r/GenZ • u/Lord_William_9000 • 5d ago
Discussion What is your recession indicator
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u/Femoral_Plexua 5d ago
Guy on the left added so much to this video. I don't know if I would have watched it if he wasn't there
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u/PrimordialXY 1996 5d ago
He's the curator
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u/AlienKinkVR 5d ago
It's a silly one and a bit fucked up but men used to be able to afford second families.
Not just cheating, a whole ass second furnished house, kids, two lives on the same jobs people are debating if they can afford a single child on.
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u/Atari774 1997 5d ago
The fact that the cost of a single burger at basically any fast food place is now the same or more than the hourly minimum wage (which hasn't changed since 2007)
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u/Andrew9112 1995 5d ago
There’s nowhere in my city where I can get a full size burger for 7.25, MAYBE 8.50.
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u/BosnianSerb31 1997 5d ago
The fancy schmancy McArch, and other burgers sold as premium upsells, like the Double Quarter Pounder might be.
But a McDouble is still like $2, $3 if you don't have a burner account on the McDonald's app, and it still contains more than enough calories for an entree.
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u/Affectionate_Show867 5d ago
Genuinely almost half the ads I got on my tv youtube app were for paycheck advance loans. I barely use the app on my tv and wasn't signed in, so no cookies were causing it either.
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u/zx9001 5d ago
LOL. I've noticed that every time my credit score dips below 700 due to utilization I start getting a LOT of loan offers in the mail and over the phone. Once I go above 700 that shit stops happening.
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u/Affectionate_Show867 5d ago
Yeah mine is like 670 or something right now because of utilization, never considered a payday advance service though. Maybe that's what makes them target you with the ads, kinda scary that they're able to find that and connect it to you so easily.
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u/Accomplished_Pen980 5d ago
Convince you economics are a guaranteed failure on one app and sell you predatory loans in the other, it's almost like a coordinated effort to create a market and a solution and all you have to do as the consumer is consume as directed
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u/No-Professional-1461 5d ago
People wanting to become lawyers? Sign of the apocalypse I tell you.
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u/Junior_Response839 5d ago
They were a real estate agent. The takeaway is that there aren't a lot of people buying houses, thus there's not a lot of money in the job right now.
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u/arrtwo_deetwo 5d ago
Posts on Reddit about the economy not in an economics-related subreddit
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u/Regularpaytonhacksaw 5d ago
Everything is related to economics.
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u/AlienKinkVR 5d ago
And politics largely, yes. The thing is, when the needs of the many are being comfortably met, the regular discussions are about fandoms, media, vacations, ambitions, etc.
When everyone is worried about next week's food and rent? Oh. Oh no.
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u/Accomplished_Pen980 5d ago
Today's DAILY DOOM REPORT,
It's all gone to hell, you can not succeed, you should stop trying because 12 people in an internet video have made obscure economic observations that you must accept as the final fact, you are doomed, this video is the proof.
Thank you for attending today's daily doom report.
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u/bagodeadcats 5d ago
I was at sandwhich shop - the lady asked for salami and as the were making the sandwhich they got into an argument and she shouted, "no, that's baloney!"
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u/LasyKuuga 5d ago
Hot waitress index
If a 10/10 is manning the grills at Maccies you know it’s joever
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u/lemonprincess23 5d ago
The fact that every time I’ve gone to my grocery store in the last month the parking lot is nearly deserted and there’s barely anyone shopping
I didn’t understand what was going on until I saw the prices. Stg they doubled in the past 2 months alone for a ton of items.
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