As a GenX I feel pretty screwed by the previous generation as well. I was told to 'harden up', 'work hard and you'll be able to live comfortably', etc. I'm getting near forty now and have watched my chances of living as comfortably as my parents fade away into hopes of finding money buried somewhere. At least then I'll be able to buy a damn house or an apartment with a chance of paying it off before I'm too old and senile to work effectively enough to earn money. When I'm told that I should stop buying avacado on toast for breakfast, I become furious. I save everything I can and only spend money on what I can re-sell again later or invest. When I say "my stereo is broken, and no, I haven't replaced it yet" my parents assume it's because I am simply too lazy to get around to it. The fact of the matter is that I get home at 7:30 at night, make some food, and then freeze in my crappy unheated apartment as I sit under a blanket refusing to spend money on a stereo when I should be putting it into stocks or a small business or ANYTHING that will help me get ahead.

/rant

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