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Sympthsical

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14. Partner's cousin was over on Thanksgiving
Fri Dec 12, 2025, 12:25 PM
Dec 12

He's in his early 30s. It was the first time he'd been at our house, and as the night went on, he was kind of getting upset. Just down and depressed. Partner asked what was wrong. And then came a stream about how he'd never have a house like this, and he doesn't know what to do, and no matter how hard he works, it'll never happen for him.

And that feeling just seems to be increasingly the default among Millennials and Gen Z. Older Millennials are kind of sort of settling in and down in their 40s now. But younger, they just don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

And people act like this all just started. Like it wasn't the past 20-40 years of corporate, wealth accumulating bullshit from the federal government on down that created this situation.

"Why aren't young people enthusiastic about us?"

Because they have eyes, they can see. You think politicians putting another stock trade on the pile is enthusiasm generating?

I just do not know how people don't get it. Sometimes I think it's their job to not get it.

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