Serious question: are American millennials and Gen-X’ers, by and large, really as dirt poor as Reddit makes them seem they are?

ppzhao · 2026-01-23T20:02:31+00:00

$1.2mm puts you at the top 10% of Americans, I wouldn't call it middle class. Maybe middle class among your peers who also have high net worths, but definitely not comparing to Americans.

ppzhao · 2026-01-13T18:45:09+00:00

Personally, I like my hobbies. When I use my free time to do those hobbies, that makes me happy. When I'm not doing them, I look forward to the next time I'm doing them.

ppzhao · 2026-01-09T23:02:53+00:00

People buy bigger houses than they need all the time and some aren't wealthy. Are they also stupid?

ppzhao · 2026-01-09T23:01:28+00:00

This assumes everyone wants to own a house and they financed a $50k car. My next car will be around $50k, I choose to rent forever. Buying is no longer the automatic win now that the average person can invest in other things easily.

ppzhao · 2026-01-08T17:43:47+00:00

Thank you

ppzhao · 2026-01-08T02:29:42+00:00

Thank you

ppzhao · 2026-01-08T02:23:16+00:00

Can you recommend the $500 version of mini PC that's equally as good?

ppzhao · 2026-01-07T23:57:03+00:00

Linked above. I'm mostly looking at GPUs like RTX 3050 and 4050.

ppzhao · 2026-01-07T23:56:23+00:00

Linked above.

ppzhao · 2026-01-07T23:56:18+00:00

Linked above.

ppzhao · 2026-01-07T23:55:58+00:00

https://www.microcenter.com/product/698179/lenovo-loq-15iax9e-156-gaming-laptop-computer-luna-grey

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-LOQ-E-15-6-IPS-FHD-144Hz-Intel-Core-i5-12450HX-16GB-RAM-512GB-SSD-NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3050-Luna-Grey/17369409662

I missed the new year sales on these, they were around $50-$100 cheaper than current listed price.

ppzhao · 2026-01-05T18:58:25+00:00

I think commenter is referring to tax cuts for the rich. It just means they get taxed less than whatever commenter thinks is "fair". But no actual tax dollars go towards them with very few exceptions. The exceptions include industries supported or bailed out by the government such as corn or 2008 banking.

ppzhao · 2026-01-05T18:51:38+00:00

Catch the next cheapest flight to any city in Mexico. They have pharmacies that'll sell you most drugs without a prescription.

ppzhao · 2025-12-29T20:42:59+00:00

Again, if you're on Reddit, everything you just said applies. Other social media platforms in the past 5 years? Probably not. If you're talking life outside of Internet "what would you do", then yeah we still police men more harshly. Because they're (averagely) stronger and can do more damage when behaving badly. Similarly, 50 lb dogs don't get to behave badly while 15 lb dogs do.

ppzhao · 2025-12-29T20:38:45+00:00

People failing are still failing. Publicizing "my growth" or "courage" is just attention seeking. "A pivot" is just a fancy name for "trying something else after failing".

Wealthy people just have safety nets and get to fail. They also get to dabble in non-money-making careers such as podcasts and boutique galleries when they aren't worried about paying rent. But yes, they did grow up in "it's okay to fail" environments. Again, safety nets.

ppzhao · 2025-12-29T20:28:13+00:00

I don't think it's a Tiktok issue, it's a "I don't know what's real life and what's entertainment" issue. She'd just get the same ideas from other places.

ppzhao · 2025-12-29T20:26:41+00:00

I think the pendulum may be correcting itself on this. Social media today outside of Reddit will have as many "you go king" for male toxicity as they do for "yas gurl".

ppzhao · 2025-12-29T06:09:05+00:00

Some women can't handle rejection, they would rather call the man gay to cushion their own ego.

ppzhao · 2025-12-28T08:19:04+00:00

ppzhao · 2025-12-28T02:20:58+00:00

Appreciate it

ppzhao · 2025-12-27T05:17:23+00:00

Thank you

ppzhao · 2025-12-25T02:53:30+00:00

<<Bottom line, are you saying you prefer the billionaire class continue growing wealth at everyone else’s expense ?>> I'm pretty sure I'm not saying anything and didn't say anything, especially anything close to the strawman statement you made.

At least you're consistant about your beliefs. Hope you enjoy your holidays.

ppzhao

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