Now those same politicians have half a country supporting their choices and making excuses for them.

Traffic was restricted to essential workers. Me working at a tv station had a pass, and not worrying about any traffic (I ride a scooter) was like hesven. Now I may land in heaven with the loonatic road ragers in my city

Everything was made to last back then. Since the late 90’s, if not even a little bit before that, products started getting watered down as a marketing tactic, the less amount of time it lasts the sooner you’ll go out and pay more money to get the product fixed or replaced. Greed has evolved over time is the sad truth of it all.

I mean, from a purely economic perspective I realize that they'd rather have people pay every month instead of buying a single product, but... I *hate* this mentality where you don't actually buy anything, you pay a subscription to use it. It's fine for some things, but for others... There's a reason they'll have to pry my hard-copy books out of my cold dead hands. Those are MINE, and no one can just randomly change the contents whenever they want. Looking at you, Red White And Royal Blue and the clever remark about U.S relations with Israel that got changed to something bland and random about Norway because too many people think it's antisemitism to say anything negative about Israel.

I thought making $50,000 a year sounded great. Now everything is so, so expensive…. $50K isn’t the same $50K it was 10 years ago….

FACT: The majority of Americans have not received Livable Wages since 1979!

Sad thing is, the poverty line to be eligible is food stamps does not match the cost of living

No. Not ten years ago. Try 20 years ago. Even then it was a toss up. I recall $700 of rent could get you in suite washer and dryer, a 2-3 br. townhouse complex with a pool and parking lot, with visitor parking. Now $700 will get you a run down bachelor suite.

In 1979, I was 18 and on my own for the first time. My job paid $3.45/hour, or $138 gross/ about $125 net, per week. My first one bedroom apartment where I lived by myself, cost $195/month, about 35% of my gross pay. Utilities were way cheaper back then too, even cable was only like $10 or $15/month, depending on whether you opted for HBO or not. Even if you adjust the amounts for inflation, I was still able to live on my own—-in a decent neighborhood—-while making 25 cents above minimum wage in 1979.

You're making 80k? I'm sorry but I find that hard to believe, 80k would be fantastic and would certainly get me more than just a room.

I've seen a lot of comments like this and I have to say - the minimum wage hasn't been a living wage for at least 40 or 50 years. For instance, the last time I rented an apartment was in 1990. The minimum wage was 3.80 (in current dollars). After taxes etc., take home for minimum wage would be about $535. My rent was $450. Do the math.

Inflation, kids, it's not new and it's not gonna go away any time soon.

Nothing will reset to anything beneficial while the same people are running the planet

Just out of High School 50 years ago I could pay rent and buy a used car on minimum wage. Not even close, now.

All people over 60 now feel trapped in poverty!!!

It’s all such a disgrace. I’m sorry you’re experiencing this. (I am too💔)

We noticed

I've never made 50k. 42k now. And I'm 64!

Problem is prices adjust to what we're willing to pay. Want lower rent, move to a town that pays less in wages

Where the F do you live? MOVE

We don’t all accept it, changing it is just outside our wheelhouse

We live in 55+ independent living apartment complex for $1700.00 a month. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, all utilities included except internet, TV and phone. If you can find one of those places, its worth it. Before we turned 55 the average rent here for a 2 bedroom is $2400.

I've NEVER lived in a time when there were livable wages. EVER! And I'm not young... I'm really getting tired of hearing about it. People have always worked 2-3 jobs, had a hard time Buying a house, had to walk, bike, bus to work... enough already!

probably could have done that 3 years ago

Same in the UK

Making twice as much as me and not getting around?

Ah yes, I remember when Benjamin Franklin, the greatest president in history, said this on national TV in 1960. I watched him as a 2 year old, my memory is amazing.

yeah, had to buy an external dvd drive after getting my newest laptop, I like buying/borrowing cds over digital so not having a drive was driving me crazy...

In Dubbo there’s so many stars. People think I’m weird here bringing it up, but you can’t see them anywhere else in Australia I’ve traveled too like the middle of nsw. Even kakadu didn’t cut it. Shooting stars are so common and plenty

Afternoon cartoons

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Yes, we FIXED the Ozone Layer. We can do these things. Climate change is not beyond our grasp. We can fix this. It's not to late, but unfortunately too many people care more about the contents of children's underpants, or what's in that book the drag queen is reading to care.

People have definitely noticed…

This is pretty much the entire concept of Silent Spring. One day everyone looked around and realized all the birds were gone.

Yeah, you're totally ri- ooo, look, something shiny!

I remember the ones that would have “ collect all four “ my mom did not know any of this, we would eat up the cereal so we can get another box, we stopped after getting 3 of the same items

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I actually had a conversation with someone about this recently. I think some major factors in this are that A) there's just a lot more media and content to choose from. B) said media is far more accessible. And C) we have access to pop culture from all over the world instead of only having access to the same shows on the same channels, the same movies in theaters, and the same music on the same radio stations