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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Today@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Someone asked a question about how frequently young people have time to socialize and it made me think about what people do with their evenings. I recently asked my son to go to a concert (free ticket to see a band i know he likes) and he declined because it was an hour away on a weeknight. If we invite our kids or niece/nephew to dinner they always want to go at 6/630 which feels so early. Edit: Kids are 30ish.

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[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 84 points 10 months ago

Not young anymore, but when I see the price of live music, alcohol, etc, and combine that with things like student debt, low income jobs and the pressure of potentially being humiliated via social media, I wonder how on earth young people ever go out.

I feel incredibly lucky to have been in my late teens/early 20s during the late 90s and early 2000s. I suspect a lot of my generation dodged a fair few bullets, and never even realised it at the time.

[-] Today@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

So so glad i grew up without social media!! My bad decisions would be meme warnings for future generations.

[-] Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

parental money and credit cards.

my work hires lots of 22 year olds. most of them are getting an extra 1-2K from the bank of mom and dad per month, and loading up on debt. i've seen their statements that they download onto their work computers. kid making 40K a year has 15K in CC debt. (of course this same kid got fired because they were doing personal shit on a work computer).

poor kids live at home with their folks to have any semblence of a life.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I remember seeing P. Funk for $20 in the 90s.

[-] Today@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

We need the funk

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