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Let’s Mock Millennials’ Stress List
A CBD oil manufacturer ran a survey of what stresses out Millennials. It seems that Gen-Y thinks that 2019 is most stressful time in human history. I think it is important for other generations to mock them and make their own lists. I’ll aggregate responses in the OP.
The Millennial (Gen-Y) stress list:
1. Losing wallet/credit card
2. Arguing with partner
3. Commute/traffic delays
4. Losing phone
5. Arriving late to work
6. Slow WiFi
7. Phone battery dying
8. Forgetting passwords
9. Credit card fraud
10. Forgetting phone charger
11. Losing/misplacing keys
12. Paying bills
13. Job interviews
14. Phone screen breaking
15. Credit card bills
16. Check engine light coming on
17. School loan payments
18. Job security
19. Choosing what to wear
20. Washing dishes
+ Endless war
+ Debt/GDP ratio >1
+ College credential not worth the debt as promised
The Gen-X stress list:
- Nuclear war
- Tornadoes
- Power outage/blizzard
- Starving kids in China
- Cigarettes/secondhand smoke
- Desegregation
- Muggings
- Degree technical obsolescence
- Dot-com bust *and* great recession
The Boomer stress list:
- Polio
- Smallpox
- Nuclear war
- Tornadoes
- Segregation
- Race riots
- Career technical obsolescence
Greatest Generation stress list
- The Great Depression
- 60 million violent deaths between 1939 and 1945
Those stupid Millennials should have designed their grade school curricula to better teach them the importance of mental arithmetic skills. Bunch of failures.
I haven’t seen it happen yet. I guess I need to start paying with more change.
We raised two on a fairly modest income.
Yeah, what were they thinking?
Actually, I think people were making similar complaints about us Gen X cashiers. The difference is, we weren’t so dependent on pocket computers, when we only had phlip phones. Also, we weren’t as affected by stupid common-core math miseducation.
Then what kind of cash are you dropping on your pets? My dog doesn’t have a car seat, or need a new pair of shoes every six weeks. I can feed her for a week on less than 10 dollars worth of Purina One. Instead of paying for preschool, we got her a dog door, so she can let herself out when we’re at work.
I really hope raising a kid is that economical.
Well the Purina One still works, but I might hold off on the doggie door for a couple years.
Training and boarding can be pretty expensive if you travel for work. If the dog has any recurring medical issues, or needs to go to the emergency room, then it really gets expensive.
Anyway, wasn’t the original point that pets are less expensive than kids?
Get a wife so you don’t have to board on travel.
Humans should cost more, but it really is far less than the baby market suggests.
My wife travels for work too. Sometimes at the same time.
I get %80 of my kid stuff free from friends,a family, random coworkers of friends and family, Mothers-of-Preschoolers groups, including expensive things like car seats and strollers. But many things can also be bought second hand, in good condition. And there are many ways to keep food bills low. This is just life.
The most expensive things with my kids is not the stuff, it’s the heart surgery and a few ER visits. Considering the state of our ”healthcare” industry, I would confess that as an at least semi-legitimate reason to not have kids.
That’s exactly what I think of, when I worry about the financial hurdles to child-bearing. I guess daycare is probably the biggest expense, for families dependent on 2 incomes, but that’s at least something you can see coming ahead of time. Or something you can avoid altogether.
Thankfully, our financial situation has improved of late.