38 ‘Me Vs. My Parents’ Memes That Show How Different Our Generations Are

Omg its infinite

the second panel of the "me at age 29 meme" goes on forever!

How do you say "mise en abyme" in english?

:'(

Opposite for me. I'm 42 and still renting. My daughter and her boyfriend are 23 and they have saved enough to pay for almost half of a few large properties they are looking at that cost almost $200,000. I screwed up my life because I had way to much fun in my 20's.

Me in Switzerland: A house costs a million xD

Older people are responsible for both the wholesale destruction of the environment, mainly because they allowed the manufacturing of goods without burdening neither the producer nor the consumer with the environmental cost of it, and for the steep rise in the cost of housing. When housing is used as an investment instead of as a home, then the property prices will rise. The cost of housing also increases with an increasing population. When you add to this that the relentless marketing created by the same generations in order to generate more sales has lead to practically all people owning much more stuff than they need then that leads to a new need of more space to house it all, a walk-in closet or simply more closets instead of one wardrobe, a larger kitchen to house all the different appliances that we harder ever use, more bedrooms even though most of us have fewer children

I smile when I remember my grandfather describing how worried my grandmother was about paying $120 a month for a new house.

Nonsense. I am peak a peak boomer. You couldn't buy a trailer for 10k. About 80k at 13 to 15 % is more like it.

I'm the same, actually. Sometimes I go to sleep early so I won't go to the Supermarket when I don't need to.

When I started working in the 80s I tried to start a pension. They wanted more per month than I made before tax and laughed me out of the office. Checked again every few years, same result. Most of the time I was living in my parents' attic as I couldn't afford to rent a place (paid rent to parents) and then afford transport to get to work and have food etc. Sleeping was a good way of not using electricity or food

me at 25 deciding if i should eat the last oreo or not

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but you all have cell phones and xboxes........? sorry but there are lots of jobs out there. yes you will have to do menial things, but you cannot start at 6 figures. Entitlements are earned

Why not do both with the person you love?

YES! or in my case build random skyscrapers that serve no purpose

me

Tend to*

I'm getting Technoblade vibes. maybe it's nothing.

Cats are our overlords. Get one, and you shall be spared when they take over.

Great idea

A third of my salary goes to my five cats. 😂

A cat is better company than a human. A Baby is a high-maintainance human ... I already have parents to care for ... when I don't have to do that anymore, it will be a sad day, but it will be also day one of freedom, so ... children aren't really an option, while a cat is essential to making a house become a home...

babies are overrated ;)

One of the things that really got better.

while in high school in the 80s, I talked to my counselor about depression. I was told to stop talking about it and keep it a secret. "No one would want to marry you if they knew you felt that way." Time have changed, for the better when it comes to mental health.

Yes hello.

Truth!

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snowflakes. always sick and always depressed

Me..... unable to keep my plants alive.

Plants are awesome!!!!

Plants are great anyway.

I have so many green babies myself. :)

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The fact that so many individuals and couples aren't having kids should be concerning. Not because they don't have kids, but because financial factors may be preventing them from choosing to. Over population is a myth and we will see the world population begin to decline within the next 20 years. What's going to happen to the millions of abandoned houses? What businesses will fail because of fewer customers? What will happen to all these hospitals, ER centers, and nursing homes when the elderly population is cut in half? I'm curious to see how it plays out.

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