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[-] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago

The blind optimism of the United States in the late 1980s and 1990s feels like a foreign country now

[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

it feels like an alternate dimension

[-] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Hah, I haven't lived through optimism at all!! Joke's on you!(Born in late 90s)

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

My older (young teens) nephews have a mindset like this and I try to impart the wisdom that the collapse will be slow and painful, not sudden. Planning for your future still makes sense, unfortunately.

[-] RION@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago

The ~~market~~ empire can remain ~~irrational~~ in contradiction longer than you can remain solvent

[-] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

They're gunna' brand people's debt levels upon them just before total civilization collapse.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago

Take out a ton of student loans and leave the country so you don't have to pay them back berdly-smug

[-] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

US gonna be sending death squads to indebted émigrés Gaddafi style (the latter being based)

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago
[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago

The real trick is to rack up a fuck load of credit card bills as young as possible, then declare bankruptcy, and 7 years later get it all wiped and your credit score reset

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

And in the meantime you can live abroad

[-] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

From my understanding your credit score can go back to being good within 2-3 years

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

what if someone racked up a lot of credit card debt, and then dropped off the radar and lived with some comrades for a handful of years?

haha jk

unless...

[-] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Mr. Robot kinda thing

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] LemonGrease@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

But he's wearing punctuation! That's a total bad guy thing

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

He saves people money!

[-] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

Thankfully for me every few months there's another hurricane or pandemic or something and all the federal natural disasters keep reseting how late I am on my payments. I haven't even logged on to my account in like 3 years, i'm just going to ride it out until the state garnishes my wages or something and then idk, do some real fun adventurism at that point

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Investing advice: The US can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent.

(edit: oops, RION beat me to it)

[-] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

But can it stay irrational as long as it's taking me to get my Ph.D.?

[-] GlueBear@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

He looks like he's gonna start asking people riddles

[-] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

The Riddler wishes he had Matthew Lesko's vibes

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'll die before I pay mine back, muahaha!

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2024
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