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froward posted:most trades are hard on bodies in some way. My hands are turning into calloused sausage-fingered messes and my typing speed's dropped from like 100 to 80 WPM as a result. The jacked forearms are cold comfort. 
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Justin Tyme posted:
I laugh and cry at all those real estate shows. Millennials don't get property in my city unless their parents die 
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Feb 8, 2016 09:28
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Last I checked Vancouver wasn't the only city in Canada
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Feb 8, 2016 09:37
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Last I checked that's irrelevant to the conversation? The rest of Canada is terrible. I was on my way back to New Zealand but the wife is resisting now that she got a great job.
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Reverse Centaur posted:Last I checked that's irrelevant to the conversation? good for her, gently caress middle earth
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Feb 8, 2016 09:48
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Isn't Toronto supposed to be nice? It's mayor is a shithead coke fiend. That's pretty cool.
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It's pretty bad in the UK.  test yourself!! The trend for people investing in buy-to-let means that most younger people can't afford what used to be considered a First Time Buyer's house because they've all been snapped up by people building their portfolio. Add to that zero-hour contracts, unstable jobs, and most new build 'affordable housing' not really being that at all, and it's no surprise people are still living with their parents well into their thirties. Also, poo poo like this- Flats stand empty in London quote:In London and other parts of Britain where demand for property is soaring, have you ever wondered how it is that no sooner has a pub, service station or office hung up the closed sign, and the builders moved in, than another notice goes up announcing 85 per cent sold? So there are all these flats sitting empty because overseas investors just drop money on a whim then change their minds. It's hard to feel sorry for those greedy developers though.
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Larry Parrish posted:This thread does a great job of highlighting the bizzare 30 and younger aversion to any kind of trade skill. Like, other jobs and careers exist besides STEM-somthing (except what you're really saying is IT or comp sci, not like a real engineer or whatever) or liberal arts. Or even just non-stem BS degrees like journalism or political science. HI IM MIKE ROWE WE NEED WELDERS YOU DUMB MILLENIAL FUCKS OH BTW YOU HAVE TO WORK IN NORTH DAKOTA WITH METH ADDICTS LOL
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First machine shop I worked in, I would've had to put in ~5 years before I could've afforded to move out of my parents house.
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Feb 8, 2016 12:29
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i find it really funny that bachelor's degrees have essentially become the new high school diploma for basically no reason. and by "find it really funny" I mean "drives me to drink"
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If I were rich as balls, I'd found a free university. It'd be like graduate school pacing/workloads but you'd get a degree in three years for $0, incl. room & board because gently caress the system. I'd also create an at-cost textbook mill because loving destroy the textbook industry. gently caress em'. Destroy it. Burn them to the loving ground oh my god I loving hate them
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Feb 8, 2016 13:36
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I took a quick 3-week course to get a job once, and the course cost $650. That was nine years ago, and I recently found out the same course costs $10,000 now.
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Rondette posted:It's pretty bad in the UK. I used to think my first class degree in nuclear physics was my greatest achievement. Actually I think it was working every summer from 16, being careful with my spending and saving my money, then when I went to university, instead of renting a place for my second year onwards I bought a house (mostly using my savings as the deposit, some extra from my parents). The rent of the three other students paid for the mortgage and my uni fees, some being left over to top my savings back up. Being nerdy types we didn't have huge parties so we managed to keep the place clean and tidy and free of stuff like mice and mould. After 4 years sold the house at a tidy profit and put that money towards a house for my girlfriend and I. We move in at the end of this month. Several family members have expressed their jealously over it, often asking how we've been able to do it. When I compare the life-styles of my cousins and their friends to my own it's obvious. I don't smoke, I don't gamble. I don't go out on the town every week, I don't give a gently caress about having to have the latest iPhone or Nikes or whatever. I'm not fussed about "needing" a flash car. I think too many people these days have an attitude of "It's payday! Time to spend it all!" and don't realise that one has to make sacrifices if you want better things. Case in point, my cousin and her boyfriend used to be those kind of people. Going out every Friday and/or Saturday night, designer clothes, latest phones, lots of take-aways instead of cooking from scratch. The bf in particular used to spend a lot of money betting on football and boxing. Then they wanted a house together and realised the sacrifices they would have to make. To their credit, they dialled it all back and they realised pretty soon just how much money they were spending on pointless things. She says it's toughest thing they've ever done, having to save instead of spend, but now they have a house and a child, she told me it was all worth it. Then there's the other cousin who has three kids and actually worked out she was better living off benefits than her and her husband working. Scum.
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Zveroboy posted:I used to think my first class degree in nuclear physics was my greatest achievement. Actually I think it was working every summer from 16, being careful with my spending and saving my money, then when I went to university, instead of renting a place for my second year onwards I bought a house (mostly using my savings as the deposit, some extra from my parents). The rent of the three other students paid for the mortgage and my uni fees, some being left over to top my savings back up. Being nerdy types we didn't have huge parties so we managed to keep the place clean and tidy and free of stuff like mice and mould. After 4 years sold the house at a tidy profit and put that money towards a house for my girlfriend and I. We move in at the end of this month. Not to put down what you did there because it is very commendable and all that, but when did you buy that first house? House prices in the last 15 years have a huge difference in affordability.
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That's nice and all, but most people are not as smart as nuclear physicists, and hanging them all out to dry isn't going to be good for society long term I can make it on my own (barely), but I don't feel the weird hatred for people who can't, because while they can't do things that make enough money, they are mostly decent folk. The jobs they can perform have their place in society and I don't think they deserve to be paid slave wages. You're holding all this bitter poo poo about your cousin on benefits and it really has nothing to do with you, man Pretty unpopular opinion for this thread 
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late gen X'er here again, checking in here to say that if ya'll thought you had seen the worst with the millennials, then you're in fer a treat. just picked my nephew up from kindergarden (yes I am allowed to do this fuck_off) and it is Fastelavn, which is like a non-US version of halloween, so less pussified / PC, basically, the kids wear costumes like in the US but there is also a game where they compete to see who is the first to hunt down and kill a stray cat. well we've got Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman, Ultra Spiderman, Future Spiderman, Black/evil Spiderman (Venom, I belive), Iron Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Hulk and The bow+arrow Guy (someone didn't get to the store in time), all of them store bought. not sure what kind of cosplay we can expect future generations to do. say goodbye to custom big titty Samus Aran, big tity+rear end Cammy, hell, even gender-swapped big titty Team Rocket James. in the future, i imagine, hallooween is going to be one big fail of identical storebought spiderman costumes, but on the upside you can just not give them candy because nobody has the balls to kill your pets
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If you're going to hunt feral animals, couldn't one kid dress as a big game hunter?
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Grandmother of Five posted:late gen X'er here again The phrase "late gen X'er" is just code for "Millenial in Denial". I've been labeled a Millenial, I don't give a poo poo anymore. I'm older than dumb coddled kids and younger than cynical assfucks who hate everything but are too lazy and old to change it. Didn't read the rest of your unreadable post
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Zveroboy posted:I used to think my first class degree in nuclear physics was my greatest achievement. Actually I think it was working every summer from 16, being careful with my spending and saving my money, then when I went to university, instead of renting a place for my second year onwards I bought a house (mostly using my savings as the deposit, some extra from my parents). The rent of the three other students paid for the mortgage and my uni fees, some being left over to top my savings back up. Being nerdy types we didn't have huge parties so we managed to keep the place clean and tidy and free of stuff like mice and mould. After 4 years sold the house at a tidy profit and put that money towards a house for my girlfriend and I. We move in at the end of this month. spending 4 years of your life studying nuclear physics in 2016 is pretty millennial.txt
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33, I've been a home owner for over three years now. I am the sole owner so it is not "our" house but MY house. It cost me both my arms and both my legs to buy the house and some sanity as well, to keep it I've had to learn how not to live. I do own a nice car but that's my only vice. things I have stopped doing: -drinking -smoking -buying worthless plastic like videogames -travelling -going out Now I'm a bit of a recluse without a fake social life, only talking to people who matter. I might be a bit unhappy, but goddamn I'll be unhappy under my own damned roof. BelgianWaffle fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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BelgianWaffle posted:33, I've been a home owner for over three years now. I was there once. Every year things get more and more expensive, things in the house break, and I doubt your boss is going to come through with those big fat raises and promotions he's always bullshitting about at review time. Being house poor sucks and will eat at you, it's not a tenable life.
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"I've had to give up on leaving the house or having fun or owning things or entertaining myself in any way but the daily crossword but dammit I own my own house."
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I was keen to slip into Gen-X as it sounds punk as gently caress, but this "jones" thing might fit ok actually quote:Key characteristics assigned to members are less optimism, distrust of government, and general cynicism
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etalian posted:plumbing can be hard work too like having to haul a dead water heater out of the building. Plumbing will also permanently thrash your hands from all the chemicals you use. Plumber dude post a photo of the 45 year old you work w/ hands.
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King Vidiot posted:"I've had to give up on leaving the house or having fun or owning things or entertaining myself in any way but the daily crossword but dammit I own my own house." one medical problem and he'll lose the house all the same
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Internaut! posted:spending 4 years of your life studying nuclear physics in 2016 is pretty millennial.txt How's that? It's a useful degree that can get you a real job.
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radiatinglines posted:one medical problem and he'll lose the house all the same I'm insured. As if I'm going to bet my house on the risk of an employee status. My boss is my enemy. BelgianWaffle fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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BelgianWaffle posted:I'm insured. lol
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BelgianWaffle posted:I'm insured. Here's a neat little article about how Joe Biden almost sold his house to pay for his son's medical bills but his boss was nice. Warning autoplayer http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/politics/joe-biden-barack-obama-financial-help/
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As long as you think positive everything will work out in the end. Bad things only happen to bad people, and vice versa. Don't you guys know about karma?
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BelgianWaffle posted:33, I've been a home owner for over three years now. I am the sole owner so it is not "our" house but MY house. Congrats on buying a house you can't afford. I'm a year younger than you and am also the sole owner of my house for the past 6 years and i have more than half the mortgage paid off already. You are bad with money.
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I own my own house and the mortgage was paid 2 years ago and I'm under 35. Am I one of the good ones?
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BelgianWaffle posted:33, I've been a home owner for over three years now. I am the sole owner so it is not "our" house but MY house. that sounds like a really satisfying existence, kudos
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Picnic Princess posted:I own my own house and the mortgage was paid 2 years ago and I'm under 35. Am I one of the good ones? You used really cheap credit to buy something you could afford the payments for. Well done. You are a proper adult.
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i live alone in my own house. my only roommate is anger.
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We found all the cheap houses were in really bad school districts, which we care about because we want to start a family. Maybe that's not a common desire?
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Great. here comes the millennial trolls once again, trying to tell the gen X'ers how everything isn't necessarily messed up despite white kids getting named stuff like "brayleen" when they don't even own big empty houses of their own to sit and cry in
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My actual no poo poo 100% real plan at this point is to get in shape and join the french foreign legion. I get food and shelter and hopefully can stash away what little pay I get until I'm discharged after 5 years and then use my nest egg to get a college degree in something not lovely. Or I can also work for some PMC or as a cop. Or I can live in the wilderness with all my survival skills and wait for the end of civilization. Or maybe in those 5 years the economy will have recovered somewhat. Or maybe I'll get horribly killed in a gun fight and then none of this will be a problem for me anymore. It's a pretty solid plan if I say so myself.
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Learn French and have prior infantry experience.
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From what I've heard, the french foreign legion is no joke and they'll send you to places that are dangerous as hell you're probably gonna die
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