Only 68 but with you all the way why is it people our age were working at 15? By the time these lazy ass kids move out from mommy and daddy we all were married with kids and a damn mortgage..
Nowadays it is generally not possible to afford a house without going into exorbitant debt at the age you guys did. My grandparents bought their current house in full for about $55k around 1970 or so in their late 20's. That same amount is equal to $442k today. I have no idea what their present property value is. I'm just a few years younger than they were then, and I currently have $1,532.53 in my bank account because my fucking $1,439/mo rent just got paid on the 1st (that's how much it is around here now unless you want a shithole crack den to live in). Oh, and since I'm moving out next month, my unit is currently listed as available starting in July for over $1,600/mo.
Also, moving out the minute you turn 18 is a purely American thing. In many, probably most, other countries, often multiple generations live in the same home. That's not saying that young people in other countries are lazy, they're still working, bringing in an income, etc. Instead, their income goes towards upkeeping the house and taking care of their parents/grandparents.
With that being said, I had to move out of my family's home out of necessity. If I hadn't had to, I probably would still be there. But after years of living on my own, I realize how nice it is to have a place to myself and privacy, albeit I'm very lonely because I live alone and none of my family ever comes out to visit or even expresses interest in wanting to. However, next month I'm moving back closer to them, though. Still having to rent, nowhere near affording a home, but I got a special deal through a friend of the family I couldn't pass up.
In any case, there's benefits to staying at home yet still being a working adult and moving out.
True, houses worth roughly that price in the 60s-80s are now worth almost 600K+.
Building your own doesn't even seem nearly as viable anymore even with a loan, because property taxes get to be as fluid as a leftist's definition of sex.
It's many levels of horse shit.
As for "children today being lazy", I don't necessarily believe that's true and I believe that it was quantified quite eloquently the other day:
Most people aren't lazy, they just lack motivation.
I think that is especially true today; schools don't prepare children, we are in a transitional era of automation where we saw a shift towards programming, IT, etc. and then we are seeing a shift away due to complex algorithmic AI.
Customer service jobs? All of them are becoming AI focused, and that's after much of it was outsourced to Bangladesh.
Manufacturing for basically every industry is overseas.
We are even seeing a greater rate of 3D printed housing, how long until that takes over much of the hard work that laborers have been doing for years?
Youths lack motivation and direction, and between the social maneuvering they have to do (an INSANE amount of it!) and the difficulty in opportunities to apply skills, I can see why that is.
Everyone can't get involved in a trade skill either; the industry cannot sustain such a massive injection of workers all colliding into the same jobs and roles.
It is sorely destructive to have so many jobs given to illegals and overseas wage slaves who work for nothing during a time of so much industry breaking change.
Yes - I've thought about that. I'm 71! Been working since I was 15 - paying into SS since 15.
Only 68 but with you all the way why is it people our age were working at 15? By the time these lazy ass kids move out from mommy and daddy we all were married with kids and a damn mortgage..
Nowadays it is generally not possible to afford a house without going into exorbitant debt at the age you guys did. My grandparents bought their current house in full for about $55k around 1970 or so in their late 20's. That same amount is equal to $442k today. I have no idea what their present property value is. I'm just a few years younger than they were then, and I currently have $1,532.53 in my bank account because my fucking $1,439/mo rent just got paid on the 1st (that's how much it is around here now unless you want a shithole crack den to live in). Oh, and since I'm moving out next month, my unit is currently listed as available starting in July for over $1,600/mo.
Also, moving out the minute you turn 18 is a purely American thing. In many, probably most, other countries, often multiple generations live in the same home. That's not saying that young people in other countries are lazy, they're still working, bringing in an income, etc. Instead, their income goes towards upkeeping the house and taking care of their parents/grandparents.
With that being said, I had to move out of my family's home out of necessity. If I hadn't had to, I probably would still be there. But after years of living on my own, I realize how nice it is to have a place to myself and privacy, albeit I'm very lonely because I live alone and none of my family ever comes out to visit or even expresses interest in wanting to. However, next month I'm moving back closer to them, though. Still having to rent, nowhere near affording a home, but I got a special deal through a friend of the family I couldn't pass up.
In any case, there's benefits to staying at home yet still being a working adult and moving out.
True, houses worth roughly that price in the 60s-80s are now worth almost 600K+.
Building your own doesn't even seem nearly as viable anymore even with a loan, because property taxes get to be as fluid as a leftist's definition of sex.
It's many levels of horse shit.
As for "children today being lazy", I don't necessarily believe that's true and I believe that it was quantified quite eloquently the other day:
Most people aren't lazy, they just lack motivation.
I think that is especially true today; schools don't prepare children, we are in a transitional era of automation where we saw a shift towards programming, IT, etc. and then we are seeing a shift away due to complex algorithmic AI.
Customer service jobs? All of them are becoming AI focused, and that's after much of it was outsourced to Bangladesh.
Manufacturing for basically every industry is overseas.
We are even seeing a greater rate of 3D printed housing, how long until that takes over much of the hard work that laborers have been doing for years?
Youths lack motivation and direction, and between the social maneuvering they have to do (an INSANE amount of it!) and the difficulty in opportunities to apply skills, I can see why that is.
Everyone can't get involved in a trade skill either; the industry cannot sustain such a massive injection of workers all colliding into the same jobs and roles.
It is sorely destructive to have so many jobs given to illegals and overseas wage slaves who work for nothing during a time of so much industry breaking change.