philmchawk on Nostr: I have yet to see any proof that boomers are human. They honestly believe if you ...

I have yet to see any proof that boomers are human. They honestly believe if you didn't buy an iphone and do uber eats you'd be able to afford a 400k home. They knew a guy 16 years ago when the home was 200k who worked two jobs (instead of just flipping burgers like the boomer also that person didn't exist he read about them on a conservative website) and was able to buy a home so you can too! Their entire worldview is based on screens they have seen and just so stories. Everything that keeps you from killing yourself is a luxury and they earned their truck boat truck by selling out the future by making all stocks go up with MMT so you could not miss during their lifetime. If only you had a future you could mortgage to do the same! Oh well they won't be alive to see the fall out.RT:

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While, "once a parent, always a parent" is a truism, as a parent, you can't want a healthy sustainable (emotionally, financially, psychologically) relationship more than your child.

If your child is unwilling to follow your advice on budgeting, drug use (read: addiction - this includes binge addicts), and healthy intimate relationships, financially supporting them is just paying for the privilege of enabling their self destruction.

Lots of millennials and Gen Zers piss their money away living a champagne lifestyle on a ramen budget...then are pissed when they can't do it. In my life, I've seen men go from poverty to wealthy (read: financially independent)..but they worked daylight to midnight to do it. Once wealthy, they didn't piss their money away, and they surely didn't give it to kids they knew would piss it away.

Fun Facts:
-An IPhone isn't a necessity.
-Home internet isn't a necessity.
-Eating out (including door dash/ubereats/Amazon grocery) are luxuries... Always were.
-Streaming video services are luxuries

One's only necessities are 1) shelter, 2) enough food to avoid starvation (overweight Gen Z and Millennials, looking at you), transport to/from work (new cars are luxuries), and the ability to keep you, your living space and clothing clean and maintained...everything else is a luxury and unnecessry.

I've known single guys who were millennial and Gen Z who worked two menial jobs, lived simply, and after a couple years, bought homes outright.

It can be done, but one must prioritize the grindset over the whineset.