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Posted: 3/20/2024 11:11:27 PM EDT
Happiness is a relative concept, but an annual index that tracks it in countries around the world has found that the United States and some Western European countries are falling in overall well-being because younger people are feeling less and less happy.

The U.S., in particular, dropped out of the top 20 for the first time, falling to 23rd place from 15th last year, driven by a large drop in the well-being of Americans under 30. The age disparity is stark: The U.S. ranks in the top 10 for those over 60, but for those under 30, it ranks 62nd, pulling down the overall score.

The report tracks trends in well-being rather than causes, but one of the editors of the report told NBC News that a myriad of factors, including economic inequality between generations in the U.S., are likely to blame for the low levels of happiness in American youth.

This makes the U.S., along with a handful of other countries, such as Canada, Germany and France, the global outliers   the report found that in many regions of the world, the young are still happier than the old.  

The findings, announced Wednesday to mark the United Nations' International Day of Happiness, are part of the World Happiness Report, which has been tracking well-being ratings around the world for more than a decade. It's based on data collected by the research company Gallup and analysis by well-being academics led by the University of Oxford in the U.K.


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Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:21:03 PM EDT
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Bunch a miserable people will be here soon itt.
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:24:36 PM EDT
[#2]
All the whiners are free to leave at any time and go try their luck elsewhere.  Amazes me how many people complain about how bad it is in the US but have no clue what things are really like in the rest of the world.
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:25:52 PM EDT
[#3]
Doom porn will do that to you.

Really though, external factors certainly play a role, but I'm learning that ultimately happiness is a choice. And I'm far from what folks would consider a "happy person." But I can tell you: it's all MY fault.
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:31:57 PM EDT
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Doom porn will do that to you.

Really though, external factors certainly play a role, but I'm learning that ultimately happiness is a choice. And I'm far from what folks would consider a "happy person." But I can tell you: it's all MY fault.
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i've been dead inside for a couple decades.

i find that really solves the old happiness problem.
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:35:41 PM EDT
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Bunch a miserable people will be here soon itt.
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the draft for WWIII is gonna solve all the zoomas' problems, i reckon.

note my proper use of apostrophe for the possessive case of plural nouns that end in s.
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:39:51 PM EDT
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the draft for WWIII is gonna solve all the zoomas' problems, i reckon.

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Personally, exciting grammatical demonstrations are why I keep coming back to GD>
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:40:31 PM EDT
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Because fat chicks
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:44:58 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:52:57 PM EDT
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merican media "We spent the last 20 years telling you American is horrible.. evil.. racist.. filled with hateful white people who hate you and want you to suffer"

also merican media "OMG ya'll People dont think america is one of the top 20 happy countries anymore... "
Link Posted: 3/20/2024 11:54:50 PM EDT
[#10]
Constantly being encouraged to embrace victimhood isn't working well?  Just need all those old happy people to die.  Then they'll feel better, no doubt.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:02:36 AM EDT
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Because you haven’t adopted the traditional Finnish mentality of accepting lower standards..,
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:04:09 AM EDT
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Social media, low T, jerking off all day

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Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:08:53 AM EDT
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All the whiners are free to leave at any time and go try their luck elsewhere.  Amazes me how many people complain about how bad it is in the US but have no clue what things are really like in the rest of the world.
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Yep
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:09:50 AM EDT
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the draft for WWIII is gonna solve all the zoomas' problems, i reckon.
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Your proper English is noted and appreciated.  
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:10:29 AM EDT
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i've been dead inside for a couple decades.

i find that really solves the old happiness problem.
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Have to Tried talking with a Qualified Professional??

And Don't stop until you find an Answer to your "Doom Problem"??

Make Peace with yourself and the World around you??
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:11:29 AM EDT
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i've been dead inside for a couple decades.

i find that really solves the old happiness problem.
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Doom porn will do that to you.

Really though, external factors certainly play a role, but I'm learning that ultimately happiness is a choice. And I'm far from what folks would consider a "happy person." But I can tell you: it's all MY fault.
i've been dead inside for a couple decades.

i find that really solves the old happiness problem.

Mushroomhead - Embrace the Ending (Official Video)
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:13:22 AM EDT
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The young are brainwashed by the socialists and islamists.

That's what evil ideologies do. They bring people down.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:14:26 AM EDT
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I wasn't unhappy when I was younger. Sure I was poor, but that was expected. I also expected to have to work and pay bills, and struggle with finances, and all the normal shit someone just starting out typically deals with.

There wasn't a constant barrage of influence telling me to rage against reality, either. Doom porn and the victim mentality is cancer, and I'm thankful I didn't grow up in it.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:15:49 AM EDT
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BRB, moving to Finland.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:16:14 AM EDT
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All the whiners are free to leave at any time and go try their luck elsewhere.  Amazes me how many people complain about how bad it is in the US but have no clue what things are really like in the rest of the world.
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That’s WHY they complain. First world problems. When people have it easy enough, they find all manner of things to be unhappy and dissatisfied about.

Waaaahhhh… I can’t afford 3 Starbucks a day, eating out all the time, the newest iPhone AND pay rent, utilities, cable, 4 streaming subscriptions, my monthly box ‘o’ mystery crap from that hipster company (this last one is literally a 30 and under thing. Who TF pays to have a box of assorted mystery crap that companies can’t sell, so they offload in bulk, delivered every month?)…

vs

“I haven’t been shot or hacked with a machete today, either”

or

“Today is a great day! First meal I’ve had in 3 days!”


My parents liked to travel. When we were old enough, they started bringing us along. It wasn’t until High School that we asked, “Hey… y’all deliberately took us to 3rd world countries first, so we could see what people didn’t have, to better appreciate what WE have, didn’t you?”.

My parents smiled and said, “Of course. If we’d taken you to Australia or Germany or other developed countries first, you would have become snobs, and all you’d have seen when we went to 3rd world countries, was “Why are we here in this shithole? Can’t we have gone somewhere nice?”. We wanted you to see how a big part of the world lives. Where people don’t even have access to clean water, and bathe in drains. Where an entire family lives in a leaky house, smaller than your bedrooms. Where people work 60-70 hours a week, and make less in one month, than your pocket money for the week”.

Point taken mom and dad. Point taken.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:23:28 AM EDT
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This guy's from Finland he has a pretty high quality ass joke
ISMO | The Word ASS (new & extended version)
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:25:42 AM EDT
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No shit younger people aren't happy, likely for different reasons, you've got the social media/porn hypnotized, drugged out of their mind, and poisoned by the food they eat group. Then you have the crowd that realizes the former gets just as much voting power.

It's hard not to be slightly bummed about things such as the economy.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:29:20 AM EDT
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High taxes. Large social welfare system including publicly funded healthcare.

By GD's standards, you guys would hate it.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:35:01 AM EDT
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That's WHY they complain. First world problems. When people have it easy enough, they find all manner of things to be unhappy and dissatisfied about.

Waaaahhhh  I can't afford 3 Starbucks a day, eating out all the time, the newest iPhone AND pay rent, utilities, cable, 4 streaming subscriptions, my monthly box 'o' mystery crap from that hipster company (this last one is literally a 30 and under thing. Who TF pays to have a box of assorted mystery crap that companies can't sell, so they offload in bulk, delivered every month?)

vs

"I haven't been shot or hacked with a machete today, either"

or

"Today is a great day! First meal I've had in 3 days!"


My parents liked to travel. When we were old enough, they started bringing us along. It wasn't until High School that we asked, "Hey  y'all deliberately took us to 3rd world countries first, so we could see what people didn't have, to better appreciate what WE have, didn't you?".

My parents smiled and said, "Of course. If we'd taken you to Australia or Germany or other developed countries first, you would have become snobs, and all you'd have seen when we went to 3rd world countries, was "Why are we here in this shithole? Can't we have gone somewhere nice?". We wanted you to see how a big part of the world lives. Where people don't even have access to clean water, and bathe in drains. Where an entire family lives in a leaky house, smaller than your bedrooms. Where people work 60-70 hours a week, and make less in one month, than your pocket money for the week".

Point taken mom and dad. Point taken.
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good parents
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:41:01 AM EDT
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That’s WHY they complain. First world problems. When people have it easy enough, they find all manner of things to be unhappy and dissatisfied about.

Waaaahhhh… I can’t afford 3 Starbucks a day, eating out all the time, the newest iPhone AND pay rent, utilities, cable, 4 streaming subscriptions, my monthly box ‘o’ mystery crap from that hipster company (this last one is literally a 30 and under thing. Who TF pays to have a box of assorted mystery crap that companies can’t sell, so they offload in bulk, delivered every month?)…

vs

“I haven’t been shot or hacked with a machete today, either”

or

“Today is a great day! First meal I’ve had in 3 days!”


My parents liked to travel. When we were old enough, they started bringing us along. It wasn’t until High School that we asked, “Hey… y’all deliberately took us to 3rd world countries first, so we could see what people didn’t have, to better appreciate what WE have, didn’t you?”.

My parents smiled and said, “Of course. If we’d taken you to Australia or Germany or other developed countries first, you would have become snobs, and all you’d have seen when we went to 3rd world countries, was “Why are we here in this shithole? Can’t we have gone somewhere nice?”. We wanted you to see how a big part of the world lives. Where people don’t even have access to clean water, and bathe in drains. Where an entire family lives in a leaky house, smaller than your bedrooms. Where people work 60-70 hours a week, and make less in one month, than your pocket money for the week”.

Point taken mom and dad. Point taken.
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I've never seen it first hand, but I'm well aware it's out there and how lucky I have it. It's stuff like that that makes me fantasize about the internet going down, electricity and water shut off, all that crap.....to put things into perspective for folks like that. I imagine a fuckload of them would comit suicide because "it's all about survival now, life isn't worth living!" You have ALL this stuff, yet are so ungrateful for it. Not realizing it can all be taken away. And it would appear we are on our way to having that happen. I don't want that to happen, but I feel like folks need a lesson. I hoped COVID would open some eyes, but I was wrong. Things went back to normal and no one remembers empty grocery store shelves. Guess what I'm trying to say is....
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 12:43:13 AM EDT
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Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 2:29:55 AM EDT
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It is definitely worse in other places, but we should ignore these trends to our own peril.

For me personally it’s frustrating getting fucked by government policies that are making my life harder than it was for those that came before me.

If I were 65 retired, with a pension, with a few million invested, in my million dollar home I paid far less for, drawing social security I’d probably be less worried about what the government was doing because I could weather it much better. Unfortunately that’s not the case.

The difference between me and lots of younger people is I actually realize why everything is fucked up. The government creates problems, and then convinces people to give them more power to fix said problems.

If we aren’t careful younger people will give up our freedom so the government can fix the problems they created.

Of course I guess if I were the person I described above I might not care about that either since I’d probably be dead before any of that actually happens.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 2:36:58 AM EDT
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merican media "We spent the last 20 years telling you American is horrible.. evil.. racist.. filled with hateful white people who hate you and want you to suffer"

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Pretty much.
The west is assaulted constantly with bullshit propaganda and people are affected. What a surprise
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 2:46:01 AM EDT
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Because commies are in charge and commies suck.

They are unhappy and want everybody to be unhappy.


Link Posted: 3/21/2024 2:49:49 AM EDT
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The media works really hard to make people mad and unhappy.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 3:53:12 AM EDT
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Pretty much.
The west is assaulted constantly with bullshit propaganda and people are affected. What a surprise
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Out of control inflation on small things like like education, medical care, food, housing, and gas probably doesn't help
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 3:58:28 AM EDT
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All the whiners are free to leave at any time and go try their luck elsewhere.  Amazes me how many people complain about how bad it is in the US but have no clue what things are really like in the rest of the world.
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You mean the people who can't afford to travel?  Huh. Who would have thought?
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 4:24:37 AM EDT
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Economy bad and getting worse.
Housing market bad and getting worse.
Education and child-care bad and getting worse.
Medical industry bad and getting worse.
Dipshits that came before having the "I have mine, so fuck you" attitude doesn't help.
5th gen warfare destabilizing everything around that provides any semblance of normalcy.
And politics...

Anything that people have to look forward to is looking grim as fuck.

But no, I'm sure it's just a bunch of whiny crybaby millennials...

For the record, none of those negatives apply to me. I'm very blessed, but it isn't hard to have some sympathy instead of being a dick about it.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 4:26:50 AM EDT
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Economy bad and getting worse.
Housing market bad and getting worse.
Education and child-care bad and getting worse.
Medical industry bad and getting worse.
Dipshits that came before having the "I have mine, so fuck you" attitude doesn't help.
5th gen warfare destabilizing everything around that provides any semblance of normalcy.
And politics...

Anything that people have to look forward to is looking grim as fuck.

But no, I'm sure it's just a bunch of whiny crybaby millennials...

For the record, none of those negatives apply to me. I'm very blessed, but it isn't hard to have some sympathy instead of being a dick about it.
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You gotta cut the boomers some slack, they aren't capable of seeing past the the tip of their own nose.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 4:30:29 AM EDT
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According to the World Happiness Report, the following are the happiest countries:

Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
Israel
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Australia
New Zealand
Costa Rica
Kuwait
Austria
Canada
Belgium
Ireland
Czechia
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 4:33:58 AM EDT
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Economy bad and getting worse.
Housing market bad and getting worse.
Education and child-care bad and getting worse.
Medical industry bad and getting worse.
Dipshits that came before having the "I have mine, so fuck you" attitude doesn't help.
5th gen warfare destabilizing everything around that provides any semblance of normalcy.
And politics...

Anything that people have to look forward to is looking grim as fuck.

But no, I'm sure it's just a bunch of whiny crybaby millennials...

For the record, none of those negatives apply to me. I'm very blessed, but it isn't hard to have some sympathy instead of being a dick about it.
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Add in the hoards of middle aged central American men flooding the southern border and millions of Indians on H1B visas. Europe gets young Ukrainian women as migrants while we get Jose and Pajeet. Maybe the boomers who still insist on America being a great country prefer the latter....
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Economy bad and getting worse.
Housing market bad and getting worse.
Education and child-care bad and getting worse.
Medical industry bad and getting worse.
Dipshits that came before having the "I have mine, so fuck you" attitude doesn't help.
5th gen warfare destabilizing everything around that provides any semblance of normalcy.
And politics...

Anything that people have to look forward to is looking grim as fuck.

But no, I'm sure it's just a bunch of whiny crybaby millennials...

For the record, none of those negatives apply to me. I'm very blessed, but it isn't hard to have some sympathy instead of being a dick about it.
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You gotta cut the boomers some slack, they aren't capable of seeing past the the tip of their own nose.
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Add in the hoards of middle aged central American men flooding the southern border and millions of Indians on H1B visas. Europe gets young Ukrainian women as migrants while we get Jose and Pajeet. Maybe the boomers who still insist on America being a great country prefer the latter....
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Our youth are unhappy because preceeding generations sold this country out.

I completely understand.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 5:30:53 AM EDT
[#38]
Have they tried jerking off. It will make you feel great.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 5:48:38 AM EDT
[#39]
But there's no more mean tweets and you can be any gender you want!

Link Posted: 3/21/2024 5:54:32 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/21/2024 5:56:56 AM EDT
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You gotta cut the boomers some slack, they aren't capable of seeing past the the tip of their own nose.
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Economy bad and getting worse.
Housing market bad and getting worse.
Education and child-care bad and getting worse.
Medical industry bad and getting worse.
Dipshits that came before having the "I have mine, so fuck you" attitude doesn't help.
5th gen warfare destabilizing everything around that provides any semblance of normalcy.
And politics...

Anything that people have to look forward to is looking grim as fuck.

But no, I'm sure it's just a bunch of whiny crybaby millennials...

For the record, none of those negatives apply to me. I'm very blessed, but it isn't hard to have some sympathy instead of being a dick about it.


You gotta cut the boomers some slack, they aren't capable of seeing past the the tip of their own nose.

Nah man.
I can't see past the coffee, the paid off house, the nice 401k and Roths, and the lovely spinners who like dating older guys
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 6:35:50 AM EDT
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Nah man.
I can't see past the coffee, the paid off house, the nice 401k and Roths, and the lovely spinners who like dating older guys
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Tomato tomato.

In all honesty, I've never seen you as a boomer, it's a mindset, and you seem to have a sense of humor so that immediately disqualifies you.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 7:07:29 AM EDT
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Tomato tomato.

In all honesty, I've never seen you as a boomer, it's a mindset, and you seem to have a sense of humor so that immediately disqualifies you.
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Nah man.
I can't see past the coffee, the paid off house, the nice 401k and Roths, and the lovely spinners who like dating older guys

Tomato tomato.

In all honesty, I've never seen you as a boomer, it's a mindset, and you seem to have a sense of humor so that immediately disqualifies you.

I'm an almost boom dude, who likes to shitpost.
But coffee and spinners make the world go round.

I work with some youngsters and yep it's tough even though they are making decent money to make ends meet, especially high ass rent for them.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 7:27:01 AM EDT
[#45]
I don't give a shit if you're unhappy. It's not my problem.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 7:29:42 AM EDT
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The pandemic really affected teens now between 14-19 IMO.
No sports.  No Prom. No human interaction except instagram.

Way too much division and politics.  That’s the heart of the problem.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 7:33:14 AM EDT
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Who could be happy when a potted plant is President and communists walk our streets with impunity?
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 7:34:16 AM EDT
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Had to have that Sociology degree.

Which is the most unhappy, male or female?  I'd guess female but it's just a guess.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 7:42:43 AM EDT
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I'm an almost boom dude, who likes to shitpost.
But coffee and spinners make the world go round.

I work with some youngsters and yep it's tough even though they are making decent money to make ends meet, especially high ass rent for them.
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It sucks for people just hitting the job market. I can't argue that coffee and spinners aren't great.
Link Posted: 3/21/2024 7:53:01 AM EDT
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One fucked up thing about America is, life is made especially hard on the productive, because they not only need to support their families, but the families of the unproductive ass well.
I've said many time over the years, I wasn't unhappy with what I was paid at work - I was unhappy with what was left after I paid my taxes.
By the time I paid my local, state, an federal taxes, FICA, and funded my retirement, I was taking home less than half of what I earned.

The only thing that made it financially workable was the fact that I had sweetheart deal on an apartment and a live-in GF who made a good living.
If we'd owned a house, or had kids, we would have had to forgo retirement savings in order to make ends meet. What a shitty choice to have to make.
I'll tell you, some older folks like to crack on young people. From what I see, it's fucking tough to be young today.
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