Social Meme Thread v.95: Attack of the Dank Memes

[Fox by the Sea]

somebody tell him

 

[idrankyourbeer]

 

[Cyrano200]

I keep hearing this... Why do people think this?

Honestly, my only frame of reference is my dad and mom.

Dad - Went into the Navy (Vietnam), got a drafting degree and working in oil & gas. Ended up working for Head of Public Works in Durango and mananged several projects before retiring and dying of pancreatic cancer. My dad's side of the family didn't have much money. His service in the Navy helped pay for his college. My dad's family hunted a lot each year because it was the cheapest way to get meat. They cut up and processed everything themselves. Steaks, sausage, jerky... My aunt in Durango still has a cellar full of food they canned themselves. Mushrooms, fruit, vegetables they grew.

Mom - Divorced my dad when I was three (we lived near Fairplay, Co at the time). Worked two jobs while going to night school. We were dirt poor while in grade school. She got a decent job for Excel Energy and we moved to Denver. I had to pay for all of my college while I worked at restaurant 30 hours per week.

There were many many year where we barely scraped by. Eating out was a luxery saved for Birthdays... I think I went to Taco Bell once around 2nd grade was excited to get tacos and a bean burrrito.

My parents were handed shit... but still got by. My dad passed almost nothing to me when he passed.

I don't think story was all than uncommon back then.

This generation absolutely has shit handed to them. They're growing up eating out... and even pay extra to have food Ubered to them. Fucking drives me nuts. They'll pay $25 for a $10 meal delivered to their door. If I order a pizza for me and my girls... If I save $5 by going to the pizza place and picking it up myself so I don't pay a delivery fee and a driver tip, I'll do it. Unless I've been drinking too much and don't want to drive... lol.

If they cut even a few corners... Just on food alone, they'd have a ton more disposable income. But they choose to spend for convenience and a certain lifestyle. And refuse to adapt to better things in the long term. They're lost the concept of delayed gratification in return for instant pleasure.

Now... If you're talking Boomer Politicians and shit policies. Ok then, I get it

Bravo. My parents are very similar.

Your parents are the exception. As a whole, that wasn’t the case. And your last line is what really matters

My father was the son of a poor farmer, my mother the oldest of 15 children born to a truck driver father. They both were enlisted in the military, my father doing a combat tour in Viet Nam. They both worked in a factory for 30 plus years. I can't deny home prices were lower then, but they were handed nothing. We lived frugally, which I appreciate now. They retired with 3000 sq ft new home on 10 acres, but when we took vacation when I was young, it was in an old van my dad had built a split-level bunk-thing in the back of. We drove from Ohio to the Grand Canyon and ate Spam on a camp stove the entire time. Fabulous.
I have nothing but respect for them. My four uncles have similar stories and successes from poverty to military to blue collar, all in small town USA.

 

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[GearSolidMetal]

Behold..... a rare feminist photographed in the wild.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

 

[Mr Holmes]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

Seen this one before.

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[SurferH2O]

 

[Horse Style]

@Whippy McGee, your memes are thumbnail-sized and it's hard to read some of them. Just a heads up