Eamon Mc Girr

Birthday bash, for this year. I have plenty to keep me occupied 🥳📚🎊 #Birthday #Books #RichardDawkins #TimHarford #Economics

Todd Chavez. One of the better examples of healthy masculinity, in an animated series #BojackHorseman #ToddChavez #Asexual #NewProfilePic

Everyone keeps saying nobody wants to work. The truth is nobody wants to work a full time job that doesn’t even pay for food, rent, child care and a doctor visit. If a job can’t cover the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy, it's forced survival with a payroll department.

It’s funny how billionaires tell us to get by with less, when they would literally destroy the world to avoid paying even a 1% tax.

Can't raise minimum wage because it will kill jobs. Can't raise taxes on the bourgeoisie class because it will kill jobs. Can't ditch oil because it will kill jobs. But when these companies replace 50% of their workforce with AI, it's "sorry, that's just the way it goes."

I think we underestimate how many people are hanging on by a single, fraying thread, and how, some days, the only things saving them from the abyss are the small comforts of a TV show that feels like home, a book that tells you you’re not alone, or a pet that needs you.

“No one is forcing you to work at that job you hate.” I think you will find that the threat of starvation, homelessness, unpaid bills, and losing access to basic healthcare is fairly coercive.

When rich CEOs brag about how many hours they work, remember that they have servants who clean their homes, cook their meals, and do their shopping. When you have to do these things yourself, it doesn't count as working, mysteriously.

a full-time job should cover rent, food, and healthcare. If working 40 hours a week isn’t enough to live, the system is the one failing…not you.

Millennials watched everything collapse in 2008, then got handed student debt, got called entitled for wanting a living wage, survived a pandemic in our prime years, and got priced out of life. And y’all wonder why we’re not okay? We’ve been in survival mode for 20 years.

The life of a millennial: - Graduated straight into a recession - “Entry level” jobs required years of experience - Pensions replaced by the 401k - Promoted at work meant a 2% raise & 200% more responsibility - finally felt stable… then a pandemic hit - Highest inflation in 50 years deleted pay raises - home prices doubled, renting became permanent - Childcare costs feels like another rent - Juggling aging parents, young kids, burnout from work & the cost to live - AI causing mass layoffs during peak earning years

Anniversary of my Grandfather’s death, today. You never know how good you had something, until it’s gone. If there’s someone in your life you love, tell them. Because one day will come, where that chance won’t come again 😔💔 #Anniversary #Death #Grandparent #Memory

fake hand, endless painful climb

NO amount of budgeting or not eating at restaurants will make up for the fact that we do not make enough money anymore for this economy.

Millennials had the best childhoods but are having the worst adulthoods

“Back of the net!” 😏😆😆 #AlanPartridge #BBC #RadioNorwich #Mug #Radio #Norwich #Memorabilia #SteveCoogan

“Nobody wants to work anymore.” Wrong. People just do not want to: - Work 60 hours and still be broke - Miss their kids growing up - Get raises smaller than inflation - Save in a currency printed out of thin air - Answer emails on weekends - Get replaced the second margins get tight - Spend half their paycheck on rent - Need debt just to survive - Watch groceries, insurance, and housing go up faster than their income People do not hate work. They hate giving everything and getting nowhere.

Millennials watched their parents lose everything in 2008. Then got handed $100K in student debt. Then got called entitled for wanting a living wage. Then survived a pandemic in our prime years. Then got priced out of every neighborhood we grew up in. And y’all really wonder why we’re not okay? We’ve been in survival mode for 20 years straight and nobody even noticed.

Look at the generational difference - 1990s: • Get a university degree • Get a 9–5 job • Suit and tie • Get promoted • Get married at 21 • Buy a house at 25 • 4 kids, 1 dog • Retire at 60 2026: • Survive… Show more