45% of Gen Z and millennials don’t see the point of saving for the future

Re:45% of Gen Z and millennials don’t see the point of savin... by whatpaysawayrns on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @10:21PM (#30850860)

I think this is a common feeling among adolescents and young adults across generations.

My grandparents spent their childhood with bombs falling around them. My parents spent their childhood doing duck-and-cover drills in school.

Betting on future disaster is a losing proposition, though. You could be right or wrong, and you'll lose either way.

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Re:45% of Gen Z and millennials don’t see the point of savin... by jfengel on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @04:35PM (#30860453)

Duck and cover drills were silly, and your grandparents knew that. They made jokes at the time about their nuclear-proof desks. It was always propaganda to make a nuclear war seem survivable, and fortunately they never had to find out.

Kids Today(tm) do active shooter drills. And those aren't useless. The news is full of kids who actually have to implement them for real. Most of them don't die, but it does mean that they have to live with the consequences of knowing that it's a genuine possibility.

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