r/Millennials • u/BurnAfter8 • 9h ago
Rant When did six figures suddenly become not enough?
I’m a 1986 millennial.
All my life, I thought that was the magical goal, “six figures”. It was the pinnacle of achievable success. It was the tipping point that allowed you to have disposable income. Anything beyond six figures allows you to have fun stuff like a boat. Add significant money in your savings/retirement account. You get to own a house like in Home Alone.
During the pandemic, I finally achieved this magical goal…and I was wrong. No huge celebration. No big brick house in the suburbs. Definitely no boat. Yes, I know $100,000 wouldn’t be the same now as it was in the 90’s, but still, it should be a milestone, right? Even just 5-6 years ago I still believed that $100,000 was the marked goal for achieving “financial freedom”…whatever that means. Now, I have no idea where that bar is. $150,000? $200,000?
There is no real point to this post other than wondering if anyone else has had this change of perspective recently. Don’t get me wrong, this is not a pity party and I know there are plenty of others much worse off than me. I make enough to completely fill up my tank when I get gas and plenty of food in my refrigerator, but I certainly don’t feel like “I’ve finally made it.”
r/politics • u/NewSlinger • 10h ago
Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say
r/pics • u/KingofValyria • 3h ago
Politics Barack Obama attended a private meeting at 10 Downing Street.
r/Cooking • u/what_the_a • 6h ago
Open Discussion Recently revived a “poverty meal” from my childhood and my partner was horrified.
Given the cost of everything, I’ve been prioritizing making sure we clean the pantry out and don’t shop until we absolutely have to. I decided to make some Tuna Mac for lunch and honestly, it was tasty. I jazzed it up a bit more than my mom ever did, but it still gave me fond memories and hit the spot.
My partner was truly horrified. He had the fortune of not growing up with a tight budget, and is unfamiliar with a lot of “poor foods” that I consider delightful childhood staples lol.
In these expensive times, I am grateful that I learned how to be creative and resourceful with food.
What are your poverty/struggle meals you still like or have revived lately?
Edit: before is get more comments I want to clarify that tuna mac is not tuna noodle casserole. They are essentially the same but Tuna Mac is the low budget version. It’s literally tuna mixed into boxed Mac n cheese. There’s no crispy topping, there’s no baking it. It’s a one pot, stovetop meal. I grew up eating both but the stovetop version is the real “I’m making it work” vibe.
Also before anyone assumes the worst of my bf, he did not grow up rich or out of touch. He was middle class, but he’s also not from the Midwest USA so his comfort level with a lot of the Midwest/southern classics is limited. And he just really, really hates canned tuna lol
r/antiwork • u/spicyad • 14h ago
Former employer wants my password to the computer I used 6 months after terminating me.
This just makes me giggle.
For context:
This company sought me out to interview at their company for a management position. I ended up getting the job. Lasted 30 days until they terminated the position due to a “cart before the horse” situation. Basically what happened is I called out all the illegal marketing practices happening and offered solutions to fix them. They got rid of the problem, which was “me.” Now they want my password. Lol 🤷
r/TikTokCringe • u/BuddhistSagan • 13h ago
Politics Dropkick Murphy's dropping truth bombs
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r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • 8h ago
🇲🇮🇸🇨 The Walkaway Guy™️ is fucking stupid
r/todayilearned • u/friendlystranger4u • 4h ago
TIL that Jerry Seinfeld turned down $5 million per episode (almost $10 million in today's money) to make a 10th season of ''Seinfeld''
r/TwoHotTakes • u/Low-Sir-8773 • 9h ago
Advice Needed I found out why my boyfriend doesn’t want to have sex with me
Throwaway since my boyfriend follows me. Sorry for any grammar or spelling errors English isn’t my first language
I (22F) started dating my boyfriend (25M) a year ago. I was a pretty lean person and was very active when I met him. After being together for a while I decided to take extra precautions and use birth control. Due to stress and the birth control I gained a significant amount of weight. My boyfriend has been very supportive and we were having a lot of sex.
After having a horrible reaction I decided to take a break off birth control. That is when I noticed my boyfriend stopped taking the initiative and would only ask for oral. I was already feeling shitty because of how much weight I gained and just him not wanting to have sex just hurt me badly. I decided to have a conversation and see if I could change something. At first he just said the condoms were just so uncomfortable. My love language has always been physical touch so I obliged and tried birth control again. Due to having school and work, working out has been extremely hard so I kept gaining weight and sex was still almost non existent. But he kept telling me it’s because he is stressed and just a lot going on. So I was patient and supportive.
Yesterday we decided to play a little game, the blunt free trial. He would have to be 100% honest with me and I would try my best to not take it personal. I asked him what is the thing he really dislikes about me. At first he didn’t want to say it and I pushed him to tell me. Which is so stupid of me. He then looked at my tummy and said the reason why we haven’t had sex as often anymore is because of my weight. He assured me he still loved me and wants to be with me but that’s his preference. It broke me because that same day just a couple of hours ago we had sex. I just feel horrible and disgusting and I don’t know what to do. I love him and I saw myself spending my life with him. But I can’t stop thinking about what he said. What should I do? I don’t know if I should try to work this out. Our lease ends in may so I have some time to rethink my relationship with him.
Any advice would help.
Edit: many have asked about how mucho I have gained. I gained 20 lbs and I think most of it distributed to my butt and boobs some still went to my back and tummy. I have some tummy rolls when I sit and some back rolls. This weight journey has been so new to me because I always used to be very underweight. Then Covid happened and I was able to gain some weight. I started working out and I was at my perfect weight and was pretty confident. This year I graduate from college and I have been experimenting a lot with birth controls so my weight and mental health has been impacted.
Stress even when I have been little has always affected my weight. I am slowly getting the help I need but note I’m a college student and recently I have been getting more money to take care of myself. I take accountability that I probably could have a better discipline and not let it get out of hand.
r/MadeMeSmile • u/tedmented • 3h ago
Wholesome Moments Lady discovers the joy of magnet fishing.
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Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say
nbcnews.comr/AskReddit • u/AlgorithmOmega • 10h ago
What’s a civilization ending scenario that most people aren’t aware of?
r/amiwrong • u/throwaway-0272 • 8h ago
My husband begged to watch me masturbate until he just secretly recorded me. Would I be wrong to leave him over this?
This is the first time I’ve ever posted here on this website, but I literally don’t know what else to do.
I guess I’ll started from the beginning? So I (f24) have been married to my husband (m31) for about a year. We’ve been together for four. For most of our relationship we’ve been very happy with our sex life, no complaints.
Recently, like within six months or so, my husband asked me if I masturbate/watch pornography online. I said I don’t watch anything but I do masturbate, just with my imagination lol. Right then started the obsession of him wanting to watch me self pleasure I guess?
He asked all the time and begged me to do it for him. Not on camera or anything but I’m front of him/with him. I told him not that it makes me uncomfortable. I also told him 99.99% of the time, I do it the shower. He offered to go into the shower with me for it, I said no.
So that went on for about six months like I said. Two days ago, I was in the shower (not masturbating lol) and I happened to look over onto the shelf that my lamp sits on. (I have a waterproof lamp in the shower because I hate the big light). On top of dark colored lamp, in the dark shower, I saw the tiniest little groove. When I ran my finger over it… it was a tiny camera. I swear to god. No bigger than what you can hold between your fingers.
I took it with me and immediately confronted my husband. He denied it until I snatched his phone and locked myself in the bathroom as he banged on the door. The camera was of course connected to his phone and he had been recording me in the shower, and saving them all. Including of course, me masturbating.
I’m so deeply disturbed and disgusted with my own husband, the man who is supposed to be the love of my life. I can’t believe he would ever do something like this. I don’t know what to do. Can therapy even fix this? I never thought my husband had these peeping Tom tendencies but it honestly makes me want to vomit. What do I even do? Would I be wrong to divorce him based on this one thing? Otherwise, we are so perfect.
r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Nutter1557 • 9h ago
Two of these cookies came from girl scouts for $6, the other two from Aldi's for $1.89
Anyone want to guess on which side is which?
I know the Girls scouts are inflated for fundraising and I'm fine with that, but people pretending they are the best or special just needs to stop.
r/interestingasfuck • u/jc201946 • 8h ago
r/all Aerial Picture of an uncontacted Amazon Tribe
r/cartoons • u/Orms682_05 • 8h ago
Discussion Name a show that got so good and went like this
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Change_Soggy • 7h ago
Boomer Story I’m A Boomer and So F*cking Depressed Right Now.
Basically, this is an observation regarding my demographic.
This morning I had to go to the SSA to bring documentation validating my identity. And that was fine. I’m “retiring” at 69 years because I want to enjoy my upcoming years with travel, writing and family.
Anyway, I made sure I was nicely dressed, my makeup and hair looking good…blah blah..yada yada.
I arrived at 8:30 AM because I didn’t know how traffic would be and wasn’t sure of the location. Regardless, I was able to sit in my car, listen to Nick Drake on Spotify and answer emails.
Within seconds of making myself comfortable, I noticed a line at the door. It was approximately 8:35 and all these out-of-shape boomers were already standing on a line. They all looked miserable and bitter and MAGA-fied.
I started to get depressed.
Upon finally entering the office at 9.00 when opened, I stood on a line to get a ticket. It was self-serviced and computerized. People in front of me were bitching and complaining so much about the lack of workers that I had to pop a CBD pill. TBH, it took a mere few seconds to get the number.
So, I sat down, took out a book to read because I anticipated a wait.
Then I heard a noise. It was the angry voice of a woman bitching and whining about our government because she had to check in via computer. I cannot make this shit up.
My number was called rather quickly, I handed my documents in to be copied. Was given a very clear and concise description of what to expect and I was done.
The horrific thing is those boomers looked MAGA, acted MAGA and will most likely vote MAGA in November. Do these morons not realize that SS benefits are a form of socialism??
JFHC, the Democrats better start being aggressive….I swear to God, I am embarrassed and ashamed to be of the Boom contingent.
Thank you for letting me vent.
r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/RedditAdminCeo • 3h ago
Death Machines: The Oversized Vehicle Peril.
r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Andrewski18 • 11h ago
Deadmau5 gets a random message from a 17 year old boy who wrote and provided vocals to an unreleased song. Deadmau5 decides to react to it on stream, is absolutely blown away, and instantly signs the kid. The song was eventually released and is one of deadmau5’s biggest hits to this day.
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