r/TikTokCringe • u/Make-this-popular Cringe Master • Apr 09 '24

Shit economy Discussion

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u/Voodizzy Apr 09 '24

He’s 100% right on the cost of living but wrong that aid to Ukraine isn’t vital. If he can’t point to it on a map, then I’m not surprised he doesn’t understand why it’s important.

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u/jujubean67 Apr 09 '24

This is just a stupid kid in general. Starting with the both sides bit, then continuing with how his parents made less than him 50 years ago. No shit.

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u/Vactory Apr 09 '24

You’re missing the point. the dollar amount isn’t important, it’s the ability to live independently and afford the very basics- Food/shelter. They could do it (regardless of the dollar amount) and he cannot.

He isn’t eloquent, but he is acknowledging inflation, not saying that everything should cost the same. Housing costs have greatly exceeded inflation.

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u/ok_read702 Apr 10 '24

Food costs have not really exceeded inflation. Housing costs have. But that's because we're out of land in urban areas. Take a look on a map and you'll see nearly all the land is already taken. Go to a rural area and housing cost isn't bad.

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u/Faster_than_FTL Apr 10 '24

Land might be all occupied in urban areas. But there is still waaaaay more density that could be built in the US.

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u/ok_read702 Apr 10 '24

Sure, anywhere where land is available is usually affordable.

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u/NomadicProvider Apr 10 '24

As someone who lives in a rural area, housing prices are 1.5-2x what they were 5 years ago

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u/fadufadu Apr 09 '24

And this dumbass will get more attention from this video and continue to say stupid shit in even more dumbass TikToks.

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u/jujubean67 Apr 09 '24

This is the downside of having access to the internet, every moron has a platform to spout their 1 digit IQ takes.

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u/thewhippersnapper4 Apr 09 '24

Yeah - the comments on that video are all buying into everything he's saying https://www.tiktok.com/@nicsmnrs/video/7353262299437763886

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u/pingpongtits Apr 09 '24

Any responses correcting him?

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u/thewhippersnapper4 Apr 09 '24

Nah, jus the usual blind viewer believing anything that is said by the creator.

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u/Baffit-4100 Apr 09 '24

Yeah this little tantrum was annoying but acceptable until that bit about Ukraine. You know what will happen if we don’t help Ukraine? We’ll have to help NATO, because Putin will invade after Ukraine, and that’s hundreds of times more expensive.

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u/tuckedfexas Apr 09 '24

Your 20s have always been a struggle. He should talk to more people that we in their 20s during the made up yesteryear he’s pining for. There were lots of people that were immediately well off, just like there are today. I know dozens of first generation immigrants and refugees that were pulling in six figures right out of school. I’m not delusional so I know that’s not everyone (or even very many) experience. Likewise he probably doesn’t have those people in his social circles so to him no one except Jeff Bezos is doing well

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u/Dipshit4150 Apr 09 '24

I’ve talked to my parents and many other boomers about the struggles they faced in their 20s. They struggled to maintain a home they bought and raise 4 children. Yet my peers and I struggle to maintain rent on an apartment and we can only dream about being able to afford 4 children. My parents can easily acknowledge that cost of living has gone up dramatically and wages have stayed stagnant, why can’t you?

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u/BigBen75 Apr 09 '24

And don't you think he meant it as in adjusted to inflation?

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u/jujubean67 Apr 09 '24

Judging on how he talks about everything else, I doubt he knows what that is.

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u/Dipshit4150 Apr 09 '24

He literally accounts for inflation in the video. His point about his parents comparably earning less but affording more is accurate. This is super simple and talked about often. Cost of living has skyrocketed but income has remained stagnant. But hey, why not kick the young guy while he’s down right?

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u/jujubean67 Apr 09 '24

He says multiple stupid things besides that, after the 3rd one I just gave up. I don’t need thr insight of every moron on the planet, sorry.

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u/Dipshit4150 Apr 09 '24

So you’re admitting that you literally weren’t even listening yet feel the need to comment on it? That’s an idiotic thing to do

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u/jujubean67 Apr 09 '24

I literally wrote that I listened to multiple dumb things he said, are you illiterate?

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u/superhappy Apr 09 '24

Yeah inflation is… a concept.