Lucky for me my parents were both “I didn’t save anything for retirement, my kids will take care of me when I’m older”, so I don’t have to suffer through this.

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    millennials may miss out

    Love how that title makes it sound millennials are somehow to blame

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      I don’t see that. To me it reads as guilt tripping the parents for wanting to spend the money they themselves earned.

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        Indeed, OP is a stupid take. For all the shit boomers pulled off with this planet, spending their own money is a good thing.

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          Yeah they should be allowed to burn everything they ever touched and take it with them when they go. Or maybe we even build giant stone triangles for them and put all their stuff in there with them.

          Them getting to spend all the money scraped from the rest of the world and leaving a bleaker version behind us so justified. They put in all that effort and who cares about next generations anyways.

          Common phrase of course:
          “Cut down all the trees you planted in life so that nobody but you can ever sit beneath it’s shade.”

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      How? “Missing out” means you’re the one who is negatively impacted. It also says and Gen Z. Not sure how that could be interpreted otherwise.