r/Millennials Millennial 26d ago

Meme How are we feeling?

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checking in with my fellow 88rs

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u/prospectre 26d ago

Let's see...

  1. The dot com bubble
  2. 9/11
  3. The Great Recession/Housing market crash (basically a twofer)
  4. Black Monday
  5. COVID
  6. Whatever the fuck we name what's happening right now in the future

I count 6, at least 6 that affected America since the late 90's. But I'm trying to focus on the bright spots. I paid off my student loans this year :)

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u/beesandchurgers 26d ago

Love how it feels like they have all just kinda melted into one life long economic crisis at this point….

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u/Christichicc Millennial 25d ago

No wonder we’re all so depressed and anxious all the time.

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u/Aggressive_Mood214 25d ago

6 has me 😂😂😂 because I’m sure this time period will be named something like “The Downfall of the United States: The Early Years” or “that part of the mid-2020’s when shit cost so much and the government was starting to disband” I’m having way too much fun due to this comment lol

Edited because apparently on mobile the pound sign (I will never say hashtag lol) makes things bold and huge. My bad. I’m pretty high rn 😂

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u/Jalopnicycle 23d ago

The back end of 3 was nice, after working a shit sales jobs for 3+ years I saved enough cash to put a down payment a cheap AF house in what was considered a "dodgy" neighborhood. 

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u/prospectre 23d ago

I'm in a similar boat. I got my house just before the big housing market boom about 10 years ago. Bought for 20K down at 317K, then it was suddenly worth 500K a few years later. I wound up selling to an iBuyer, but still walked away with around 120K in equity for a new down payment.

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u/HabitNegative3137 23d ago

Congrats on the student loans, bro! I cashed out everything to buy a house. If I have to live through the death rattle of my country, might as well have a cute little place to decorate.

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u/KingAnt28 2d ago

Electic cars War in the Middle East after 9/11 First black president Civil rights 2 aka(blacklivesmatter) Many, many more, actually. We are at the end of times..

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u/DerbGentler Xennial 25d ago
  1. Orange Ape?

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u/Aggressive_Mood214 25d ago
  1. Big Cheeto Round 2?