• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      “Prior generations had more ability to care for themselves and others. It still stressed them the fuck out”

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      At least it’s not quite on the level of orphancrushingmachine stories the wholesomememes community was known for on Reddit.

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    Housing was far cheaper. They also didn’t have subscriptions to Netflix Amazon and and everything else. Him pretty sure petrol was cheaper as well. Maybe food but I’m not sure depending on location. Can check out inflation of money for each year.

    Anecdotal. My fil was saying he bought some land for 30k 30 years ago. I checked what they actually was in today’s money. It’s 50k. That house now sells for 650k plus. That’s the difference. Lots of things are cheaper now but housing has gone up significantly. Wages have stagnated and food is probably similar

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      They also didn’t have subscriptions to Netflix Amazon and and everything else

      lol you don’t need those subscribtions to stay alive

      (i still agree with the rest of your arguments though)

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        Yeah my parents might have been spending more (possibly nominally, but definitely adjusted for inflation) on cable subscriptions than I am on all of my subscriptions combined at any point.

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        I’m not saying you do. Just that we have more subscriptions now than ever before. Honestly what did people do without tv ? Read board games ? Just go to bed. My mind can’t comprehend it.

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          reading books, going on a walk, knitting, drinking at a pub, touching grass, embroidery, harvesting herbs, smoking weed, inventing steam engines, sacrificing newborns, carving wood, etc.

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      i remember when everyone was going ape shit that fuel was gonna reach $1/L. Now if it was $1/L, there’d be queues for days.

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    And then you’ll look at the cost of a house vs the median income for them versus yourself…

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      Yup. My mother talked often about how they were poor when i was a child. The house i was born in is worth over a million today and was just a couple hundred thousand back then.

      They moved to an even more expensive home later…

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    What good comes from this sort of saccharine take on what most people would consider a pretty crappy existence?

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    My parents failed me big time. I don’t give a fuck how much they sacrificed, they failed me huge.

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    Yeah but really it’s cos things have gotten more expensive. It was easier to do back then.

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      I mean yes but I’m sure some did actually go without in order to help their kids it’s not that far fetched

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      not knocking my parents but even mideival peasants could afford their own home and feed like 10 mouths and only worked like 180 days of the year .

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    The miracle is surviving til you’re 18 with parents that aren’t financially stable and yet decided to have you anyways. There is no excuse, if you have children you should be able to care for them.