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Soon I'll die and then I won't have to worry about it anymore
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Story of every generation, bub. I had the oil crises, 80s collapse, I forgot what it was called in the nineties, dotcom bubble, 2008 banking crisis, and the last few
Returning theme? One big dip per decade. 80s and 08 where the nastiest though.
Wars? One every 5-10 years. Too many to remember.
Yeah, I'm getting old.
And that guy in your pic is 54, pushing 55. Nowhere near 35.
So get your shit together, and take another one on the chin. The working class gets our asses kicked financially ever since money was invented. It's how the system works.
Did you write this message from your own house?
My third even, 100% bank owned. Cannot afford to switch again so I think this is it till the end. All my under 30 colleagues also have their own by the way. It's fucking expensive especially with 3 kids who probably cannot move out the next 10 years.
I know where you're coming from, having older kids myself. It's hard and unfair. But that's how it always been. The unfair part isn't new.
Looking back thinking it was easier in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s is, I'm sorry to say, disillusional. You're just looking at housing (which was also bullshit in the 80s, and 00s by the way) and forget the rest of the shit of those times. 80s wasn't fun, my dad lost his job, we only kept our house because my grand parents died and the inheritance filled the financial hole. 00s also wasn't fun, being a part of the greatest depression since the 30s, I was fortunate to keep my IT job, a lot of mates lost everything. (job, house, marriage, because bad finance kills relations I've learned.) My wife did get fired and still is not at the same level as back then. But we get by, thank you for asking.
Finance is a bitch. Always has been.
Thanks, I wish you well mate
Shouldn't you also own your own house? Why are you hostile toward someone who has what everyone should have, when it's other people who are taking what you should have?
Couldn't possibly be because that person is acting like it's our fault we're too weak to have it too with the dismissive "bub" and the cry to "get your shit together."
Just because you don't like who it's coming from doesn't mean it's not valid, practical advice. Take this one on the chin, and get your shit together so the next one doesn't hit you, at least not so hard.
Are you capable of checking the context of a statement before replying to it? The quality of the advice was not at issue. You asked why the person was hostile. Being an asshole begets hostility.
That's not what's happening here. You're justifying someone being a bigger asshole because they perceive someone being a bit of one, or even just being associated with one by being the same age.
I'm not being hostile and that is not my tone. I was interested to know whether he's in a financial situation where he can afford something that isn't so affordable to the rest for the younger generation.