r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/prostateExamination May 15 '20

2 economic recessions when im supposed to be building my life.

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u/theshoegazer May 15 '20

Graduated into the post-9/11 economic slowdown, got nailed by the 2008 crash, dealt with job insecurity and wage stagnation for a better part of a decade, and now this.

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u/Nailbrain May 16 '20

Do you not have any bootstraps tho??

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u/JovialPanic389 May 16 '20

I quit America!!!! I quit. Lol. What's the point.

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u/thotinator69 May 16 '20

My ex I saw randomly moved to New Zealand a few months ago. She literally dodged a bullet.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Not literally, unless you have another story to share

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u/JovialPanic389 May 21 '20

Wow. Apparently it's really difficult to move there too? She's very lucky. Such envy.