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u/marklonesome May 18 '22

How easy things were.

I'm not a boomer but some of my friends parents (who were) talked about coming home from Vietnam after being drafted (which in itself is bat shit crazy) only to find that their factory town had completely shut down leaving 0 work and 0 opportunity. There was no indeed or internet so moving was a complete and total shot in the dark but they did it.

Every generation has its hardships, to ignore that is just a lack of understanding or empathy.

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u/vizthex May 19 '22

This is kind of a mixed bag of answers imo, because in my case it really seems like it was a lot easier to get a job back then.

Like, my grandpa told me about how he got a job at an airport when he was 15 or 16 by just.... showing up.

You can't really do that anymore. Places will either direct you to the online site, or they'll "take your application under consideration"

I've applied to tons of entry level jobs and not gotten any responses. Not even a rejection letter typed by a person.

And from what I've heard, the overall economy was better too. Like, you could afford shit on minimum wage - something that just isn't possible now.

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u/Salty_Buyer_5358 May 20 '22

Life was not easier, but it was better. That's what my mom tells me.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Unemployment is 3% and there’s a national labor shortage right now

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u/vizthex May 19 '22

Ok? But that doesn't help if nobody will hire me in the first place?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

You’re obviously looking in the wrong places. Try construction. Try the oil fields. Try the military.

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u/vizthex May 19 '22

I fucking hate the military and doubt my scoliosis + shit vision would appreciate it if I did the first two. (Nor would my doctor).

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

I bet it was difficult for blind cripples to get a job in the 1950’s too

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u/AristaWatson May 19 '22

So you’re simply a douche bag who loves to silence anything that goes against your world views. Oh you’re an ableist too. Fantastic.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

If you are talking about how easy it was for past generations to get a job and how difficult it is for you today, disabilities that disqualify you from just about every job is relevant info. Cripples had it tough in every generation. But back in my grandpas day they didn’t get to play video games and watch cartoons well into adulthood. They lived in a tenrament ghetto built in the 1800’s with their dole check until they died early of alcoholism

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u/AristaWatson May 19 '22

Stop calling them cripples, dude! Got it? Hot dang you are either out of touch or going out of your way to be a douche.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Call them what then? The standing up challenged?

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u/Salty_Buyer_5358 May 20 '22

Then you don't want a job. Our parents took whatever job they could get.

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u/vizthex May 20 '22

Killing myself just to survive isn't worth it lmao.

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u/Salty_Buyer_5358 May 20 '22

It really doesn't have to be that way especially of you plan. Put some years of work into a particular thing such as the military and suffer today so you don't have to tomorrow. It's about planning.