Remember when one could afford a house, a car and support an entire family by simply tightening screws/bolts or soldering wires to boards?
还记得以前一个人光靠拧螺丝或者焊电路板就能买房买车养活一大家子吗？
还记得以前一个人靠打工就能买房、买车、养全家吗
Remember when one could afford a house, a car and support an entire family by simply tightening screws/bolts or soldering wires to boards?
还记得以前一个人光靠拧螺丝或者焊电路板就能买房买车养活一大家子吗？
>>62557960
The 1980's?
I'm probably the only person here that old
这帖子里大概就我这么老了
>>62557960
Low iq blue collar was never a good benchmark
低智商蓝领从来就不是什么好标杆
Still can how much are you paid to cry like a loser
现在照样可以，你在这哭穷拿了多少钱啊废物
The unskilled grunts carrying around bags of cement and digging at construction sites back in the 1970s, who could just walk up to pretty much any building site to get a job, had an annual wage which was equivalent of roughly $135k today.
1970年代那些扛水泥袋、在工地刨坑的普通苦力，随便走进哪个工地就能找到活儿，年收入换算成今天大概等于13.5万美元。
We've been robbed
我们被抢了
I just spent $300 on a lamp shade, pillow and 2 bars of soap lol
我刚花了300美元买了个灯罩、一个枕头和两块肥皂，哈哈
>>62558001
Yep. My newspaper route paid something like $50k modern money when I was 12. My first job washing dishes paid something like $80k modern money
没错。我12岁送报纸挣的钱按现在算差不多5万美元。我第一份洗碗的工作按现在算大概8万美元
>>62557960
The really funny part is it's just going to get worse and someday people will look back on the 2020's as the good old days
最好笑的是以后只会更惨，有一天人们会回过头把2020年代当美好旧时光
1950-1980 was the picotop of human civilization, it was not sustainable, boomers are retarded for thinking it would last forever when the historical performance of civilization has been mostly poverty times
1950到1980是人类文明的巅峰，那不可持续，婴儿潮那代人觉得能永远这样是真蠢，因为历史上人类文明大部分时间都是穷日子
they should have used this prosperity to save multi generational wealth
他们应该趁着这波繁荣攒下跨代财富
>>62558030
>they should have used this prosperity to save multi generational wealth
>他们应该趁着这波繁荣攒下跨代财富
We did but now we're going to reverse mortgage it to go live on a cruise ship because our kids don't call and the retirement home is going to take the house anyways
我们攒了，但现在要反向抵押贷款去坐游轮养老，因为孩子不打电话，养老院反正也要把房子收走
>>62558005
Cool. My little table for my remote control costs $700.
行吧。我那个放遥控器的小桌子花了700美元。
>>62558041
Must be a nice table, I get all my stuff made from the amish
那桌子肯定不错，我所有东西都是找阿米什人做的
>>62558047
Bruh. It is.
哥们，确实是。
Bro like 30 years ago I kicked over and totally destroyed my parents $1000 full crystal table. Lmao. $1000 at that time and pure crystal.
兄弟，大概30年前我一脚踢翻了我爸妈那张1000美元的全水晶桌子，直接碎成渣。笑死。那可是那时候的1000美元，纯水晶的。
>>62558047
Bro. Fuck the amish.
兄弟。去他妈的阿米什人。
>>62557960
>Remember
no
>>62557960
I member
我记得
>>62558131
Fuck you.
去你的。
My grandfather on my mom's side was a plumber and had 3 houses. My grandfather on my fathers side was landed gentry. Im a homeless man with 500k in student debt last i checked. Its probably higher now.
我外公是水管工，有三套房。我爷爷那边是地主阶层。而我呢，一个流浪汉，背着50万美元的学生贷款，上次查的。现在可能更多了。
>>62557960
that was before kikes completely took over the world
那是在犹太人彻底掌控世界之前
>>62557960
their houses sucked
他们那些房子烂得很
>>62558997
Holy shit he's literally me. I am Al Bundy. One paycheck away from disaster. One of these days Lois; bang, zoom, straight to the moon.
卧槽他简直就是我。我就是Al Bundy。离破产就差一张工资单。总有一天Lois；砰，嗖，直接上月球。
>>62557960
If you weren't part of the top 10% in 2025, you're lower class
如果你在2025年没进前10%，那你就算底层阶级了。
>>62558997
If you read dumb shit on incel blogs enough times you believe it and then your life is over. I feel sorry for incels, brainwashed more than boomers and foids
你要是老在incel博客上看那些傻逼玩意儿，看多了就信了，然后你的人生就完了。我挺同情那些incel的，被洗脑得比婴儿潮和老娘们还狠
>>62559076
sure whatever you say good Goy
行行行，你说啥就是啥，好外邦人
>>62558001
They made good money because of white supremacy stealing from brown people and women. As the world becomes more equitable and inclusive whites will need to start checking their privileges
他们赚得盆满钵满，靠的是白人至上主义从棕色人种和女人身上偷来的东西。当世界变得更公平、更包容时，白人得开始掂量掂量自己的特权了。
>>62558010
>>62558001
The crazy part is my paper route paid $20 for a weekend. Had I traded that for 1st edition Pokemon packs and kept them sealed until today, I would’ve been paid $90,000 per hour as a kid.
最离谱的是，我小时候送报纸一个周末才赚20刀。要是当初拿这钱买了初版宝可梦卡包，留到现在不开封，那我当年时薪都得有9万美元。
>>62557960
That's when we had silver in our coinage.
那时候咱们硬币里还是真银子呢。
>>62559547
I got paid in Bitcoin when it was $3, I made $60,000 an hour, boomers had it so hard
我当年在比特币3美元的时候入手，一小时赚6万美元，婴儿潮一代过得哪有那么惨。
Plenty of people still buy a house and support a family if they solder wires to boards well for the aerospace industry. I know some personally
现在照样还有不少人，只要焊线焊得好能进航空航天行业，买房养家完全没问题。我身边就有认识的。
>>62558001
You weren't robbed, you were partying it up and "getting krunk" and fighting for social justice. Those were your priorities.
你哪是被抢了，你是在狂欢、喝得烂醉、为所谓的社会正义打架。那些才是你的优先事项。
>>62559113
most people weren’t putting their kid in college in the 70s
70年代没多少人送孩子上大学
>>62557960
Anybody here remember the good times? (70's and 80's)
这里有人记得那些好时光吗？（70、80年代）
>No security cameras
>没有监控摄像头
>No cellphones
>没有手机
>Ultima on your Apple ][+ or Atari
>在Apple ][+或Atari上玩Ultima
>Could say whatever you wanted and not be sanctioned/cancelled
>想说什么就说什么，不会被制裁或封杀
>Compliment a girl on her tits and she would blush and say thank you!
>夸姑娘胸大，她会脸红然后说谢谢！
>Guaranteed jobs straight out of high-school
>高中毕业直接包分配工作
>Faggots beaten regularly
>同性恋经常被打 ⟦ >树林里藏着秘密色情杂志
>Secret porn stashes in the woods
森林里藏着的秘密色情片
>Male teachers as role models
>男老师当榜样
>Cities not overrun by minorities
>城市没被少数族裔占领
>No helmets or any protective gear
>不戴头盔或任何护具
>Zero fear of germs
>对细菌零恐惧
>Real language with little euphemism
>说话直来直去，几乎不用委婉语
>Exchanged letters with girls at school. Girls would even mail you letters.
>在学校和女生交换信件。女生还会给你寄信。
>Pictures actually meant something because you had to pay to get them processed
>照片真的有意义，因为冲洗要花钱
>Friends were actual friends and had your back
>朋友是真朋友，会罩着你
>Moms still knew how to cook
>妈妈们还都会做饭
>Smoking at school
>在学校抽烟
>Almost everyone got in fights at school. Right of passage.
>几乎人人都打过架。成年礼。
>Girls dressed up and did their hair even to goto 7-11
>女孩子就算去7-11也要打扮好、做头发
>Porn was the Sears Catalog
>色情就是西尔斯目录
>All night skating at the rink. Dropped off at 6 pm on Friday. Picked up at 3 pm on Saturday.
>在溜冰场通宵滑冰。周五下午6点被送去，周六下午3点才接走。
>>62561827
Porn in the woods was weird. It was everywhere. Just random hustlers and penthouses strewn all over nature. The woods were our internet.
树林里的色情杂志确实怪。但到处都是。随便散落在野外的《Hustler》和《Penthouse》。树林就是我们的互联网。
Also remember no seat belts and riding around in the bed of the truck doing 55 on the highway. Bicycles and snowboarding without helmets
还记得没安全带，坐在皮卡后斗里在高速上开55码。骑自行车和滑雪板不戴头盔。
>>62558185
check again, you might not be a homeless man anymore
再查查，你可能已经不是流浪汉了
>>62557960
I don't,but I heard it was the case
我没印象，但听说是这样
Remember when your neighbours were just white boomers and dorky kids instead of brown street shitters?
还记得邻居都是白人老登和呆瓜小孩，而不是满街拉屎的棕色人种吗？
>>62559113
(((Wall street)))
(((华尔街)))
>>62557960
You can still do that by simply tightening screws/bolts or soldering wires to boards.
你现在也能做到，只要拧紧螺丝或焊接电路板。
But you want an airconditioned office.
但你想要的是空调办公室。
>>62564285
i saw PCB assembly jobs while scrolling through indeed. the pay is $22-25/hour in an area where 1 bedroom rents are $1800/month. a 1200 square foot SFH is $350k.
我在Indeed上翻到过PCB组装的工作，时薪22-25美元，而在那个地方一居室月租要1800美元，一套1200平方英尺的独栋房要35万美元。
>>62558001
Now adjust for hedonics, global competition amd mass immigration.
现在你再算上享乐调整、全球竞争和大规模移民。
You fucking losers still haven't figured it out.
你们这些输家还是没搞明白。
>>62565048
>listen here wagie, you have a 60 inch TV and netflix on your phone to keep you distracted. the fact that your wage can no longer cover basic necessities like shelter, food and transportation is unimportant
>听着，上班族，你有60寸电视和手机上的Netflix让你分心。你的工资付不起住房、食物和交通这些基本开销这件事根本不重要
>>62557960
im 26
no i don't remember that actually
不，我其实不记得那种时候
owning a house has been an unattainable dream all my life
有房对我来说一直是个遥不可及的梦想
murders were a lot higher in before 1999
1999年前凶杀案率高多了
people got away with all kinds of heinous shit and in general people were more violent but yes you had more freedoms
人们各种恶行都能逍遥法外，总体社会更暴力，但确实你拥有更多自由
Can someone please unselect that pepe?!
谁能把那个佩佩给撤掉吗？！
None of you fags actually want to do that even if it had the pay that you are looking for. Lazy zoomtards just want a screen and their desk and everything else handed to them for free. Just rot away already you fags. Can’t imagine where you fags will be in 10-15 years from now.
你们这些废物就算工资真到了那个数，也不会真去干那活。懒散的Z世代傻逼就想要块屏幕和办公桌，其他一切都该白送。赶紧烂掉吧你们这群蠢货。想象不出你们10到15年后能混成什么样。
>>62561501
This
>>62564987
I can't believe that. Trades are a gold mine.
难以置信。手艺活明明是个金矿。 ⟦ 手艺活是给低智商的人干的。
>>62566352
Trades are for low iq people.
做交易是智商低的人才干的事。
>>62565085
It is now. America median home costs 6x the median income.
现在就是这样。美国房价中位数是收入中位数的6倍。
>>62558001
There will be retards arguing shit is cheaper now but a lot of stuff made in the 1950s was made to last an ultra long time because it cost a lot of money but was worth it over time.
肯定会有傻X争论说现在东西更便宜，但50年代造出来的很多玩意能用超久，因为当时价格高，但长远来看值这个钱。
>>62566985
i have tools from 1950 handed down to me, grandpa said he bought them for like $5 and they don't chip or break like the modern shit i have to pay $50 for.
我手里有把1950年传下来的工具，爷爷说当年花大概5美元买的，到现在都不崩口不坏，不像现在那些破玩意儿，我得花50美元买。
And now think about how we get daily save the environment propaganda but this planned obsolescence is not addressed.
再想想，天天有人给我们灌输环保宣传，但这种计划性淘汰却没人管。 ⟦ 我还真是这么干的
>>62557960
I literary do this
我字面上就是这么做的。
I don't support a family or myself, but I make ok cash fixing broken electronics. I look for free items, friends stuff and thrift stores, I don't advertise or do it as a business so I just do it when it happens.
我不养家也不养自己，但修修坏掉的电子产品能挣点小钱。我找免费的东西、朋友的闲置、二手店捡漏，我不打广告也不当生意做，就是碰上了就修。
>>62559479
Not really.
其实并不真如此。
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