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I'm 24 and I feel like I'm drowning everyday. High housing costs. Student loans, soaring prices of gas and food. Abysmal job market. It just feels like it's impossible for anybody younger than 35 to be getting ahead right now. I'm sure many other people my age feel this way but God damn something has to give eventually. This is undoubtedly one of the most difficult times to be an adult in recent history. Our Gen x parents had it significantly easier in just about every way. To be this age in the '90s would have been a fucking dream! EDIT: I am referring specifically to how increasingly hard being an adult in the US is becoming.

Like, yeah, Epstein class bullshit affects everyone. Job market sucks. Mass surveillance is a bitch. I got that part.

That said, does anyone feel like some of us forget that there are others in our generation who live in countries that don't get clean water, electronics, or even food half the time. Their shelters are made of sticks and hay. They barely can dream of getting medicine as simple as penicillin. Yet they make do and can be healthy and happy.

Now, look, I know none of us envy their situation. None of us want to be homeless. That said, we have more safety nets even in hyper-capitalist America than they do. I feel like before we focus on video games going all digital, or complaining that you're a hopelessly romantic man... maybe take a step back and speak for those who don't get to have all the developed luxuries that we have?

I can't get a job anymore. I'm (mostly) able bodied, can learn and do most jobs if given a chance, but eh. Got a useless CS degree a year or two ago that I'm not interested in anymore. Won't be able to enter the field. It's as useful as a basket weaving degree outside of it. Don't have the money for another foolish round of education to learn new skills.

I don't get interviews, so I don't get a job, so I'm not able to work. Haven't really had a decent job in 8 years of adulthood. Made $18/hour in 2018 and 2026 stocking shelves, before and after college. Wasn't worth it. I've been unemployed for a while.

Welfare pays less but at least it'd require no effort on my end. Nothing more I can put effort towards personally. Another degree? Rofl.

i know i already made a post about this, this will be my last one

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In Spanish and Portuguese the term for someone from the US is “Estadouidenise” which translates roughly to “United Statezian” which is not a word in English. But ever since auto translate has appeared on Twitter or Threads every time someone mentions Americans or America the country Latin Americans say “Um aktuualllly America is a continent, not a country, I’m also American”. Oh my god it’s so annoying. There’s no way to say it in English. Fuck me.

And then some of them have the audacity to say that America is actually ONE continent. I’m sorry but if you consider Europe or Africa a continent you better consider North America and South America different continents. At least North and South America have different tectonic plates and an isthmus to delineate. If India isn’t considered its own continent despite it having taller mountains than the Caucasus and its own tectonic plate but Europe gets a pass, I’m actually gonna tweak.

But back to the main point, only Latin Americans get like this. Even terrorists who hate the United States call the US, Americans. This is strictly a one sided beef the Latinos have with the rest of the world. In Chinese they call people from the US “Měi Guó Rén” while they call North America “Běi Měi Zhōu”. Měi being a spin on “Merica”. This is not people being lazy or dumb this is just what it’s called.