Forbes: "Millennials aren't having kids, and this is a problem for baby boomers' real estate and retirement"
Me: [looks at state of the world]
Me: "..."
Me: "Fuckin' serves you right."
Forbes: "Despite the popular urban mythology of Boomer life in the big city, more than 70% of Baby Boomers are still living in suburban and rural areas."
Me: "I have literally never heard that supposedly popular urban myth"
Forbes: "Many Baby Boomers bought their current homes in the 1980s and 1990s – just when the average size of American homes increased greatly. According to the US Census, between 1985 and 1999 the average home size went from 1,800-plus square feet to nearly 2,300 square feet. By 2017, the average new home size was over 2,400 square feet and was likely to include four plus bedrooms."
Me: 🤔
@bstacey One must always bear in mind that when Forbes and such talk about generational sociology, they are bracketing this in haute bourgeoisie terms.
If they wanted to talk about the rest of us, they’d invoke “the poor” or whatever in disgusted tones.
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Forbes: let us explain this problem by inventing an anecdote about a Millennial who doesn't need five bedrooms because she has, instead of children, a small dog
Me: YOU BROKE THE ECONOMY AND BROUGHT BACK FASCISM
Forbes: ...
Me: can I just play with the dog now; I hear it is small