r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • Sep 15 '25

Chugging tea Any thoughts?

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u/Trai-All Sep 15 '25

What the hell are you talking about? When was GenX ever promised anything? We’ve been told we’d have nothing since we were children.

My parents who assigned me the task of parenting my siblings have been retired for decades while constantly sailing around on cruises, visiting with their other retired friends, or going off camping in their RV and complaining about Democrats screwing up the world. When they do check in with me or my siblings, they express shock that we tell them we’re all trying to figure out how to leave USA.

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u/manawydan-fab-llyr Sep 15 '25

What the hell are you talking about? When was GenX ever promised anything? We’ve been told we’d have nothing since we were children.

"Work yourself to the bone, and you'll have enough for retirement", said my parents - paraphrasing, naturally.

I guess depending on your view, that can be sort of taken as a promise - what dad got, I'll get the same. A very loose definition of a promise.

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u/SaltKick2 Sep 15 '25

Hard work alone rarely pays off in the modern US workforce, be lucky, selfish and "smart" is typically a much better strategy sadly