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You're better off than we are
I don't think so.
IUseWeirdFileFormats
Screw you guys, I'm going to the next picture ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Iceindra
The pay you with experience is the most annoying this to hear. These loans aren't going to wait until I have "the experience" <<
RosieThaRiveter
Well we'll show YOU old man! http://imgur.com/7hKgbHC
McLarenP1
To be fair, most people CANT retire and still live
seebeedubs
No, but see, they earned it by being born to an expanding economy with half the population and zero world social consciousness.
onebadegg
lol. All the comments blaming baby boomers. This has been successive generations not just one.
grandma4geology
I see fat bashing week has turned into old bastard bashing. I get a two-fer.
PsychopompGecko
"Thinks you're all on drugs." "Takes Viagra, Cialis, vitamin supplements, Tylenol, blood pressure medication, and osteoporosis meds."
TRexFace
as a Nursing Student, +1.
NotMistaken
Only after partying hard on acid in the 60's and celebrating free love. Now they give us a police state and war on drugs.
typh
Dad gets on my case for not finding a job in my early 20's. He got a government job as his 1st AND has never had to look for one since.
typh
He's 60 now and refuses to understand computers, while calling me stubborn and etc. So yeah...point is, fuck my dad and his ilk.
MrJohnsonAndTheJuiceCrew
my dad is a baby boomer but he fucking hates his generation for these exact reasons
sian327
The 'experience' one really hits home.
bane83
Three wars??
yak3ftw
Korea (debatable), Vietnam, bay of pigs
yak3ftw
Gulf war, Serbian peace keeping, probably a few more.
TheLadyNym
Iraq, Afghanistan, Gulf War. Baby boomers were too young for Korea, and fought in Vietnam.
johnvictor
Tout Vietnam and such about being a bad idea, gives Millennials their own "Vietnam."
gormtheoldthesleepyofdenmark
As someone born in the early '60s, I've been caught in the wake of Baby Boomer carnage my whole life.
sk8tergater
both my parents were born in '60. my dad has the baby boomer mentality. my mom doesn't.
Smayds
You're one of The Unfortunates. It's not your fault but you keep getting the blame. I say you should revolt!
Smayds
I'd love to be ruled by people in their fifties. They know what's what.
SirRobinTheNotQuiteSoBraveAsSirLancelot
And they call us shortsighted all the fucking time.
Mooie152
Vote.
LearnedCoward
Haha... vote for two people who are essentially the same, or vote for a third party candidate with no chance of winning?
johnvictor
The problem is that the Baby Boomers are one of the largest voting blocks in this country and determine elections on their own.
mfesloca
So maybe we just learn from this and do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Lovingtheoreos
good point. Heaven forbid we all actually do some work to get us out of this!
PeguinsCanFlyMan
These are too good I'm legit crying right now.
bane83
What year is this?
Scenix
You're having too strong a reaction to this.
Noadyman
My grandma will get a kick out of them
McKay91
Can you even? And did you just?
lawrus
Tumblr is that way --->
Interiordebater
You know who truly gets the shitty end of the stick? GENERATION X. Parents of teens stuck with a re-mortgaged mortgage in 2-3 shitty jobs 1/
CaliforniaBear1968
There's a reason why we are also called the sandwich generation: stuck between taking care of our kids AND aging parents.
Interiordebater
/2 to make ends meet & keep up bills, getting stressed to the point of heart attack supporting our parents on their retirement &bad health.
MorphotheDragon
"Never retires to make room." Uh... maybe because they can't afford to?
NotMistaken
Uh, maybe because they realize they will have no lives and work has become their only social environment before retiring into nursing home?
LearnedCoward
So true.
AlexDesilets
Maybe they should have embraced socialism and taxes, instead of tax cuts and corporate greed.
Hybris51129
Greed is good but just like socialism every once in a while the system has be rebalanced for everyone's good. Greed is also sustainable.
AlexDesilets
pretty sure that greed is one of the seven deadly sins for a reason
icantgotoprisonroytheyllrapetheflipoutofme
You mean like National Socialist?
dancingINCUBUS
You are... just badly misinformed.
ArtArchive
Taxes are part of the reason why they can't afford to retire.
AlexDesilets
Not really, with socialism and taxes we could have put in place a much more robust retirement system.
shadowex3
Middle class people in the scandinavias have MORE money after taxes than americans.
johnvictor
Never moves out of the house because they cannot afford it. - Bad Luck Millennials.
Kathumandu
I was this case, till my parents tossed me on the street because they felt I wasnt motivated to find a job to live on my own... ffs
Ullur
"What's that? Social Security dried up and you didn't plan your retirement for inflation? SURE I'll find you a *nice* nursing home."
TrueChaoSxTcS
Funny thing, that... The "You still live with your parents?" insult is becoming less and less common as a result, in my experience
johnvictor
The "boomerang" generation is certainly changing that. It was an old insult to denote being lazy, helpless, and hopeless. Not so much now.
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gormtheoldthesleepyofdenmark
This is downvoted why? It supports the statement above.
TBKU
Found the grumpy parent. ::highfive::
ImNotABotImJustBored
Oh, you mean paying for their new couch, new tv, new A/C & new truck? *I* pay for my uni w/ loans, $18k in scholarships, & a part-time job.
gormtheoldthesleepyofdenmark
Struck a nerve.
ImNotABotImJustBored
They haven't officially bought the truck yet, but the couch is leather, the tv a 72", & they bought it all last year. My 1st year of college
SamRi32
Why shouldn't they? They are people. Just because they gave birth to you doesn't mean they owe you their entire lives. Grow up.
HughLaurie
Supporting your children means different things now. Buying a 72" TV when your own child is several $k in debt from school is selfish.
LearnedCoward
S/he is saying that if his/her parents go broke, it's not because of him/her.
gormtheoldthesleepyofdenmark
I see you also struck a nerve.
ImNotABotImJustBored
their taxes, and my financial aid is directly linked to how much income my PARENTS make. Not how much income I make, even though I'M paying.
ImNotABotImJustBored
If I were emancipated, the college/gov. would recognize I get no financial help from my parents. Instead they claim me as a dependent on (1)
PluckedDuck
What's the matter with people? Don't they understand what is going on?
horsebananas
Yes. They are either to comfortable, too lazy, or too tired to do anything about it,
Mooie152
Vote.
sugar3
Those two fuckers did all of that!!??
gruenherz
Hey guys, I also heard someone say they're jews!! *sincerelyhopepeoplegetthehistoricalreferencejoke*
spychik
Brilliant ha ha
ShitBricks
No. It was Putin.
reminryme
Liar! Putin's a patron saint.
tanadarko
*starts handing out pitchforks and torches" Let's get them.
IAmLookingForSomeoneToShareInAnAdventure
"A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?." - Confucius
IgniaEternale
That's a scary thought.
Jaktaz
Damnit RichardWinters said what was on my mind.
CommanderTau
This is amazing
popculturella
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
AnonymousCanadian
Love this. Who said it?
deranger
Wasn't Confucius super into one way respect relationships?
IAmLookingForSomeoneToShareInAnAdventure
No, he was into propriety and strictly defined relationships. Yes, elders received more respect, but they also had to be good elders.
feeltherustle
Commenting
EverGrinningBear
yup
IAmLookingForSomeoneToShareInAnAdventure
Thank you for contributing.
DDPB9k5G
Do Chinese (i.e. the People who Confucius was talking to) do this, or is it just another wise saying no one pays attention to?
BabyGap
Fred Fredburger
BabyGap
(comment for later)
neighbabe
was going to say something much like that - only no where near as eloquent. +1 to you
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Miniaturemac
TIL you make flint.
HeyCasButt
Learn to read maybe? His comment was only out done by yours...
notsocrazy24
He doesn't say you make flint, he says you make fire with flint. Major difference there...
Captainplanetmotherfucker
Nah, I still prefer the other quote: "Treat niggas, how y'all wanna be treated" - Confucius. That really speaks to me.
thecptawesome
Confucius wouldn't put a comma there.
imnotwearingaponcho
Monica
thedayofdays
Igetthatreference.gif
mide8
" Lady pads not best thing on earth, but next to best thing. "
Verelse
Yeah, and respect builds respect. Show young people respect and they generally will deserve it. But give in advance.
shadowex3
Or simpler: Earn respect by proving you're worthy of it.
itsamazing
no, the opposite, if you express respect towards young, they are more likely to grow into those boots than if you constantly put kids down
shadowex3
I meant the old people need to earn respect by proving they're worthy of it.
DrCrumplebottom
I've come to realize that I'm happy with enough money to get by as long as I'm being treated with dignity and respect.
adam1124
And that just summed up The Giver in 10 seconds.
Gherkincensed
Wait...how?!?
bluefacepaint
Heh, I remember all the buttsex jokes we made when we read that in middle school.
ToneTheCasual
TheJulester
As a practicing teacher... I was forced to keep a straight face while discussing this.
Sandpanda
I feel like I'm missing something here.. I read the giver like 15 years ago and have no clue whar butt sex has to do with it.
TheJulester
The Giver (gives memories) and the Receiver (receives memories). Interesting in itself to explain what those things mean in Spanish. ESL.
TheJulester
The Giver (gives memories) and the Receiver (receives memories). Interesting in itself to explain what those things mean in Spanish. ESL.
DavidBowiesBulgeInLabyrinth
Sorry my memory is a little slow here. I dont remember buttsex innuendos in the giver. Example?
kelpsie
I assume the Giving process between the old guy, and the boy is described somewhat intimately.
Harmonex
I remember him putting his hand on the kid's back. And later the kid put his hand on the baby's back. Never took it any other way.
DavidBowiesBulgeInLabyrinth
Hmm yes actually I do remember they needed to be alone in a room and there was a lot of pain involved. Sigh...the internet has ruined us.
IMadeAnAccountJustToWriteThis
If you think a single generation caused all of these problems, you're silly.
arcadiasilver
/6 (Gen Y) who as a result could barely keep employment b/c the systems that allowed their parents to transition from school to
AlexDesilets
No, 2 generations caused this. The WW2 vets built society up, the boomers and gen x tore it down. Now gen Y is cynical and will likely 1/2
apolloin
Gen X had it good? Who do you think fought the Boomer Wars? We served them their fries, worked their internships and took their crap!
AlexDesilets
move towards building thing up for our kids because we had it bad and we love our kids. The boomers and gen x had it so good that (1 more)
AlexDesilets
they didn't even realise how important the things they were sacrificing was. Never let a rich kid manage money, he doesn't know money.
arcadiasilver
/4 mostly b/c when it was finally their turn to start paying into the system that allowed them so much freedom and security they said
PerkyPervertedPet
well, we cant blame anymore the generation who killed the indians and robbed them of there land. Or the guys who thought colonizing is good.
arcadiasilver
/3 about starving, their parents could retire comfortably without burdening them. That vanished within the space of 40 years.
arcadiasilver
except its really true though. Baby boomers inherited an amazing economy from their WWII parents complete with the strongest
arcadiasilver
/5 "Fuck that this is MY money" and started cutting budgets and taxes, crashed the economy several times and shat on their children
arcadiasilver
/7 Career employment had been destroyed by budget cuts while they in their decades-established jobs w/ benefits were still quite comfortable
KidsGotPieceOnHim
I want to give you some credit because you're close but you should do more research into markets and specifically why college is so expensiv
arcadiasilver
/2 social safety net that allowed them to get insurance cheap, go to college cheap, and if they were ever laid off they didnt have to worry
vindik8or
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
TheHappyCanadian
"Why do we make fun of the elderly when it's something we all hope to become one day?" -Adam Carolla
reminryme
I don't want to become elderly. If at some point I become unable to fend and tend to/for myself, I would like to politely die.
djbigley
Deep
ICanGIFThat
Gave me goosebumps
iwantaspaceship
I first heard this from Stephen Merchant. Good quote.
ThatMomentWhenImgurJokesAreOnlyFunnyToImgurians
*sit under
vindik8or
*sit in
andycalagon
A society falters and dies when old men cut down trees knowing they'll be dead before the lack of shade bothers them.
jrbickers
heh, wood.
6675636b796f75
This makes me think of global warming
Vlad
-Abraham lincoln, 2005
lawrus
This is even better.
AtomicMonkey
yeah, let's get those old bastards
SurelyNotAWalrus
Viva La Revolution!
JasperSirGalahad
PITCHFORKS FOR SALE!! GET YOUR PITCHFORKS!!! CAN'T BE AN ANGRY MOD OF PEASANTS WITHOUT PITCHFORKS!!!!
Meetzer
Who's with me in opening a 100% organic glue factory?
AtomicMonkey
i don't know the meaning of this, but i know it's beautiful
Cintilleous
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AinsleysOilySacrifice
they tuk ar jerbs
NoneOfThisEverHappened
Derk errr derr!
AinsleysOilySacrifice
everybody back in the pile
brutalswede
dey tuk ar jurbs
YouGotRedOnYou
Sorry, Phillip.
CitizenPrime
they will probably not going to see this anyway
DarthMaulOfAmerica
I will confuse by your sentence structure
VergilPendragon
EverythingISeeIsAJojosReference
Cotton Candy.
InboxMeYourOwls
http://m.quickmeme.com/img/d4/d49ac4d0a82a895d96a09a0a3ddf1cd82aa1f61b1ee3b57ad24fc582235ca0ad.jpg
FUNKAPUS
gotta get your torches when they're fresh!
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
PURGE!
victarionheller777
Not exactly what was on our minds but YEEEEAAAAH
sparkyichidestroyeroflitterboxes
Eat the old instead of the rich?
CountVorkosigan
Why not both?
SamRi32
¿porque no los dos?
tiramigiu
they are one and the same in effect.
WindrunnerTheMovie
I like eating food.
LeSethX
Eh, I dont like old food, so I say just toss that lot out. We can still eat the rich.
AllOfYouSuperciliousImguriansThinkThereIsHonorToBeHadInDuty
*and
HughLaurie
My mother doesn't make much these days, but she always talks about how it is such BS that I have to pay 15k per year for college when (1)
AngeloMonharti
I pay $20,000 :( and international students pay nearly 50k.
niggawitattitude
She has zero idea on inflation huh?
th3guardian
Wow, this comment, you should know that under normal inflation rates college tuition should still cost 1/3 what it does today.
IRideUnicornsNakedInPublic
College tuition has been hyper-inflated the past few decades, much more than the regular inflation costs.
georgiaonmamind
my college tuition is 30k a year, not including housing. my mom makes less than 30k a year and our financial aid is shit. i quit
meekapixie
I live in Norway, so it's free :D
somespazzoid
Screw you and your happiness! Need a roommate?
meekapixie
Nope :P
HughLaurie
she only had to pay about $2k at the most only 18 years ago.
damadamagoyolur
I went to college in the early 2000s, state school, tuition was about 2k. My parents then reminisced about state schools in 70s
damadamagoyolur
...$80 a semester.
sanitypotion
$80 per semester? Holy shit
AlexDesilets
You have a smart mom
khp041000
Well yeah, she went to college.
bitchinmona
Weird. You must not be in the US or she's feeding you a line. My state school was $15k in '94.
LupusYonderboy
Damn, where did you go? I went to VT '93-'97 and IIRC it was ~$2500 a semester.
bitchinmona
MI. I am lying a bit. It was $14,485 or something. I remember because my family *income* was only $15,557.
LupusYonderboy
That's nuts, my entire college education was probably sub $20K. Of course, that's just tuition, room/board/etc. would run it up more.
MechaNinja
Went to BYU in 94. Cost me $1600 per sem. I am a Mormon, so qualified for "in state" tuition, but what state were you in?
bitchinmona
Central Michigan University. Without scholarships, it'd have been a non-starter.
billard4235
nevermind the global economy wasn't global back then, but now it is and companies in china pay a worker $1.00 a day in a sweatshop.
NeilYoungwillonedayberelevant
True, but it is the older, more secure generations that benefit most from prices being low
downrightmike
If that
SaintMaceToTheFace
And on top of that competition that unions are demanding even higher wages
friedrhino
We've been buying oil from the middle east for decades. China and Mexico have been making our stuff for as long...
BarbaraBushmaster
We think we have a right to bitch, just wait until our children inherit the Trillions of debt racked up before they were ever born.
HeyCasButt
That's a fallacy, we don't lose the right to bitch about things just because they might be worse down the rode.
fishflakes
15 years ago: Study hard and go to college or you'll work in fast food. Now: What, are you too good for fast food because you have a degree?
oncetwicethrice
My 57 year old mother got into Vassar with and 88 average. I didn't get in with a 95.
arcadiasilver
and so much of this rests on the fact that fast food and other service industry jobs are given zero respect.
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fishflakes
I wanted to see how many points a reposted comment on a repost would get. Turns out it's quite a few. Have an upvote bomb for noticing!
hahathatisfunny
i've done this. it works
agalzoff
A comment like this is posted every time the economy is brought up on imgur
Mooie152
Vote.
Shit4chanSays
Should I vote for corporate puppet #1 or corporate puppet #2?
AttorneyAtLager
If you really don't think there are any differences between the parties then you must not be paying attention.
Teamoan
and what if I dont like what either of the only two parties allowed to run fro presidency are saying vote for a third party never works
AttorneyAtLager
That's a very valid point. But just because you dislike two things doesn't mean those two things are the same.
AttorneyAtLager
They may not be radically different, but there are plenty of pretty important distinctions.
IdeletedmyoldaccountandIneedanewonetoupvotethings
Yes. I'd rather be homeless. I'll go be homeless in Canada.
bulpii
Actually I heard being homeless in Hawaii is the best way to go. I had a professor that was homeless over there for 7 years, he loved it
nelshai
Come to northern Scotland. You get a home for freeee. Mostly because you'd die otherwise.
Superfastsheep
Please don't. We have enough as it is.
itsbre
Don't. There's no jobs here either. And living expenses are higher
xtallll
You don't get it! IF YOU DIE IN CANADA YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE!
Harmonex
I was going to reference this, too!
HeyCasButt
Your reference game is out of control!
kriositivity
Don't our middle class is just about the poverty line and our very LARGE lower class is borderline homeless. Bring a sub zero sleeping bag.
kriositivity
abouve
kriositivity
http://2indiaandbeyond.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/oneweeklater.jpg I meant abouve and Don't,
ThatSmirkingHorseFromHighgarden
This is so accurate.
RanaAurora
So sadly accurate.
wombatleader
My younger brother looked for months for a job with his degree. He ended up getting a job as a cable worker.
MrPredator
Yup, and it pisses me off. I had it drilled into my skull that any degree, "any" degree can get you a job. That's why I don't trust anyone.
emjaysea
That was more or less true right up until the 90s.
Slingsby
probably should have done your research instead of taking someone elses word as gospel...
bulpii
yeah hard to do that when you are a teenage kid right out of high school.my fuckingcounselor said this shit to me,someone got paid to say it
MrPredator
When you're a child and come to trust people who help guide you in life, it gives little reason to doubt them. I learned otherwise now.
Suzushiiro
To be fair, it was true back in their day. But because everyone has a degree now the value of most of them has gone down.
DrCrumplebottom
But not the cost of getting that degree! That went up.
tirusr
Wait, when value goes down, isn't cost suppose to follow? Except degrees are in more demand then ever which increase value... ugh headache..
DrCrumplebottom
I'm not saying that supply and demand isn't a thing, but this isn't totally just a supply and demand thing here. When you make it a 1/
DidIJustSeeSomebodyDie
Found the art major.
Electriccarsbestcars
I have an art degree and now I make big bucks in IT. Suck it fuckers.
Dingnut76
Lol
bulpii
philosophy major actually...... (fuck this world and the people in it)
DidIJustSeeSomebodyDie
That's not bad, because I heard they just opened up that new philosophy factory in Kenosha.
flapperfemmefatale
My friend has a finance degree and is working at a grocery store. As a bagger. Not even practical majors are guaranteed jobs
SheahThompson
We're not GUARANTEED jobs but with a accounting degree I have a hell of a lot better chance of becoming an accountant than an art major does
flapperfemmefatale
True. But it all depends on how flexible you can be. As a history major, I've never had trouble landing a job.
tirusr
Spot on.
iliketotellabsurdconspiracies
A degree was never a promise of a more financially prosperous future. It was a promise of a better future.
orbitals
I'm not sure that refutes the point.
johnvictor
I think you do not understand what you just said.
iliketotellabsurdconspiracies
A degree meant having more knowledge not necessarily more money.
LoganHendrickson
My friend couldn't get a job at a gas station because he was "too overqualified". I told him to dumb down his apps. "But that is wrong" sigh
DrDresDog
Unpopular Opinion: depends allot on what you study.
fishflakes
you should study English, it's "a lot"
R0da
So much of my resentment lies in this mentality, right here...
SamRi32
I'm so sick of hearing this from my generation. If you got a degree and can't get a job look at yourself before blaming the system...
PennnnnyLane
When 45 people in a small town turn up for one teaching position bc of govt cut education budgets and classrooms are closed, the system 1/2
Freshtodeaf
We were sold the idea of college by our highschools. Teacher was the responsible choice. Theres a bubble in education fed by cheap loans.
kenspiration
Got a degree, couldn't get a job for 11 months. Was the system's fault. Got a job now, nothing changed except the economy.
TheLadyNym
Only 27% of graduates have a job in their field. So clearly 73% of graduates are ALL doing something wrong. Of course.
LearnedCoward
One's career path isn't necessarily defined by their college major, so I'd easily believe this.
MetalJesus
As someone with a degree in environmental studies who is working at a photography studio, this.
PennnnnyLane
2/2 is to blame.
bellendbaggins
however true this may be, it is also why you do not depend solely on govt positions for a job.
PennnnnyLane
to blame because money is being put elsewhere and is poorly managed. Thanks for your time, but you're so incorrect. 4/4
PennnnnyLane
they need. Teachers HAVE to rely on govt positions because they are paid by the govt. I have a passion for teaching, and the system IS 3/?
PennnnnyLane
some serious issues in our public education. Too few teachers, and you've got kids that are just slipping by without getting the help 2/?
SpacemanSpiff1000
Too true bell, too many people these days get a teaching degree and immediately expect a job and if they don't get one its the governments
SpacemanSpiff1000
fault. What should happen? Should the gov just start handing money to these people just for getting a teaching degree? Less gov dependence.
PennnnnyLane
...that's the profession...teaching. Without teachers, no schools. People need teachers and lack of funding with education is causing 1/2
bellendbaggins
you've never heard of private school?
MafiaFace
Right!?!?!?
actuallyyours11
They're still on this "everyone has to go to college" thing, too. Instead of letting kids know there are other paths to success.
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GrandPoobahDeDoinkOfAllOfThisAndThat
Actually, fast food is apparently too good for my highschool edumacaded ass.
killtool
"At least you'll be making something, it's better than nothing"
wam3483
Every time I hear this it makes me wince. You get a degree hoping to earn MORE than enough; to thrive, not live adequately.
padgie
"But fast food jobs are starter jobs, you're not supposed to make a living wage on them!" *glares at statement*
senio12kait
Well it's true.
NewtonWren
If you're religious, sure. Personally I like to keep religion out of my economics in which case no, no they're not.
nycnewyork
Pro tip: don't major in art history.
schmojanson
Seems like sound advice to me. Have a point back.
DeepReaver
Yeah.... This is why getting a trade is a godsend, i have yet to regret building a forge.
Freshtodeaf
Alright, this seems like a good time. Lets stsrt the revolution. Everyone stop using money. Lets send these banks to the stoneage. I.. (1/2)
Freshtodeaf
Wish this could happen but know it cant. (2/2).
itsbre
That wouldn't work, or everyone would have to do everything for themselves. It's good in theory though
oftenanidiot
I will likely share this with friends on various social medias.
bulpii
college is a lie, Mike from dirty jobs knew it, tried to warn people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzKzu86Agg0
mt77932
2) Ended up working at McDonalds for almost 2 years before I found another well-paying job.
GoodTofuFriday
I was taught that first half in school
Carochat
Is it really that bad in the states? I always thought theses posts were exaggerating to be funny cause it's not that bad in Canada...
Carochat
We are also a LOT less people... probably changes things a lot
AlexDesilets
It's still bad in Canada, I know at least 30 people who are sitting on 50k in OSAP loans working min wage.
AtLastIAmGrumpAndNotSoGrump
It's pretty bad in some provinces. Alberta's hiring tons for the oil industry, but Ontario's totally fucked. Jobs are hard to find in cities
AtLastIAmGrumpAndNotSoGrump
and you can't really just pick up and move to a smaller town with no contacts or guarantee of a job, even if their might be one.
Hybris51129
In the computer sectors you can't get in the door a lot of times because so called entry jobs require 2-3 yrs experience.
worthyone
And if they don't require it, they get grabbed by someone with 5+ years experience. it's a tough market.
TheDarkPotato
It isn't that bad in the states. A lot of these imgurians are over exaggerating because of their shit degrees they can't get a job and (1)
TheDarkPotato
(2) are too lazy to look deeper into jobs that may not be in their immediate area. They also tend to overspend on their degree because
TheDarkPotato
(3) they decided to go to private school and waste $150k instead of doing CC/City/State Schools.
IRideUnicornsNakedInPublic
Depends on where you are. London, ON has been hit HARD. Fort Mac, AB, not so much.
matt110
ha Fort Mac.
Sexploits
As someone in London, hggnghg.
AtLastIAmGrumpAndNotSoGrump
Ugh, I'm living in London. Hate it here. I must have applied to every fast-food place in the city. Nothing. At least the music scene's good
IRideUnicornsNakedInPublic
CTO FTW!
sk8tergater
depends on your degree. I graduated 3 years ago and just now got a job in my field. for a 1/4 of what i should be making.
heartinlandslide
Yup. I got a degree in Journalism/Broadcasting. Got a job doing what I love straight out of college...$8/hr. Gave up and found an office job
Dumf
What jobs pay and competition isn't a secret. Either its your passion or you do it for the money. Its tough to overlap those two
heartinlandslide
I didn't say it came as a surprise...
appaismyspiritanimal
I also got a degree in journalism. Print/online though. Took me about a year to find a job related to my degree.
heartinlandslide
Yup. I wanted to work in radio, but working there I found out my real passion was audio editing, not broadcasting. So now I work in 1/2
DarthSuraTheSavage
but seriously though...what did you expect?
heartinlandslide
I'm not saying I'm heartbroken about it...I'm saying sometimes life turns out differently than you plan while you're in college. lol
heartinlandslide
I wasn't expecting any better. Just thought I'd advance more quickly than I did. So I moved on.
whatthebjork
Depends on your degree. I was working in my field within a year because people with the degree I went to school for are in demand.
mynameisreallylongandhardtospell
Yeah so did I. Couldn't get a job wo moving bc of buy outs. Couldn't move bc I didn't have $ to foot the bill. Buy puts ended, lost my...1
mynameisreallylongandhardtospell
...license bc I didn't work in my field for a year. Have to take 6-12 month course to get it back. Course costs $10,000.
Jiryn
So accurate. "You may have to be flipping burgers for a while!" Um, so why did I get a Masters in Computer Science again!?
ihavesomuchdawwtogive
It is staggering how many homeless folks there are or working in menial dead-end jobs with bachelor degrees.
bellendbaggins
this is why i didn't go to college and learned several trades. I have not been unemployed for the last 8 years.
bulpii
Mike from dirty jobs said this. he is a very wise man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzKzu86Agg0
Fishbasket
He's right. I don't need College to get my CCNA and with a CCNA I can be pretty comfortable. Average starting salaray goes 50-80k/yr.
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JuanDiabloDeLaNoche
class A commercial drivers lic. An associates degree in Diesel tech. Been with the same comm. Excavating Co. for 14yrs. 65k+. Co. Truck.
bellendbaggins
Underground construction - 41k-65k (depending on the job) Cabinet making - 20k-25k Plasma&laserCNC - 34-41k PressBrakeOP 35k-49k
PrettyPisces
I went to college, my brother didn't and everyone thought he was nuts. He's a heavy equipment operator now, makes triple what I make.
impulsivepassion
How much does he make?
bellendbaggins
Learn to run a rigging crane and you can charge $1000+ per job, for something as simple as picking up a machine and putting in place.
Kaylin
picking up things and not dropping them on people.* the heavier these things are the more people will pay for you to not fuck it up.
lalaarawr
lol like on Reality Bites, when lalaina was explaining to her mother she was valedictorian, her mother responded (1/2)
lalaarawr
"well you dont have to put that on your resume"
xephus
The truth is, Yes. You are too good for it. It doesn't say you don't need the money. Fast food is for school, not after school.
mt77932
1) Graduated college in 2000 and found a well-paying job. Dot-com bubble then crashed economy and the company I was working for folded.
thepigofhappiness
PyrandaMiranda
Oh my god. This.
PyrandaMiranda
Sorry, meant to go on. My father always told me if I did bad in school, I'd be asking "Do you want fries with that?". Then I needed a (1/2)
PyrandaMiranda
job to pay my way through college. I refused to apply to McDonalds and he got uppity about it. "Are you too good for McDs?" Fuck that noise.
itsamazing
yet he does not take responsibility for the fact that he conditioned you into believing a job McDs was a bad thing?
PyrandaMiranda
There's a reason I don't talk to him anymore.
johnvictor
To be fair, the people who say the later are fuckwits. They tell their own kids the former and expect the later from everyone else's child.
tarataqa
*latter
johnvictor
I hit right at 140 characters, I had to sacrifice SOMETHING!
Fishbasket
No degree, get paid better than my friend with 2 degrees. GG.
A911owner
I got my MBA in 2008 right when the economy crashed, I've been working as a bus driver ever since.
TehNoobinator117
Damn dude.
masterofallhesurveys
I am in the same boat. Got my MBA two months after the housing crash 2008.
neffstradamus
I started mine in 2009, finished in 2011 and my story is still the same.
itsbre
School bus or public transit, because public transit actually doesn't have that bad of pay.
A911owner
I'm working for the same university I graduated from, it was my job while a student, the pay is good, but we don't work in the summer
Snarknado4
what school? there's some crappy mba programs out there
neffstradamus
I went to Lehigh. AACSB accredited and 1 of the top p/t MBA programs in the East USA. Good education, but I have received nothing but debt.
A911owner
I went to the university of Connecticut, good program, but I graduated in the wrong year.
Dumf
100% your decision to do that. You could easily find a better job than that in 6 years with your MBA. You just aren't willing to.
PleasePMMeYourFeet
You know it's true because he says so
neffstradamus
"Dumf" accurate name
KABARU
Yeah, cause everything is just that easy.
hahathatisfunny
technically he never said it was easy :(
raspyberry
Are you one of those people in those images above? You're speaking like them.
Dumf
No I'm 23 with a decent job. I worked part time for a year after school then got hired full. Suck it up and put yourself out there.
Dumf
I'm not saying its easy. I'm saying 6 years is plenty of time to do better than a bus driver with an MBA.
Caffynated
Have you looked at the job market? Most entry level positions won't even look at anyone with less than 2 years experience.
Dumf
I have it takes time and sucks. 6 years of being a bus driver with an MBA is a joke.
PleasePMMeYourFeet
You aren't very smart.
emergencyhotdog
I'm not old but I know all my problems stem from stupid decisions, not old people
lngwlkr
I agree. I don't think it is age that does it. It is just that entire generation is fucked up.
Subtilico
From stupid decisions made by people who are now old.
AlexDesilets
These problems stem from the boomers through gen to early gen x. So yes...old people.
rudejohn
Agreed - Many of the problems we face today were faced by young people in the 80s as well. They sucked it up. We all need to stop whining.
nycnewyork
Because you are likely not a 14 yr old angry at his parents like OP.
HardonfortheAardvark
True in some circumstance. Not so much in others. You as a individual can not be blamed for the fact there are no jobs in your town.
nelshai
But you, as an individual, can be blamed for not moving to a town that has jobs.
HardonfortheAardvark
Cause I'm sure the people fresh out of high school can move to a town with jobs.
nelshai
If they can't then then, yes, that is their fault. It's understandable but it is still their fault and theirs alone.
HardonfortheAardvark
Yeah one can't help for being born where they were born... no one gave me the choice of being born in South Carolina.