I’m so tired of hearing “Our grandparents could buy a house on one salary, but now we can’t even afford rent on two!” Yeah, because Grandma wasn’t blowin’ half her paycheck on $12 iced coffee and avocado toast, that’s why!Back then, if they wanted coffee, they made it at home. With grounds so strong it could remove rust. You didn’t drink it… you survived it.And Grandma wasn’t out there “brunchin’.” You think she had time for brunch? No! She was at home, cooking something called whatever’s left in the house.And don’t even bring up Uber Eats.These people today are crying about money while living in a 4-bedroom house with two SUVs, six streaming services, and matching sleeve tattoos. You think Grandpa had a tattoo? Yeah it said “Korea, 1951.” And it came with nightmares, not realitic shading.Oh, don’t even get me started on the kids. “We can’t make ends meet, but Brayden needs the new iPhone!” No, he doesn’t! You’re giving an $1100 phone to a kid who still eats glue and boogers. When we were kids, the family phone hung on the wall. It had a cord long enough to jump rope with, and if you wanted privacy, you had to go stand in the pantry. And somehow, we survived.And the TV? There was one. One. It was in the living room, and Dad controlled it. If he wanted to watch bowling, guess what? You liked bowling.Now every room’s got a 65-inch screen, the baby’s got an iPad, and you’re sitting there wondering why you can’t afford rent. Because you’re living like rappers, that’s why!
>>61207103Grandpa wasn’t out here leasing Teslas and buying $12 smoothies called “Detox Sunrise.” He was driving a truck that sounded like thunder and smelled like oil and cigarettes.They lived within their means. Whatever Grandpa’s paycheck bought, that’s what they had. They didn’t try to keep up with the Joneses. They were just trying to keep the fed and a roof over their heads.So yeah, Grandpa could buy a house on one salary. But he also didn’t have 47 subscriptions and emotional-support crystals. He had one support system, Grandma, who told him to suck it up and mow the yard.Now folks are broke, tired, and stressed… and it’s not because of inflation… it’s because y’all keep ordering tacos from DoorDash like you’re royalty.Wake up and smell the truth!!
You stupid
>>61207123Line go up… it’s almost like grandma and grandpa were broke too!
/biz/ wants the truth, but can’t handle the truth. Times are much better today. You wouldn’t want to live the lifestyle of your grandparents.
>>612072436 kids, big house, wife that cooks and cleans. Niggers segregated. No jeets.
>>61207301Yeah, but no YouTube, no 4chan, no internet computers, no gps, no smart phone, long distance phone calls cost money, cars that break down easily, no cheap airline tickets. Your grandparents were broke compared to you and they lived in smaller houses.
>>61207103>Back then, if they wanted coffee, they made it at home. With grounds so strong it could remove rustI mean basically yes. Coffee was only sort of a thing in the 20s and by the 40s it was dried ass out of a can usually.>And the TV? There was one. One.It was in the living room, and Dad controlled it. If he wanted to watch bowling, guess what? You liked bowling.And it was black and white, 20 inches, you had 12 channels (maximum) and you got 6 in your area with 2 snowy ones unless you held the antenna just right
>>61207693Based knower of old times
>>61207359Half those things they were missing satanic data miners and doping injection e drugs that have hooked us and are actively ruining our lives.
Just eliminate any brown people whenever you can get away with, even the innocent one (because they will inevitably spawn rapist and scammer down the bloodlines). They horde resources and contribute 99% of the problem we face daily.
>>61207359I couldn’t afford my grandparents house and have a household income of 300k and he was a police offficer.
>>61207103>
>coffee vs houseWhat a trade off>uber eatsYou had a milkman
>>61207103Mike Maloney's father was able to buy a brand new $12,000 house in the 1950's using a five year loan that he paid off on time using his $9,000 per year income working as a manager at an auto parts store.Things were absolutely better "back in the day".
>>61210134https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHupx-66VGk&t=30s
>>61210161>30 sec in***
boomer copypasta
>>61207359Are you a child? You think living without computers or smart phones is impossible or something?
My grandfather was the poorest of his 5 brothers and he was making 400k a year when he retired as a government worker (inflation adjusted) and was on a pension running real estate rentals by the beach for 30 years until he died. Grandma almost never worked and only for fun. All my great uncles were CEOs or lawyers.
Holy fuck this redditor is actually coping and seething because old people were in fact rich, but "they didn't have smartphones and uber eats" fucking lmao.
>>61210251Yeah but did he have an iphone 14? Checkmate.
>>61207123Now adjust for square footage.
>>61210256I should also mention I applied to the same job he was doing at the government and they told me to fuck off because they only hire women or literal unironic foreigners now because of foreign language requirements/spanish speakers and the fact the system is literally prejudiced against American citizens who learn Spanish in university but loves to hire -unironic non-citizens- and naturalize them in order to use them.I don't understand how anyone could think this isn't literally hell the way American men are 4th class in their own country after everyone else.
>>61210240He's doing that retarded argument where people are like>heh, you live better than Julius Caesar with his harem of thots, men who would conquer nations just cuz he said so and mountains of gold because you can distract yourself from the shittiness of your life with thirst traps on instagram and the latest news on youtube
>>61207103>>61207116>>61207144>>61207243>>61207359Most jewish thing I've read this month, congrats.
>>61207103it's not the money it's the belief systems. grandpa and grandma were raised in a high trust Christian society and they became athiests because they had the privilege to do so. they raised their kids with Christian morals without God. higher power became ego and government that's why things are shit, no o e has successful relationships, everyone is a whore and seeking to fill the void with whatever instant gratification they can get. boomers destroyed the west.
>>61210465They lived on less, not every boomer is wealthy
>>61207103How does the cafe owner afford his mortgage if everyone makes coffee at home?How do the commercial landlords pay their bills if there's no businesses to lease their properties?How do the uber eats drivers make rent if no-one orders food?You only focus on the first order of saving. Yeah, it might benefit a government workers who is guaranteed a cheque courtesy of taxing labour and commerce. But who else could save money when their source of income halts cos everyone decides to stop spending and save money?
>>61207103Beautiful fkn post OP. Thank you
>>61210355This lunatic war criminal will never be a positive meme.Belongs in a nooseFuck off
ai slop. how does anyone still fall for it
>>61207103>basic facts prove you wrongThanks for the shitting up the board.
>>61211239my parents lived on much less but not less than me. I live in a one car home, save money, never eat out all food is homemade and we don't buy anything. my parents frivolously spent money and still were able to buy a house and there is zero chance for me and my wife where we grew up even 1 to 2 hours away. the house we live in is paid for by her parents who are 30 years ago with zero money from a communist country. they bought it for 10x less than it is now 15 years ago as a second house. the rent on this house that's 70 years old would be 5k a month. rent prices are now more than mortgage prices and no one can get a mortgage because they can no longer save the 20% for the down-payment.it's a values problem. boomers do not have any family values their kids don't stay home until they get married and they're not welcome to. the family wealth doesn't get transferred to help the kids buy their first home like parents used to it's "everyone for themelves". I'm in an old world family/Christian situation nd my life is 1000% different in my wife's family than my western athiest liberal boomer parents family. you are stupid.
>>61207103My nigger everyone is in debt.Back then they had 500 dollars to spend on rent food and kids but saved 10 bucks a month. Or they owned a home. There was no insurance. Nowdays everyone has leveraged market bets, car insursnce and 47 pizzas financed. Completely different types of assets
>>61207144They call that the post war boom. The baby boom in fact.Grandma and grandpa were born right then and there. Do you know how much gold a dollar bought right then?
>>61207103you are mentally ill boomer
>>61215908I’m not in debt though>>61215926Housing shot through the roof then as well. I grew up poor. Did you not? >>61216529False
