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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by Waterluvian on Monday August 21, 2023 @11:49AM (#37211197)
In a lot of cases in Canada it's dual-income renters.

And there's a ridiculous amount of cognitive dissonance among the Boomers I've talked with on this topic. There was a real confidence in their feeling that things were just as hard back then and there's just as much opportunity today for people to work hard and buy a home.

In their defense: every single one of them, when we got the pen and paper out and did the math to show it's not even remotely close, were shocked.

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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by taylodl on Monday August 21, 2023 @11:53AM (#37211284)
That's not a defense. They could have gotten the pen and paper out themselves and ran through some numbers to quickly verify their view of the world was way out of alignment with reality - but they didn't do it. Why? Because they preferred their view of the world, reality be damned.
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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by Waterluvian on Monday August 21, 2023 @12:32PM (#37211896)
I think the past number of years has shown us that anyone willing to change their world view should be applauded. Standards are now very low. Maybe they'll go back up with the interest rates.
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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by throwaway5959 on Monday August 21, 2023 @12:00PM (#37211388)
So… they’re boomers? This isn’t just a Canadian phenomenon. Makes you wonder why they by and large are that way.
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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by dwaltrip on Monday August 21, 2023 @01:01PM (#37212284)
It’s expected generational behavior.

Younger generations want to change things and think they are unique and special, older generations are like “nah you don’t get it just wait until you are older”.

Both are right to varying degrees and depending on the circumstances. But those seems like the default views, and it takes effort to see when they don’t apply.

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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by throwaway5959 on Monday August 21, 2023 @01:15PM (#37212468)
And you’d think Boomers would understand how that mentality is bullshit.
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