10 years ago if I was making what I’m making now I’d be living like a queen. Now my full time blue collar job feels like minimum wage
2026-06-08 15:53:59
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Jules🪼 :
But don’t worry we have our first trillionaire!!!😭
2026-06-14 18:49:19
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cierra :
My mom had a 5 bedroom house, nice car, and 2 carts of groceries for our family of 5 a week making 19 an hour and we still had enough to go out to eat often and do fun things
2026-06-08 17:18:19
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nomi :
people forget that when the 40hr work week was established, it supported the WHOLE family and thats why SAHMs were so prevalent, a double income household 40hrs each isnt even enough to just support those two people anymore
2026-06-10 19:24:24
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Annie K :
My rent in 2021 was $560
2026-06-10 20:16:17
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Faithisthefatrebel :
Yup. I can’t even afford to buy a house in the neighborhood I grew up in. My daddy got the house for 50k. The houses are now $250k. I me more than both my parents did combined. They had way more purchasing power with less money
2026-06-08 21:59:56
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doctora_J_exploradora :
Yeah I make more than my mom’s ever made and I’m like 👀.
2026-06-08 15:24:57
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ConcreteQueen👑 :
I grew up thinking 20 an hour would be perfect. I make almost 30 and this shit stupid.
2026-06-09 10:54:51
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romeojojojo :
Everyday i clock in to work i feel like im back like i never left our parents were able to afford their life and also have free time
2026-06-10 14:25:30
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user97113723921401 :
This has been brewing since the 1980’s via Thatcher and Reagan etc. It’s just hitting the fan now. It’s so enraging and depressing.
2026-06-08 15:35:06
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BlahBlah :
It’s not only that but ppl say pay is based on skill and what not. I think that’s bs
2026-06-08 16:33:26
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monica :
Government corruption and corporate greed
2026-06-08 20:38:45
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Tay🤎🦋 :
I’d be in a 4 bd townhouse with the newest Lexus with the money I make if it was 2016
2026-06-11 17:10:12
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King Victoria 👑 :
My parents lived off One salary with 4 kids, a home, a ton of cars, private school and more just from UPS. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHTTTTTT
2026-06-10 23:26:12
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Muffins Doerr :
My mom was a hotel maid and we had zoo memberships and season passes every year to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
2026-06-08 23:11:06
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Dailey Premiere :
Everything is just way too expensive now, even if housing/rent prices came down that would take a lot of pressure off of people
2026-06-08 15:20:58
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ashleygranger3 :
My husband and I are making more than my parents did at my age with two kids at home meanwhile it's just me and him living paycheck to paycheck. Can't even afford to go on date nights to cheap local places to eat because everything ends up being $20+ a person. Gas is almost $4 a gallon and groceries higher than snoop. I'm so mentally and emotionally drained from this economy.
2026-06-10 20:35:38
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K :
And our parents act like they don’t get it. Calling us "big money" meanwhile I m still living with a roommate in my late 20’s 😩
2026-06-08 17:00:50
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Conner :
This, EXACTLY, I make more now than BOTH of my parents combined income at my age. And it still feels like I’m just barely living paycheck to paycheck.
2026-06-10 20:32:01
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Rose :
Right? My parents are gobsmacked because I make 60k at 26 when they’ve never gotten above 55k. But they have houses and vacations while I can hardly afford a shoddy studio apartment. Their three story house was 60k in 2002.
2026-06-08 17:08:06
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shiitsngiggles23 :
Because wht do u mean 75k after taxes can only afford bills
2026-06-09 15:23:11
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theyearofaudacity :
It’s because our dollar isnt the same value wise anymore. People aren’t paying attention
2026-06-08 17:22:54
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𝔄𝔪𝔪𝔦 :
My parents raised 10 kids on 70k, I make 40k and I can’t afford to go to the optometrist for a new pair of glasses
2026-06-09 14:33:56
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Yaning Gómez ✨ :
That’s why I don’t work hard anymore. I do what I need to do, if I can get away with less then I’ll do that too because I can’t even afford rent or childcare with what they pay me.
2026-06-08 17:09:18
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