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⌈ Secret Post #6923 ⌋

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10. [WARNING for discussion of child molestation]

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12. [WARNING for discussion of Harvey Weinstein, rape/sexual assault]

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Ugh, condolences. My dad pulled the wHy dON't yOu JuST gEt a bEtTEr jOb? thing, too. Yes, I'll just quit and snag one of those magical unicorn jobs that pays you the big bucks because those are so easy to get. Entry level billionaire, maybe? I swear to fucking god I don't know what's up with these crusty Boomers who are so out of touch they believe the younger generations are just too dumb to apply for the six figure income jobs that are waiting to be filled in every city.

I too tried to explain about the precarious job market, supply and demand, etc. and just got a wEll mAYbE iF yoU tRiEd hARdEr speech. Meanwhile he's sitting there with his six figure portfolio pursuing his daily hobbies of naps and crossword puzzles wondering why I'm tired and stressed all the time instead of choosing to be happy and rich.

Yeah, it's a mystery, Dad. I guess I'm just too dumb to choose happiness and money.

Maybe you should drop hints to your Dad that while you hunt for that better job you might just have to accelerate your inheritance as a fallback.

LOL! And here I was going to suggest that he adopt the same power of positive thinking approach and try harder to regrow his hair.

DA
Ouch! lolol

DA
My father does this too. My job is okay but entry level, and I can't get a better job because I could never afford a degree. I can't juggle community college when my schedule varies by week. He often tells me to monetize my hobbies, but I just don't have *time* to make a username to advertise commissions online when my job makes me AFK and cuts into my leisure. I used to take painting commissions and sell prints online, and only had one customer. I can't get a job in "graphic design" or "coding" without a degree, and AI has taken over those anyway.

One day, he told me, "I'm praying you'll get a better job."

"I don't have time to find a better job."

"Someone will offer you a better job."

This hasn't happened. He's just praying that I'll stumble upon someone who will offer me a good job, instead of, I dunno, helping me out financially. Or paying for college when I turned 18, which he never did.

He's also suggested my sister should work in a nearby city. The issue is our household shares a car, and everyone works, and it uses up a lot of gas to go to the city. My county doesn't have a train or transit. We can't afford to have one person work hours away when we need to be at different places at once. This makes no sense.

I know not all boomers are like this, but I'm so goddamn tired of people who had a house and car by their 20s acting like I'm lazy for not having the same in my mid-30s.

"I'm praying you'll get a better job." - Oh damn, anon. That would make me see red, but I have little patience for religion and religious types who think prayer solves all your problems so no need to, you know, take action.

Clueless boomers are a stereotype for sure, but sometimes they're a stereotype for a reason. My dad isn't the only guy his age like this, my friends are dealing with similar problems re: their own parents.

AYRT
I know plenty of Christians who are lovely people, but saying "I'm praying you'll get a better job." made me fume because he's a stereotypical fundamentalist and ironically the bigger "sinner" I know. (Cheater, abuser, violent, racist, homophobic, does illegal drugs, etc.)

There's probably a divide between the older and younger boomers. I know boomers who protested the Vietnam War and participated in civil right activism tend to be progressive, but he was born in the latter end and is a stereotypical "hippie to yuppie." Went from smoking weed and partying in college, to getting his car and house when growing up, voting for Reagan, looking down on poor people, and marrying a woman too young for him. Ugh. (My parents are divorced, for the record, but he's had three.)

Yeah, a lot of older folks were all free love and weed and revolution when they were young... and then they grew up and voted Republican because they got their interests to protect and fuck everyone else. My dad's not quite that hypocritical, but he's willfully clueless about how things have changed since his day. Not so much a hateful MAGA bigot, but definitely in the "stop buying avocado toast and you could buy a house" and "people just don't want to work anymore" camp.

AYRT
Yep, it's frustrating. I don't hate older folk, but the ones who got their bag before the last 3 recessions are willfully out of touch.

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