I thought for sure I'd never find gainful employment when a simple background check reveals that I have been known to go down the slide backwards during recess... After being told not to

It's a Christmas tradition of mine to watch old Christmas episodes from 90s shows every year. The Hey Arnold! Xmas episode is especially something I look forward to, it really gets me in the mood for the season.

Today I watched Pokemon, Frasier, Seinfeld, That 70s Show, and Rugrats Christmas episodes. I think every year I'll make a habit of watching as many old Xmas episodes as I can. It makes me feel like a kid again for a little while, without a care in the world.

Like, we spent years learning bout mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell, but no one taught us how to do taxes, what the heck is APR, how to cook more than raven and eggs, etc....

I recently played the Hades games and in it; Sisyphus is a character whom has accepted and appreciates his daily toil to roll the boulder up the hill despite its fruitless result. I kinda feel that now; I’m the eldest of 3 at 30 who needs to be an example of what to strive for, I need to bare the responsibility of my parents health now that it’s starting to fail and I need to begin to bare some of that financial burden. The boulder never makes it to the top of the hill but we push it all the same, every day regardless of whether or not it will roll down. I find solace in the idea that, my goal is to be a pillar for my family. I’ll endeavor to always find the strength to put that rock on my shoulders.

I live in Texas and I’m looking to move east to be near family.

I work remote but I have fears I’ll have to go back to an office if I get laid off so I want to be at least kinda near a city.

Why are apartments 2 grand for a 1 bedroom in West Virginia? What is going on? How is anyone affording 2k in rent 1.5 hours from a city center? Where are people working? Is tractor supply paying 100 bucks an hour and I just don’t know about it?

Anywhere I look in the country seems to be completely out of reach for anyone making 80k which is like higher than 3/4 of the population. So where the heck is everyone living?

Part of me wants to buy an RV with a 800$ payment, park it in a friends driveway and never worry about money again. 😂

I keep seeing this now that I’m in my 30s. Was this always a thing?

Rest in peace to all my vhs movies. I still have them just somewhere in storage 😂

Growing up in a comfortable upper middle class suburb and going to a typical upper middle class suburban school district from the 90s to the early 2010s I often dreamed of how wonderful the future would be. I enjoyed cartoons, Star Wars, and Harry Potter like most other people but sci fi like "Halo", J.J. Abrams "New Trek" and "Command & Conquer" and even stuff like "Avatar", "Wall-E", and "Fallout" made me wonder how exotic technology would become by the 2030s.

I thought we would have at least fusion powered spaceships that look like the ones from Halo taking people to Mars from days to at least a few weeks during the 2030s.

It seems like advancement with space technology has picked up again but I can't help but feel disappointment in the rate of technological advancement of space technology during the past 10 years.

And not only that but where are the more advanced cybernetics? Where are the regrowable limbs? I remember a soldier with a robotic hand visiting my high school and while I was enthralled by their story of great heroism and sacrifice it only added fuel to that fire.

And with "Global Warming" where are the alternative materials to build houses? Where are the futuristic houses with alternative materials constructed using 3D printers?

Where is the funding more safer and more advanced nuclear power?

Where is the excitement and enthusiasm for "Fusion" and Helium-3 as well as Deuterium production?

Where is the excitement for building a sci fi future?

Sadly I would lose interest in space, science, sci fi, and futurism during my college years but during the past 4 years it has come roaring back due to the recent events with space programs, COVID, and climate.

I wish I had aspired to go into science or engineering.

I look back at the 2011-2014 time period as a much brighter and optimistic time but a more vapid time.

I wish American society could have gone in a different direction.

Would technological and scientific advancement have gone by faster if America had drastically overhauled its education system during the 90s and 2000s?

What if the "Space Race" of the 1960s continued and the Soviet Union did not fall?

I like it here because I’m able to connect with others through memories :) I hope everyone is having a good day!

I had no idea this whole time I was in the millennial category. I thought i was generation x. I'm 1987. I apparently can't stand majority of those my age or younger and only some people I like who are older than me but anymore...everyone is out for themselves. There is no teamwork or sticking together. If you can olay some one to get what you want, they will. I just feel so alone.

I have a couple of friends who are into expensive watches such as Rolex and Omega and it got me thinking:

We will be the last generation to appreciate things such as antique cars and analog watches. I find it harder and harder for new generations to appreciate, for example, a Rolls Royce car; I feel the same way when I see a grandfathers clock or 'the good china'. I just don't care about them and I have yet to see a millenial find value on these things.

Which got me thinking: maybe having an expensive analog watch is not as a good investment as most people think it is; it may used to be, but I don't think it is anymore.

What do you think?

Is that friendship still intact?

At least older Millennials (1981-1991) are probably the last people who don't care about social media, trends, or anything that young people like today. For example, a week ago during my lunch break, I sat with other coworkers from another department who were younger than me. I started to notice that it was hard to communicate and have a normal conversation with them. especially since mostly during the lunch break they are glued to their phones and showing videos of some famous social media celebrities. which I have no idea who those people are. while my coworkers in my department are around the age between their mid-30s in their 40s, which I found very easy to communicate plus nobody is often staring at their phones constantly like kids these days.

I’m expecting quite a few “it’s never too late” responses, but of course for some it is! I know it’s stupid and unlikely but I really feel I could’ve had a chance at music if I had gone all in. Now I have a very boring engineering job in the middle of nowhere and any dreams of music are in the rearview mirror.

Hindsight is 20/20 and I’m curious about whether or not my peers have missed out on something, actually made it, or are just happy where they are.

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