Comments by "Tête Dur" (@tetedur377) on "The Burnout Epidemic: Why Nobody Wants To Work Anymore" video.

  1. @askel6498 said: "Explained in gamer terms: Boomers had figured out the meta, are now op and gatekeep others from playing it. Gen Z understands that they have no way of winning and choose not to play. Now boomers complain that there are not enough noobs to farm." Here's the problem with your cute little metaphor for life. The last of the so-called Silent Generation (aka, my parent's generation) AND the oldest of the Baby Boomers IS STILL IN POWER! Senator Bernie Sanders, for example, is 82 this year. He is the youngest "group" that belongs to my parent's generation (1928-1945). Senator Nancy Pelosi is a year older than Sanders. That's a quick couple of examples from politics. Industry: The best known example is Warren Buffet; he is 94 this year. In fact, he was born in the same year as my father, 1930. Roger Penske, of Enterprise, is 84. In fact, most of the CEOs in the Fortune 500 are early Boomers - who identify more strongly with our parent's generation than us mid- to late Boomers - and, of course, our Silent Generation parents. Well, the ones still alive. (don't quote me on those exact ages - close is good enough, in this case) The point here, my dear baby Gen Zer, is that I've been retired for going on 5 years now. Again, mid-Boomer. My. parents'. generation. hasn't. given. up. power. Nor have my older brothers (and sisters) of my generation. We did not come to power in the political realm, in the industrial arena, in media, fashion, or any other field you might care to mention, until we ourselves were near retirement age, because our parents wouldn't go away. Not until they died. Do you understand? Your great great grandparents did not give up the reigns of power until they either died or, for some, retired. We Boomers didn't have as much power and influence as you might think we did, in an effort to keep you brats from enjoying the alleged "good life" you think we were born into. Some fun facts where we did have some influence, however: we marched and protested to end the war in Vietnam; we marched and protested for civil rights; for equal rights for women; for abortion - regardless of how one feels about that. Earth Day; the Free Speech movement on college campuses - not only did that one not age well, but your generation seems hell-bent on killing that movement. Each generation tries their best to give their children a better life than they had. At least ideally. But other than the very affluent, the vast majority of us were not handed anything. We were taught to stay in school, go to college, get a good job, keep our heads down, work hard, and raise a family. Here's a quote you might find interesting from Realtor.com: "You might call them an unlucky generation. Just as they entered the market hoping to buy their first homes, typical mortgage payments soared. Amid rampant inflation, home prices had shot up more than 60% in four years, and mortgage rates surged to their highest level in recent memory. No, these young prospective homebuyers weren’t millennials. They were baby boomers, and the year was 1980, when mortgage rates topped 16% and the average monthly home loan payment jumped 34% from a year earlier. Those figures come from a new Realtor.com® analysis of historical home price, income, and mortgage rate data. They closely correspond with contemporary estimates reported in 1981 by wire service UPI, which called the record surge in mortgage payments “astounding.” Millennials, perhaps bitter over the economic havoc wreaked by the 2007 global financial crisis just as they entered the workforce, have long complained that “boomers had it easy.” Houses were cheaper, jobs were plentiful, and college tuition could be paid off with a summer job, according to the common wisdom on Reddit. But, according to our historical analysis, boomers arguably faced the toughest housing market ever for first-time buyers." https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/boomers-not-easier-buying-first-homes-millennials-housing-market/
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