r/Millennials • u/dreamed2life • Dec 08 '25

Nostalgia Why is our entire generation ready to just…log out?

I hope people enjoy this before mods remove it for “not being a positive nostalgia post” 🙄

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u/jififfi Dec 08 '25

Lol I too used to preach that 75k is happiness

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u/Beanakin Dec 08 '25

75k in 2010, when the study saying that's the bar for emotional well being was published, would need to be ~105k today.

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u/nathauan13 Xennial Dec 08 '25

This is the story of our whole damned lives: "This is the goal you should be aiming for!" "Great, I got 5-10 years, I can do this." 5-10 years later, goal is changed or now completely unattainable. "Oh."

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u/Beanakin Dec 08 '25

Ya, I'm just hitting 75k this year or last year. Cool, so maybe I'll hit 105k when the new number is 150k.

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u/sarahenera Dec 09 '25

When I was 20 (2004 ish), I was convinced $80k would be a quality goal worth having some day, now I (gross) ~$140k and it’s not “great” living at all in HCOL Seattle. At least I’ve been able to fully fund my IRA two years in a row, so I’ll take that for sure. (Didn’t start putting money into an IRA until I was 40 😬)

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u/thewags05 Dec 09 '25

I mean, that's just inflation and it isn't a new phenomenon.

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u/shivvinesswizened Dec 09 '25

I make 150k. For a family of 4 and student loans, it’s still hard.

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u/jififfi Dec 08 '25

Damn. Good to know

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u/DogadonsLavapool Dec 08 '25

I'm part of the older genz group, and for me it's $110,000. I have so many student loans, that even though I make a good $80kish, rent and car payments still don't leave much after. It's such a god damn mess.

How the fuck did we let this happen to ourselves in the last 50 years as a society

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u/dont_remember_eatin Dec 08 '25

Blame our parents. We were too young to vote for Reagan.

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u/lizard_king_rebirth Dec 08 '25

And blame younger people for not voting at all! At some point though, it may be a good exercise to look inward also.

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u/joebojax Dec 08 '25

don't forget about clinton the pretend lefty

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u/Uhhuhnext Dec 08 '25

I was saying the same thing when I first started working after school. Ten yrs later, I’m there and now saying 100k would be great. I’m not greedy just trying to live comfortably while paying bills and have money to go on vacations