Unemployment Simulator 2018 video game

[mowens]

"They just wanted to check out and vacation untill they die instead of doing the only job that really mattered."

And what job is that? Please be specific.

[Zoffen]

And what job is that? Please be specific.

Guiding the of next generation to want to have their own next generation and so on and so on so that people in the future can exist at all.

Maybe this is just an American thing. The breakdown of the family unit and the loss of the continuance of "legacy" is not a good thing.This has guided the planet for 1000's of years up until now....

Who is responsible for young people to not want to have families and kids anymore?

[Newbeeee™]

The Who is responsible for young people to not want to have families and kids anymore?

Fiss
And the WEF
And the UN
And the Media bombarding 24/7/365 shit about conflicts, wars, burning planet etc
And the Gov who drive the fear and uncertainty AKA shit too.

So says my 2 girls....

[YoDoug]

If you google boomers, the greediest generation, not only will you find countless articles full of charts, graphs, and stats showing how the boomers kept disproportionately more for themselves than any other generation, but you will also find several psychology studies in which they surveyed different generations including boomers, by double digits, feel they are entitled to the most wealth and feel the least need to share any of it. My use the term the greediest generation, is not based on feelings, it's based the evidence that has been presented to me. If you are a boomer and those facts offend you, that's your feelings.

[CNCAppsJames]

Show us on the doll where the boomer touched you, and is the boomer in the room with us?



I am GRATEFUL I do not have your life outlook. I've got my own problems, but dayum... if I had your oultlook, I'd just suck start my Glock and get it over with. 

[Smit]

Guiding the of next generation to want to have their own next generation and so on and so on so that people in the future can exist at all.

Maybe this is just an American thing. The breakdown of the family unit and the loss of the continuance of "legacy" is not a good thing.This has guided the planet for 1000's of years up until now....

Who is responsible for young people to not want to have families and kids anymore?

Yes, that's the question that needs answered. Such a simple issue should be easy to solve.

Why don't the worker bees want to breed more worker bees? 2 parents working 2 jobs to make enough money to survive. If they're lucky they might not make enough money they can qualify for public assistance because they don't make enough to survive from working 2 jobs. The great American safety net.

Unless somebody gets sick and they have to pay for health care they can't afford because they don't have health insurance in the greatest health system in the world.

Hopefully they can find somewhere to live at a price they can afford.

Once one of the kids get old enough to watch their brothers and sisters they don't have to spend a shit ton of money for child care things might become a little easier.

Hopefully people can find decent used cars so they don't have a couple $800 car payments for 8 years loans on top of all the other stuff they can't afford.

Once those little fuckers are out of the womb they're on their own. No school lunches because their parents aren't doing enough to provide for them. But that should build character right? Give them incentive to get a couple jobs so they can afford lunch.

Wandering down memory lane, having kids a hundred or a thousand years ago added strength to the family unit. They defended the tribe and/or provided defense. Not so much anymore. They're an expense. A big expense.

Our best hope is our oligarchs will keep breeding like rabbits because they can afford every one of those little fuckers with no burden because that's where to money is going now. To the top.

And I'm sure all those little oligarch offspring will want to work in a machine shop making chips. They can produce their own worker bees!

But yeah, why don't young people want to breed? It's worked for 1000s or years.

[Smit]

I just have a low tolerance for stupidity, especially coming from otherwise intelligent people.

Technically, I'm generation Jones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

Seriously though look into it. Are you mad because we're not dying fast enough?

Doug likes to troll a bit. He's pretty obvious about it though so you can play with him for a while when you're in the mood.

:edit: But be warned, he gets pissy if you don't play his trolling game the way he wants you to. 

[Zoffen]

Once one of the kids get old enough to watch their brothers and sisters they don't have to spend a shit ton of money for child care things might become a little easier.

This what I'm talking about here. The shortsightedness of it all.



The real answer I was looking for was:

Inflation and the devaluation of the currency.

This is the first time in history where so much money has been created out of thin air without repercussion. (Yet)

Every other society that has set down this path in history has gone down in flames.

However the rulers of those societies did not have the level of control over the populace that whoever calls the shots has.

When you are locked into the "control grid" you have no other option than to obey and go in the direction you get told.

[ghuns]

..Once those little fuckers are out of the womb they're on their own. No school lunches because their parents aren't doing enough to provide for them. But that should build character right? Give them incentive to get a couple jobs so they can afford lunch.

What would build character is seeing a mom who, in spite of her financial struggles and time demands, still manages to feed her kids and not rely on the state to do it.

Very few poor people can't acquire some PB&J, boil some eggs, or get some fruit to feed their kids.

What they lack is effort.

Why bother when there's free school lunch?

We support a great local charity that sends kids home on Fridays with a back pack full of frozen/microwavable meals because the school knows the parents won't bother to feed them over the weekend.

The parents love it. The state feeds the kids at school, the charity feeds them on the weekends. Now the parents want the charity to provide this service over holidays and summer vaction.

[Bucky Cornstarch]

Yup, laziness is definitely to blame. Might as well ignore 60+ years of real wages declining and corporate profits and CEO compensation increasing exponentially as long as we can point to a local charity that does some good.

[Smit]

What would build character is seeing a mom who, in spite of her financial struggles and time demands, still manages to feed her kids and not rely on the state to do it.

Very few poor people can't acquire some PB&J, boil some eggs, or get some fruit to feed their kids.

What they lack is effort.

Why bother when there's free school lunch?

We support a great local charity that sends kids home on Fridays with a back pack full of frozen/microwavable meals because the school knows the parents won't bother to feed them over the weekend.

The parents love it. The state feeds the kids at school, the charity feeds them on the weekends. Now the parents want the charity to provide this service over holidays and summer vaction.

I'm sure there are many parents, single mothers or both, who do exactly what you've mentioned. And I'm glad your community has that kind of charitable outreach. I wish every community did.

Having said that, it is a response to a totally different question than was asked.

Zoffen asked why people don't want to have families any more. I think I offered some very real reasons why people would not be interested in having kids and living the "traditional" family role.

I know many people who live satisfying lives as DINKs. Their lifestyle would never happen if they had a kid or two or six. And I don't think they're wrong in wanting that. Quite understandable actually.

The country we live in is not overly friendly to the family environment, so unless it's something somebody feels very strongly about I think it's understandable when people do not do it.

[Zoffen]

I know many people who live satisfying lives as DINKs.

Ask them about life satisfaction in 10 years and see what they say.

There only so many vacations and hobbies you can do until you start to ask what was the point of all of this. And by that time its too late...

[YoDoug]

Yup, laziness is definitely to blame. Might as well ignore 60+ years of real wages declining and corporate profits and CEO compensation increasing exponentially as long as we can point to a local charity that does some good.

Doesn't happen very often, but I have to say I agree with you.

[mowens]

If I'm a bad man for wanting to keep what I've earned then I'm a bad man. Unfortunately, I don't get to keep most of what I've earned. I have 5 kids and 8 grandkids. Much of my money goes to helping them. Especially my daughter, who is a single mom who works full time with a teenager and a soon to be teenager, and does not get food stamps. She works for the county as a horticulturalist and makes about $23 an hour. I do things like buy her a water heater or a dishwasher. I try to make sure the kids have happy lives. I've helped them buy a house so they didn't have to live in a shitty neighborhood. I've helped them all buy houses and cars and pay for college. Most of the rest of it goes to taxes.

I still don't understand when you say "kept most of the wealth for themselves". I earned it, why can't I do with it what I want?

Zoffen, what do boomers have to do with inflation and printing money?

I do have one big regret. I was a shitty dad. I have a son and daughter who grew up with their mom. I didn't do enough to teach them that they didn't have to be stuck in poverty, that it wasn't inevitable. I'm trying to do that with my grandkids.

some of you guys sound like Reko. If all people were good, it would work the way you want. Unfortunately, some people suck and the children suffer.

[Zoffen]

I do have one big regret. I was a shitty dad. I have a son and daughter who grew up with their mom. I didn't do enough to teach them that they didn't have to be stuck in poverty, that it wasn't inevitable. I'm trying to do that with my grandkids.

The best time to realize this was yesterday. The 2nd best time is now. I commend you good sir!

Zoffen, what do boomers have to do with inflation and printing money?

Which generation set all of the policies that have led us here? And which generation continues to do so?

I'm not saying generations previous to the boomers didn't do that same but the scale over everything is breathtaking now. By any measure your hard earned money went way farther 100(50? 25? 10? 5? 1?) years ago. Why is this?