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USA Katılım Şubat 2026
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Fennec
Fennec@FennecGains·
@IHateNYT I eat almost all beef and never eat out and my food budget doubled over the years because its gotten to $8 lb.
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Hot Take Appreciator@IHateNYT·
It’s always people who don’t even lift being like “a sandwich with one slice of turkey & one slice of cheese is a satisfying meal”
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Fennec@FennecGains·
@Pack_Rat_EWaste My grandpa was a janitor and had 5 kids and 2 houses. My parents had kids, slowly upgraded houses and now own 2 and are blue collar. Current gen cant fathom even a starter home let alone upgrading after. They dont see the path, so they doom spend.
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Matthew House
Matthew House@Pack_Rat_EWaste·
So, I'm watching all these people talk about 'oh just pack your own lunch, make your coffee at home, you're all just a bunch of lazy spendthrift kids'. Which, to be fair, some people really are spendthrifts. However, none of these people are addressing the elephant in the room. In 1966, any potato brained idiot who barely got out of high school could afford to buy a house on a single salary, and support a wife and 2 kids, and not have to scrimp at all. In 2026, It's all Double Income No Kids, because nobody can afford to have kids, we're all working 60 plus hours a week, and living like a monk, just to scrap up a downpayment on a stupidly over-priced house on a 35 year mortgage at 9%, even if you do have 750 credit. Oh, and if you do find a house that isn't a shoebox, and is less than 200k? It's in some shithole corner of the country with no jobs, no infrastructure, and no local economy. But sure, we can't buy houses because of door dash.
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Fennec
Fennec@FennecGains·
@r_u_thinking NO they see that they will not be able to slowly build equity in assets because everything inflated so much so fast. Boomers bought starter homes and moved up slowly. Boomers have assets that appreciated in value. Younger gens dont see the same path and doom spend.
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Steve@r_u_thinking·
My take on the price of food debate... These kids want to have their cake and eat it, too. They want to live an expensive lifestyle and also build wealth, and they think that it's not only possible, but normal. That's why they're upset - they're learning they can't do both.
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Fennec
Fennec@FennecGains·
@_nomadic_soul It inflated so much so fast. Theres very few starter homes not in the sticks that are $250k anymore. Everything is on shaky legs ATM, and boomers just pretend its not because they had assets before this happened.
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¡El SooperMexican! ن c137 🦬
¡El SooperMexican! ن c137 🦬@SooperMexican·
I just had this lunch, it was delicious. I guess I'm eating like a child and worse than a prisoner, poor me. Now I'll go check on my stock market account, my various real estate holdings, and my retirement account. God bless America!
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Fennec
Fennec@FennecGains·
How many people were in this situation, saving before covid for a down payment. Now you have to save more for the same product, and everything else has doubled in your life as well. 70k might have felt like a lot then but now its a struggle to save the 80k you'd need for a DP.
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Fennec@FennecGains·
IDK how boomers dont get this. We grew up watching our parents eat whatever they wanted, drink, smoke, buy multiple houses, cars, and have kids all on blue collar jobs. We are acutely aware we have less while working just as hard and see no hope for the same future.
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Fennec
Fennec@FennecGains·
@Shizcrey Yep, my whole family in the boomer category had no degree, all had normal jobs they just walked in and got. Were able to have 3-5 kids each, buy a house, and all of them smoke and drink. Meanwhile their kids cant get a house, all work full time, and most still live at home.
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shizcrey
shizcrey@Shizcrey·
Nearly 50% of boomers could afford buying a pack of cigarettes every day, now they're telling zoomers they need to eat PB&J sandwiches and rough it out like they did lol
Ben Satterthwaite@BenSatterthwai2

@GeeScottSr Is it your expectation that the economy is only good if we can eat out everyday? Because that has never been a thing

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Fennec@FennecGains·
@youngwerther123 My grandpa was a janitor and had 6 kids 2 houses and a boat.
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Werther@youngwerther123·
Grandpa swung a hammer for a living, went to the bar literally every day after work, and still had money to build his own houses. The dollar has been RAPED.
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Fennec
Fennec@FennecGains·
@robbysoave Its hard for people to give up comforts they used to be able to afford and are now priced out of.
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Robby Soave
Robby Soave@robbysoave·
Again, he’s completely correct. Not so much because of the coffee thing, but because it’s crazy to maintain a month to month credit card balance. That should only happen in an emergency situation.
Jack@Jackkk

Kevin O’Leary says people in credit card debt shouldn’t be buying coffee “If you have a credit card balance that goes into the next month and you’re spending $5 on a coffee, you’re crazy” “I’ll give you permission to buy a coffee for $5 if you have no balance on your credit card at the end of the month” “The reason I own all the credit card companies is people are paying 23% interest” “Why would you do that to yourself? I can’t make 23% in the market every year. Why would you let someone do that to you?” “So no, no coffees for you except the one you make at home for 19 cents unless you pay off your credit card”

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Fennec@FennecGains·
@HakureiRyan They ate billions of burger, so many they stopped at 99 billion
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HakureiRyan@HakureiRyan·
You can tell boomers are lying because if this was true McDonalds wouldn't be around today; there wouldn't be enough business to sustain the company. No, what it was is that they had the luxury of 20 cent double cheeseburgers and cokes for a nickel so to them a fast food meal was no biggie.
Solzhenixon@sardonic_greek

They will compare the lower class experience of their day to the middle class experience now, because they’re so similar, and if you think that’s a problem that isn’t addressed by personal finance, you’re entitled

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Finance Guy@GuyTalksFinance·
Unpopular opinion: making $70,000 yearly is still a great income in 2026. You might not be able to buy lunch everyday — but you can still live a comfortable lifestyle.
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Fennec@FennecGains·
@Uncatfishable People who before rich lose perceptive so fast, they start to see everything and everyone as numbers. Its so simple for them to give advice while they have everything. When people are struggling and burnt out they often use food as a vice. The middle class is gone
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Fennec@FennecGains·
@LanasTopGuy Thats almost all I eat too, used to get beef for $3-$4 a lb and now its $8
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Fennec@FennecGains·
@DerekSc55318066 @GamingAndPandas True, before in my area it was about $1200 for a mortgage now its $2500 for a starter home. Makes me wonder how many people are treading water right now who jumped into a purchase.
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Lo-Ping
Lo-Ping@GamingAndPandas·
"If u just eat bread & water for 3 years you'll have the down payment on a house from 3 years ago. But unfortunately it's increased in those 3 years, so you're going to have to do another 3 years of bread & water I'm afraid." *3 yrs later* "Bro you'll never guess what happened"
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Fennec@FennecGains·
@MoonDunIt Food inflation outpaces wages. They’re ignoring reality, 70k a few years ago was amazing money and now you have to eat like a 6th grader apparently and suck it up
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Fennec
Fennec@FennecGains·
@CatholicCharm They keep moving the goalposts. It’s easy to edit other people’s lives from the outside. If boomers had to restart today they’d probably freak out. The job market is trash, layoffs are rampant, no pensions, no security, and everything has inflated so much in such a short time
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Fennec@FennecGains·
@UtahFlatRanger Pre-covid this was the way, you felt like you could outwork it, save, and you'll get your chance at a home. Then they inflated everything out of reach. They print money faster than we can save it.
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Flat Ranger - UT
Flat Ranger - UT@UtahFlatRanger·
I cook and pack almost all my food. I almost never go out to eat. I worked overtime for years until my boots were worn flat. I drive a car from 2005. I save and invest almost all of my money. I have never used Doordash. I still can't afford a home.
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Boomers and Gen X packed lunches. Not sure why this stuff enrages zoomers. Boomers lived frugally. Going out to lunch was a big deal. Most didn't have long lunch breaks, especially blue collar. You didn't DoorDash, dinners were made at home. I don't even DoorDash in 2026.

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