• Opinionhaver@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Is the answer that their parents paid for all of it as is the case for most people under 18?

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      15 hours ago

      Millennials start in 1984. About half of the generation was over 18 in 2008.

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        9 hours ago

        Milennial generation is typically defined as 1981-1996, according to a quick web search. As an '82 baby, I was working a full-time grunt job making $6.50/hr with zero benefits, trying to fake empathy as my bosses (the company owners) lamented the absolute devastation of their '84 baby boy’s loss of most of his retirement.

        Cry me a fucking river, assholes. He’s an engineer with 40ish years of career ahead of him. He’ll be fine.