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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    It's an assessment shared by most in my generation. Why have a kid ? So they can dive into $200,000 of student debt and then get some go nowhere service sector job ? And then pile on another $350,000+ to live in some poorly constructed pseudo modernist box ?
    You are many things but spokesperson for your generation isn't one of them.

    Again though I encourage you not to breed, being a cuck might be congenital.

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    My kids just turned 23. Only been living in the states 6 years. Both doing exceptionally well with no worries. One in SF and one in Santa Barbara. Both saving and looking at getting an entry level place in the property market. So all your negative babble seems to apply more to losers with no initiative or drive like you..

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    One in SF and one in Santa Barbara.
    Bit of a contrast to their retarded cousins in Arkansas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    My kids just turned 23. Only been living in the states 6 years. Both doing exceptionally well with no worries. One in SF and one in Santa Barbara. Both saving and looking at getting an entry level place in the property market. So all your negative babble seems to apply more to losers with no initiative or drive like you..
    I was young , happy , naive and thinking I was going somewhere when I was 23 too.

    Lol initiative. I saved around 70-80% of my money from age 16 to 30. All in all, a few go nowhere assets &
    a few value traps and that's it. There is no fucking way to get anywhere in this Boomer oligarchy. I regret saving my money.

    There is no such thing as a good deal on an asset these days. They are all value traps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    value traps
    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    value traps
    Your new mots du jour?


    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    this Boomer oligarchy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    Married ? KW screwed one for 'only' a year.

    Wrong, on several accounts but nice attempt at stalking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    The best news I have heard in a long time. You will not procreate. Thus saving the world one more retard. Good on ya. You also have a pretty fucked up way of looking at the future. Have fun moron..
    Yd and backspin /socal really are quite daft
    Having kids is the best thing you can do imho. In AOs case 2 beautiful daughters studying in the states. Pretty sure thats a lot of commitment on his and his wifes behalf.

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    Indeed

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    Glad you agree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    AO...our very own Teakdoor "intelligentsia"
    Says the wife beater. Pollitflinger? Hows the weather in brisbane?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Glad you agree.
    Bld approves

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    My daughter's six and doesn't seem to cost me a lot of money recently. We spend a lot on magic tricks and LEGO but I probably would have bought them anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    My daughter's six and doesn't seem to cost me a lot of money recently. We spend a lot on magic tricks and LEGO but I probably would have bought them anyway.
    You are gen X no ? kids weren't the bargain basement they were for boomers , but still better than today

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    My brother has kids. He has no choice but to live in this house near his business. They've had to convert their living room into a master bedroom. A basic reno is gonna cost $50,000. Buying another house would cost over $600,000.. He's sorta kinda fuct

    If he was a Boomer in the 70's or 80's, the reno would cost $500 bucks. And the house across the street would be $80,000 tops
    Last edited by Backspin; 28-01-2021 at 02:18 AM.

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    If things get tight you can always sell them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    LEGO
    The Lego Technics Bugatti Chiron makes a great 7th birthday present btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    My daughter's six and doesn't seem to cost me a lot of money recently. We spend a lot on magic tricks and LEGO but I probably would have bought them anyway.
    Trust me, their toys get a lot more expensive as they get older.

    My son in Uni just detailed why i need to get him a 100k video camera set up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Trust me, their toys get a lot more expensive as they get older.

    My son in Uni just detailed why i need to get him a 100k video camera set up.

    Is he doing a film director course or professional porn movies?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    Is he doing a film director course or professional porn movies?
    A degree in "media studies" or the like. Sigh. Would normally be a fast track to a fulfilling career in McDs I would have thought, but he does seem to have his eye on the ball. He was taken under the wing of a well known (apparently!) professional photographer pre-covid, so he must have something going for him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    A degree in "media studies" or the like. Sigh. Would normally be a fast track to a fulfilling career in McDs I would have thought, but he does seem to have his eye on the ball. He was taken under the wing of a well known (apparently!) professional photographer pre-covid, so he must have something going for him.
    At least he is at Uni. Mine was trying to dodge higher education altogether. Finally won that battle, he's doing some valuation, propertry prices course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    I was young , happy , naive and thinking I was going somewhere when I was 23 too.

    Lol initiative. I saved around 70-80% of my money from age 16 to 30. All in all, a few go nowhere assets &
    a few value traps and that's it. There is no fucking way to get anywhere in this Boomer oligarchy. I regret saving my money.

    There is no such thing as a good deal on an asset these days. They are all value traps.
    I wouldn't recommend bitcoin, if you can't recognise it's value in the coming storm it's not for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    A degree in "media studies" or the like. Sigh. Would normally be a fast track to a fulfilling career in McDs I would have thought, but he does seem to have his eye on the ball. He was taken under the wing of a well known (apparently!) professional photographer pre-covid, so he must have something going for him.
    I don't want to worry you but I have an A Level in Media Studies. Went on to fail an advertising and marketing degree before graduating with a Web Design Degree.

    Which is why I teach English in Thailand now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    I don't want to worry you but I have an A Level in Media Studies. Went on to fail an advertising and marketing degree before graduating with a Web Design Degree.

    Which is why I teach English in Thailand now.
    Thanks armstrong. That has cheered me up no end. Sigh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    At least he is at Uni. Mine was trying to dodge higher education altogether. Finally won that battle, he's doing some valuation, propertry prices course.
    Mate!!!!! He's such a nice boy and you're letting him become a real estate salesman????


    You may look like a piece of roadkill but he's a good looking young man . . . he'll do well.

    But seriously? Real estate???

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    But seriously? Real estate???
    I'm just relieved he is going to Uni.

    He was seriously thinking of all the cash he could make just by working full time.



    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    I don't want to worry you but I have an A Level in Media Studies. Went on to fail an advertising and marketing degree before graduating with a Web Design Degree.

    Which is why I teach English in Thailand now.
    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Thanks armstrong. That has cheered me up no end. Sigh.


    Green owed, Armstrong!


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