MarquisOfFloggingFedsSimulator

Alright, here's the deal. I'm going to be shifting the intent with this account a bit. I've got nothing but time on my hands and I think it's long past due that I put that to use. Some of my interactions will remain completely unchanged, as this account will be where I shoot from

@cafreiman WHERE, except California and maybe New York, are McDonalds employees being paid $18/hr?

A McDonald’s burger has actually gotten steadily less expensive:

Something tells me marching orders are going out. You thought the war was going to stay confined to ME? Jokes on you, faggot, Mossad doesn't care about borders and controls every voice or office with an audience.

@OldWest1453 Your math is wrong. $3 in 1990 was equivalent to $7.64. So even accounting for inflation, the price has gone up by at least $1.65. So, you know, you fucked us on both ends. Very "boomerish" of you to act arrogant and get it wrong anyways, indeed.

Plug it into an inflation calculator. The reality is that in real dollars, the average Big Mac meal in 1990 cost more than it does today. Which is why I wasnt eating out in 1990 any more than I am today -- which means very rarely.

This twerp does the "OK Boomer" routine on me (like I'm going to take it as anything but a compliment) and then blocks me. I will show my work below,with the help of a simple search and an inflation calculator.

Zimbabwe. Complete and total shithole failure of a country. It is still extremely common to go out to lunch at least once a month. Boomers expect every generation other than them to live worse than people in Zimbabwe to subsidize their retirement.

@VillainessEve @SoloTv84 @DrBitcoinMD Expecting zoomers to materializes decades of infrastructure work out of thin air by moving en masse to undesirable locales, (except Wyoming because that state is amazingly beautiful) because previous generations fucked the national economy, is retarded.

@SoloTv84 @DrBitcoinMD So build it. That’s the work.

The entire boomer vs young people divide in one thread

@Coyote443 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob I truly do wish you luck and prosperity. And you have my apologies for having come off the way I did, I know I'm a bit of a hothead and I get way too passionate about most things.

@insertname_12 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob Yeah, I know. My wife and I were less than that till about 5 years ago. She did daycare for the neighbors. It was hell. We're still digging out and kinda at risk right now. Because I can't afford.

Boomers are doing their level best today to prove to Millennials and Gen-Z how woefully out of touch they are. The latest is about how kids these days are eating $30 lunches every day. Now I don’t know if it’s true that kids are spending $30/day for lunch (I’m doubtful), but I will note that $30 is basically lunch for 2 at a fast food joint. It’s not a steak at Outback. The problem isn’t that kids are spending too much on lunch, it’s that lunch costs too much. Everything costs too much. Eating PB&J everyday doesn’t help with the cost of gas, healthcare, or paying back student loans. There is no empathy.

@Coyote443 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob Dime from social security. They'll likely never even have kids, not because they don't desperately want them but because they can't find a way to have them without becoming destitute and taking welfare which is also being cut to stretch out the national debt.

@Coyote443 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob I'm not trying to shit on you personally, and I do appreciate your candor and respectfulness. I'm, and everyone else my age, just frustrated that a generation was by and large given the world, and we have to pay for it. Most of my peers will never own a home. They'll never see a

@Coyote443 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob The AVERAGE income for my generation maxes out at 45k. You CAN'T squeeze much out of a margin like that. Not when you account for gas, food costs, rent, utilities, etc.

@Coyote443 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob Bread is healthier than most give it credit for. And yeah, it probably does. But it doesn't make it any better for you. My point was, everything is more expensive than when you were in your 20s or even 30s. I know people pinching pennies that are still living paycheck to paycheck

@RunningBear571 @Coyote443 @catholicbob Yeah, back when shit didn't cost as much, and you could get a house on 2 years salary from a part time job. You have never worked 80 hours in your life, not unless you were a trucker. In which case you're not a part of the convo because you'd have been making an exorbitant income

@insertname_12 @Coyote443 @catholicbob Oh, FFS. *I* "gave" 6% of my income to those older than me for SS WHILE working 60-80 hours a week ON AVERAGE for 40+ years.. And STILL had time to bake bread, make my own meals from scratch. Cuz I didn't waste hours a day on Social Media WHINING about "how hard it is, Mommy!"

@Coyote443 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob Walmart is not bulk that gets discounted, and 80% is dogshit that WILL cause health problems.

@insertname_12 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob Walmart. A 10lb tube of 80% is $50. Go ahead and laugh. Costco is too far away, we don't get much meat there. Mostly buy the walmart bread for general use because we don't eat a lot so it gets thrown out.

@RunningBear571 @Coyote443 @catholicbob Yeah, and we don't have the goddamn time to make that bread by and large. That's hours, or even days, worth of effort we don't have the luxury of wasting on bread to save a few dollars because we're too busy chipping in 6% of our income to give you a check for SS.

@insertname_12 @Coyote443 @catholicbob I MAKE 100% whole grain bread for ~$.50/loaf. From freshly milled wheat berries. That I actually grind. But that (gasp!) takes (double gasp!!) W-O-R-K. To which many NOT "Boomers" are completely allergic to.

@RunningBear571 @Coyote443 @catholicbob Yeah, my daddy whooped my ass too. Boo fucking hoo. My generation has gone through a complete shutdown of the world economy, multiple financial crises, never ending war, the dollar has never been more worthless, we'll never see SS, our rights are under attack by a police state

@insertname_12 @Coyote443 @catholicbob Oh, FFS. Here we go with the "YOU were the most decadent, spoiled" gen bullshit. WE didn't get participation trophies, parents kissing our ass constantly. Instead, my dad WHOOPED our ass - with a paddle that had holes in it when we misbehaved. Tell me how "spoiled" we were.

@Coyote443 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob 1. Where are you buying bulk? If you say CostCo, I immediately know how much you make. The only reason my friends can afford to go there is because I bit the bullet years ago. 2. Bread is 2-4 dollars in the Midwest if you buy the shittiest brand imaginable. 3. Pick a condiment.

@insertname_12 @RunningBear571 @catholicbob Beef, here is $5 per pound, bulk price. Bread is $1.50. I don't buy mayo.

@RunningBear571 @Coyote443 @catholicbob Pop Quiz, what's the price of a lbs of beef? How about a loaf of bread? A jar of Mayo? Go on, guess.

@RunningBear571 @Coyote443 @catholicbob Stop acting like you were grecian monks, you were the most decadent and spoiled generation to ever exist. Packing a lunch isn't cheap. $28 is lunch for 2 at McDonalds, not some hedonistic luxury from a 4-star. You absolutely ate out more than that.

@BubsCollection @JustaYinzer @EdwardJacksonD @PanhandleCash @SpudCannon3000 @mikethemofo @gov_fails I genuinely can't wait for the market crash, and I'm a rightwinger. The younger generations need a mass (I will refrain from saying it to avoid fedposting) because that's the only way they'll see affordable prices in their lifetime. Boomers and GenX are fundamentally broken.

@insertname_12 @JustaYinzer @EdwardJacksonD @PanhandleCash @SpudCannon3000 @mikethemofo @gov_fails This is who youre arguing with btw. Theyre sitting back and laughing at our struggles if that tells you the kind of people they are

Gen X here... I've worked hard for 30 years to get where I am. I make good money, and I've earned it. I can afford a $28 lunch, but choose not to spend that much most of the time because it feels frivolous. Gen Z is on here complaining about why lunch costs $28, or why Chipotle or Jersey Mike's costs what it does. I get it, it's definitely more than it used to be. So adjust. Get water instead of a $5 soda. Find a local place that is more reasonable. Bring in a lunch from home once in a while. Solve the problem instead of whining and continuing to hurt yourself by spending that much money if you really shouldn't be.

@checkingoutie @CarolinaLion2 No, the argument is that literally everything has gone up in price, including homemade meals, everything keeps going up, and that you should eat like a slave to afford (maybe) a starter home in 3-4 years when a boomer could do the same in 2 years with a part time job.

@insertname_12 @CarolinaLion2 most ppl who can afford a 28 dollar lunch can afford to save 12000 dollars over two years instead literally thats it thats the argument

Nah, I knew that a little exaggeration would bait a bunch of people like you into saying things like "oranges and sodas are luxury items" and "if you save up you might have enough to afford a mortgage when you turn 50" which would do more to damage your position then the post itself.

@checkingoutie @CarolinaLion2 1. That assumes perfect conditions. No emergency payments. 2. You're not even able to guarantee that by the time they do save it won't have gone up in price. 3. Not everyone has the time to dedicate to meal prep.

@insertname_12 @CarolinaLion2 it literally sets out, starting from 28 bucks as the argument, how one person can save several thousand a year just on lunches nobody is saying its quick, or fun, we are literally pointing out that nobody needs to spend that money on lunches and if they are they arent serious