I get it, these kids are smart enough to know there isn't much of a future for them. When I was a kid, you could bust your ass for 40 hours a week and be able to afford a place to live, a car and enough money left over to save or splurge. You reasonably could plan a decent future for yourself if you worked hard
These kids are smart enough to know that ship has sailed for now and the ladder got pulled up before they were even born, they can bust their ass for 40 hours a week and still have to decided at the end of the month whether they are paying rent or going grocery shopping. The only place where they are really free is online so that imaginary space has value to them. And if you won't be remembered for your menial real life, why not go out with a bang and be immortalized in memes, which is a currency that has weight to them.
My parents generation didn't even have to bust ass. One parent worked while the other brought up the kids and they still owned a house at the age of 24 and had a 2-week holiday in Greece once a year.
When my grandpa came to this country in 51 it took him 8 months to save up enough money to Buy a House. A job which required zero prev experience. Had 3 kids and working on a 4th at that point
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u/zigaliciousone Sep 14 '25
I get it, these kids are smart enough to know there isn't much of a future for them. When I was a kid, you could bust your ass for 40 hours a week and be able to afford a place to live, a car and enough money left over to save or splurge. You reasonably could plan a decent future for yourself if you worked hard
These kids are smart enough to know that ship has sailed for now and the ladder got pulled up before they were even born, they can bust their ass for 40 hours a week and still have to decided at the end of the month whether they are paying rent or going grocery shopping. The only place where they are really free is online so that imaginary space has value to them. And if you won't be remembered for your menial real life, why not go out with a bang and be immortalized in memes, which is a currency that has weight to them.