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[Gregmal]

Oh it’s 100% the younger generations and their entitlements and attitude that’s the problem.

 

For instance, I literally started working in the middle of the GFC. Shit was so dark and dour. Employment as a W2 really didn’t exist. If it did it was a $35k per year job. White knuckling it as a self employed person was really the only option. 100 hour 5 day work weeks were the minimum. 3x a month Saturday was also a work day.
 

Now? These arrogant little brats go “you started at the best time possible, it must’ve been easy”…..and they firmly believe they are right LMFAO like I totally should’ve joined my generations group of spoiled brats at the Occupy Wall Street rallies I literally had to step over on my way to work every evening. Which is why I metaphorically also stepped over them in life.

Edited May 2 by Gregmal

[Blake Hampton]

2 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Oh it’s 100% the younger generations and their entitlements and attitude that’s the problem.

 

For instance, I literally started working in the middle of the GFC. Shit was so dark and dour. Employment as a W2 really didn’t exist. If it did it was a $35k per year job. White knuckling it as a self employed person was really the only option. 100 hour 5 day work weeks were the minimum. 3x a month Saturday was also a work day. Now? These arrogant little brats go “you started at the best time possible, it must’ve been easy”…..and they firmly believe they are right LMFAO

 

I partly agree.

But I also think this kind of talk is exactly what makes some people so angry. It's always funny until it's not.

[73 Reds]

3 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

 

Work where exactly? Walmart, McDonalds? Aren't those jobs where we "shouldn't raise the minimum wage" because "only high schoolers work them?"

Do they go to work in manufacturing? Isn't a core tenant of your savior's policy to reshore jobs, which I'll add he hasn't done, because other countries are "taking advantage of us?"

Our troubles surrounding current account are largely not Trump's fault. But he's certainly not doing anything today to properly fix them. For him, it's simply too difficult politically. And before you try and say it, his mish-mash, brazenly stupid tariff policy has done nothing here. The only thing that has accomplished is cause business and geopolitical chaos, Trump's specialty.

Are you serious?  Did you bother to listen to Greg Abel just now?  No excuses, just put your head down and move forward.  Our youth can pursue anything they choose.  In some ways I agree with Cubs that we have somewhat of a lost generation due to participation trophies and the like.  And most of that is the fault of parents and yes, left-wing politics.  If people can't see the fallacy of such thinking now, they'll never learn.  The educational system is also to blame and likewise, those who don't understand why are destined to continue to fail.  But there are, and always have been alternative forms of education that can lead to success.  And if you have not already been brainwashed, you can probably get a decent education just about anywhere if you chose the right curriculum.  Its all about choices, not inequality. 

[Gregmal]

Just now, Blake Hampton said:

 

I partly agree.

But I also think this kind of talk is exactly what makes some people so angry. It's always funny until it's not.

I made $200 a week and then got 25% of the business I brought in, which for a while was zero. In exchange for my 100+ hours a week. Working at Walmart, whatever, at those ages builds character, experience, relationships. If all one is thinking about at that age is just their hourly wage, or when they can punch out and go party with friends, they aren’t gonna get far regardless.

[cubsfan]

11 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

 

Work where exactly? Walmart, McDonalds? Aren't those jobs where we "shouldn't raise the minimum wage" because "only high schoolers work them?"

Do they go to work in manufacturing? Isn't a core tenant of your savior's policy to reshore jobs, which I'll add he hasn't done, because other countries are "taking advantage of us?"

Our troubles surrounding current account are largely not Trump's fault. But he's certainly not doing anything today to properly fix them. For him, it's simply too difficult politically. And before you try and say it, his mish-mash, brazenly stupid tariff policy has done nothing here. The only thing that has accomplished is cause business and geopolitical chaos, Trump's specialty.

 

You are really delusional.  A total victim of the system - you'll go a long way..

 

I can't imagine someone like you going to war for our country given your "victim status".

 

Very typical of this generation.

[cubsfan]

5 minutes ago, Blake Hampton said:

 

I partly agree.

But I also think this kind of talk is exactly what makes some people so angry. It's always funny until it's not.

 

Why in the world would you say something so dumb. You are very smart, but you lack wisdom. People are trying to help you with their experience, but you want it all handed to you.

 

Keep that attitude up - and all those tremendously hardworking Indian and Asian immigrants that come here with nothing in their pockets and live 8 guys to a house will absolutely blow you away while you bitch and moan and complain we don't understand you.  Believe me, those immigrants know opportunity when they see it - and they won't waste the opportunity.

 

Good luck Blake.

[cubsfan]

And by the way Blake - congratulations on getting married.

[Parsad]

1 hour ago, cubsfan said:

 

Most of them don't work, so might as well steal it from someone else. It's the Commie way.

 

Hmmm...alot of working people are bitching these days too!  Most are MAGA!

 

I'm complaining...Trump really effed the pooch on his timeline!  I'm not against regime change and an open Strait of Hormuz...but even hardcore supporters have to admit he got the depth of the initial attack completely wrong (or Hegseth did) and this isn't going exactly like the presented gameplan suggested!  

 

Ukraine has expanded their ability to hit Russian targets from 650 km to 1750 km...what if Iran figures that out too over the next 6 months!  They already had ballistic missiles that could do that, but what if they can do it with cheaper weapons?!  Cheers!

[cubsfan]

2 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

Hmmm...alot of working people are bitching these days too!  Most are MAGA!

 

I'm complaining...Trump really effed the pooch on his timeline!  I'm not against regime change and an open Strait of Hormuz...but even hardcore supporters have to admit he got the depth of the initial attack completely wrong (or Hegseth did) and this isn't going exactly like the presented gameplan suggested!  

 

Ukraine has expanded their ability to hit Russian targets from 650 km to 1750 km...what if Iran figures that out too over the next 6 months!  They already had ballistic missiles that could do that, but what if they can do it with cheaper weapons?!  Cheers!

 

You can complain all you want big guy. You worked your ass off, sacrificed and you're rich now. You earned the right to complain as much as you like!

[73 Reds]

4 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

Hmmm...alot of working people are bitching these days too!  Most are MAGA!

 

I'm complaining...Trump really effed the pooch on his timeline!  I'm not against regime change and an open Strait of Hormuz...but even hardcore supporters have to admit he got the depth of the initial attack completely wrong (or Hegseth did) and this isn't going exactly like the presented gameplan suggested!  

 

Ukraine has expanded their ability to hit Russian targets from 650 km to 1750 km...what if Iran figures that out too over the next 6 months!  They already had ballistic missiles that could do that, but what if they can do it with cheaper weapons?!  Cheers!

LOL, the only people who complain on this site sit on your side of the aisle.

[Blake Hampton]

29 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

And by the way Blake - congratulations on getting married.

I appreciate it.

[Parsad]

43 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Oh it’s 100% the younger generations and their entitlements and attitude that’s the problem.

 

For instance, I literally started working in the middle of the GFC. Shit was so dark and dour. Employment as a W2 really didn’t exist. If it did it was a $35k per year job. White knuckling it as a self employed person was really the only option. 100 hour 5 day work weeks were the minimum. 3x a month Saturday was also a work day.
 

Now? These arrogant little brats go “you started at the best time possible, it must’ve been easy”…..and they firmly believe they are right LMFAO like I totally should’ve joined my generations group of spoiled brats at the Occupy Wall Street rallies I literally had to step over on my way to work every evening. Which is why I metaphorically also stepped over them in life.

 

Arrrggghhhh!  The old always bitch, as do the young.  The old always say "During my time...when I was..." and the young always say "Well we have less opportunity...you guys had..."!  The truth is both are just bitching and that time would be better spent elsewhere!

 

Almost everyone I know had some sort of challenge or struggle...some worse off...some better off.  Remember when Gen X was bitching that Boomers took all the good jobs, were destroying the planet and would never retire?  Know Gen X is doing exactly the same bloody thing to Millennials and Gen Y!  And in turn, they will do it to Alpha and Beta...who are already starting to bitch at the age of 5 and 20...but they will adopt AI into their daily life and the world will be amazing and problematic like it always is.  This is the natural order!

 

So everyone should just stop whining...starting with the President!  Cheers!

 

[Parsad]

21 minutes ago, 73 Reds said:

LOL, the only people who complain on this site sit on your side of the aisle.

 

You bitch like an old lady daily...so pull up your skirt and start walking that talk!    Your boots were made for walking!  An old throwback you'll enjoy!  Cheers!

 

 

 

[dealraker]

6 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

You bitch like an old lady daily...so pull up your skirt and start walking that talk!    Your boots were made for walking!  An old throwback you'll enjoy!  Cheers!

 

 

 

Nancy...1966!

[73 Reds]

12 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

You bitch like an old lady daily...so pull up your skirt and start walking that talk!    Your boots were made for walking!  An old throwback you'll enjoy!  Cheers!

 

 

 

Only at people like you who whine like the little dancing girls in your post.   Do you ever NOT think about Trump or do you save all your nonsense just for this thread? 

Edited May 2 by 73 Reds
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[SharperDingaan]

On 5/1/2026 at 4:14 PM, Blake Hampton said:

I actually just got married a couple of weeks ago. On the day before my wedding, I sat at a table on my back porch and shared some beer with three of my boomer relatives: my uncle, my dad, and my fiancé's dad. 

 

Congratulations!

 

Keep in mind that the life experience of every generation passing through their 20's/30's, is a reflection of the times and geography they lived in; baring unusual circumstance, its often hard to see past that. I got on famously with my father in law as we'd both had to run in the night, he from East Germany as the Berlin Wall was going up. Decades of separation, but the times rhymed.

 

Today, every 'career' lasts maybe a decade at most, and typically consists of 2-3 gigs at different employers, for 2-3 years each. Analyst this decade, government worker 10 years out ... can't even imagine the next job 20 years hence. Constant flux, little stability, and old folk 'guidance' that is utterly irrelevant . The practical 'solution' is trades papers, along with the professional certs, and a partnership in your own firm ... you will always be in work, and mostly controlling your own show.

 

The 'old folks' came from a post war time when the US was booming, it was the only game in time (reserve currency), opportunities usually rigged in your favour, people often stayed with the same firm for life, and did whatever the firm told them to .... when they told you to. It was a great life!, it would be madness to change it!, and if you occasionally had to look the other way ... so be it. So ..... hardly surprising there's fear if you might lose it .... and Trump is our guy! .    

 

The good news ..... it's always been this way! You may get a tip here and there, but it's all trail and error ... not much different to raising a kid. All that one can do is enjoy the process, and try not to screw it up!

 

SD

 

 

   

Edited May 2 by SharperDingaan

[cubsfan]

1 hour ago, Gregmal said:

I made $200 a week and then got 25% of the business I brought in, which for a while was zero. In exchange for my 100+ hours a week. Working at Walmart, whatever, at those ages builds character, experience, relationships. If all one is thinking about at that age is just their hourly wage, or when they can punch out and go party with friends, they aren’t gonna get far regardless.

 

There is a great lesson to be learned about success with this story.  Focus, keep your head down, ignore the naysayers and keep moving.

Easy to see what made Gregmal.

 

Like I said about my old man - everybody thought my dad was nuts working all the time, attempting new small businesses while he had a full time job and a family of 7.  Through good times and bad times. We rarely went on vacation. And then, boom, it all kind of exploded after many years.

 

Like Bezos says "It takes 10 years to become an overnight success"

 

Those that get it, will embrace it. It's much too easy to say it's different this time and won't work.

[Parsad]

58 minutes ago, 73 Reds said:

Only at people like you who whine like the little dancing girls in your post.   Do you ever NOT think about Trump or do you save all your nonsense just for this thread? 

 

I save all my nonsense for this thread. 

 

I think almost everyone saves it for this thread...so they can vent, laugh, get angry, debate and just sit with their mouth aghast at the President's next crazy ass comment or post! 

 

Cheers!

[SharperDingaan]

55 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

There is a great lesson to be learned about success with this story.  Focus, keep your head down, ignore the naysayers and keep moving.  Like Bezos says "It takes 10 years to become an overnight success"

 

+1

 

Long time ago I got mocked for using Phoenician maritime practices; always venturing small ships on speculative return voyages, to foreign lands, against great odds. Then along came Taleb, enabling a rough transcription of the approach to the options market; options become ships with differing characteristics, and strategies (strips, straddles, straps, tripods, etc.) becoming trade routes.

 

A lot of ship wrecks, and iterative trail and error later, and it began to work; both getting the ships home, and getting out of trouble along the way. While the ships are now gone, the warehouses are jammed solid  

 

"It takes 10 years to become an overnight success"

 

SD

Edited May 2 by SharperDingaan

[LC]

2 hours ago, 73 Reds said:

The fact is, young people today have FAR MORE opportunities for success than anyone from my generation. 

 

Unless you were born in the 20s that's probably not true:

 

[cubsfan]

1 hour ago, SharperDingaan said:

 

+1

 

Long time ago I got mocked for using Phoenician maritime practices; always venturing small ships on speculative return voyages, to foreign lands, against great odds. Then along came Taleb, enabling a rough transcription of the approach to the options market; options become ships with differing characteristics, and strategies (strips, straddles, straps, tripods, etc.) becoming trade routes.

 

A lot of ship wrecks, and iterative trail and error later, and it began to work; both getting the ships home, and getting out of trouble along the way. While the ships are now gone, the warehouses are jammed solid  

 

"It takes 10 years to become an overnight success"

 

SD

 

Love it!  Those Phoenicians had big balls, with the big payoff! 

 

Makes me wish I had your options talent.

[Spekulatius]

7 hours ago, Blake Hampton said:

 

On this, like many of the other points you try and make, you are wrong. This behavior is not being driven by a mass avoidance of working. It's being driven by a sense of enormous inequality and how systems that define our lives (education, real estate, healthcare, labor markets) are increasingly broken.

 

The young right now are facing hardships that many older people fail to understand. I hear their arguments all the time, and many of them make very little logical sense.

I have news for you, but the “system” never works  in your favor. The system works for the people who have already power or money. You can’t rely on “the system” and that always has been true.

 

You need to create your own luck and the way to do that is to find something you like and are good at or an opportunity that opens up and make it work. If it doesn’t work out, you try again..

 

Through work and some luck, you will eventually succeed and get somewhere. This has always been true and I think now are more ways to create your own luck than in the past. You can forget about the system providing for you. It may work for some (cozy government job or parent are rich) but most people need to work and hustle to get there.

[Parsad]

4 hours ago, LC said:

 

Unless you were born in the 20s that's probably not true:

 

 

I'm not sure this is fully accurate to the times.  Think about this...young people are marrying later, having children later, and living longer.  So their departure from the nest is later than past decades.  

 

While most things are relative...housing is noticeably more difficult to attain in many major populated cities compared to historical affordability.  It's not that people don't have enough housing or options...but the comparison always veers to detached single family housing over the decades specifically.  And you just aren't going to be able to afford that type of housing in most major cities with the density we have these days in terms of population growth...even with dual income families.  Realistically in those cities today, a town house or large 3 bedroom condo would be akin to a detached single family residence in those cities 20-30-50 years ago.  I grew up in a 2,300 square foot house in an expensive area of Vancouver, with 4 bedrooms and only one washroom.  Six of us lived in that house!  Today, my brother lives in a 3,800 square foot house in a less expensive part of Vancouver, with 6 bedrooms and 4 washrooms for 4 people!

 

Most areas of North America are also quite diverse in population and culture.  Other ethnic groups historically, like older Italian, Greek, Chinese families that came over a century ago, lived with extended family/friends before venturing out on their own.  A similar thing is happening in the last decade or so, with families living together longer to build savings as they prepare to move out...now they are from parts of South America, Asia, Africa and are doing the same.

 

Lastly, people are living longer...they are staying in their homes longer...so they need care, support, companionship, financial support/rent, etc that allows them to do so.  They are helping their children and their children are helping them.

 

So, it's not as simple as statistics make it out to be...far more complex!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

8 hours ago, Gregmal said:

I made $200 a week and then got 25% of the business I brought in, which for a while was zero. In exchange for my 100+ hours a week. Working at Walmart, whatever, at those ages builds character, experience, relationships. If all one is thinking about at that age is just their hourly wage, or when they can punch out and go party with friends, they aren’t gonna get far regardless.

 

+1!  I worked at all of those jobs...McDonalds during the summer when I was 16...Shell gas station while going to university at 19-21...then my Dad died, tried to go back to university, but emotionally I couldn't...felt like I needed to work and help my Mom and help raise my brother who was 9...worked for Real Canadian Superstore (Canada's Walmart at the time before Walmart actually arrived) from 22 to 27.  The one thing I learned was that I never wanted to work for anyone else, but I worked hard at those jobs...other than McDonalds.  Made it two months and then quit as high school began in September again!  

 

Then I heard about Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway!  That was it...I made my decision to quite my union job at RCSS and get into finance whatever way I could.  You have to kill yourself to find yourself...that's the only way to figure out who or what you need to be...and only drive/tenacity can determine that...all combined with a bit of luck and taking advantage of opportunity! 

 

No matter what you choose, where you are in life, who you are responsible for...you cannot have everything...there will always have to be some sacrifice.  Today...everyone is always told you can have it all!  No bloody way you can have it all!  Cheers!

[73 Reds]

14 hours ago, LC said:

 

Unless you were born in the 20s that's probably not true:

 

You missed the point.  They made poor choices and the results speak for themselves.