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@GracklePhD @TrpstrLeonOG What are you doing for work

@TrpstrLeonOG I had a 100% scholarship (+$600 textbook stipend) and I quit after 2 years. My family thought I was crazy. I made more money than most of them ever have in a year last month.

boomers could pay for college with around 300 hours of minimum wage work. millennials needed thousands. gen z needs even more. and people still act like younger generations are just “bad with money”

@TrpstrLeonOG People still act like college is important

@DenverDooouglas @JDRockwellJr Maybe 16 year old kids. All those jobs listed are for 16 year old kids. If adults are working those jobs they have bigger problems and need to get some skills

@1StandupJesus @JDRockwellJr Prove that no one in America is making $7.25/hr. 16 year old kids working at ice cream stands, gas station workers, dollar store employee, car wash attendant.. are those people making over $10/hr too? Or is it different if its easy work, a minor or handicap person doing the job?

How delusional do you have to be to post 100k+ mile cars that are 20 years old and costing $8,000, and think that somehow is proof that kids these days are lazy or entitled? These were like $500 when I was a kid. That's 16x more expensive. Entry wages didn't 16x. DOTP now!

@FloridaFloGrown People who do labor

The people telling you to povertymaxx and eat bread sandwiches so you can afford a used car are just plain wrong. Even as far back as the 1800's people were averaging 3,000 to 5,000 calories a day.

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@BiaNeuroscience Because this is a scam, how do you combat people just using it under 60 days and returning it? Do you utilize dark patterns like hidden policies, recurring charges, or intentionally making returns difficult/impossible? Also, how do you return something you won't send?

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@DarkkPulseX @grok All balls

Hello @grok, how would this picture look today.?

@mxer5280 @TicTocTick Not at 123k

@TicTocTick Thy don’t have magic ball joints, struts, bushings, power steering pumps, master cylinders gaskets and seals. All this will need to be replaced like any other car at this mileage

You need to understand — even at 125K miles and 10 years old, this car will outlast ALL cars manufactured this year. Know this. This is a $50k car not a $30k one.

@AdamOnXxxx @Cryptoboyy_Aji Why is your thumb over the most expensive items

@Cryptoboyy_Aji Tell me about it! Almost $100 for 3 tiny bags! Just the essentials! Next I gotta stop to fill up my diesal truck! How are families surviving?!!

@DenverDooouglas @JDRockwellJr Minimum wage in 1980 was $3.00 Nobody is making $7.25 today McDonald’s is hiring at $20/hr

@JDRockwellJr My first car was $850, i bought it working a job that paid $4.25/hr. Gen X here. So let’s say it took 200 hours, or 300 hours of work with taxes for me to buy my first car. 1981 Chevy Cavalier hatchback That same effort buys a $1,450 car at today’s $7.25/hr min wage.

@JDRockwellJr 100k miles is 5k a year on average well maintained car like that will run for many more years

@jeremyct If people don’t buy the cars the price would go down. More and more people are buying used cars since the new ones are not good causing the value of used cars to rise. Tied together with the mass deportation of possibly the more reliable generation of vehicles and prices 📈

my transmission died uncle told me: “just buy a reliable used car like we used to.” then i showed him the market. a decent 2015 honda with over 140k miles was like $14k cash. he said: “back in my day i paid $4,000.” i adjusted it for inflation and it was STILL cheaper than cars today then he hit me with “you just need to negotiate better.” now people are out here paying hundreds monthly for 8-9 years on used cars they didn’t even want. “just buy used” stopped making sense when used cars started costing what new cars used to.

@jones_nico22588 @jeremyct Not even close, average over years is the important number #1 cause of debt for Americans is cars they can’t afford that new car is also going to need work

@jeremyct Don't forget to mention your stuck with all the issues. That's another $5k for repairs. It's better to buy new sadly.

@teddlem @Cryptoboyy_Aji 20> of Gen Z has children, at least 50% of the other generations have children

@Cryptoboyy_Aji And Gen Z spends less on eating out than any other generation, yet they shame them for occasionally ordering from the value menu in between the shifts of their two jobs.

“just buy a used car” they said. so here’s what a used car looks like in 2026: 2015 Honda Civic — $14,000 2016 Toyota Camry — $16,000 2017 Ford F-150 — $28,000 these are used cars. with 100k+ miles. that need work. a new car in 2010 cost $28,000. the advice didn’t change. the market did. and now people are signing 7 year loans on used cars they didn’t want just to get to work. “just buy used” was solid advice. it died somewhere around 2021 and nobody updated the script.

@MetamateDaz And then you realize that what chipotle is selling you is making a profit after rent and employee wages and you can just make your own chipotle bowl for less

@lowskopp @B52Returns @smonter42 @NEETzscheIDDQD It was a hybrid which we newer tech in 09 now they are everywhere 82k miles on a Camry is about 25% of it’s average lifespan with good maintenance

@1StandupJesus @B52Returns @smonter42 @NEETzscheIDDQD Hey if you think a Camry with 82k is worth 9 grand in 09 live your life bud but I know that cars not worth anything near that price then or now lol.

Boomers want you to spend $6,000 on a 2006 Toyota Corolla while they lecture you about spending $28 on lunch.

@noahsquote @Morta1ity_ @Cryptoboyy_Aji Minus the car note and the student loan and your doing alright can easily make $75k without a degree

@Morta1ity_ @Cryptoboyy_Aji Federal tax SS and Medicade are deducted that leaves $59,557.19 so that divided by 12 is $4,963-3890=$1,073.00 left over and that’s if you’re in a state with no income tax, also doesn’t factor in phone bills and low utilities estimate. It’s not nothing but it’s not a lot left

A man make $75,000 a year. Sounds good right? but here’s what that actually looks like: Rent — $1,800/mo Car payment — $450/mo Insurance — $260/mo Student loan — $400/mo Groceries — $600/mo Utilities — $200/mo Gas — $180/mo That’s $3,890/mo. Gone before he buy a single thing for himself. $75,000 a year and he have $200 left at the end of the month. he’s not broke because he’s irresponsible. he’s broke because $75,000 doesn’t mean what it used to mean.

@FennecGains @MrsMagdaBeard Better build quality and infinitely repairable

@MrsMagdaBeard Im looking for an older truck, like an early 90s late 80s. Even rusted out heaps with 200k+ miles are 10k.

Nope, I'm with the kids on this one. The prices of used cars right now is absolutely outrageous. Yeah, no one is entitled to a new car, 100%, but anything over 100k miles is going to be an absolute money pit. Not even 10 years ago I got a Mazda 3 with 7K (yes, 7000) miles on it for 15k. I still have it. Same car now would be well over 20k. This affects ALL of us. They want you to lease cars. Eventually, they want you to share cars. You will own nothing and be happy.

@lowskopp @B52Returns @smonter42 @NEETzscheIDDQD The implication is that you are completely uneducated on the topic and you are saying nonsensical things

@1StandupJesus @B52Returns @smonter42 @NEETzscheIDDQD I’m not sure what you’re trying to imply but a car having 82k in 2009 terms would make it a clunker, do what you wish with money though.

@SquidVanHelsing @MrsMagdaBeard That same Covid today would be $10k plus today if it was well maintained. The used car market went up because older cars are higher value in terms of service and maintainability More durable, less bullshit OBD1 for the win

@MrsMagdaBeard You used to be able to find a used civic on Craigslist for a few hundred dollars

@Adam_Asmus @smonter42 @NEETzscheIDDQD I got 3 classic plates looks cool less money to register and insure and regularly get comments and offers to buy at gas stations and shit

@smonter42 @NEETzscheIDDQD Its a 20 year old car. It 5 years away from being considered a classic