BOOMER: "Nobody wants to work anymore."
YOU: "I work 50 hours a week."
BOOMER: "Doing what, on a computer?"
YOU: "Yes. It pays $58,000."
BOOMER: "I made $18,000 and owned a house."
YOU: "That's the whole point."
BOOMER: "We didn't complain, we just worked."
YOU: "You worked one job and got a pension. I work one job and get a 401k match if I'm lucky."
BOOMER: "Nobody handed me anything."
YOU: "College was $600 a year. Your first house was 2x your salary. Your employer covered your family's health insurance."
BOOMER: "That was normal back then."
YOU: "Exactly. It was normal. Now it's impossible."
BOOMER: "So what do you want, a handout?"
YOU: "I want what was normal."
BOOMER: *silent*
You didn't outwork us.
You just lived in the version of the country where working was enough.
I don’t want to "download the app" to pay for parking. I don’t want to "create an account" to see a menu. I don’t want to "provide feedback" on a 30-second interaction. I just want to exist in the physical world without a digital leash.
Not to sound geriatric but...you know what i miss?
Turning something on and it just works.
No account setup. No app download. No QR code. No "sign in to continue".
Just plug it in and it does the thing its supposed to do.
A few years back in Yosemite there was a problem with bears getting into trash cans and ppl said ‘why not make the cans more complex?’ And a ranger said ‘bc there is significant overlap between the smartest bear and dumbest human’ and this election feels like that quote to me
@Mitsune_xx I have long ago played Ragnarok Online, both public and on many private servers. Had epic moments too but alas I've become too boomer for it.
If Republicans are going to filibuster the #January6thCommission bill, Democrats should at least make sure it’s a TALKING filibuster. Force the GOP seditionists to stand on the floor of the Senate for days, until they lose their voice.
@Kareshy_Zen @ThePubliusUSA Whelp misread the statement. Technically accurate if you don't count the 1988 H.W. Bush's 48 mil vs Dukakis's 41 mil. So twice they won since 33 years ago.