WEBVTT - EP295: Current GENERATION is SOMETHING nowadays... - r/antiwork Reddit Story

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<v Speaker 1>The government sends me two thousand dollars a month, and

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<v Speaker 1>I work a full time job at twenty four hours

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<v Speaker 1>at twenty four dollars an hour, and I still can't

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<v Speaker 1>afford a house.

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<v Speaker 2>You're lazy, You're not crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>This entire shit is fucked up and is killing our generation.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>That is that is a whole, whole like manifesto right there.

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<v Speaker 2>A statement s just a preface.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in the military and got fucked up pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good in the old brain case. So good, Uncle Sam

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<v Speaker 1>cuts me a check for about two thousand dollars every

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<v Speaker 1>month for my veterans disability. I live in California in

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<v Speaker 1>a two bedroom apartment for twenty two hundred dollars a month,

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<v Speaker 1>not including utilities by myself. Excuse me, sir, why do

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<v Speaker 1>you have a second bedroom? Not to uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>be that guy, but uh by TheInk. I work full

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<v Speaker 1>time in CNC.

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<v Speaker 3>CNC is like a machine.

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<v Speaker 1>I work in machines and make fair still seven dollars

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<v Speaker 1>below the state average in my area. I am doing

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<v Speaker 1>amazing compared to my p and friends, but only because

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<v Speaker 1>I had to sacrifice my young adult years blowing up

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<v Speaker 1>other adults the military. I was confused for a second.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, oh, blowing up other adults.

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<v Speaker 3>That's one way to talk about the military.

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<v Speaker 1>That two thousand dollars is the only reason I'm able

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<v Speaker 1>to live comfortably in the Bay Area. And by comfortably

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I can afford a car payment, feed myself,

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<v Speaker 1>afford small subscriptions utilities, and save about a fifth.

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<v Speaker 2>Of my paycheck every month. Think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I know people my age twenty eight that would actually

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<v Speaker 1>kill for that shit, just for the barest imagining of

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<v Speaker 1>a minuscule American dream.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not even good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just average to compared to how previous generations had it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, dude, Like you think about all the other generations.

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<v Speaker 4>They all had their own houses, Like like the Simpsons

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<v Speaker 4>was meant to view a working class family and they

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<v Speaker 4>have like a full house at the backyard. But you know,

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<v Speaker 4>catch us, we were not. That's fucking that's freaking hard.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we were not getting a house until something crazy happens.

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<v Speaker 1>Something crazy will probably happen, but you know, we're you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if we're if we're doing something else, No surre bop.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not even good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just average compared to how previous generations have it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing okay only because I sell my fucking soul

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<v Speaker 1>to feed a warm machine. I don't even believe it anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>Soul.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's a metal song.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, oh god, that's hard. How do they do it?

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<v Speaker 2>They're professionals.

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<v Speaker 1>I think about how my friends can even survive in

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<v Speaker 1>this hostile situation. But that's all they can fucking do

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<v Speaker 1>for adults. One of their moms lives in a three

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<v Speaker 1>bedroom by themselves, and even with their combined total income

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<v Speaker 1>in that place, they can barely scrap by.

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<v Speaker 2>It is freaking insane.

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<v Speaker 1>I essentially make two full incomes with my situation, and

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even afford a mortgage with a VA loan,

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<v Speaker 1>which is six hundred thousand in the Bay Area at

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<v Speaker 1>the time of this writing, that's definitely gone up. Does

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<v Speaker 1>anyone grasp that I represent two full income streams that

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<v Speaker 1>can't even become a homeowner. I am literally losing my

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<v Speaker 1>effing mind in this state. How much longer can this

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<v Speaker 1>shit last? Is this just gonna be the future workers

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<v Speaker 1>indebted to all the old fucks who bought all the

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<v Speaker 1>houses while working for the same generation. I mean, at

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<v Speaker 1>this point, I'm so disillusioned by my whole life of fighting, working,

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<v Speaker 1>and voting for this effing country.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what to do. Damn.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it'll be fine, I know that, But what

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<v Speaker 1>about my friends and family stuck in this effing place?

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<v Speaker 1>What is the effing point if they all just end

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<v Speaker 1>up as slaves and everything?

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<v Speaker 2>But name edit? Wow, this blew up overnight. I did

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<v Speaker 2>my best respond to everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for everyone's kind words of advice and answer a

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<v Speaker 1>common reply that I should just move. That's not the

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<v Speaker 1>point of the post. The point is the state that

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<v Speaker 1>it's becoming hostile for almost every normal worker. We should

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<v Speaker 1>be expected to move everywhere, can everywhere should be sustainable

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<v Speaker 1>to live.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean true.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like America, Like John and I were talking about this,

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<v Speaker 4>Like America is the place where you swing big, like

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<v Speaker 4>you try to build a business, become like an actor actress,

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<v Speaker 4>or like a like a creator. Like America is the

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<v Speaker 4>place to like skip the line to a millionaire, billions, the.

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<v Speaker 1>Biggest opportunities, like movie star, big ceo, like all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>America makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Canada has a better American dream than I probably America does.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, dude's so true.

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<v Speaker 4>It's really hard to have like a very normal like

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<v Speaker 4>like just have like regular aspirations in America. If you

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<v Speaker 4>don't have massive ones, I think it's actually harder to achieve.

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<v Speaker 4>America is not friendly to to like the middle class basically.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I think I think there's a anyone below

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<v Speaker 1>the rich, anyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Below the rich.

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<v Speaker 1>I do think there's a diconomy of like that Canada

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<v Speaker 1>is literally better at at America probably than like economic mobility.

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<v Speaker 1>But also at the same time, like that attitude probably

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<v Speaker 1>isn't helpful.

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<v Speaker 2>And I hear what he's saying, but.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I hear what he's saying too, but it's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>it's also like you can recognize the flaws in the

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<v Speaker 4>system exact like at a certain point you have to

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<v Speaker 4>like work with the system you're given or leave. Yeah, right, sure,

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<v Speaker 4>try to change the system as as well as much

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<v Speaker 4>as you can, but really like the only way to

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<v Speaker 4>change the system is to be the system at its

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<v Speaker 4>own game.

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<v Speaker 1>If I can, If I can drop one aspirational quote

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<v Speaker 1>on our listeners, I feel like there's this conversation of

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<v Speaker 1>like do we are we like patriots or is patriotism

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, like not the thing we should do,

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<v Speaker 1>Like is America terrible? My opinion is, like, I'm very

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<v Speaker 1>very grateful for being in America because I have many

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<v Speaker 1>people close to me that are immigrants that fought to

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<v Speaker 1>get their way in here, but also like I love

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<v Speaker 1>it so much that I have to hold it to

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<v Speaker 1>the highest standard, and most of the things that it's

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<v Speaker 1>doing today are unacceptable. So to me, it's the love

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<v Speaker 1>creates the standard that I hold it to, not like

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<v Speaker 1>this is this all sucks.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that