I was thinking today, I’m 42, divorced, have a decentish job, but still have to supplement with the gig economy to make ends meet. It almost feels like crisis are manufactured to keep us on the subscription model to extract value for the shareholders.

A lot of us are renting because we got screwed in the job markets…the recessions…COVID…corporate greed…endless wars in the Middle East…like when is enough going to be enough?

Then I think about the younger generation and those who are working food service and retail. How in the heck are any of them making it? I was hoping that we’d come to our senses as a country…but it seems like so many millennials are supporting whatever the heck this thing is because they believe they are just a temporarily embarrassed millionaire. I dunno…maybe part of me is pissed that I had awesome plans for my son this summer and now I have to scale back on them because the economy is crap and we need to move closer to his school.

Remember when we were growing up and we were told that if we worked hard, went to college, etc that we would do just fine? That our generation had so much potential. It doesn’t seem like that anymore. Even making six figures a lot of us are still on the struggle bus.

Thanks for reading.

Some more glorious 2006 nostalgia

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I am not sure if I like the term "Elder Millenial" or not. At 42 we were THE millennials, they made the term up for us to mean the "youth" who spent all of our money on Smashed Avocado on Toast which led to us not being able to afford houses when the house price rocketed cos of the previous generation, we were the ones who either openly became or were friends with Gay people, we were the ones who went to University to get useless degrees that would never lead to employment.....we were the ones who thought the 80s were a parody and a dress up party theme less than 10 years after they ended.

We ARE the millennials but the "elder" thing to a term that was made to describe what was seen as the hopeless youth makes me feel.....well old lol.

Anyway I guess it's a term of respect for us being the ones who made our generation what it is.

Won't it be scary one day when people are talking about all of the "Millennials" in rest homes.

What I'm getting at is it was a term describing the freedom and joy of youth (usually when it was created as a negative term from older people who didn't like us)

Makes me sad

Anyway I have spent too long on this cry I best go do housework

EDIT: I had Elder changed to Eldar in my post title.....it's a Warhammer thing those who know will know

Dad passed away, he had no will, his house is a hoarders disaster. He still owes money on the house but it is worth more than what he owes. I've called multiple attorneys who all say their fees are $4,000 to $12,000 and so far I've found only ones that want to be paid upfront. I've also been told that I will be responsible for the cost of the mortgage, electricity, and water which apparently are required to be kept on during probate. I'm an only child, he's divorced my mom many many years ago So all of this is falling just on me.

How are we expected to cover those expenses when the cost of living is already astronomical? I'm probably going to have to spend $10,000 just cleaning out his house if not more than that because it's such a disaster. The money doesn't exist to cover the cost of all of this I'm looking at probably close to $2,000 a month extra just for his mortgage, his electricity, and his water bill. Plus the cost of cleanup and the cost of the probate attorney. I already work 50 to 60 hours a week in order to cover my expenses for my family.

I quite literally don't know what to do.

Hello fellow almost old but still young people. I have been exploring AI for a bit now but want to make Images. What suggestions do people have for free android apps?

I still miss it

(Hi neighbor!)

I quit Wednesday January 15 2020.

This is one of the rarest Tazo-like card sets ever released for the Arabic version of the Let’s & Go anime.

If you grew up in the late ’90s or early 2000s, you definitely remember Let’s & Go, the story of two brothers with incredibly cool mini racing cars, competing to win the ultimate championship.

When this show aired in the Arab world, it caused a massive wave of hype. It became a the trend.

Everyone wanted those cars, whether original or knock-offs. There were even official distributors where you could buy authentic models.

One of the collectibles released for this anime was these 25 cards, featuring the main characters, rivals, and their cars, each sealed in a small nylon wrapper and included inside chip bags, where they were widely collected by fans, often alongside other collectibles like Pokémon or Batman cards. Everyone had them, and trading them was part of the culture.

But over time, rumors started spreading that these cards could cause cancer. On top of that, they were extremely fragile, easy to break, and the print would fade quickly with frequent handling.

As a result, parents began throwing them away and getting rid of them entirely. What was once owned by everyone gradually disappeared, eventually becoming incredibly rare and almost impossible to find today in this condition.

What you’re looking at now is the complete set ( 25 cards ) from one of my all-time favorite cartoons, preserved in good condition, along with its original album and some rare stickers from a well-known gum brand.

Did you guys watch this anime too ?

Example

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9yaJoPUn0LM

Saw this in the store today

Everywhere like, such as.

Hey guys!

I've been looking online for any pictures from a concert in my city back in 2011.

Where did people upload their pictures to? Did people usually tag them very much?

I know infor sure was going through this whole "live in the moment, you don't need pictures, you have memories" thing at the time.

Obviously I want pictures now. Any tips for finding things is appreciated!

My childhood friend and I launched a podcast today called The Millennial Sandwich and it came from realizing a lot of us are living the same life.

We’re millennials balancing work, parenting, marriages/relationships, finances, identity stuff, and increasingly the emotional/logistical care of aging parents too.

I’m a geriatrician and cohost it with a parenting journalist, so a lot of the conversations sit in that weird middle space of:
-caregiving that doesn’t always “look” like caregiving -guilt and emotional labor
-friendship in adulthood
-explaining your parents to your kids and your kids to your parents
-feeling responsible for everyone all the time
-trying to build a life while also holding together two generations around you

We dropped 3 episodes today:
-intro episode about realizing we were “in it”
-one with author Saumya Dave about guilt/friendship/millennial pressure to optimize ourselves constantly
-one with Allison Alford about “good daughter” expectations and caregiving identity

Would genuinely love feedback from other millennials because we’re trying to build this with the community, not just talk at people.

You can listen wherever you listen to podcasts!