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As a millennial, I've developed a baseline immunity to once in a lifetime devastating economic collapse.
I've never had any savings that can be influenced by a stockmarket crash, so I'll be fine
Hopefully that's a joke
The state of the american economy is a joke, yes, where it makes things like this probable
No, what I meant was a market crash will affect you even if you have no investments.
Never had more then a thousand dollars in savings before a medical emergency, major crisis, economic implosion, or some other event destroyed anything I built.
I just gave up entirely. Lot of people stuck in this position unfortunately
The point I was making is that a market crash will affect you even if you don't have investments
Ahh yeah, my bad. Ignore me i misunderstood.
Only half
Gen X here - we had a good quiet 20 years and then everything went entirely to hell.
The official Gen X response is: whatever...
Usually but I have a 12 year old daughter. If I didn't i would say let the world burn
Just a tuesday
What timezone are you in?
A metaphorical Tuesday, my friend