this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

GenX here, sounds like me a few decades ago, counting the pennies and balancing everything, and not completely succeeding.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also Gen X and what we had was hard compared to the Boomers but what Millenials and Gen Z have is far worse. This really is apples and oranges going on here.

[–] Senuf@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Another Gen X here, yes, you are right, although being a Gen-Xer in the third world is/was not at all easy, even compared to millennials and Gen Z in the first world.

In any case, the title says "financial success" where it should read "survival skills".

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So.. Just keep at it and it will work out? House, spouse, dog, picket fence and all that?

[–] MoonMoon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sorry bud, looks like they ran out of internet. o7

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

...i bought a house in my mid-fourties, so yeah, i guess that's eventually a thing...

(won't be able to retire before i drop, though)

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Millennial living that life right now. Assuming I stay on track, I might be able to buy a house when I'm in my 40's and literally work until the day I die.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

Just save gold and silver, and wait for the market to collapse, then trade it for houses. So many houses. So much gold and silver.

[–] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Same here. The struggle was real.