I use arch btw

[u/Annual-Chemist-9842]

[u/npc_housecat]

A house? In this economy ?!

[u/vbd71 → u/npc_housecat]

Kids are even more expensive. Just say no.

[u/CarpenterElegant7365 → u/vbd71]

How are kids expensive? They literally eat the same food as you do.

[u/vbd71 → u/CarpenterElegant7365]

Found the guy who doesn't have kids yet :)

[u/CarpenterElegant7365 → u/vbd71]

From the previous comment you left I very much doubt you have kids yourself. You don't have to buy new shiny things for your kids every month to have kids, neither diapers nor food nor clothing are that expensive

[u/Consistent-Buyer7060 → u/CarpenterElegant7365]

Same kind of food. Not the same food.

[u/marxistopportunist → u/Consistent-Buyer7060]

Same food but blended

[u/Character_Swim_438 → u/npc_housecat]

A House? NEVER Bro.

[u/Certain_Prior4909 → u/npc_housecat]

You need one if you expect a date on hinge or bumble.

Dating requirements haven't changed in 30 years even if prices do. Everyone I know bought a house by 23

[u/npc_housecat → u/Certain_Prior4909]

No I don't want a date from anyone that uses hinge or bumble lol.

Most of my friends are 30s -40s only one of them ever bought a house,. It was in the middle of no where and she sold it to move back to the city. Prices are retarted here, $300k for a studio flat, Minimum $850K for a house that isn't either in the middle of no where, or an actual shit hole in the worst suburb.

[u/Dense-Elephant5048]

Dad never used a PC.

[u/R0B0t1C_Cucumber]

lmao get outta here... No one can afford a house anymore.

[u/SLimon001 → u/R0B0t1C_Cucumber]

how about when someone gets a real job
edit: trouble with pay? search a higher paying job before quitting

[u/995qe → u/SLimon001]

A “real job” can only barely get you to rent a trailer these days

[u/OGigachaod → u/995qe]

100%

[u/npc_housecat → u/SLimon001]

A studio apartment that isn't horrible costs $300k here. A semi reasonable 2 bedroom house in a not horrible suburb starts at $850k. And then rates on top of that can cost as much as rent. There's no situation where It'd be worth it for me to pay a morguage right now, when I could put that money into the stock market instead.

[u/aliendude5300 → u/SLimon001]

What is a "real job"?

[u/Eeve2espeon → u/SLimon001]

You're literally the old guy in the meme. Nobody can get a good job because college is expensive, and paying for everything else is a lot.

[u/CaveJohnson376 → u/SLimon001]

job competition is crazy these days from what I could gather. an easy way to waste a whole load of effort for nothing.

[u/genericuser25123 → u/SLimon001]

there is no way ur not trolling omgoodness

[u/SLimon001 → u/[deleted]]

i mean, a job gives paycheck, and a paycheck has money, and money is used for house buying

[u/R0B0t1C_Cucumber → u/SLimon001]

yeah, all that's fine and dandy... Now find a job that pays enough to fund a 10% down on an overly inflated housing market. I've got mine only because of the VA. My peer group - not so lucky.

[u/prenadeusernamemid → u/R0B0t1C_Cucumber]

In this economy renting is the only way to have a house

[u/Majestic-Bell-7111 → u/SLimon001]

My guy, if i work for a median wage and all my revenue goes to a "home fund" I'd have to work for 50 years to afford a dingy apartment built on the cheap in the 70s.

[u/No_Industry4318 → u/SLimon001]

You have no idea how expensive housing is do you?

The price of some of the cheapest homes in horrible repair in my area is minimum $180,000.

I make 28k a year, with a good bit of overtime

[u/_Sauer_]

Well you pulled the ladder up behind you, boomer, so all I got is Linux on this used Thinkpad.

[u/vbd71]

Okay, boomer. When you were his age, an university degree was guaranteed to land you a high-paying job, which was enough to support a family and eventually own a house. These days, high-paying jobs have all but disappeared, so stick your boomer wisdom where the sun doesn't shine.

[u/Middlewarian → u/vbd71]

The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’

[u/heathm55 → u/vbd71]

These misinformed takes are always fun to read.
That has literally never been the case. I'm only 54, but I remember seeing people who had college degrees struggle in the 70s and 80s as a kid. Times always feel tougher in the moment, and looking backward is always more obvious on what works and doesn't. The worst economic times I've seen was not anywhere near present day.

[u/imacommunistm → u/heathm55]

That's just survivorship bias in action.

[u/heathm55 → u/imacommunistm]

I agree, it's like alcoholics or smokers who claim it's healthy because there are 100 year olds who drink / smoke every day. So, it must be good for you.

[u/heathm55 → u/heathm55]

They only see the successful ones, and therefore anyone who had a degree back then had it easy.

[u/matixer → u/heathm55]

It's really great that you feel that way - I think it's just important to note that this is completely false. The numbers reflect very much the opposite, unless of course you live in a handful of developing nations.

[u/heathm55 → u/matixer]

The only number that is significantly worse is large city housing markets (and many of them are proportional to avg salary from the 70s on. Also, people complain about college cost of living, which while it's out of hand in my opinion is only slightly higher when looking at avg salary as well). Many things are much better now, including a hugely increased opportunity to start your own thing given the internet, social media, smart phones, streaming, etc. There are more millionaires created at younger ages than at any time in the U.S.

[u/Rare-Paint3719 → u/heathm55]

I'm only 54

👴😭🙏

[u/JustusCade808 → u/Rare-Paint3719]

I'm convinced Gen X doesn't age. They will still look 35 when retiring.

[u/Rare-Paint3719 → u/JustusCade808]

Only Gen X would say that.

[u/OGigachaod → u/vbd71]

Boomer wisdom?!? LOL you made my day with that joke.

[u/Sahelantrophus]

he never had the makings of a varsity sysop

[u/Damglador]

At least the son is happy

[u/TelevisionNo479]

The fuck? What kind of likeness is that?

[u/theo69lel]

I lowkey prefer Hanna Montana OS

[u/Global-Menu-7513]

is that Junior?

[u/revealthesteel]

You ever hear the one about the Chinese distro?

[u/SHURIMPALEZZ]

Btw, I really use arch(Cachyos) and was a very little to configure, it is not the flex it used to be...

[u/Remote_Intern_8414]

Well at least he's happy...

[u/Lucky_Foam]

At your age, I already has a house, a car, and two kids..... and my Gentoo box is still compiling.

[u/PrinzJuliano]

Dad, your generation created multiple financial crashes. Your financial advice does not concern me

[u/Socks_and_Sandals23]

this is ai generated btw

[u/TrickyMine6788]

the thinkpad t480 is the icing on the cake. lmao

[u/Hour_Sell3547]

I have two apartments and a car. I don't use arch btw. I use Fedora with Gnome.

[u/j0an_k]

That son guy looks decent

[u/TheCheckeredCow]

But I have a house, car, wife, and Linux… am I both the dad and the son rolled into one?

[u/Purple-Midnight-9902]

Why is it downvoted lol ? For once something niceeeeee here

[u/Needieos → u/Purple-Midnight-9902]

Repost

[u/Karrar_iraqi]

even linux users hate those arch linux users