get downvoted), Internet blogging/commenting is just a stream of thoughts
- Noumenon72 5y ago
  If you're aware of this behavior, could you just paste them to a text file after writing them instead of hitting submit? That way everyone else doesn't have to read, determine you were not attempting to contribute to the conversation, and downvote. I do this with a lot of angry/trolling tweets I write but don't post.

thrashh 5y ago

6 months is not 10 years

kgin 5y ago

Most of these moves will turn out to be temporary breaks and that’s ok. There’s a big range of possibilities that live between “never work again” and “I can’t have even a small gap in my resume lest my dedication to capitalism come into question”.

mtalantikite 5y ago

Let the kids go explore the world. Spending 6 months working and 6 months traveling in a cheaper place with friends sounds great. It’s not like their $15/hr job is ever going to afford them a house if they just grind it out for the next 20 years. They can use that time for self discovery, learning new things, and maybe getting a more stable situation for the future. They have every right to demand to be treated with respect on the job and to quit if it’s shitty. They have the privilege of a US passport and an exchange rate in their favor, might as well use it over the short term. Who knows what the world will even be like environmentally when they’re older and have spent their life doing the “proper thing”.

akudha 5y ago

Most likely this won’t last, but it still is a good thing. People are realizing they have greater than zero options, even if it is minuscule. That realization will help their future thinking and choices. In my case, I don’t even consider non remote jobs anymore (I have been remote since before COVID). Last time, I moved for a job - wasting a few thousand dollars on lease fee, relocation expenses etc. I am a little less stupid now

hh3k0 5y ago

> Or they are incredibly short-sighted and assume they can manage to survive the next 60 years […] I'll need you to understand that basically no young person assumes they'll manage to survive the next 30, let alone 60 years.