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As a Polish millenial the perspective is a rollercoaster. In one way the transformation of absolutely everything over and over and over is mind blowing in a pos
by scyzoryk_xyz 5mo ago
As a Polish millenial the perspective is a rollercoaster. In one way the transformation of absolutely everything over and over and over is mind blowing in a positive way. OTOH we're also all paranoid running on what feels like a never ending hamster wheel of inflation, raises and mortgages. And then Gen-Z's feel straight get up locked out of everything.
We visit western European countries and it's like WTF it's cheaper here?
The multi-generational spread is wild - my boss remembers being raised in 80's scarcity culture verging on 2-3rd world hunger. But our entry level employees are running around demanding everyone to be up to date with everything they see and hear in these little glowing rectangles. It's like two separate progressions have been superimposed on top of each other.
- daliusd 5mo agoSame story in Lithuania
- sam_lowry_ 5mo agoAlso economic inequality is quite differently shaped across ages People over 60 are poor, 40..60 are a mixed bag, 20..40 are struggling to keep up.
- pseudohadamard 5mo agoThe Baltic states are a pretty odd mix, Estonia could be any western European country while Latvia next door still feels in places like the Red Army has only just pulled out. It was quite a jolt going from one to the other. Mind you since we'd started from Russia both of them looked pretty good in comparison, that place was dire.
- boogierobis 5mo agoDude has not been to Narva lol
- dhosek 5mo agoJust as a quick note, the “second world” would have been the Eastern Bloc countries, so by definition, living in Poland in the 80s would have been 2nd-world conditions.
- disgruntledphd2 5mo agoThank you! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who remembers this. For example, Ireland was a third world country because (theoretically) we were non aligned.
- trhway 5mo ago>We visit western European countries and it's like WTF it's cheaper here? Warsaw is the only place in Europe where a casual search out of curiosity brought 15-20K euro/month developer positions.
- mjtk 5mo agoVibecession at country scale. Seems like growth feels like instability for many citizens.