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As a GenX who played with that filter yesterday, I don't understand why anyone's reaction would be to cry. I for one and so very VERY happy I'm not growing up

As a GenX who played with that filter yesterday, I don't understand why anyone's reaction would be to cry. I for one and so very VERY happy I'm not growing up as a young person today. Life today is extremely hard for millenials and Gen Z. I would not trade any amount of time to be young again. I was lucky enough to get into the right career, I am very happy with the set of beliefs and morals I have, which I'm teaching my kids, and I have a house in the Bay Area. If my kids didn't have my wife and I to inherit from, I have no idea how they would ever be able to afford a house. I met my wife during a time when you met face-to-face through friends, and we dated without each other having to be distracted by 24x7 work, phone, or online dating apps. I look at my life and I'm satisfied. I know a lot of my friends are satisfied as well. A lot of millenials and Gen Z that I work with and are friends with had a different world they had to go through, are saddles with 6 figure student debt, no chance of a house, and are lonely. It's not fair and I wish this weren't the case, and I really hope that things like social media go out of fashion by the time my kids are teenagers.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
>> If my kids didn't have my wife and I to inherit from Isn't it a nice feeling when you children impatiently wait for you to kick the bucket)
Dalewyn 4y ago
>are saddles with 6 figure student debt ... and are lonely. While I sympathize with the plights of younger generations, student debt and (mis)use of communication tools are not one of them. Unlike wider problems such as cost of living/housing and geopolitics, student debt and communications are two things completely within your domain of control. You choose to take on debt in the six digits, you choose to use communication tools the way you do. If you don't want crippling debt, don't take out that loan; college isn't the end-all-be-all in life. If the likes of Facebook/Twitter and Discord are making you miserable, just don't use them or change how you use them; life doesn't revolve around social media. Hell, even buying a house is still within the realm of sensiblity if you look beyond the metropolitan areas. There's more to life than permanently connected city life stemming from a college degree.
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- Pet_Ant 4y ago
  Yes, and if you are worried about lead fuel in additives just live in the woods. No one said you have to live in a city… Not to live in the manner that is normalized for you takes extraordinary strength and is not a reasonable expectation. It’s possible, but let’s not pretend it’s a free choice or dismiss the power of the dominant narratives.
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- willis936 4y ago
  How do you pay for a house without the salary that comes from a white collar job that demands a college diploma?
- ravenstine 4y ago
  > If you don't want crippling debt, don't take out that loan; Easy to say as a full grown adult, not so much for the 18 year old whose parents would flip a table if they decided to not go to college.
  - lrvick 4y ago
    My parents excommunicated me for not going down the path they laid out for me which included college. Whatever. Instead I moved out at 17, ended up homeless, kept going, started a few companies, got a few tech jobs, started another company, and ended up more financially successful than anyone in my extended family without crippling college debt. Let parents flip tables. Only go to college if employers in your ideal profession strictly requires college, and only if you have a scholarship or the means to pay for it without debt.
    - hello_moto 4y ago
      Check your stats: how many young homeless ended up successful in life.
yucky 4y ago
> If my kids didn't have my wife and I to inherit from, I have no idea how they would ever be able to afford a house. I mean, this is a huge country and you're focused on the city with the most overinflated housing market. My guess is they would move almost anywhere else in the country and buy a house just fine. > 6 figure student debt Again, this is a choice (and a bad one at that). Most people aren't dumb enough to saddle themselves with that much debt.
- MomoXenosaga 4y ago
  The countryside filled with conservative yokels and low paying jobs? Cities are attractive for a reason. My brother is a homosexual artsy type and he is now working his ass off to pay the mortgage but there is no way he wants to come back to his home-town.
  - yucky 4y ago
    Is everything that isn't San Fran/Austin/Seattle/LA/NY a rural backwater in your mind?
    - hello_moto 4y ago
      Do you think other cities would have more open minded and welcoming (of his brother's life choice) population than the ones you listed? For pete sake y'all vote for Trump...
      - yucky 4y ago
        That's a braindead take. Not only were there hundreds of other cities that didn't vote for Trump, but getting along with people who may have different viewpoints on things is what diversity is all about. What's wrong with diversity?
- throw0101c 4y ago
  > My guess is they would move almost anywhere else in the country and buy a house just fine. So to buy a house just leave your family and friends and the community you grew up in and that has deep personal meaning to you. Is that all?
anigbrowl 4y ago
I don't understand why anyone's reaction would be to cry Things worked out for you and your social circle; not necessarily true for others in your generational cohort.
- ASalazarMX 4y ago
  I'm more inclined to think the crying because you saw yourself young is hyperbole to encourage downloads of TikTok for older consumers. Once they taste the feed, some of them will stay.
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aaron695 4y ago
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birksherty 4y ago
> I don't understand why anyone's reaction would be to cry > I have a house in the Bay Area > I look at my life and I'm satisfied That's why you don't understand. People in HN are quite privileged. May see others having existential crisis and wonder what is wrong with others.
- mclightning 4y ago
  Dude, you literally took his words out of context to disagree. Both of you are making the same point.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago

>> If my kids didn't have my wife and I to inherit from Isn't it a nice feeling when you children impatiently wait for you to kick the bucket)

Dalewyn 4y ago

>are saddles with 6 figure student debt ... and are lonely. While I sympathize with the plights of younger generations, student debt and (mis)use of communication tools are not one of them. Unlike wider problems such as cost of living/housing and geopolitics, student debt and communications are two things completely within your domain of control. You choose to take on debt in the six digits, you choose to use communication tools the way you do. If you don't want crippling debt, don't take out that loan; college isn't the end-all-be-all in life. If the likes of Facebook/Twitter and Discord are making you miserable, just don't use them or change how you use them; life doesn't revolve around social media. Hell, even buying a house is still within the realm of sensiblity if you look beyond the metropolitan areas. There's more to life than permanently connected city life stemming from a college degree.

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Pet_Ant 4y ago
Yes, and if you are worried about lead fuel in additives just live in the woods. No one said you have to live in a city… Not to live in the manner that is normalized for you takes extraordinary strength and is not a reasonable expectation. It’s possible, but let’s not pretend it’s a free choice or dismiss the power of the dominant narratives.
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willis936 4y ago
How do you pay for a house without the salary that comes from a white collar job that demands a college diploma?
ravenstine 4y ago
> If you don't want crippling debt, don't take out that loan; Easy to say as a full grown adult, not so much for the 18 year old whose parents would flip a table if they decided to not go to college.
- lrvick 4y ago
  My parents excommunicated me for not going down the path they laid out for me which included college. Whatever. Instead I moved out at 17, ended up homeless, kept going, started a few companies, got a few tech jobs, started another company, and ended up more financially successful than anyone in my extended family without crippling college debt. Let parents flip tables. Only go to college if employers in your ideal profession strictly requires college, and only if you have a scholarship or the means to pay for it without debt.
  - hello_moto 4y ago
    Check your stats: how many young homeless ended up successful in life.

yucky 4y ago

> If my kids didn't have my wife and I to inherit from, I have no idea how they would ever be able to afford a house. I mean, this is a huge country and you're focused on the city with the most overinflated housing market. My guess is they would move almost anywhere else in the country and buy a house just fine. > 6 figure student debt Again, this is a choice (and a bad one at that). Most people aren't dumb enough to saddle themselves with that much debt.

MomoXenosaga 4y ago
The countryside filled with conservative yokels and low paying jobs? Cities are attractive for a reason. My brother is a homosexual artsy type and he is now working his ass off to pay the mortgage but there is no way he wants to come back to his home-town.
- yucky 4y ago
  Is everything that isn't San Fran/Austin/Seattle/LA/NY a rural backwater in your mind?
  - hello_moto 4y ago
    Do you think other cities would have more open minded and welcoming (of his brother's life choice) population than the ones you listed? For pete sake y'all vote for Trump...
    - yucky 4y ago
      That's a braindead take. Not only were there hundreds of other cities that didn't vote for Trump, but getting along with people who may have different viewpoints on things is what diversity is all about. What's wrong with diversity?
throw0101c 4y ago
> My guess is they would move almost anywhere else in the country and buy a house just fine. So to buy a house just leave your family and friends and the community you grew up in and that has deep personal meaning to you. Is that all?

anigbrowl 4y ago

I don't understand why anyone's reaction would be to cry Things worked out for you and your social circle; not necessarily true for others in your generational cohort.

ASalazarMX 4y ago
I'm more inclined to think the crying because you saw yourself young is hyperbole to encourage downloads of TikTok for older consumers. Once they taste the feed, some of them will stay.

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aaron695 4y ago

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birksherty 4y ago

> I don't understand why anyone's reaction would be to cry > I have a house in the Bay Area > I look at my life and I'm satisfied That's why you don't understand. People in HN are quite privileged. May see others having existential crisis and wonder what is wrong with others.

mclightning 4y ago
Dude, you literally took his words out of context to disagree. Both of you are making the same point.