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  • Not only are their wages lower than their parents’ earnings when they were in their 20s and 30s, after adjusting for inflation, but they are also carrying larger student loan balances, many reports show.

    True, true. Surely they won’t try to both-sides this and make it seem like they’re overreacti-

    But by other measures, young adults are doing well.

    Oh no.

    Compared with their parents at this age, Gen Zers are more likely to have a college degree

    Because more jobs require them even when they’re not necessary. Also, see the crippling debt you just mentioned.

    and work full time.

    Yet still make less than their parents while working longer hours. How is this “doing well?”

    Plus, many millennials have more saved for retirement than they did just a few years ago, after reaping the benefits of positive market conditions.

    Fun fact, if you save money for retirement, it tends to go up, shocking.



  • I’ll do you one better: The 2 monitors I bought from the same brand a year apart are different in many slight ways, one is capable of like 24hz higher refresh rate, the other has more options in the settings menu, etc.

    They have the exact same model number and documentation, the manufacturer just replaced the old one and documentation with a new one without specifying anything had changed.