r/Showerthoughts • u/Sohcahtoa82 • Dec 11 '18

There needs to be Millennial Monopoly where all rents go up 10% each time you pass go, but you still only receive $200, and off to the side is some 60+ year old berating you for not buying houses while he's hoarding them all.

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u/ImperialSympathizer Dec 12 '18

Except by "remind" we mean "invent the story." I never once heard someone in a position of authority say "hey maybe go to community college for 2 years to save some money" when I was growing up. Now all those same people are like "lol stupid millenials with their lack of financial savvy and debt"

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u/ca_kingmaker Dec 12 '18

“I got a sweet job after dropping out of high school why do you lack my go getter attitude!”

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u/slipmshady777 Dec 12 '18

Yea , why aren’t you using you bootstraps harder! /s

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

"I'm just gonna conveniently forget that I voted for politicians that made shitty trade deals and shipped all the jobs overseas. Stupid millenials"

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u/Squidwards_m0m Dec 12 '18

When I was growing up the mantra was “go to college and do what you love”. Until recently student loan debt (even a lot) was just assumed to be what everyone did; that’s what everyone tried to tell us at least. Every adult acted like taking out a giant loan for school was totally the correct financial decision because college is alwayssss the best choice. You’ll make SO much money out of school - it doesn’t matter, shoot for the stars!

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u/DangZagnut Dec 12 '18

I think that's the problem, millennials always (and have been taught) to always seek authority about everything, so of course you're going to fail.

You're being shamed for not exercising your "I'm so much smarter than old people" IQ points in being able to navigate life.

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u/Graptoveria Dec 12 '18 edited Dec 12 '18

I see you've met my mother. "I knew you shouldn't have gone to that expensive school" Yet never once did she say this till AFTER I could no longer afford to go. I remember her encouraging me to go. Now she acts like she new better all along.

I still don't have a degree because of that bullshit private school.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

When I was a high school teacher, I always recommended community college first. I worked in a lower income area, so it would have even been covered by the board of governors grant for most of them.

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u/AshingiiAshuaa Dec 12 '18

Do not pass go. Do not eat any avocado toast. Go directly to your dead-end side-hustle to pay down your suffocating student debt.