No avocado toast?

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BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca · 18 pts · 74d (1 reply)

Unable to afford college? You're thinking of different boomers than I am

Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 73d

Agreed, college at a school that is 30k a semester now cost working as a waitress one summer then.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 74d

Won't anyone think of the boomers and how hard they had it

glimse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 73d

My dad paid for college with a part time job and graduated with no debt

TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 74d

Most of the boomers who died in Vietnam were volunteers, only 30% of the fatal casualties were drafted soldiers. Still not great, but it wasn't a very likely scenario for the average dude getting drafted.

ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 73d

"I got a part time job to put myself through college, afford a mortgage, and support my 14 kids"

qarbone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 73d

Bundling millennials and gen Z together feels crazy. The turn of the millenia was incredibly important for childhood expectations