PapaJoe

What the HELL is going on in Georgia?!

Older generations blaming young people for being broke because of “takeout” is one of the dumbest economic arguments alive. $30/day on takeout would be $10,950 a year. BLS data says under-25 households spend about $3,025/year on food away from home. Ages 25–34 spend about $3,918/year. So no, the average young person isn’t eating their house down payment in DoorDash. That’s boomer Facebook math. Here’s the real math: In 1985, median household income was about $23,620 and the median new home was about $82,800. By 2024/2025, median household income was about $83,730 and the median new home was about $423,100. Income went up 3.5x. Homes went up over 5x. Rent exploded. Insurance exploded. Cars exploded. Groceries exploded. Healthcare exploded. College exploded. Debt exploded. And somehow the genius conclusion is, “Maybe stop buying coffee.” No. Maybe stop pretending a $6 latte caused a multi-decade affordability collapse. A lot of older people bought into a cheaper system, rode 40 years of asset inflation, watched their homes become retirement accounts, then turned around and called the next generation lazy for not being able to buy into the bubble they benefited from. That’s not wisdom. That’s economic amnesia with an ego problem. There is no excuse for any generation to not want better for the generations coming after them. None. Mocking younger people for struggling while ignoring corruption, fraud, waste, money laundering through broken systems, reckless spending, failed immigration policy, corporate greed, housing speculation, inflation, debt slavery, and the destruction of buying power does not make you wise. It makes you look completely detached from reality. You are not “financially savvy” because you bought a house when the economy was still somewhat functional and then watched asset inflation make you look like a genius. You are not morally superior because younger people are trying to survive inside a rigged system you refuse to honestly examine. And telling people to “work harder” while ignoring the theft happening above them is not wisdom. It is cowardice dressed up as discipline. Any older generation that does not want the next generation to flourish has failed at the most basic responsibility of stewardship. The goal should be to leave the world better than you found it — not sit on inflated assets, talk down to the people inheriting the wreckage, and pretend they’re broke because they bought coffee. People living in reality see through it. And respect is lost when you defend a broken system just because it happened to benefit you. Financial reset incoming.

Chicago chaos: Teens shutting downtown roads, flailing guns & setting fires. Why do they allow these groups to trash our communities without throwing their asses in jail for good?! Enough is enough.

I’m just a white South African raising cattle and sheep in the safety of Alabama It’s awesome to celebrate Memorial weekend and honoring all the soldiers that have sacrificed their lives in order for me and my family to live here in safety! God Bless America

Dear Gen Z: My mother ate LARD sandwiches when she was a girl. She lived in a dirt floor shack with no electricity or indoor plumbing. She wore dresses made from flour sacks. Fuck you and your whining about the cost of a mocha latte.

Shockingly it’s easier to buy groceries and prep your own food when you have things like YOUR OWN HOME which includes room for a panty and a kitchen with storage because you aren’t living in a 2 bedroom apartment with 3 roommates.

Back in the 70s we didn't take lavish vacations and didn't spend on iPhones, Netflix, Prime, Paramont +, internet, Amazon, DoorDash, and dining out all the time. Nowadays, people just choose to spend their money differently. Apartments were not luxury with exercise rooms, rooftop pools, and balconies. It was just different. Much more simple and money went a lot further.