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[–] bluegreenwookie@bookwormstory.social 82 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh the thing professionals all said would happen? That's what they are stunned about? The very thing they were warned would happen if trump did the thing he said he would do.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Old people aren't exactly "finger on the pulse" types

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 20 points 3 days ago (6 children)

And they have been trained to hate government, science and experts.

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[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Please stop the generation blaming/shaming. It’s a “divide and conquer tactic”. Also, please notice a LOT of the people at the protests are “old people”. We don’t sit behind keyboards blaming, we actually get out and DO something. And, finally, do some research and look up who voted for MAGA. ✌️☮️

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 59 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Turns out woke wasn't so bad, huh

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

I can only have an opinion when Fox News informs me of the new outrageous fad for this week.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 53 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh no, are the Boomers finally collectively suffering the consequences of their own collective actions?

What a shame.

Anyway, welcome to the 'you can never retire or afford a house' club along with all your children who've been begging you for the past 20 years to stop voting for policies and politicians who made this current situation inevitable.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

This is not a good time to hate on Boomers.

https://www.thecivicscenter.org/blog/youth-voting-in-2024-election

White voters over age 65 supported Harris stronger than white voters 30-45. The most pro Trump group was white voters age 45-65.

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Excellently stated. Thank you.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I just took a couple Ubers. They were driven by retirees as a way to make a little extra cash and get out of the house. Both of them said they would have to quit driving and get another “real” job again if the market continued to tank. This shit rolls downhill…gonna create a job crunch again. People not leaving jobs, no jobs for people entering the marketplace, and companies are going to start crushing labor’s wages and benefits again.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 24 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Maybe that IS the end goal. Get old people working so wages get fucked for everyone and the corporate overlords can increase their profit margins from a measly 99% to 99.9% or whatever

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[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (14 children)

“The leopards ate my face”

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 days ago
[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 255 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Clearly they just need to take their own advice:

  1. No more avocado toast

  2. Stop buying so much coffee out. Make it at home.

  3. ????

  4. Profit.

Simple as.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 98 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Also they could just get an easy job at McDonald's?????

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago

Maybe they could try an unpaid internship to get experience first

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 73 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Boot straps. Don't forget about the boot straps.

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[–] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

This isn't fair! I was gambling with those other people's lives!

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 59 points 4 days ago

Don't let them fool u by saying that this is just a correction. A correction needs a catalyst. The catalyst here is the tarriff. Trump created this mess. Rise up. Fight.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 70 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You keep saying retirees when I think you mean future walmart door greeters.

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My fucking parents are going to end up Wal-Mart greeters and they will not admit, even after everything, that they fucked up voting for Trump.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

They'll keep saying it's still a good idea butt just barely executed for years. That's what happened with Brexit in the UK.

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[–] Laser@feddit.org 13 points 3 days ago

It's obviously Biden's and Obama's fault, they made the stocks go so high in the first place! Not only does that mean they could buy fewer, but it also means they fall more!

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[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 185 points 5 days ago (16 children)

“I don’t want to have to worry that everyone is constantly changing my financial reality,” said Alison Carey, 64, of Oregon, a freelancer in the theater industry. “Let the economy do its machinations, but don’t put me in the gears.”

Sorry you had to learn it this way, Alison, but "the economy" has always been grinding people up in its gears. The main difference is, that it is now reaching you, personally.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 78 points 4 days ago (48 children)

Well, if you voted for these dumbasses and are now pikachu over how idiotic they actually are....hard to feel sorry for you.

BTW, if you say "I didn't vote for that"......YES YOU DID. It's not like donvict was quiet about his love for tariffs.

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[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 95 points 4 days ago (4 children)

But it's so worth it when you remember that he ended all that DEI stuff and stopped those two trans kids from playing women's sports.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 43 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Over two trillion has been wiped out. That's one trillion dollars per trans kid.

Is America great again yet?

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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 114 points 5 days ago (10 children)

It's ok everyone they will all be a lot better off once manufacturing comes back to the US, they can make up the difference by working in a local sweatshop.

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know several people that were suppose to retire next year. Looks like they are gonna have to postpone 😂😂

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 3 days ago

But at least they're stripping the rights of foreigners and women - that's what they voted for, right? Cruelty? Fuck those ones and every other Trump voter. Enjoy your inevitable consequence you bastards.

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 92 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Let's go vote republican !

Aw dang it Aw dang it Aw dang it Aw dang it Aw dang it Aw dang it Aw dang it Aw dang it Aw dang it

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 48 points 4 days ago

It’s almost like this is exactly what we warned them would happen.

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