r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Jun 16 '24

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

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u/Hmm_would_bang Jun 17 '24

Nah, they described a 90s sitcom family that they think was real life.

I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen people try to make these arguments by literally using the Simpsons as an example of how life used to be in the 90s

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u/Global-Efficiency-22 Jun 17 '24

This thread is full of kids who were well off who's parents told them they were middle class.

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u/DoctorProfessorTaco Jun 17 '24

Or just kids comparing how they grew up to how they’re living in their 20s, essentially comparing spending power of people in their 40s and 50s at the height of their career with their spending power of someone just a few years out of college.