Recent comments in /f/Showerthoughts

kierantheking t1_ja8e5pf wrote

Reply to comment by Yelloms in There's been tens of thousands of generations of humans, yet even those just 3 generations back are already forgotten by most living humans. by batsofburden

There is a word for that realization, that every one else has a million thoughts per day, and if that friend didn't remember you don't like banana they probably sat in the bakery isle arguing aloud with themselves and just ended up making the wrong decision because they have 30 friends and it's hard to remember what they each like, but they still went out of their way to do something to make your day better and that's what really matters, plus you didn't really need pie anyways you've been doing good eating healthier

Also the word is sonder

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realdealreel9 t1_ja8czzq wrote

Reply to comment by yamaha2000us in Young generations tend to judge or pity for old generations but the fact is that the later are apparently happier, less anxious and more content with what they achieved or failed to. by red-ed

It’s like we are having two different conversations. Oh well. Nothing to see here but record profits and trying to make it all about personal responsibility and the side hustles (lolol) of the underpaid while the rich get richer. Absolutely some people spend irresponsibly. But you are seriously deluded if you think this is the only issue. It’s weird frankly, like you got yours and so you can’t even fathom that there are these other factors when clearly people just need to eat out less and get a second or third job.

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Dinklemeier t1_ja8c6xd wrote

Reply to comment by sformaggio in Young generations tend to judge or pity for old generations but the fact is that the later are apparently happier, less anxious and more content with what they achieved or failed to. by red-ed

Haha sure. No one thats 40 50 60 or 70 has lived a life with stress so they can't possibly know what that is. People bitch today about getting 6% mortgage rates and houaing prices when it was EIGHTEEN PERCENT in the early 80's. That's just one data point obviously. Plenty more out there though.

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KungThulhu t1_ja8bs5b wrote

Reply to comment by yamaha2000us in Young generations tend to judge or pity for old generations but the fact is that the later are apparently happier, less anxious and more content with what they achieved or failed to. by red-ed

>The problem is post boomer generation focus on successes not failures.

typical boomer thought. Instead of accepting that factually the current teens will have it 10 times worse than you you instead push the blame on them.

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Dinklemeier t1_ja8bp9f wrote

Reply to comment by yamaha2000us in Young generations tend to judge or pity for old generations but the fact is that the later are apparently happier, less anxious and more content with what they achieved or failed to. by red-ed

Yeah no one likes hearing that its a you problem not a them problem. I love buying stuff so i work a lot and therefore dont have to budget. Most people could save a bit of they tried, but its more fulfilling to bitch that they dont make enough.

My wife has 3 kids. Survived before we were together making 65k a year with zero financial support from the baby daddy. Now she lives free of rent ($2k/mo at her old appt) but can barely save anything. Theoretically she now has $24k of after tax money she should be saving. Magically though, she has almost none. Gee whiz. Cant possibly be a spending problem now that she has less financial pressure can it?

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American_PP t1_ja8b8ry wrote

Reply to It's weird that you can only find some things, people and animals only in some parts of the world. by Rubymaybebabe

I have never had this shower thought due to my parents taking me to Thailand every summer since I was a child. Understanding geographic distances, terrain barriers, along with seeing cultural differences in behavior, language, and manners from a very young age, I intuitively saw why this was the case.

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American_PP t1_ja8al7d wrote

Reply to Young generations tend to judge or pity for old generations but the fact is that the later are apparently happier, less anxious and more content with what they achieved or failed to. by red-ed

This is true.

There are a lot of miserable people now a days who have it far better than their ancestors yet handle everything far worse. It could be the victim mindset that modern media has implanted into the new generation, whether it be to reap power and wealth, or whatever, but the fact is too many people now are miserable and it will lead into terrible future decision making that will inevitably lead to war/violence/mass death. The cycle will continue.

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yamaha2000us t1_ja8a6y7 wrote

Reply to comment by realdealreel9 in Young generations tend to judge or pity for old generations but the fact is that the later are apparently happier, less anxious and more content with what they achieved or failed to. by red-ed

One of the common questions that comes up in r/personalfinance is how to budget.

A common responses is, please provide your monthly income and all of your expenses.

Then we can explain what is wrong with their budget.

There are always spending issues and sometimes the answer is get a second job.

I have worked second jobs and this has allowed me to get a head.

We call it the side hustle, it has allowed some of us to buy that house, car, have children and live comfortably within our means.

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